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.?*.-< f??m?.,. MUM-m--.?. ?? R. B. MURRAY & CO. ANDERSON. S. C., THURSDAY MORNING, MARCH 19, 1885. VOLUME XX.-NO. 36. WILHITES- COLUMN AGAIN we come before you and solicit your trade, BO liberally extended to ua In ?he paal. We are better prepared than ever to nell you, ond are still HEADQUAR TERS for Pure and Reliable Drag? and Chemicals, Paints, Odis audi Yevnisbcn, Patent Medicine?. Etc., Etc., and in fact anything in our lino. Tlie most Iniportaut branch of tho Drug Business is eoneedwl by all to be tho PRESCRIPTION DEPART MENT, and we desire to call thc attention of tho public to the (act that wu make a specialty of compounding Physicians' Prescriptions, and guarantee alt ingredient* osed by us to be absolutely PURE and FRESH. There -**"" is probably nothing about which mankind are so de servedly particular as tho Medicines which sickness com pels them to lake, ami the gru.i, desideratum is to feel assured that tho Apothecary fully understands tho prep aration of the Physician's prescription. We guarantee accuracy and prrity, at prio as low as quality of samo will permit. We make purchases from first hands, select Goods with special reference to wants of our customers, and make them at such prices as will ensure their ready sale. All we aik of our friends is that they call and look over our 8tock. It will bc the constant aim of our House to please, aud wo shall spare no effort to do so. Wo tako the lead lu Toilet Articles. You will find our Stock complete, and also find that a dollar will go further with us in buying such articles than you have ever before experienced. Wo invito your attention to a few of our Proprietary remedies, which we recommend to bo reliable Medicine;; and worthy of a trial. Wllhites' Soothing Syrup or Baby's Friend is an invaluablo remedy far children when teething, regulating the bowels and relieving pain. It relieves the little sufferer at once, produces natural, quiet sleep, by relieving the child from pain, and the little cherub awakes as ''bright as a button." It is pleasant to take, soothes the child, relieves wind, ond is the best known romody for Diarrhoea, whether arising from teething or otherwise. Wilhite'sCough Syrup-Cough, Cough, Cough. A oold neglected, a cough left to cure iusolf oftentimes leadB to comrlications fatal in their results. A prompt visit to our Store at the inception of the trouble, the usc of Wilhite's Cough 8yrup, which we can confident ly recommend as a good remedy, will relieve much suf fering and anxiety on the part of friends. Many ehildren suffer from day to day-fretful, cross and peevish-and the cause of their suffering is not suspected. A pallid and sickly countenance, irregularity of appe tite or treat voracity, bad breath, foul tongue, great thirst, gradual emaciation, irritable temper, redness of nostrils, disposition to be picking tho nose, are all symptoms indica ting the presence of Worms. If any of these symptoms aro noticed or Worms are sus pected, procure a bottlo of Wilhite's Worm Syrup or VermH'nge, which ?osle but 26 cents, and give it according to directions. Ii any Wurm? ara present they will soon be expelled, and you will have the satisfaction of seeing your darling restored lo health again. If there oro no Worms present the Hyrup will do no harm, but will move the bowels geutly and leave the system in a healthy condition. This Syrup con tains no Calomel, end no Castor Oil or purgati ve medicine is required with it It should beiuovery family. Try it. Tho largest bottle of Worm Medicine in the market for 26c. Wilhite's Eye Waler is a sure cure for Inflamed .or Weak Eyes, or any ordinary form (where no mechan ical or constitutional trouble exist*) of Sore Eyes. It has been used with great success for u number of year?, and umount paid for it will bc refunded if it finis to cure any common form of Sora Eyes ufu-r directions have been carefully followed. If it does you no good it will cost you nothing. Price 23c per bott lu. DR. JOHNSTONE S SAPONACEOUS ODONTINJS is the best preparation in the ruarkct tor thoroughly cleansing, preserving and beautifying the teeth, hardening Ithe gums and imparting a delicious odor to the breath. Nothing injurious. A safe aud pleasant dentifrice Recommended hy A. P. Johnstone, D. D. S., and prepared by WILHITE * WILHiTE, PROPRIETORS, " ANDERSON, - - L. C. Vax li 19, qpS 7 _____ aa H Go Tell all the People for Miles Around !" -THAT I JOHN M. HUBBARD * BRO. ARE PREPARED TO SELL MOUE JEWELRY, MORE WATCHES, MORE SILVERWARE, MORE CLOCKS, &C AT PRICES MORE TO YOUR NOTION. THAN EVER BEFORE. J?- KVBRYTHING in thoshapo of a Watch, Clock or Jewelry thoroughly repaired gab ft, 18*8 ? _________ 30________---___ FERTILIZERS FOR 1885. The Attention of th? Firmere of Anderson County is re spectfully called to our OLD RELIABLE BRANDS OF HIGH GRADE GUANO AND ACID Which are so well aud favorably known throughout the County, and which prepared to offer thom in any quantity, for Uash or Cotton. We pal given you low prices, aud are prepared to do so again, see ns Call and Which are so well aud favorably known throughout the County, and which WMNBOW lt??n."j to offer tuam lQ ftDy ^mity, for "Cash or Cotton. We pave always _ on low prices, and aro prep ar? I Me as. ; ; .\ Weare In a position to off0r Inducements to CASH BUYERS of CORN, FLOUR, BACON, MOLASSES - AND - GENERAL PLANTATION SUPPLIES. Al we are receiving large quantities of theso Goods direct from the points of production. We are Agenta for the Celebrated WHITE HICKORY. W AGONS-flaaranhxd the Tsrotany make. ; ft jg j *jp p A ||| Miahawaba Salty and Ordinary Turning Flowst.r . Danlo! Pratt Gins, Feeders and Condensers. Count's Home-made, 7-Fiugored Grain Cradlo-the Best Cradle ever offereU on this qr.any other market. The Champion Mowers, Reapers and Binders, wita Tho latest improvements, making them The most desirable Harvesting Machines In the World. I*** Onr Stock of General Merchandise ia completa In all Derartmenta?j and we re gally eoUdta call frew?any desiring to buy Goods, as onr facilities enable ns to .?r ?ie best Goods at tbs most reasonable prices. ... .. . '.i-i'-?'