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ANDERSON, S. C., THURSDAY MORNING, APRIL 30, 1885. YOLTJME XX.-^-NO. 42 WILHITES' COLUMN AGAIN wo como before you and solicit your trade, so liberally extended to us In the past. We are better prepared than ever to etil you, and aro still HEADQUAR TERS for Pure and Reliable Drugs and Chemicals, Palatal, Olia and Varniabesj. Patent Medicine*. Etc., ?tc., and in fact anything in our lino. The most Importent branch of tho Drug Business ls conceded by all to bc the PRESOMPTION DEPART MENT, and we desire to call the attention of the public to the fact that we make a specially of compounding Physicians' Prescriptions, and guarantee alt ingredionta used by us to be absolutely PURE and FRESH. There is probably nothing about which mankind are so dc __?_ ser vedly particular as the Medicines which sickness com pels them to take, and the great desideratum is to feel assured that tho Apothecary fully understands the prep, ovation of tho Physician's prescription. We guarantee accuracy and purity, nt prices as low as Quality of same will permit. We moke purchases from first hands, select Gooda with special reference to wanta of our customers, and make them ot such prices as will ensure their ready sale. AU we Mk of our friends is that they caU and look over our8tock. It will be the constant aim of oar Honse to please, and wo shall spare no effort to do so. We take the lead In Toilet Article?. You will - lind our Stock complete, ano" also lind that a dollar will go further with ua in buying such articles than you havo ever boforo experienced. We invite your attention to a few of our Proprietary remedies, which we recommend to bo relinblo Medicines and worthy of a trial. ' . " *' L i t t . i - W?hlten' Soothing By rap or Baby's Friend ia an invaluable remedy far children when teething, regulating the bowels and relieving p?in. lt relieves the little saflercr at once, produces natural, quiet sleep, by relieving the child from pain, and (belittle cherub awakes as "brightaa a button." It is pleasant to take, soothes the child, relieves wind, and is the best known remedy for Diarrhoea, whether arising from teething or otherwise. Wkinite's Cough Syrup-Cough, Cough,Cough. A cold neglected, a cough left to cure itself oftentimes ? lead ? to complications fatal in their results. A prompt visit to our Store at the inception of the trouble, the use-of Wilhitc's Cough Syrup, whicli we can confident . ly recommend aa a good remedy, will relieve much suf fering and anxiety on the part of friends. Many children suffer from day to day-fretful, cross and peevish-and tho cause of I their suffering is not suspected. A pallid and sickly countenance, irregularity of appe tite or great voracity, bad breath, foul tongue, great thtrot, gradual emaciation, irritable temper, reduces of noatrili, disposition to be picking tbo note, are all symptoms indica ting the presence of Worms. If any of these symptoms are noticed or Worms are sus pected, procure a botllo of Wilhitc's Worm Syrup or VermiP~.;re, which coats but 25 cents, ard give it according to directions. It any Worms are p;esent they will soon be expelled, and you will have thc satisfaction of seeing your darling restored lo health again. If Ibero arc no Worms present the Syrup will do no harm, but will more thc bowels gently and leave the system in a healthy condition. This Syrup con tains no Calomel, and no Castor Oil or purgative medicine is required with it It should bein every family. Try it. The largest bottle of Worm Medicine in the market for 25c. Wilhite'N Eye Wuter is a sure cure for inf lamed or Weak Eyes, or any ordinary form (where no mechan ical or coratitutlorml trouble exists) of Bore Eyes. It bas been used with great success for a number of years, and amount paid for it will be refunded if it fails to euro any common form of Boro Eyes after directions have been carefully followed. If it does you no good it will coat.you nothing. Price 25b per bottle. DR. JOHNSTONES SAPONACEOUS ODDNTINE is the best preparation in the market lor thoroughly cleansing, preserving and beautifying the teeth, hardening* I the gums and imparting a delicious odor to the breath. Nothing Injurious. A safe and pleasant dentifrice. Recommended by A. P. Johnstone, D. D. S., and prepared by WILHITE * WILHITE, iPiaomiETORS, ANDERSON, - - S.O. March WHAT iS THE USE OF WASTING ft OOLLftR WHEN YOU WAY SftVE IT? r0U can save at least 25 per cent, in buying your Goods at these prices : Good faut color Printe, choice patterns.'. 4c" per yard. Best 4-4 Bleaching, free of starch.7c. per yard. Fast color Ginghams, choice pattern.......10?. per yard. French 8eeranckem, the best goods for.12jc. per yard. Lace Buntings, in all colors. Bplendid gooda.12Jc. per yard. Brocadea in gray, all-wool filling.16fc- pef W* Whlte and Colored Lawus, the best gooda.12Jc. per yawl. Checked Naiusnoks, beautiful patterns..,.10c. per y ar I. Persian Lawn, very fine quality....?5c. per yard. Real Moen Torchon Lace...............r....,,,.i....i^c. per doa. yaric Silk Laces, worth 7fic. per yard, now...........25c. per gag. Good Pearl Buttons, fully worth 15o. perdoz., we offer for 5c. per doaon. Ladies' Balbrigana Silk Checked Hose only..........35c per pair. Silk Parasols, that never sold for less than $3.00, only.....$2.00 now. .CP? m At.JW-TBL COST ! ? MILLINERY GOODS LOWER T?ftH ?HE LOWEST. Don't boy your HAT pr BONNET befap you, see our Stock. Wo havo an exi>erienced?VHlrier, and we are willing to se II fteae Gooda rtat cheap, O?