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BY E. B. MURRAY & CO. ANDERSON, S. C, THURSDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 18, 1886. VOLUME XXL?NO. 32. Column. J. G. CLINKSCALES, Editor. A COBBJBCTION. / Two . school claims charged against Garvin Township ought to have been charged against Brushy Creek. We make the correction. Teachers will please rusrk the number of School Dis? trict on their claims distinctly. It will very greatly oblige the School Commis? sioner._ Mr. J. W. Eskew.is.now assisting Mr. E. B. Vickery in the New Prospect School. ,.They have, now over sixty pupils, and the cry is, "still they come I" "Next week, we hope to be able to* publish a programme for the next meet? ing of the County Teachers' Association. We confidently expect the attendance and sympathy and interest of all the i^tt&hers. Make your arrangements to Be present, f.nd come prepared to enter ;MIy into the spirit and purposes of the meeting. ' Have you a globe in your school? room? if not,; call at G. W. Fant & Son's and examine their stock. The handsome 12-idth globe just received by .those gentlemen is just.such furniture as ought, to be found in every school-room id the County. ~ If you can not afford a ?globe'that Costs as much as ten dollars, you can get one for the small amount of j 40 cents. By all means have one ofj aomo kind. You can uot teach geog? raphy "successfully without one. -, "My children all read the Teachers' Column," remarked a teacher "to us last week. "They have asked me to allow them to use it on Fridays instead of their ]Readersi" Our object has been to ben? efit the children through the teachers. It is Indeed encouraging to know that even the pupils find something in the Teachers' Column to interest them. The lady who made those remarks has con? tributed more regularly, perhaps, than any other teacher in the County to the Teachers' Column, and to' that fact we attribute the great interest of her pupils in its contents. She has our thanks and her school Our best wishes. Mb. Editor : I have thought for some time I would let you hear how Deanville School is progressing, but, for various, unavoidable reasons, have not. 1 have thought, too, that I would write Miss Enbbard a note of thanks for the valuable information she gave about teaching grammar. I think horplana good one, and will strive to profit by it. Closing the public schools had no effect, whatever, on ours. My patrons had Agreed to pay what the public fund did pot, and as they expected to do it even if .t were the whole salary, not one of my ittle band of seventeen withdrew, and ow we are doing as well we could. Ve have a comfortable house and wood pom, both provided with good locks as very thing else necessary, including ?esks, seats, etc., and a-good supply of "rood. We have the Language Lessons, 'alisthenics, and continue the "Gern bcercise," for which we are indebted to c'rof. Morrison, who introduced it at the formal. My pupils have learned to re bite over forty beautiful "Gems." V Maggie Graham. JDeauville does well. When we visit that school last summer, Miss Gra? m's algebra class were wading through -tadratics with suggestive alacrity. A 11-equlpped school, taught in a good i nmucity, supported by earnest, sym? pathetic patrons, and presided over by a wide awake teacher, will make its impress . upon the minds and hearts of the little ones.?Ed.] . . Holland's Store, S. C, Jan. 10. Dear.Sir : The closing, of the public schools a the 8th of January developed .ao'rne hopeful syyis in Savannah Town? ship, which srrow conclusively that the people are waking up to the educational interests".of their children. All the jr while schools in the District except one are subscribed schools, and I am conti dent if the people bad remained ignorant of the opening of the public schools ten days longer, there would by that time . have been a subscribed school at that place. Miss Leila Browne commenced a nine months'school at Kidgeway Nov. 2nd, which was the only school in the District that did not suspend with the closing of the public schools. Miss Browoe U sustaining well the reputation the Brownes have throughout theC-mnty as good teachers. The people are de? lighted with her. Miss Betty Earle at Sbiloh Church occupies the best school-room in the District, and is doing good work. Miss Betty'* worth as a teacher is too well known in many parts of the County to need any commendation from my pen. Miss' Lou Carpenter comes to the people at Enhamah highly recommended as to competency, and occupies, perhaps, the beat location in the District as to ; number of available pupils. But unfor? tunately for Miss Lou and the people* her school is only a public one. We fear that somo of the people in that neighbor? hood are inclined to be a little careless and indifferent about sending their children even to the public school. Mc W. Sadler's school at Ivy Hollow Is bound to succeed, notwithstanding he >mit8 the use of the."AurazA pole." The colored people at White Hollow 'ere making arrangements to bare a private school taught at that place; but ^he opening af the public Bchools inter? fered, and it will now be taught as a lublic school. Considering the inclement weather, i?javerage attendance in all the schools is g""d, and the teachers al I seem to be ;oing to work with a will and a determi* latioti to succeed. I am confident that ir encouraging words and