? ' ....{..V-'T'.V? . ' '.' ... ? McGTTLLY, CATHCART A CQ. Anderson, 8. C., ?sb. 18, 1885 , " IHAVE YOU WAITED FOR BARGAINS ! IN ?"... _?.vV^.?*y,-^!-?-:i--?T.r. r't;.i At and below Cost for the next Thirty days. ^ tte^?MI?R, everything I have lo Stock will be ?old at and below ?Oort, l awry Ladies* and Onildren's Shoes ,' I < j ^joa ?an find in the City. _ THE SOUTH'S LAST SHIFT. An Emancipation Proportion lu th? Array la 1804. WASHINGTON, March 20.-Io they' Confederate Gen. Hood's book on the ! late war, called "Tho Advance and Bo treat," occurs the following mysterious nasBago concerning Gen. Patrick Cle burnoone of the most brilliant of the Con federate generals who served in the Southwest : He (Cleburne) possessed the boldness and the wisdom to earnestly advocate at an carly period of the war tho freedom of the negro and the enrolment of the yourie ?nd able bodied of that race. This source oi policy and additional source of Btrongth to our armies would, in my opinion, have given us our inde pendence The correspondence printed below, tho originals of which are in tho archives of the war department, explains how and on what occasion Gen. Cleburne made this proposition and how it was received. Tho Western Confederate army lay at Dalton, Ga., during the Winter of 1863-4, which preceded tao Atlanta campaign. 11 From Dalton Gen. Patton Anderson I i wrote Gen. Leonidas Polk as follows: DALTON, GA., January 14,1864. To Lieut.-Gen. L. Polk, Enterprise, Miss.-General : After you have read what I am about to disclose to you I hope you will not think I haveassumed any un warrantable intimacy in marking thin communication as "confidential. My thoughts for ten days past have been BO < oppressed with the weight of the subject < aa to arouso in my mind the most pain- 1 ful apprehensions of future results, and ' have caused me to cast about for a friend J of clear head, ripe judgment and pure < patriotism with whom to confer and take 1 counsel. My choice has fallen upon you, sir, and I proceed at once to lay tho mat ter before you. i O? January 2 I received a circular { order from the headquarters of Hind- < man's corps informing me that the cora- ' manding general of tho array desired I division commanders to meet bim at his .' quarters at 7 o'clock that evening. At the hour designated I was at the > appointed place. 1 met in the room Gun. ' Johnston, Lieut.-Gen. Hardee, Major- I Gena. Walker, Stewart and Stevensou, ' sud in a moment afterward Major Gens. ? Hindman and Cleburue entered, Brig. * Sen. Bate coming in a few minutes later. ' The whole, with the general commanding, 1 smbracing all the corps and division t commanders (infantry) of this army ' except Major-Gen. Cheatham, who was t not present. In a few minutes Gen. 1 Johnston requested Lieut. Gen. Harden * lo explain the object of the meeting, 1 which be did by ?tating that Major Gen. ' Dleburne had prepared with great care a paper on an important subject addressed o the olli cc rs of this army, und he pro posed that it now be read. Gen. Cleburne proceeded to read an I elaborate article on the Bubject nf our * >n<t disasters, present condition and <' uevitable future ruin unless an entire I mange of policy might avert it. t That change he boldly and proudly jiopoued to effect by emancipating our t daves and putting muskets in the hands v )l all of them capable of bearing arms, s diu? securing them to us ns allies and c ?quais, and insuring a superiority of tumbers over o enemies, ?tc. Yes, sir, tb. 'lain, but in my view Monstrous, proposition was calmly sub mited to the generals of th?B army for f heir sanction and adoption, with the t ?vowed purpose of carrying it to the rank r ?nd ti'e. I wiil not attempt to describe ray feel uga uri being confronted by a project so startling in it? character-may I say so |1 "evoking to Southern sentiment, South- t ?rn honor? c And not the least painful of the eino- 11 .ions awakened by it was the conscious- o nea which forced itself upon rae tbat il [net with favor from others besides tho iuthorin high station then pr?tent. You t nave a place, General, in the Southern ? heart, perhaps not lesa exalted tl.an that 8 you occupy in ber army. No one knows i better than yourself all the hidden pow- t ?ra and secret springs which, move the 1 great moral machinery of tho South, i You know whence she derived that force c which three years ago impelled her to 1 Lhe separation arid baa since that time to thia present hour enabled her to lay t all she has, even the blood nf her beat 1 -ons, upon the altar of independence, < aud do you believe that the giitfUU will. < now H?ten to the voices of thoao who t would oak her to stultify herself by en- 1 lertaining a proposition which heretofore * our insoTeut foes themselves have not sven dared to raako in terms so bold and undisguised? What are we to do? If ibis thing ia 1 ance openly proposed to the army the < total disintegration of that arrriy will < follow in a forth night, and yet to speak and work in opposition to it ia an agita tion of the question scarcely leas to be dreaded at thia time and bringa down the universal indignation of the South ern people and the Southern soldiere upon the head of at least one of our c bravent and most accomplished officers, i Then, I repeat what ?B to be done ? I What relief it would afford mo to talk j to you about this matter, but aa that may not be, do I go too far in asking you to < write to me? i I start in a few daya to ray home in j Monticello, Fia., where I expect to spend j twenty daya with my family, and I aa- j sure you, General, it would add much to < the enjoyment of my visit if y-?u would l favor me by mail with some of the