^K^Hafe. ''-beA?ialfi?ly ' .?ri?imed; .t??!?; -??i^j:-. v Uai?a^AfJE^?PKMth? very latest novelties, In very Eandaonje. Goods from ?Ocop. "."* '. REMEMBER THE GREAT BARGAIN HOUSE BQOT?, SH?ES, HATS" a DRESS GOOfeS and NOTIONS ? pyou have, here ia^?r chance, ai l Wm seR my ? REM EMDE R, everything I have in Stock will beaold at and below Cost. ? carry ?ce boat lino of- * Ladies* and Children'sShoes ff** you ?sn find In the City. I ? ' Go Tell all the People f? Miles Around 1" JOHN M. HUBBARD * BRO, ARB:,PRBPARSD TO 8KLD BILL ARI? ?N TEXAS. A Groat Country For Chicken* and Preach, era. That courthouse at Belton. I thought they had a very fine one at Lampasas, but here ia one that cost $80,000-just a County courthouse. It is large enough for a city of one hundred thousand in* habitants, and that is just what nearly all these Texas County sites are banking on. They say that their Counties average a thousand square miles, and their lands ara so rich that every square mile will i easily support one hundred people, and i make business for a town of one hundred thousand besides. Belton I Well, it is curious with what assurance and com pl a cency these people talk about Texas in ' goneral, and Bell County in particular, j It does not sound like brag, but rather like faith that bas abundant proof to sustain it. "What makes your lands so high ?" said I, aud Dr. Ghent answered : "Why. my dear sir, Bell County bas got everything that is good. It is the only County in Texas that bas got good land, good water, good climate, aod plenty of timber, plenty of grass, plenty of build ing stone and gravel, and lime rock, plenty of clay that will make brick, plenty of water power and beautiful hills to build on, and cedar trees and live oaks for shade, and evergreens, beau tiful glades and meadows for cattle, plenty of fruit that never fails ; pecan ??roves that cover the ground with .uta, ands that average twenty bush' s of wheat and a hundred bushels of oats, and more cotton than can be picken out. If you waut black waxy, you can get it ; if you prefer rich Bandy loam, here it is : we can suit any man lo anything, ana we have got a population of fifty thou sand people, all nappy and prosperous, and we nave got right here in Belton, the best women in the world, and no gossip or slander or back-biting. We nave no very rich people and no poor ones, no stuckups or shoddy aristocracy, no foreigners to speak of, no niggers worth mentioning and we give glad wei como to all Bober industrious people who come, and we help them and encourage them and sympathize with them. I tell you, sir, cur people would sol n?low a stranger to be hooked in or swindled. Our land agents are honorable men, tote fair with all new comers, but as you say, our lands are high, compared with some other places. Our best lands range from twenty to thirty dollars an acre, but you can buy on long rime if you make one payment. The land will pay for j itself In five years or less-very frequent ly it pays in two. One hundred bushels of oats at thirty cents a bushel will pay out in one year and it does thal often. Then look at our schools-six hundred and fifty scholars here now and thc best of teachers--mnny of them from your good old State of Georgia. Why about one fourth of all our people are from Georgia, South Carolina and Alabama." Belton is a Southern town of about 5,000 inhabitants, and handles from thirty to forty thousand bales of cotton annu ally ; has a compress, and an oil mill, and an iron foundry, and extensive lime works. Her suburban homes are beauti ful, and ber orchards of peaches and Sears and apples abound everywhere, lailroadn bring and take her traffic in every direction. There are eighteen depots in this County. The trade of Belton is wonderful considering that the County supports Temple and Salado and other towns. When I was told by a Georgia merchant In Waco, that bo was shipping 2,000 dozen eggs in a week, I was astonished, but here are two boys in Belton, who have shipped in five weeks thirteen thousand dozen eggs, 1,500 chickens and seven hundred turkeys. This is a great country for. chickens and preachers. It is a great country to build np new towns quick. Now here is Tem ple within eight miles of Belton. Tem ple is only four yea? old and bas 3,500 [leople. The surrounding country is ovely. I have seen no better anywhere than around Temple and Belton. The homes of the farmers are more inviting (han .any section I have' visited. Ola friends of my youth met me at Temple .--friends I went to school with ia old G win nett, and somehow or other they all know of my belog here aod they come to talk of their old homes and people. Coe man Bald: "Oh, yeal We uaod to live right down by the graveyard, and you bad to pass it at night wheo yon was a cour tin' Miss O ctav y, and I wanted to hide ia the graveyard ??ad skeet you sometimes, aod I would have done it, but I was afeerd myself." Taylor is auother young and lively town, and is surrounded with the resi dences of wealthy cattle, men. I saw very fine (Jersey stock-there, and have found out that Jerseys do thrive in mid dle Texas. From Taylor I journeyed tc Tyler and Pittsburg, nore I found tim ber and forest trees, and red. land, and sandy hollows, and good freestone water, and I could easily imagine that I wat back io old Georgia-yes, In old Gwin nett or Walton, for everything seemed just the same as it was there-only thu land is fresher and better-no big gullies sweeping down the hills, no abandonee fields, no broom sedge, no sassafrai thickets. The great big old-fashiouet red oaks make up the forests-the crab apples and dogwood are io bloom, th< birds are singing everywhere, and abort all, the people-the men and wemen, an most all from the Southeastern States Georgians are too numer?os to mentios Georgians take the. J?