kindly "orences to teacher* and patrons in the fc?chprs' Column is having a happy ret in stimulating them to do their io}erauty, and I have written the above jms hoping you may be able to gather jmethiog from them thtt will enable ju (.0encourage the people of School jistrict No. 9. Perhaps they do not I deserve any praise, but surely tbey need all the help and encouragement you can give them. Respectfully, J. H. Rainey. [Mr. Rainey has our thanks for his thoughtful communication, and though he did not expect to see it in print, we feel constrained to publish it that his teachers may know what opinion their watchful Trustee has of them, and that the other teachers in the County and the readers of the Intelligencer generally may know what is being done for the cause of education in District No. 9. We hope the patrons of the Ruhamah School will realize the importance of running their school longer than the public fund will run it.?Ed.] Holland's Store, Feb. 1, 1886. Mr. Editor : Another of the numer? ous "boys" sends a few words to let you know we are still alive down here. I am glad to bear from the other teachers through the Teachers' Column, and it is with unabated interest that I read every item contained therein. 'We were going ahead with our school if the public money did stop. I have only eighteen pupils on my roll, but with that number I am kept very busy, for I do so want to do my full duty by each pupil. We have commenced the "gem exercise," and it is astonishing to see how well the little children remember the little verses and sayings. I have ordered a book ofj quotations from Prof. Hodges. We have calisthenics exercises once a day, ami the pupils seem delighted. With the muscular exercise there is another advantage it has: it tends to repel any hard feelings entertained by teacher or pupil, so we may part with pleasant thoughts of each other. Please tell me what is the best Reader for a child just beginning to read. We use Appleton's, but I don't think it simple enough for a small child. Please favor us with a call if you can ; it would be a treat to have you come, and I need all the encourage? ment I can get. Am perfectly charmed with the Carolina Teacher. We can derive great benefit from it if we will only profit by its teachings. I hope to attend the Teachers' Institute. Respectfully, I Leila Brown. [Glad to hear of your success. You may find its secret in your desire to do your "full duty by each pupil." Deter? mination opens the way to success. You will find friend Hodges' Book of Quota? tions very excellent for school-room purposes. Appleton's Reader is very good for beginners. Few will beat it. Sw in ton's is excellent. We are partial to McGuffie's. However, it matters not very much what Reader you use. As to the merits of the different series of I Readers there is very little difference. As soon as a child Knows one letter from another, put him to writing. Let him take any book, or a newspaper, and print the letters until he is perfectly familiar with the shape of every one. Let him use his slate, or the black-board, or a piece of paper. Teach him to pro? nounce distinctly and correctly every syllable he utters. Many children are allowed to chew up the syllables until they grind out a volume of unintelligible sounds, and thus tbey go on through school days, and in some instances, through life, without knowing how to give correct accent, or intelligent ex? pression. Insist upon precision at the beginning. Help the child to form the habit of doing every thing, as nearly as possible, exactly as it ought to be done. Succeed in that, and you not only teach him how to read, but you make a man of | the boy. Of course you will attend the Institute. The Browns stand about first (alphabetically) among the teachers, and among the first in the appreciation of | any thing that looks to the furtherance of the cnuse of education. We count on you.]_ teachers' reading circles. Mr. Editor : In many of the educa? tional journals, notices have lately been given of the great benefit derived from the formation of "Teachers' Reading Circles" in different States. Some of these have a State organization, and others have only local circles. In the Carolina Teacher for Dec, 1835, directions were given for forming these local unions. In various other journals we sec notices of such organizations in Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Wisconsin, Iowa, Virginia, Ten? nessee, Kentucky, New York and New Jersey, where thousands of teachers are united in pursuing a prescribed course of home study under direction of a State or local Committee. Why may not the teachers of Anderson County unite :-n such an effort ? We know that in our County are many teachers who are de Birous of using all possible means for self-improvement, and are anxious to use all their leisure for this purpose ; but amid the multitude of books for teachers published, it is puzzling to select the most useful. With a competent commit? tee to recommend a course of home read? ing, or study, much may be accomplished in leisure moments. It would certainly be pleasanter and more stimulating to be united in such an attempt than to work alone. Let the teachers of our County think of this, and if the thinking leads to a wish to try this plan, when we meet again as a "Teachers' Institute," we may prepare to begin work in this direction. Respectfully, Lenora Hubbard. [There