many i thoughts which this subject will arouse j in your mind. Believe me, General, very troly your friend, PATTON ANDERSON GEN. CLEBUBNE'S REBUFF. Gen. Clcburne'a proposition received .nch a rebuff that he destroyed bia own bopy of the paper he read in advocacy of it; and the copy to Richmond baa not been found. The following summary of ita points was preserved by Major Charles S. Hill, the accomplished statis tician of the Stet? department, who. waa Cl obum o's chief of artillery, at- the time the memorial was prepared. The memorial was long, each point be ing carefully elaborated. The beads aro given by Major Hill's memorandum, aa follows : . _ , , " It urged on the Confederate Congress the emancipation of all slaves and their 1 conscription iato the army. He claimed: . First. Such a course would relieve th? Southern pcoplo of a yearly tax, ari un productive consumption, because the slave consumed mor? than his profit, thus distinguishing the profit of the ne in? from the profit on cotton. ; Second. Il would anim?t o the undying gratitude of that race. Third. I* would create Io^_ tho negro a ?rFo^t5!'withpat?tode and. a rabi t i o o tba eervico of the eoldier would bo both reliable and valuable. vlf Fifth. That the moral effect through out the world, but especially In Europe, would be generally strengthening and beneficial ta tho South. Sixth. That the result would be the tlgnal for Immediate European reoogait tioo, and, indeed, action. Germany and m.) Italy would bave been disarmed of their prejudice. Napoleon would have in stantly bren encouraged to become a Lafayette, and Great Britain would not have been afraid to back him in parlia mentary declaration, no matter how the working classes would have felt. Seventh. That it would raise the block ade and give us provisions and clothing. Gen. Cloburii's proposition was kept a profound secret. It seems to havo alarmed and angered the Confederate authorities, and they appear to have ap ?>rehended that if it should become mown among the rank and file it would make trouble. The following letters concerning it show how it was received : CONFEDERATE STATES AMEBICA WAK DEPARTMENT, RICHMOND, VA., Jan. 24,18b4 To Gen. Joseph ?. Johnston, Dalton, fia.-General*: Major Gen. Walker has communicated directly to the President copie* of a memorial prepared by Major 3en. Cleburne, lately tho subject of con sultation among tho generals of divisiou in your command, as also of a letter subsequently addressed by himself to tho generals present, asking the avowal of the opinions entertained by them in re lation to such memorial, with their re plies. I am instructed by tho President st communicate with you on the subject. So 1B gratified to infer from your declin ing to forward officially Gen. Walker's communication of the memorial that ron neither approved tho views advoca ed in it nor deemed it expedient thai kfter meeting, as they happily did, the lisapproval of the council, they should lave further diss?mination or publicity. The motives of zeal and patriotism which < lave prompted Gen. Walker's action i ire, however, fully appreciated, and | .hat action is probably fortunate, as it i fiords an appropriate occasion to ex ireaa the earnest conviction of the Pros dent that the dissemination or promul gation of such opinions under the pres ent circumstances of tho Confederacy, whether in the army or among the peo ne, eau bo productive only of discour agement, distraction and dissension. The agitation and controversy which nust ?pring from tho presentation of luch views by officer* high in public con idence are to bo deeply deprecated, and, < vbile no doubt or mistrust is for a mo- i nent entertained of tho patriotic intents i if the gallant author of the memorial, < ind such of his brother officers as may t lave favored his opinions, it is requested < bat you will communicate to them, as ] veil as all others present on the occasion, I he opinions as herein expressed of the < 'resident, and urge on them the suppres- | iou not only of the memorial itself, but ikewise of all discussion and controversy expecting or growing out of it. t I would add that tho measures advoca 1 ed in tho memorial are considered little ? ppropriate for consideration in military t ircles, and, indeed, in their scope pasa t icyond tho bounds of Confederate action t md would, under our Constitutional j ustom, neither he commended by the t Executive to Congress nor he entertained < ty that body. f Such views can only jeopardize among t he States and people unity and harmony, - ..?hen for successful co-operation and the . ;chievement of independence both are i asential. t With much respect, very truly yours, j JAMBS A. SEDDON, Sec. of War. ? Gen. Johnston communicated these dews of President Davis to the officers iresent at the council in a circular let- r er. Gen. Johnston next wrote tho Sec- * etiiry of War as follows : I DALTON, February 2, 18?4. i Hon. J. A. Seddon, Secretary of War i -Sir: I bsd the honor to. receive the j etter in which you express the views of j he President in relation tn the memorial ] if Major Gen. Cleburne on the 3Int ult., ,j md immediately transmitted your in- i tructions in your own language to the | lineen concerned. i None ?f the officers to whom the i nemorial was read favored the -chemo, | ind Major Gen. Cleburne, os soon as that \ ippearcd, voluntarily announced that he j Tould be governed by the opinion of t hose officers ?'and put away his paper. ' Tho manner of strengthening our armies j >y using negroes was discussed, and no ( it her thought practicable than that which < [ immediately proponed to the President. ?