*d.. Tyler in l beautiful city, of 6,000 inhabitants-flht schools, fine churches, wealth, coltan and refinement all around. - It ia tho firs place I bav? found where you ^caVt boj a cigar co Suodey-not even from yp?? Unffl?rd. "Ko,air." aald he, "the M elgar & sold on.SuocWcostimeJorty-tw( doUare." Governor Dick Hubbard live here, and he ia alwaya conspicuous nm notable for his size and his elcquenco ant his conversation. He is a pt-rt, of Tylei He blows his foghorn as loud aa Blu Jeana Williams used to do. When h comes on the publie square every bod koowa it, and everybody ?aya, ??Yotrfe ja Dick." He la b g alf over and rver way, mentally amf bodily. He reave and blows when he lalkB, like ft 1 jcome tlve. Wheo he aaya a thing lt carri? weight If it leanly -^geed morning,' or *'tha wlod ha? v changed,?, or an casual remark, it la aald so M to carr con v i dion and meaning. Duncan use to say that he ?ranted to be. rich just t have bia opinion respected, but'I W to bo n great big fat .man with a vole to have my opinion? reanected. Poop would stop and luden and say he .koo? SuboutR. Alek Stephens got a p^i of his reputation from being a skeleto and jest so Dick Hubbard Mts a part < leisure, Hmo to t^k and joke and discu *There are bot few, very fewv rich mt ^vistas but I found many of tho good women would go back if the war was all clear. It lakes a woman much longer to get weaned than a man. The Georgians stopped here, 1 think, because the country looks like Georgia. lt is not a region of rieb land. North Georgia bas better land generally, and I don't know any good reason why a man who is doing reasonably well in Georgia should leave that State for this. But people are restless and will move. Many sybo came here years ago have gone further West, ano so lt goes. BILL Am?. Oar Faults Wear Our Yirtnes. The sins of good men are not unfre inently fonnd in the neighborhood of their moit distinguishing virtues. The (reak places aro carefully watched, but Lbe strong places are fed Unguarded because they are strong, and just there the tempter makes bis fiercest assault and jnters tue "city fortified." It is well to know our elements of strength and to put confidence in them ; but thia confl lenee should not tend to a relaxation of] watchfulness. Satan is a vigilant adver isry ; whenever he sees a sentinel called iwsy, or Bleeping at bis post, he improves the opportunity. The greatest nain ta have failed just nrbere they seemed strongest. Peter, the Apostle{ was characterised ?hove all the other disciples for sincerity ind courage. He could not diaguise his feelings. His character was transparent. Von could read him at a glance. Cun ning and duplicity were foreign to his nature. He always uttered tbe senti neats of bis heart, even though his words ?coined rash and irreverent at times and ix nosed him to the sharp rebukes of his Master. Nor was Peter .?.coward. The declara tion "Though I should diewith thee, yet I will I not deny thee ; I am ready to go ' ivlth thee both to prison and death j I viii lay down my life for thy Bake ;" was io sadden burst of enthusiastic devotion O his master. It came from the inner ?ancillary of his heart. It revealed the rue inwardness of his character. Upon the day cf Poutec-osi ano ueiore be Jewish Council, Peter stepped boldly o the front and continued resolute and inbending until the last. And yet Pe er's twofold sin was deceit snd cowardice. The man, whose characteristic was hon ?sty, attempts to practice deception. ' The nan, who was ready to lay down bis life br bis master, denies with the emphasis if an oath that he never knew the Man. So of many other holy men of old.1 kbrabam was called the "father of the ! kith ful" and yet be failed most signally n faith. Job was remarkable for his tatlencet and yet that very grace gave ray under repeated trials. Moses was "meek above all the men bat dwelt upon tbe earth" and yet at leribab bis meekness gave place to rritability. Ho lost self control and by miling the rock, contrary to God's com nand, displayed, a vindictive spirit trangely out of harmony with bis usual leportment. The man of gentle, humble nd quiet temper became peevish and ngrily scolded the people for their mur nurings. So also of Jacob. The great and pe uliar excellence of his character was the eligious faith and intensity of feeling rith which he cherished the Divine iromise made to bis fathers. "Ia thee od in thy seed shall all the families of ! be earth oe blessed." But in- this was xhibited the frailty of Jacob and from t proceeded bis folly and sins. . How important and solemn the lesson onvoyed by these examples I The holiest motives and soundest prin iples of christian life and character equire constant watching. Let the child of God beware-lest ] rhen be thinks himself distinguished ar come great principle or grace, ne fail a that very thing. Nc t only guard the weak places, but I Iso post a wary sentinel at toe point of ] reatest strength and security. "Let bim hat thiuketh be standetb, take heed lest ie fall."-Associate Reformed Pretbyteri n. "A Strange Caso o' Credulity? COVINGTON, GA., April 17.