is no reason why we may not have an organization of this kind in Anderson County. Let our teachers think of it. We will submit plans for completing the organization, at the next meeting of the Teachers' Association. In this "day of mauy books," it is in? deed troublesome, as Miss Hubbnrd sug? gests, to decide which to read. We can? not read them all: let us read the best. Let a competent committee select for us. -Ed] _ ? Two doctors were disputing by the bed side of a man during his recent ill? ness. "I tell you the liver is diseased," said one. "Nonsense! nothing of the kind. It is the spleen," said the other. '?Very weil, we shall sec who is right at the pi*t mortem examination." Hearing which the patient became real mad and got up and dressed himself. He began to improve from that time and hasn't known a sick day since.?A7'-'"' York Telegram. " PLEASURE. A Sermon Preached by Rev. D. IS. Frier son, D. D., Pastor of the Anderson Pres? byterian Church. Text: Prov. 21:17?"lie that lorcth pleasure shall be a poor man." This seDtence, although a proverb of! the Scriptures, is also a dictate of reason and nature, having been found to be true in the experience of men a thousand times. But it is no detraction from the [ divinity of the Scriptures that they con? tain dictates of reason or bits of human philosophy, since it gives emphasis and I increased importance to the findings of j reason that they have an* endorsement from above. That endorsement gives them a high authority. It is itself a species of revelation to know that dis? coveries of useful truth, fairly and hon? estly gotten, have the sanction "of Him who is the. source of truth. It reveals another interesting fact that the Bible and Nature are two revelations from the same Author, who is pleased to honor the discoveries of His intelligent creatures by eudorsing them and thus assuring them chat whatever seeming discrepances may at present exist between the discov? eries of reason and the interpretations of the Bible, these two revelations are really complements and must eventually har? monize ; and must harmonize by making the second the Key to the first, since it was only because man had lost the art of interpreting the first, in what it taught him of God, that the second was given. So that being put by God's articulate revelation into the right position to know His mind, he could more certainly and successfully interpret that mind in the revelation which is inarticulate. It is upon such considerations as these that it is no disparagement of the great doctrine of Inspiration to say that the Book of ProverbB, which is a book of reason and human experience, is a compilation rather than an original production. For the evidence is both external and internal. Solomon is said in the Book of Kings to have spoken 3,000 proverbs. Yet scarce? ly 1,000 of them have been thought wor? thy of a.place in the Sacred Canon. If the 3,000 had been spoken under inspi? ration, the whole number must have been entitled to a place there; because the very object of their inspiration was to put them upon permanent record for generations to come. But the rejection of 2,000 and the adoption of the rest was an act of compilation in which an author selects and arranges the productions of other authors: and Solomon, who is styled the author of the Proverbs, is their author in this sense, that he produced some of them, gathered others that had been in use and was probably assisted in this work by Ethan, Calcuol and Darda, learned men of his time, who were prob? ably themselves authors of some of them. There are also [internal evidences of va? rious authorship. The first seven chap? ters bear the.marks of distinct and sepa? rate composition ; the 8th and 9th are a distinct discourse?an argumentation con? nected by the logic of thought. The proverbs proper which follow are inde? pendent aphorisms strung together like separate pearls, no one having any more connexion with its neighbor than mere place and proximity. The Proverb? "He thatloveth pleasure shall be a poor man"?has lost none'of its truth, none of its emphasis by time or for its being a dictate of reason and com? mon sense. It has, in fact, more empha? sis by time, and more dignity and lofti? ness by its having a divine endorsement than it had before. It has indeed ac? quired the new property of divine au? thority. It is now God-given. It peals upon the ear of the reverent and thought? ful mau with the solemnity of a voice from Heaven. "He that loveth pleasure shall be a poor man." It is powerfully emphatic at the present time. Men and I women seek pleasure with both hands I eagerly. We visit for pleasure, travel for j pleasure, read for pleasure. We have I institutions for pleasure, and garnish our very solemnities with a coating of carnal pleasure. And yet the age is growing rich instead of growing poor. Still our proverb is true: "He that loveth pleasure shall be a poor man." It has an outer and an inner sense. 