< I regarded the discussion as confiden- < i al, and understood it. to bo so agreed i loforo the party separated. This and i "?en. Cleburne's voluntary promise pre- I rented any apprebensiou in my minn of ? he agitation of the subject of the me- ? norial. . I bave had uo reason si nco to ; un poso that it made any7 impression. i Most respectfully, your obedient Bor j rant, J. E. JOHNSTON, General. i Before the war closed Gen. Cleburne's < >lan had gained many adherents in the j Confederacy. For instance, the Gover- ? mr of Louisiana wrote : - t EXECUTIVE OFPICE, \ SHREVEPORT, I ?A., Sept. 26,1864. J Hon. James A. Seddon, Secretarv of I '.Vin, Richmond, Va.-My Dear Sir: The time has come for ns to pot into the irmy every able-bodied negro man as a soldier. This should be done immedi itely. Congress should, at the coming iession, take action on this most Im port in t question. - The negro knows that he cannot jscape conscription if he goes to* tho j many. He must play an important ! part in tho war. He caused the fight ind be will have his portion of the j tiurthen to bear. We bave learned from iear-bought experience that negroes can ae taught to fight, and that all who leave is are made to fight against ns. I would free all able to bear anna, and put them In tbe field at once. They will make 1 much better soldiers with us than against us, and ewell the now depleted ranks of oar armies. I beg yon to give this your j Bsrnest attention. With assurances of my , friendly re gard and very high esteem, I remain, very respectfully, your obedient servant, TiBNBY W. ALEEN. Gov. of Louisiana. Soon after the question of cmnacina tion and raising colored troops was dis cussed in the Confederate Congress. But it was vhen too late. ?5 How to Pronounce Depot* - -There ?re M many wayo of pronouoc lng depot as. there are. eccentric ways .of pronouncing "crematory," "finance, etc., says an exchange. As a road out of tbe difficulty we give the following sugges tion : it a It is but a atep-oh Down to tbe dep-bo. The way. ls quite steep-ho That leads to th* deep-bo, I slipped on a grape-no ... a grape-h_ In a store by the dee-pot Just by theday-poh, I bongst this small tea-pot. Perhaps to end the agitation, We'd better henceforth call lt station. - A Texas cattleman married a refined vouug lady belonging to the best society Of Dallas. A Mead meeting bim short ly after his marriage congratulated him on his good fortune. "It's all right, but I bad to make sacrifices," ropiien tho nowly-mado husband, shaking bia head. "What sacrifices ?" "Pre had to give up going to bcd with my boots and stars on when I crme heme tired." HOW TO SELECT CLOTHING. A Tailor'? Advice as to Hour to Detect Cotton Warp and Shoddy In Cloth. "The : tull" in thia suit of black clothes you made for me is not what I took it for," said one of an up-towu tailor's customer* to bim tho other day in a reporter's bearing. "I have just had them cleaned, and now seo how they bavo whitcnod nt the edges." "That's because of the cotton warp ia the material, which the scouring soon makes apparent," replied the tailor, ge nially. "But you assured mo particularly that tho material wasn't shoddy." "So I did, aud I told you the truth. But at the asme time I told you Mint it was cheap American goods, and that is just what it is-a well-appearing Ameri can woollen manufacture with a large percentage of cotton warp. If you had wanted shoddy, I could have sent you where you'd have got something still cheaper, for shoddy is a kind of goods J. won't make up for lovo or money. But, if you will remember, I showed you much better but more expensive goods, of both foreign and American manufac ture, which 1 offered to recommend heartily enough. But you wore bent on having the poorer but well-appearing goods, and BO consulted your own wishes instead of my advice." The customer seemed to have nothing Lo offer against these statements, and presently took bis departure, apparently much dissatisfied with himself, if not with the tailor. "How," asked tho reporter, "is an in sxperienced buyer to distinguish between ill-woolen goods and the material con taiuing a colton warp of which that gen tleman was complaining?" "By merely raveling out the rough edge sf the material and inspecting the threads," said the tailor. "Any one can tell a cotton thread from a woolen thread. The one will break short in two on being tested, while lite other will fray aud floss sut, like yarn and worsted. In this way fou can readily detect a mixture of cot ton warp in aabam all-woollen fabric?" "How do you detect shoddy in cloth?" ''lu just the samo way, and eveu more ttu?ly. Fray out two or three tbresds ?rom the rough edge, and untwist them. Lf they contain shoddy it will drop out >f tho twist, sometimes Uko sand, and .hen again in an impalpable dust, that -viii likely onough make you sneeze. If rou'd inhale enough of the stuff it would JO apt to give you both a headache and t sore throat, for most shoddy ia a rank raison. Ever in a shoddy factory ?" "No," "Well, I was, and I know something ibout it. Fact is, I worked ia r. shoddy aclu ry just one week when I was n much younger and more necessitous person ban I am now. Necessitous? Well, I should say so, for nothing short ofstarva .ion could have driven me to seek em? iloyraent in that poison mill. Talk tbout quicksilver mining and that sort >f thing for turning live workers into galvanized corpses ! Why, such employ nent is positively invigorating compared viih u shoddy mill? I titood it just one -.eek, and wits then laid up for six nonths. Lucky I switched off when I lid, or I'd have been atrophied into Kingdom Come long ago. Even as it vas it was a close shave. "How is shoddy made?" "I can tell you how it was made twelve >r fifteen years ago, when I served my vcuk's apprenticeship at it. They may nive made improvements in the milling lince thou, though of course the product tself is just the samo mean, HwindliDg, poisonous stuff it always was. I was iluccd over a sort of machino something ike.a patent straw cutter, only in lieu of itraw. you fed it with cloth scraps, rem nants, clippings and raga. These passed ;b rough the teeth of the machins on ta revolving knives, just as