-About 'Uno 22 last a low, Surly looking negro ama to this County from Alabama. His ppearanco was followed by great excite neut. He said God revealed to bim that | ? he would dig at a certain place in the snebrake he would find a large cheat ?lied with gold dollars. He was directed o'messnre them and they would measure list twenty bushels. He claims that 'oh r A. Murrell. buried it there long car? ago. He soon got two negro men ?.help bim work, the money ont. Hoi iow has them .employed at a salary of ive dollars a day each promising to pay hem when ho nets tho gold. They com menced work June 22.1884. Io a cane-( ?rake with n bolo at the top that moasur d eighty feet in diameter ibey spent six ' sooths of hard labor. About December 5 the rains came, and it was Impossible 0 keep the water out sufficiently to sink bo hol? deeper. They stopped work nd it soon filled up with water. The tolo if now filled with water thirly-fivo cet deep. Tbe negro resorted to bia Biblo and kotseshoe, and it was not many.days, bo oro'ho said God bid revealed to him nolber good fortune a quarter of a mlle rom the first one. Thia time it waa on a ilgb rocky ridjr? %fi?r? there was no hauco for it to fill with water. Ho and ila came two negroes began work January last The slxe of the bolo at the top is ilnety feet 'in diameter, and It is now hoot forty feet deep. It looks Uko a ort in time of war. They aro now wora ng in aolld gray rock. They are* without, doney, and have poor credit. It is a ayatery how they Carry'on the work; titer they made a blast and while there, our correspondent asked tho eal nfs por lisslon to gb the bottom of tho bolo and co for himself. Hdsald ho did not allow ny ono down in tbe,hole, but ir tho o respondent would ?hrow out bia tobao o and not speak white in tho hole, ho ?tight go down. The promise was made, ntl tho correspondent ventured to tho ottoro, coming away satisfied that there ros no money for tho saint. '. " ;*?j' , A Heavy Failureta Cincinnati. CINCINNATI, April . Si-^Tbe Louis look Manufacturing Ob., one of the unrest manufacturers of carriages and uggies iu tho West, made a:i assignment o day to ex-Mayor Thomas 3T? Stephens, rlth preferences amounting to $?,000. 'be attorney for the company says tho rscts will reach $?9T,C00 at their face ahit/aiMlisiliabitttiea in rapad nam ers are f*200,000. The cause of tba allure, lie says, la tho failure of i U?tamanta nay. op >. *?*?Sf*to? ! dion of certain creditors who brought ulta io attachment this morning, alleg- 1 ag that the company waa atout to assign. . .-... . ??q-,'.'.-,.' .'?"? - - Jfidg? .^Tsthesapoosiv^dedde^^J Gambia last week in a case of the C. to.pay the.ex] emission ls um The ewe v?aa appealed. fe The Confederate Bend Hrstcry. COLUMBIA, April 20.-Tho unsolved enigma of th lb decade has been the mo* tive Inducing the demand in England for certain Confederate bonds. Conjectures have been numerous, but none pointed to a logical reason for the fact that worth less Confed?relo obllpatlons, which bad for fifteen years filled dusty cheeta and trunka in Europe and in the South, sud denly commanded from close mouthed speculators a price equalling several per centum of their par value. Chance bas just afforded me an expla nation of the whole business-an expla nation which I can announce with con fidence, because it la complete and logi cal and consistent with every phase of tho bond speculation, but chiefly because it cornea authoritatively from one of the few men in the United States who have been from the first cognizant of the facts ?nd of the meaning of tho ?o-calted "erase." He bas been cloaety connected with the bond operations, but now that they have been completed he gives me the facts, with the understanding that his name be withheld from publication. Judah P. Benjamin, Secretary of State of the Confederacy from 1862 cst!! l*t collapse, was the originator of the plan by Wnieu a demand waa created for the bonds, and to bia ahrewdneas ls attribu table the complete success of thi project. Several departments cf the Confeder ate government-such as the ordnance, quartermaster's and medical purveyor's had special funds deposited with Euro pean bankers for the purchase of sup ?liea which could only be obtained in !uropo. This waa well known,-and the members of these departments and their agents were also known, so that when the United States government succeeded to the assets of tue Confederacy the rem nants of funda were surrendered to it by those who held them. There was one fund, however, which escaped surrender because of the mystery enveloping it. and this was the secret service i'd nu or the Confederate department of State. At diff?rent times tho Confederate Con greve, in secret session, voted large Bums for the secret ncr vice, tho intention be ing, of con foo, to apply this money in foreign securities BO as to aid the. Con federacy and embarrass ita adversary. The members of the secret service were not known to the public. I have been shown a list of the principal ones, bnt am not permitted to print it. Sev eral were very prominent men identified with Confederate diplomacy, and bore high characters. Others I had never heard of before. London and ParlB were the chief points of secret service activity. There was an agent at Brownsville, Texas, on the Mexican border. The principal deposits of Beeret service money were lu London and Paris bimbo. The funtis were placed to the credit of citizens of Great Britain and France, who were friendly to the South. The understand ing with them waa that they would assume no responsibility, but would honor drafts to toe extent of the money in bank. At the close of the war there were large unexpended balancea ol Beeret ncr v ico money to the credit of these fiartiea. Tho total balante due the Con ederate government at the time of Ita fall was about five million and eighty thousand dollars. The men who had this money deposi ted in their names were honest. They did not make way with the assets of tho dead Confederacy, but they were puzzled to know what to do with them. Mr. Benjamin, aa Secretary of State of the Confederacy, knew these agents, and during hia reaidence in England consult ed with them aa to the disposition of the money. It waa agreed that it ahould not bo surrendered to the United States. Ibo question was then, how to disburse the money so as best to benefit those on titled to it. It was concluded that the people who had '-i von their means.to the Confederacy foi its bonds were entitled to these (the Confederacy's) assets. The aggregate of the funds was ascer tained, and a calculation was msde aa tc bow far it would go in paying the inter est on the bonds, becauae, of course, it wes impracticable to declare a dividend on the principal. Publicity was to bc avoided. Secrecy was indispensable. Il was decided to pay off the unhonored coupons, beginning with those hut do? by tho Confederacy during its existence These were the coupons falling due Jan 1st, I860. Then the balance was to bi applied to tho payment of the next cou pons falling due. The bonds were ad ver?eed for. To cover the real object o the movement it was hinted that th< benda were to be held by speculators, an< that ault was to be instituted against tbi United S ta tea. for their payment. Thi amusing idea gained great prevalence The bonds were readily obtained, an? xl! of the January, 1866, coupons wen paid, simply, by tho purchase or the bond for the amount of these coupons am their aubaequont destruction. There msinder of the fond was absorbed, b; tho partial payment of tho coupons nex due, in the order of their presentation Very few-of tbs men who dealt in th honda knew what was the object of tb purchase. : The circle managing th ??ch o ino waa quite small. Mr. ! Benje Sin's master mind conceived ttV and ca ired its fulfilment. Ho handled non of the money and none was paid to hi order. : Nobody in tho secret made mon oy out of it. The purpose waa simply t return to tho creditors of th? dead Coe federacy a part of their money. - Tho whole transaction' ia now closed aa all the Confederate assets have bee disbursed. Confederate bonds are n longer in demand.- b'cics and Courier. ' i mun - The Male. ' | - Tba mule ie ev m i r?elo of pat i o a ci ond? renee and intelligence Tho mu! bi naturally kind:and gentle, and h tricks-bia stubbornness, bis vico, cte aro the result of hard treatment. Tl: ?ale has always been a butt. He hi meekly submitted to violence, to obloqu and to contempt. Where a horse petted and argued ?Ith, a mole ia kneel ed ron the head. Any irregularities * behavior In a horse are ascribed to me ttl to high blood, spirit, etc. He ie admin as a lofty- minded creature, a proud arisfa erat, abd all ibas. A male ls strop! ramed nnder similar arco matan ces eiewed as a pig-headed and m alignai brute, and treated accordingly. Yon Ct ride? male in the darkest night along road iafcbicd with zuta and bridgea, y he ?ill never fall <1 oT?, never put b foot Into athole, nov er betray your con I dence, A hors* will do all of the tbinga. In a ?old, th? hore? depem upon hia rider, whereas tho wise, rid may eafely depend upon his molo. - The National Democratic Qomml leo ia aald to be $21,000 io debt, A co ^^.Ht "f ikJnu.!?..?! Enc ?ir i?jsv ?ltc~?e timoThe CommlUeTw BBtirely out of money, sud tho efitcta Ike concern io Newr York wero abbot be set out ou the carbetono. La? thi a half doten ssen^sMrv* abe Ooanftita tl0O3000 to rolieve ita necessities at carry on the political war." From e accounts, men who did iba leant.to. he tho, canse jLWUB?arily^baTC been mc THE SHIRT-TAIL IN WAH* Hoir Stonewall Jaokaon F ropo ted i? Jttark HU? Man U a Night Attack. OQ the night of tho battle of Frcdor icksburg, when Burnside was trying to get bia army back to tho Stafford aldo of the river over the ODO pontoon bridge that waa left, Lee called a council, of war. Jackson had been holding a posi tion some three miles down the river from Maryo'a heights, where tbe fiercest fighting bad taken place, but had moved hts command up closer late in the after noon. Tbe night was fearfully dark, and a drizzling rain bad set ia.. Jackson came into the council, saluted the officers present and took a seat off in a corner. General Lee stated the purpose for which the connell had been called, and aaked one of the senior officers for his opinion ; and then another, aud another, until all bad spoken save Stonewall! Lee then turned and asked his opinion, but receiv ed no response. All turned to bear what be would say, and there sst Jackeon, bolt upright in his chair, fast asleep. "Why, I bless me," said Lee, "the old fellow la ? asleep," snd going to him he shook his arm and called bis name, which awaken ed him. "General Jackson, will you give us /our opinion as to what should bedonef" ? "Gentlemen," he aaid, "i nm&orry that I have not beard all that has been aaid ; but my plan is, if the council will agree to it, to go back to my corps and march it into Federlckaburg at once. The ene my has met with a severe reverse, and is in all probability demoralized. They have only one bridge over which to escape. One corps ls sufficient to do this work, to destroy what remains of that army on tbU aide of the river, and that being done the campaign will be over." "But, General," said Lee, "consider tbe fact tbat those men have only the ono bridge over which to escape; they will fight desperately." "What if they do ? My corpa U accus tomed to desperate fighting. But the very fact that they have only one avenue of