in a straw cutter which minced them up pretty fine. Af ter that they passed through another and ret another machine, getting minced iuer and fiber nt each operation, until .he stuff was reduced to a coarso powder Thia powder was then bolted, and the ?be powder or dust (bet passed through ho last aeive wan tho beautiful stuff ?lied shoddy.or.flock, Then came the lying process, and the dirty job waa complete. I no vcr got any further than reeder .to the primary machine. - Al though I kopt a wet eponge tied constant ly over my mouth and nostrils, toe work was almost too much for me even at the md of the first day. Why, once an hour [ would squeoze opt that sponge muzzler ?od tho water that came from it would tie blacker than your hat, aud smell worse .han any rag picker'? sack. A t the end sf the,week I pocketed my $G wages aa If I bad stolen it, and slid for home like a rocket, where I was sick abed a. long time afterward.'' "How did the other operatives stand it so much better.than you?" "Some of them didn't while those that did had cast-iron throats and lungs like bellows, I snppose. Some mon can stand anything." .. "How bi the shoddy mixed with tho cloth?" "It is simply twisted up with the warp before the weaving. Thia gives fictitious weight and durability to a fabric whose native flimsiness would otherwise betray its worthlessness. As it is, it takes very little wear and tear to dust out the shoddy, and expose the general wretch sdness of tho wool. Young man, beware of shoddy, whose presence in cloth you can always detect in the manner I have told you/' "But io ready-made clothing?" "There you have no means of detecting it, save by wearing the gooda. You have to trna I to the honesty of tho firm whom you purchase. Though I don deal in. ready-made goods, myself, it no more than just for. mo to say that many ..firms that deal in nothing else are perfectly honest and trustworthy. ^ end whose guaranty of what they .warrant aa good as gold. Only, Jo addition, the precautions I bave given you, be very careful, in choosing goods, whether mada up or not, to know that the material bas been properly fulled. Without a perfect coarse of fulling, woolen cloth will always shrink upon becoming damp," "What Is the exact meaning of full ing?" "Fulling is the last, or finishing pro Ces*, through which cloth passe*, should. pass, before it is ?ready for tho wearer* nae. It is a process by which eloth is scoured, cleaned, and thickened It consists of a aerie* of. pestles or ?tam pars, which alternately fall into and rise ont of a trough, through which the cloth is being passed, along.with faller'*earth or some other cleansing material. This process, besides ridding the cloth of tho grease and oil used in preparing wool prevents it from shrinking thereafter coming in contact with the wet. You often see trousers, for instance, ; that looked large enough, and even o vor largo, When.first put on, but which, neverthe less, shrink op too email or all oat shape, after encountering a singlo hoar of wet weather. That io because tba material was adi thoroughly fulled, selecting clothing m atcriaf; al wayo t "But how can au inexperiencedpexsott toll whetbe-r it ha? been properly fulled or not?" "He can't. Tbero is no way by which he can. lits only eafeguard in this respect is to take his tailor's word for it. Hence, how important it is for o vc ry man to havo an honest tailor 1 Let tue repeat my warning, young mau. lu selecting clothing material beware of shoddy, and put your faith in an honest tailor."-N. Y. Sun. Horcher on tho South. The Rev. Henry Ward Beecher deliv- ; ered a lecture one night last week in Atlanta. Ga., on Evolution. While hs was in that city he was interviewed by a reporter for the dbntHtulian, and exhaust ed his opinion about men and things without reserve. What ho said about tho South and the colored pcoplo will be of general interest. "I know of no Beetloo of tho Union," said Mr. Beecher, "with a grander future than the South. Now that disturbing political issues and the curse of slavery, Btood as a barrier between it and tho civ ilized world, have been removed, the country will begin to grow and develop in such a way ai to put in tho shade tho wonderful progress made by Western communities. But I have seen so iittlo with my own oyes that perhaps I should, leave the statement of its advantages to others." "What direction will Southern pro gress take?"' "The building up of ita manufactories first. Money always seeks profitable in vectment. I find that many progressive men of the South, who have the ears of Northern capitalists, have secured a largo influx of money, the result pf which can bo seen in Atlanta, Chattanooga and Birmingham. In time thia draws popu lation. Tho South, though the richest portion of our national heritage, waa walled in by slavery, in contact with ivhich free labor could not como without iegrading itself. Tho hardy peasantry af Europe who sought our shores, did so irith a view of bettering their condition, [/onsequently they would not go near the ilavo line. Tako Mississippi, for in itanco. Tht?u ia a State bloused by na ture, fortified by human inventive genius ind made attractive by wealth, the natu ral centre of tho United States. Her lands, her minerals, .til were inviting. Yet the great flood of immigration rolled iver it and kent oh until Kansas was reached, where labor was the freeman's iicritage, and the community was not weighted down by an incubus from a jarborotin ago. But the events of the aat twenty yeara have changed all this, tod tho incoming of the present Admin titration has Bet in motion a new era in ivhich the South will play an important part." "Four years ago," said Mr. Beecher, titer a pause, "when tho Garfield cam paign was in progress, I said to ray peo ple I hoped to see the day when I might .-otc for a Southern man for President. What was then a wild dream has now :otne to bo a reality. There aro South ern men now before the public-Dem? rate-whom I would vote for to place u the Presidential chair. I have no mmes to oiler-it is too early to name nen for the, next race, and many things nay happen in four years to ohango the irift of public opinion-but if tho elec tion wore to take place to day under the present influences, there are Southern nen who would bo well thought of in the North for the Presidency." "What aro the prospects of the Demo cratic Administration and its continuance n power?" "Conducting the Government on the ?igb plane which Mr. Cleveland hos marked out for it, a hearty adherence to tho principles of the civil service law, living the country peace and prosperity, there is no reason wby it should not have half a dozen terma in the Presidency, rho worst danger that could befall the Democracy now. would be the removal af Cleveland. The accession of Hen Iricks, representing ibo ultra Bourbon Democracy, disposing of the offices as rewards for political services, would throw the country back-recall Republi can iain into favor- Tho conduct of the South during the last two weeks has been remarkably heroic. With tho Presiden cy 'iu its possession, it baa not hampered bim by pleading for office, but has atood by in a dignified manner aud allowed him to shapo affairs in his own way. The President's plan is to fill the respon sible bureau chiefships with representa tive Southern meo, such men as baye infiueuco al .home, and whose appoint ment will haye ! more influence tuan a hundred .clerks. The enforcement ot' tho civil service rules will not destroy party organization. The .man who.fill the offices aro but barnacles who really do nothing for party success, are noisy, and have little influence at home. If como men who do not get into office ar? disap pointed thereat, and threaten to kick out of party traeca, those who keep in office will become Democrats, and thus time will make all this oven. Besides, .srhat aro office-holders, when set up against sixty million people 7. If Cleveland ad heres to civil service, he will be re* elected to tho Presidency-be does not want it ; bot, like many other men, be is willing.to servo his country." Referring to the negro problem, Mr. Beecher regarded it as settled.. The war went through the.South like a plough th rog h a prairie field, turning over toe turf of society with the whites under and blacks on top. It was a terrible state Of affairs, which the Southern people en dorad with heroism unequalled in histo ry. That they deported themselves so well then proves that they are equal to the problems of the future. The future of toe races will be controlled by educa tion. Tbe Penalty or Scepticism. 1 "Come mighty nigh killin' a fine buck d|s mawnlny' said an old negro:*"- . "Comin' long through the woods an* cr old buck he jump up an' bookerty, bpokerty be run off a few yards an' stop still. Oem? in one orehootin'him.Gab.5' "Why didn't you shoot?" "Didn't bab my gun wld tte, sah." "Then how did you come in ono of shooting him?" ./'Gaea, sab. I come io one o' taking my gun wid me/' ?"Why didn't you take your gun ?" "Did'nt bab none-, pah." . "You are an old fool." ./'Look Leah, doan' bose er man dat way when ycr ain't got no cause. I atat got no gun, fora feller dat I vms e. J bout to buy one fr u m, axed me jes' ona dollar -mo'n I could pay. So I come in ODO O' gutta'de gan. If I'd cr got III would! er tuk it 'long wid mo, nu* ef Pd er had it I could er shot de bunk easy, cab. So doab oom? 'roon' 'basin er man when do facta is nil ergi? vcr. I bab knowed folks to fetch trou bio on, dar 'solves dat wa?. . Er pusson oughtcr bo keerful ia dis hear worl' o' ?denco an' spcckerla tibn. Good mavro'ag. ?ab.. Sfnce yer's acted dh vi ay. I wcnldenUrigtayat non? o'de meat ef I bad er killed ft. Foro ?ar t^ttst war I wouldcr rando ycr ?resent o' ?oma oT de back. Seo what ?r^tbyit.aab.? >&.i?oi.o:'--.. ii- tu*!. ?.^/mn'r ;.i - Birds .that n?ver fly- Weathercocks. A WIFE'S DEVOTION. A TRUE STOltY. Cbvrirpondcnce Atlanta Constitution. Several years ogu wheo Judge 3., then of the Superior Court, wac holding bia Cou-t at loray the, Monroe County, Qa., two brothers, resideut of Gwinnott Coun ty, wero brought before him charged with horse stealing. The case against the two men was plain indeed. The old man from whom the horse was stolen with bia wife and daugh ter wcro introduced and eaob in their turu on tho stand swore ationg and strik ingly alike as to the theft, the identity of ibo horse and of both mcu. Absolutely nothing in rebuttal could be produced by tho counsel for the de fense, except the testimony of a woman, tho young wife of one ot the prisoners and the daughter of tho old man from whom the horse waa atoleu. Her atory, aa told to ber attorney, waa so strange and unreasonable that he begged abe would not go to tho atand with it, fearing ita oiled upon both judge and jury. To .tho pleading of the lawyer ehe turned a deaf ear, and rising, without being bid, said aloud, "My innocent husband's lib erty io at stake, I must, I will Bpcak for him." Judge 8., who, up to this time, had not noticed the woman, now, owing to her manner of speech and seemingly intense sympathy and lovo for her hua band, called ber to tho stand, ruling "she could testify in behalf of her husband's brother and make a statement" for tho husbaud. The Bible was handed ber, and she kissed with a tunnel: that might bavo been heard a blcck away. Then tremblingly removing from her head ita old shaker covering, and very carefully unwinding a mush worn and tattered Gwinnott red shawl which she held in her arms, oho exposed to tho view of a greatly BurpriB&d audience a two months old baby boy who was bid aw?y some where in the folds of that huge shawl. Tho unwinding process completed, she hurriedly deposited both baby and cover ing in a heap on tho table iu front of ber, uud with a degree of determination in her face, expressed