escapo, in their demoralised condition, will c??no thom to make every effort to use the bridge. They will not fight so desperately aa you think." "But consider the darkness of the night. Your men will not be able to distinguish their own comrades." "I have thought of all that. I will make my men pull their , shirt-tails out and march In ; they will know one an o her then." General Lee walked back and forth for s jme time, deeply engaged in thought. Finally . be said : "General Jackson, I cannot agree to your proposition ; the slaughter would be horrible, and my con science cannot approve of it." "My conscience approves of it thor oughly," said Jackson. "War.U war ; the slaughter to day linn been horriblo, and would have been worse bad tbe enemy gained those heights. The enemy U in a trap, and wo should take advantage of it. If the tables were turned they would march in on us." "And at this very time," said a Union officer to me last April, we were getting out of that place as fast as men could bc got over one bridge. We were looking every, minute for the Confederate troops tp rush in upon ns, and if they bad done so we would have been utterly rained. Pope's army, when Jackson got behind bim, wai. at a pic nic compared to oar situation that night." And when I told him of Jackson's plan for enabling hU troops to know their comrades, he said : "Fabiun Maximus U the only other man who ever lived who would have thought of such a thing, and his soldiers didn't have the materials.'"-St. Louts Globe Democrat. Sot and Sot. ?"You seo," ehe was.explaining tc a lawyer, after beating bU counsel fee down to $8. "I have a daughter Maria." "Yes'm." "Maria has a beau.'? "Exactly." "Has been waitin' on her for six years." Ml ase." . "And Pvo been waitin' on bim for tho same length of time-waitin' for him to marry her." ? "Just co, ma'am." "How long should a couple spark?" . "Well, that depends. It takes some folks along time to make op their minds." . i "Isn't three ycari long enough t" ! "I should think so." "And . I gave him six. I've been get ting madder and madder for the last three months, and finally last night I couldn't hold in any longer. I wont into tbe parlor and th ero he waa. giggling and winking and loving around same as five yearn ago. There was Marls, simpering and cackling and acting Uko tho same fool she allua was. Don't talk to me I A gal can bring a beau to timo Inside of two years if eho'o got any marry in her. You didn't fool away six years ?" "No'm." ;;i ' ' ? , "Nor I, either. Well, I stood it aa long as I could, and when'I went into tia room says I to William, says I i ; ** " ?William, you'vo sot and sot, aod ita my duty aaa moths* to know if you In tend to marry- Marni/' ">T"*i?-? n?w? h? "Mariaabo gtveaooreecb, and William ho turned fiery red, bot says I*'/1 *?*? ; iJMIf yon lova why donY you* marry ? If you are banging around here to pass away time you'd better skip" ' "Well, William cOoghci jud gasped and etuuered around, and said ho wanted to writo to his mi lo Iowa." I "Your ina in It wa I" says I, feeling my dander diming ip. "Mcbbo you ain't woaned,yatI,,',?l?-i'':;'>j ? " i; . "Thou ho says ho couldn't bo bull dozed, and that ono objection to marrying Maria was having mo for a mother-in-law. Then the cyclone broke loose. Aleo, thc whirlwind. Also, two or three earth quakes. Inside of four , min?les ? Maria had fainted,'Winiam was'a wreck, and we. had opeot the .atora aod broke throe chairs. Ho como to. and slipped out While I was holding camphor to Moria's noss, and Pvo beard;to day 'that..he is after a warrant for mo for assault with intent to kill. Can he get one?" .f ?*Yaa'?." . ' ; "Caa he do anything?" '.W^l.youSntaSry/' ., ^ 1: ^Santo-Ill joJegoVf a Jury abd tell .em how he oudMarla havo sot and sot, for 1,700 night?-how Tva bad to bo soft me ?200 for, fuel and oil-how, bul j-bat* ni!. If they are men they csa&lijCtf?. : * '.'! ( -~-~r '. ~~An Edgefield minister, sixty y oars old tad a widower, traveled twenty miles hut t?unday, preached two sermons and g^ia*rra>a^^a^?n^ " \ n"p ".g ngg ? ? ? M '??> 'j.'.' A md) Pi?iLt, A Btifuta** 84oJry raro? th? Bau? Bk!f? Mirons al nt> BALTIMORE, Md., April 21.-A start ling story of an unnatural family Hf? of : hermitage is just reported from the wild, I mountainous section of Western Mary? land. About twenty years ago Thomas Murphy, aged twenty-five years, son of a I former well-known and highly respected farmer of Carroll County, eloped with Ellen Gerrett, the sixteen-year-old ?daughter of a local preacher ?f the same - Couuty. No tidings were ever heard of the elopers until n few days ago, when they were discovered by two gunners, named Henningham and Phelps, residing In ? But to an isolated portion of the, Blue Ridge mountains, in Frederick County. The young men, while hunting,' wcro startled, on Tuesday last, by seeing a young and pretty girl, ciao in rough garments, flee from their eights like a wild animal. They followed the girl, and aoon carno anon a rade hut, almost concealed from flew by underbrush. A brawny man, wilb long, flowing whiskers, stood at the entrance of tho but, with' gun in band, and demanded of the in truders what they wanted. The fact that they were hunting game in tho monntalne, ana accidentally happened on the scene, was made known, and, aller mach diffi culty the story of the hermit and his family was obtained from the mao, who Was nono other tbao Murphy. After tho elopement be says he endeav ored tb get work, but was unsuccessful, and then resolved to kill his wifo and himself. With this object in view, Murphy persuaded tbe girl (Ellen) to accompany bim to tho mountains, whore he Intended to kill her and thea blow oat his own braids; brit apon reaching the scene of the proposed tragedy his heart failed him, andi ne coola not summon courage to commit the deed. He and the young girl remained in the mountain that, night. The next day a heavy rain storm set in, and a temporary shelter was arranged out of branches and leaves. After passing several day? in this manner the d ri WM toten ill froT Eosure, and came near dying. Murphy Hied Binall game, and'the two subsisted upon berries and birds foi months. At length the girl gave birth to a female child, and was without aa attendant except Murphy. The next day Murphy went to tbe village to purchase a few er tic'cj, and since that time he declares moat positively be nor his family, which consist of two children, aged nineteen and eleven years respectively, have ever seen a human being mitti they saw Henningham and Phelps on Tuesday last. Four years ago a boy baby was born. A few mouthe later it died, and was buried by Murphy aud the girl Ellon: About two years later Ellen was injured by a falling tree and died, after ?Unering intensely two weeks without medical ati?ndame of any kind. Murphy says he dag a grave abd burled her beside their child. Henningham ' and Phelps say they saw the gravas of both. They also state that the young daughter ol Murphy is a beautiful girl, but piteously ignorant She does not know of such a thing aa an alphabet. The boy, now elevea years ola, is equally illiterate. He Is called "Soo." The hut in which they have lived co long ia made ol breaches of trees covered . with mud Murphy says he has no d?sirs to live smong civilized people, aod that he ii contented with his lot. Action will b: taken by the Frederick County authori ties to care for the yoong girl aod hei brother. She Wanted no Food. "Step this way," said the judge. Sh* arose and approached the railing. "Tbl officer tells me that you have been urreat ed for vagraooy. It is, indeed,, bard t< enforce the law in a case like this.'! Shi made no reply but clasped the chili closer to ber breast. "Have you "ni homet" "No, slr." "Wheo did yot come to this town i" "Nearly a week agc My husband cams here to seek employ meat. Shortly afterward I heard that n was ia a hospital. Then I came as bea I could. When I reached the hospita S?d asked for him,aa old man - pointa to a coffin in a wag?n and said, 'He is ii there.' I followed the wagon out to th pauper burying ground, and when th man drove away, I sat by the grave Through the long night I sat there i the stillness that seemed to come dow from a greater stillness above. , The orle of ray child were the only counds-eric that seemed to come from my own hear When morning cams I appealed for foo at a house sear by, and the woman wh gave roo ? piece of bread told mo to b< gbne. ' 'Go,' said she. 'There is abm? thing wrong with a beggar who seems ; l bo so well educated as you oro/ I lol her my atory^-abowed her the grave ela on my child's hands,- but v?e turned u her nose and enid I ought to write stork II carno into tho city end applied alt tl hospital, but tboy told ma that tho pim was full. ? tried to get work but no oi wanted mo. ? Last I night ;I waa arrei ed for merely walking along the stn? Great God, cannot thc etarving moth vf alt nu tho street ? Do ;you, uh-, bolib in a Redeemer?" "Yes, madame ".Yet, flo do they all, and if He was bei ?Awfrsore andwearyasHsn^.waa,^ would arrest .him for walking on tl street. ? bavo' lost my reddon-* s mad. Don't turn away.. I toked you 1 food. Ab, you bbliovo in a.2-?deemc J?Ftoed ,4oT?*Mw?aV food." "But your child ? ' Sno etrctch rib her arnie end placed ^tho child * v j judge's desk?' {lt wja dead? ... Bones F^r'O^jplVlnw. j If bones aro really as valuable aa th aro claimed to bo by some for grapevim alatiog bia vices to wonderful vigor, is said that If a bono bo planted in t car th near the root of the frap? th e vi will send out a leading root directly tho bone. In its passage it will tbr oat no fibres, but wheo it reaches I bone the roo; will entirely cover tt w tho mont delicate fibre*, like lace, cr onoasskipg s pore ?it tbs &*%IS^H8? t boss, Jths flus wUl continuo to feed has-the meaos Ot hand lo furnish t nutriment to their vines by utilizing.. - bonee.cf whlc^SYSty bousshaaa eupr a^n?d^ "sd P*^, tho two wore declared ma^s^'^v Whea the man recovered his senses egressed emprise aud some dkgm not before knowa to the fair dentist, t he already possescsod a wi?. . . - What kind of paper mos t rr^oml '\ ," ? - ' ? -il'.,?>!?,.?,'I'L' Life In ft State l*rl?o?. /:?afltWe4lie?fitW PeoUeatisry U .pa* . bapa as unpleasanta, tfojp/Mfpsb&uce as any criminal, of however wide orango of experience,'will bo able to nientiob. The building, which Ia rectangular in shape, i ia forbidding ,in its appearance, bejtog built of n dingy red sandstone, 1% is about two hundred feet !?ss, forty feet wide and forty feet high, and cpntdius 272 cells, each cell bela? seven feet long;, wyon feet high .and .fere* fee* ?, wide, rho cells wero furnished hy contract, tho furniture being of Spartan tike elmplicHy, Ac oblong iron frame upon which 1 ia stretched; ftpiece of canvass, and which is fastened by iron hooka to the wall,! lervea as tho convict's bed. Ai night it in supplemented with a loosely filled straw m aUreas; In the' day timo tho mattress is re&oved and tho /raino b swung un against the wall. : Each bed is provided wftn a straw pillow, about tho ?iso of a brick, and two cotton coverlets. A Wooden shelf, a wooden bucket, an earthenware ' water jug, a