only in the linea of Shnkspctiro : "I shall remember when Gowar says do this, it ia performed," ehe fronted tho jury. Said she: "I have sworn to tell the truth. I understand fully the enormity and meanness of x lie. I am a God-fearing woman, and I believo every word in that good book there on the table, and if what I tell you now about thia caoo be not truo, may Clod in ilia wrath thia moment atriko mo dumb ere I utter another word, and make me suffer the most violent death that could befall a human. May I turn from this 'stand' when I have floished and look upon that baby-mino-my only one, whom I love, next to my husband, botter than my life, and find it cold in death. "Two years ago my father, who sits over there, and now accuses my husband of mealing his horse, sent to Gwinnett County for me, insisting that I should conn and nurse him through an attack of rheumatism. Ho and my mother had always boen very hard with Tom (my husband) and I, but Tom now persuaded me to go, saying it waa my father who was sick and it was my duty to go to him. I went, and remained two months or more until he recovered. While at my father'? the 'glanders' got among the Block in tho neighborhood, and after awhile a colt belonging to my father caught the disease. A consultation of tho family waa held, and it was finally decided to kill tho colt, hoping thereby to prevent the remainder of tho bones on the farm from catel lng it. "I plead for the colt's life and told ruy father to put it to itself away from the other horses and I would feed and (ry to cure it.' He did aa I asked and I nursed the colt back to health. ' When I was leaving home,' going back to my husband, my father told me io presence of both my mother and Bister, aa I had saved the colt's life he would give it to.me and would keep it for me, aa he bad good pasturage, until it grew large onough to work. Hu o thu matter re?\ed, aud I thought no more of lt until two weeks ago, when I received a letter from my father, stating that the colt va? ready for .?fork, but my mother and Bitter were un willing for mo to have lt. He said, he thought it best for me to send my hus band and his brother after the colt, tell ing them to take it from the pasture and not to let my mother and sister. know aboutit. "Owing to .our extreme poverty and need of a horse, Tom decided to do as my father bid. and last Thursday dight, a week ago, ne abd bia brother reached our home in Gwinnett with the colt, now grown to be a horse. The same that I nursed through the 'glanders' at my father's two years ago. ! The same .that my lather thou gave mo in presence Of my mother and elster, ? now - there by* bia side, and the same. Judge, that my fathei now says my husband stole from' him, Th in is all there ia of it," aha'said, and dropping her' head which, through thc recital of ber story, had been as erect ai the "proudest steed of th? prairie," she slowly left the "atand." "The letter/1 ol course, was asked for,' but could not bt ?iroduced. ' The woman naid Bhe had lent Ll '." k I'M.i.'iV-.t'i.'VJ '.....". ,The jury were "out" only a few w.6 mente, returning a verdict of guilty, f at the men were sentenced to ten year j' the penitentiary. As tba last wori'jo the sentence were uttered by the Judge the wife sprung to her feet and faciitj: her father and mother and young elster from her lips euch a curse fell BB fillet with honor all who beard it. Turnin| next to her husband, she gave him i long, last embrace, and held up thc bab] for bim to kiss. Then to tue Judge ?ht said, "I will find the letter, air, and bri nf it to you," and with a he.ir t-broke IT look but firm step, she passed through th< crowd to the street. The p.-iaoneru wen sent off next day to begin their lifo o servitude.- And soon, the' ece'ndib thi court room, the ead face of the wife,' th< baby, red eh awl and bil were forgotten t?o vc ral weeks later a woman enteret tba Judge's office in Forsyth, her fae flushed with excitement. and hcaminj with jojr. It was the wifo of the mat convicted of horse stealing. She hat found "the letter," and had walked witl ber baby in her arma all the long wa from Gwinnett to Monroe, to bring it t the Judge-,' Judgo 8---, fcftet cloaol examining the document, Waa satis Qed i wasgonuino, and took immediate ;etep to secure niote evidvnee In the mattel Thia waa easll* accomplished, and th \ father of the woman, on being confront ad .with the evidence procured by th Judge, finally admitted - that he ha watten the letter. The next train* t Atlanta brought Judge 8-- with ii and no timo waa lost iu submitting th matter to the Governor, who instant! issued a pardon for the two men. .. ? Only a few abort ycara ba7o patee nineo thia occurreDC'j, but time o nong baa intervened for tho wife's prayers t bo answered ; limo enough for tho partie who .eworo away her husband's goo nacOQ nod liberty to have reaped an ovo .whelming cup of misery, dertsdalto and?bame. ? ni-. Tho father and mother died in :ti poor i bouse fin tb* County whore om .thor lived in plenty. The aJater tbdj is leading a life of shanie ia a miserable brothel in a Georgia city. The good old Judge still Uvea in the enjoyment of excellent health. The brave and devoted wife and her wronged husband UTO now in Gvyinnott, and rank among her happiest and most prosperous citizens. The letter alluded to in this nar&tive ia on filo with other papers be longing to the catto in the executive office of tho State. My information waa re ceived from Colonel C-, bf Augusta, who was an "eye witness" to the trial. ARl"S TRAVELS. Ttie Manners anti Curt oma pf Texas. DALLAS, Tes., March 25.-Where do all the people come from nnd what are they after. The cvrs aro full of them nod the hotels aro crowded wherever I go. They come and they go. They seem as restless as tbe troubled sea. The zrowd that was here yesterday ia not lier? to-day, but their placea are lilied ind I seo new faces all the timo. The intel register here at Dallas shows arri* raia from seventeen States in the last .hrco day?, nnd most all of them mean justness. As I sit. among them in this .reat lavge lounging room I cannot help vondoring what is their business and *bat they are thinking about, and bow ' nany are happy and bow many bare orno Beeret sorrow, and I wish I was a nlnd reader and could follow them in heir thoughts of home and family rife, children or mother away off co mo fliere. How much we are all aliko if re only knew it. Sometimes .1 venture , remark to. a stranger who site near me ty- tho stove, and I nm glad to say I have Iwayo found them courteous and willing o talk to me. When, I draw them, out m home and distant; kindred it cecum a . welcome subject, sud as we get more amiliar, they warm up, and will venture o tell me of their business. Strangers a a strange land are very quick to ap 'recinto civility. A man may be offish nd uncommunicative when at home, but .hen he gota away off he looks longingly round for a friend-somebody tuet . nows.. At time? I havo felt awfully . anesome tn my wanderings over hero, nd I would have rejoiced with unfeigned ladnesa to hnvu acsu roy little dog Fido, could havo almost cried over the rt flee lonate wag of his little tale; This ever? onatant mingling ol' the people from all be States is obliged to do good. Wo aro ll assimilating ; we are rubbing against acb other more and more every day, nd we understand each other and find bat we are all just human and aro Bailing , a tho nam o big boat apon the sea of ife. The North and the South, the East nd the West are i being fast drawn Dgether, and not even the politicians an much longer keep us apart. Woe th r we are independent States are a nation lakes no difference now. We are all Lmericans and are proud of our country. Dallas is a beautiful city of about forty bousaud inhabitants. Dallas ia rich. 1er banks bave two millions of paid ap apital. Her merchants do a large rholesale trade with the smaller towns a 'a large circuit of country-a farming ouotry that is rich and fertile and in a ligher state of improvement than any hat I have yet Been. Dallas is speckled vit h Old Georgians and thei?.descendanta, ,nd I have had a continuous love feast vi th them. The old gray-haired men alk to me with glistening eyes and ask i thousand questions about our Georgia lead and their living children. What everence and affection tbey have for lowell Cobb and Stephens, and Tooinbs md Colquit and Judge Underwood and dajor Cooper. An old gentleman called in me this morning and said his name voa Lyon, and that he had been living n Texas forty-nine years. He ia a ) rc th er-in- lr. w to Dr., Powell and Colonel. Uevenson, tho diamond man of Gaines rille. He asked .affectionately about Fudge Underwood, and said? "Ob, how I'; isca to Jove his wife when she waa a chool girl, but aho didn't lovo mc, and 0 I joined a company to avengo the tenth of Fannie and Bowie and Crockett ind that settled mo in Texas."1 I lectured here last might to a large iud ie ti co that did ruo moro honor than I loser ved, and by way ' of reminiscence I j&id a '4 tribute' to'the grand old whig >arty of the Sooth, tho party that repro* tented the wealth end culture and aria* ooracy of Georgia, and after'the lecture naoy of the old timo whigs in the - andi* ince gathered around mo and thanked ne. What a bond there was among the Bombers Of that party. How they d!'l ' ovo nnd.honor and id?lla*.their leaders; They Bwor? by Henry Clay, and Fillmore, ind Stepheus nnd Toomba and John Sell and-the eode of honor-and those vho are oliva swear by them yet. I dined yesterday with General Cabell, 1 noble Virginian, the mayor, of Dallas, md who waa tho Quartermaster General,, ? WU ll *T^= ?V *JV*?fc UlUf V** those Bad and glorius days.flHUKittty old friend Major Ayer," said the gallant hero of the great battle of Drain:! vii lo ; the man Who took' 600 wagons over into tbs valley io capture ind carry away .?ll the hay, and when the yankeea got after him he turned bia j-homo teams in narrow cuta thal were mtv ten feet wide, and fled with alacrity back to Cen ter vi ile, and the roaring of bis wagons over the pike for twelve miles was like the sound of many waters; We . saw the clouds bf dust that follwed their . track and it was like the simoon of the ' lesert. Old Joe Johnston had tbe long roll beat, and the universal cry ?as, to irma, to arms. yo bravo ; but before the 3oyn got fairly started, hore come, the tragona driving lileo Jehu and the fat na?or was doing bis best to keep"up, and lane dismounted ho was covered all over nth dust and parap; rn, tion, and, saluting ho general with a solemn manner, >xclnlmed: G'?her??, I have brought rotor wagons baok bat I left the hay and rom Taylor bebind.. How Ia -Major . Ayer? . Ho tia*, a splendid officer and ij ?nid mount and rid o a horse with more . waa nnd grace than any fat man I ever Btw." I shall d Ins to day with ' a nest of 3eorgians-for Georgiana are clannish atilt and so are the people from any other 3t?te. They, love to got together and talk of their old homes and the scenes of tbetr youth-amt this is nataral and it ts right. Staloprideand "State righta"erop >ut everywhere. These Texans are; not it> all pleased with the appointment of Henry U. Jackson lo the Mexican misa 0?i. They'say that Tex ai* was certainly untitled' to thnt appaln;mcnt for Mexico la her neighbor and the Texans know her language and her people baiter th an my body. "Who ii Jackson" ?aid a maa lol ino. "Ia he a Spaniard ora traveler sr what is he? What is his peculiar itnesa for .that office that made Mr; Ol?velaad.ignore Texan? He has not Dio*c Hubbard atumped all over Indiana for him and helpcdelcct him." '?WeU, i the trouble ecems to bo what there aro not e&oagh office?; ibr aa ?lt, md I.reckou wo had belier orcato somo ?ere. BILI. ?]K'Sev?latir han... accompany acme Jsteratw lo Geld of Gettysburg Ott May 41