Bible and Individuals Who go to their boarding boose. There ia no toniug-d?wc system In vogue. Tho convict is made to realise within three, seconds nO-cr his arrivul that be Is in a tight place, where no hoasense; ls allowed. Aa soon aa transferred to tho ' iuslody of the Warden he is required to bid hfs arms and is then put lace to.the vail, io which humiliating position he a allowed to remain ten minutes, half/ah ?cir, an bo? ri or -two it may be, or at ' all ?vents antil tho keener is quit? waflj to attend to him? . Altor being ; measured ind weighed and put into a suit of prison, clothes, he Is lei to "the dungeon," a Hemal adjunct "td* the ;prison proper, rho door is opened ; he ia thrust in and ibo door is.locked behind-him. .After ?oing kept there ft sufficient length of ime to give him a tolerably correct lotion of tho unpleasantness of the* )lace, he is released and then informed hat confinement in this dungeon le ona >f the mild forms of punishment which nay bo roiicd upon to follow an In/rac ion of tho prison rules. Hots next shown tho "cat" end tho 'ball and chain," and Is requested to tote them carefully in bis memory. Thia terrorising process over, ho is con* iucted back to the main prison and placed in line with five convicts-three in front and, two behind him-and is narcbed around the corridors an bonr or wo, or until the keeper is satisfied that be has become proficient in the "lock itep." ThlB drill concluded, the door cf >ne of the work-shops ia pointed out to : lim, and he ia told to fold bis arma, keep ' ils eyes on the ground and march to tho ihop-keoper, who tells him that the first - ?ula of the place is that, convicts shall lever look op from their work- .Other rules, he is informed, require him to ?peak to nobody and to work incessantly rora bell to bell. The shops dre email, sontninlng on an average-about;: twenty ivo mea each. These ? poorly : fed prfs >ners aro expected to turn out more work bin is done by the average skilled work nan in the outer world. If a convict working at a window lifts bbl head from, his work for ooo glad glimpse of tho bright sunlight, ho is Im mediately looked up in tho dark cell. After the night bell riggs, the convicto fall in lino in the shops and march with. look-step to tho prison yard and form n leml-circle. The guards and keepers then approach, and each convict takes afT his hat, throws op his arma and is learched. the. prisoners ?landing bare beaded during tho process, oyen though be thermometer, aa is frequently tho ?we, registers several degrees below tero. On their return to the prison tho sonviots are marched to a cold, cheerless, ball, where they are drawn np in line ind commanded to fold their arms and keep their dyes on tho, ground. In this penitential attitude they are expected to foin in singing a glad b/mn of praise to the Lord Most High, which is led by the prison chaplain, A prayer is then sala try tho chaplain to which the convicts ITO required to respond "Amen."-JV. If. ' World. . i i--.. i" ,. -,-?-~ ?i% , 4 ; Preserving, Shoo leather. \ The London Field eave : Thora ia ona ?' tlmplo article which: will rendei any lecontly made hoot thoroughly imper? ? ' rions, i It ia nothing moro or fere, than,. :old-brawn castor oil "pure and citnplo." . it is beat applied before o moderato fire. Ehe boots to be dressed should, bc quito Jean and dry r and espddlal e*^ . be given to thc.welt and the tongues, and ,i their stitching on the upper, leathers; I ;cnerally bctfn by pating tho' oil from tho bottle around the welt, ?so that tho > inglo between th? sole and nppe7 lea4Sutv ( ls quito filled with oil and than proceed , u Ul,over the boot, including the edgos rubbing it In with the hand. When ono Is jone have J turn at the other, and ?o fcltarnntcly until yob have got in about ? table-spoonful and a-half to each boot. . Tho./tongues, . being, thinner leather,., Bhould bo quito saturated, '?abse?neht l ?resiiisgs will bot require so mach dis. ? have nev^jr found^ ttew; the boote will Boon toko a good [common blacking] polish &o;muelvsa ,. that ft man may waterproof bia ordinary walking-boots for bad weather. wTthout spoiling their appearance'. With ft1 com raonwftkl?*-bootof ordinary 'tiitobnaaV apply the oil over the .solo. ' : I wear tho -j, boota ao treated, ahoojing, over thick woolen Bocka for from ,eTght.,to twelve hours ft day or more, without feeling tho -.lightest inconvenicaco in any way ; bat thoy have tho chilly foel . ioas^r?bbaJ^>> from all "boola that dre piled in any way.. Bardettd OB "HaW? . Tho songo* A'o?fiA'g?oii osi'^abouta^' less life, as Milton sang of light when he griers, progress, when, m^nael?a-.m^SSfg nrl&3? ^Tiero '"ir rid^pWlikd Eomd. v People who live- in boarding housed ting lt. If the daughter of ft Methodist min?* ? iater remembers tho homo ot he* child- ; , hood, her memory must be^a polyglot, goddess^^A^i^M^^^ 'S^/kP^?also 1 : osnally janitor. A man loves his home because IfcJs hw refuge. . lite also loves it ; QdWRBlmM^be is a great xaan; there ho is Governor, or at least he id.Lleatea-" autGoverncr. Aad anyhow ho ia ter* tain' io ? be Secretary ot tao Treasury, t ^woitt/orge^usiw^ bat tho homo Tuve raradrabeis,eur voW ; , exaggerate* 'QOS virtues until o?^ pJumber the fctara in -tho nsAvens, ?nd, KtttJa AUK ASMn i!r>?ji? ?ti. IfT^f? ?? * - ? as^toboida put. , ' ilcchr?d ia ajfteeut ad4re^?,that be ha/? fore vet ae^ratcd frota' tho SeptibUean , party; ' Agaaftt many ar?.'ft1?%"j^l|||W^j aowadavs, -'.'\''- '^^^ ; -^-Tb? 6tn$er*?; bdn^^nouM be tho borne whew p?enty. and conteht?asa? . fcoido^;,??can rsjsoth?^, , ^v