1. He that loveth the pleasure of the wine cu^-?hall be a poor man. It will be sure to fascinate him, and then he will not observe how. his pile of property is melting down. Three draughts a day will in the year cost him more than ?100. More than this; these draughts must be increased in quantity and frequency to give him the desired stimulation. More than this; that stimulation while it lasts seduces moral energy, and he Beeks nerve repose. His conversational powers are indeed enhanced by a fevered brain energy, but his conversation, even when he is moderately stimulated, is flippant, discursive, superficial. He dips into an argument, but he immediately comes out of it again. His reluctant energies can? not bear the tug of manly grapple with a subject. He is incapable of strong rea? soning, incapable of much physical ex? ertion. This is all money lost, in the shape of lost time. His productive pow? ers are still, and he is rapidly growing poor. It is almost a surprise to that man how, in a few years, he has lost money, lost, strength, lost position. But a far more serious aspect of the case is that before he has become a poor mau, be has become a poor man. He has almost in? advertently acquired the habit of conceal? ing his actions from the gaze of men. And in that act of concealing his drink? ing habits, he pays an involuntary hom? age to the virtue of temperance at the moment that be is committing a fraud upon the expectations of his friends. He yokes an ox and an ass together, con? trary to the Scriptures. For the mean? ing of that interdict of the Scriptures is, "Thou shalt not yoke incongruous prin? ciples in thy character." There is some? thing more unhopeful in a compound of incongruous motive* than in simple, un? disguised wickedness. O! this is the saddest effect of continued intemperance. The terrible indictment which must be brought against it is : That, it makes a man morally weak and poor; it eats at the heart, and leaves but an incrustation of humanity to that truly noble being whom God made in His own image. Never has such an honor been conferred npon angels as to say of them that they were made, in the image of God. But that is true of man, the noblest of beings below God. 0 ! what a fall is there ! when that noblest of created beings, no? blest in powers, constitution and destiny, has squandered his estate, squandered his intellectual endowments, wasted his moral nature and succumbed, with a di? vine heritage of gifts, to tho fascinations of the wiue cup I 2. But let us notice that it is appended to this proverb: "He that loyeth wine and oil shall not be rich." Oil in ori? ental countries and earlier times was the common conveyance of perfumery. Its use here is that it was a cosmetic?an element of the toilet. She that loveth the pleasure of dress shall be a', poor wo? man?poor, very poor, within frescoed walls and lovely curtains. For she has run her own career of more refined in? toxication?the ploasures of popular ad? miration. Those very fine qualities of corapassionateness, sympathy and spon? taneous love with which God had en? dowed her, have been squandered in the exhilarations of the dance and in the maudlin tears that aro wept over unreal tragedy. Those very fine instinctive powers of penetration have been lost in the intricacies of dress and in the arts of captivation. Her wondrous adaptation to the wants and miseries of a real world have all been dissipated in the imagina? ry, the phantom felicities of a fashiona? ble life. Her true powers are gone. And when called to the administration of a household; when real cares and real responsibilities come home to her heart; when unkempt children wrangle over their rights and fill the chamber with their cries; when not one duty but fifty press for attention, it is a poor solace that is found in tears. Having wasted her intellectual and moral property on pleas? ure, this poor woman a-t once laughs and crie3 over 'the solemn perplexities from which there is no escape. Is man the only sinner in the pleasure of intoxica? tion? No. His teuder mate, within the limits allowed her, is no less the victim of a mental and heart dissipation in the region of visionary joy3. Her education both at home and in school tends to dis? sipate her real strength. In the one she is too often trained in the arts of dress, receptions, mannerism and vaporous vol? ubility: in the other she goes through those arts and sciences which require the least amount of intellectuality and such as flourish around the suburbs of knowl? edge. Poor woman! she has beeu cut off by the haid destinies of frshion from the interior of the temple of wisdom and consigned to the jejune mysteries of the art of captivation. And when she comes to be mistress of a household she must learn the sternest duties of self control and moral wisdom at the hand of unre? lenting experience. And yet such are her powers of adaptation and accommo? dation to trying circumstances, that even with the most faulty trainiug, she does her work. What would be the effect upon the world, if she who is so wonder? fully endowed by her Creator to be the educator of the race, were trained and educated as her powers and position demand! It ought to be "proclaimed upon the housetops" that the germs of taste, elegance and refinement are in woman's constitution already; that senti? ment, loveliness, captivation, embroidery come along naturally after a stern, heart and-head education ; that our girls im? peratively need more Latin, Greek, Mathematics and Metaphysics in their education?the great mental disciplines which carry with them the elements of critical taste, refinement of soul and moral penetration. It is not often con? sidered how much the spirituous intem? perance of our country takes its origin in the faulty training of woman. Man, like a simple bird, yields himself once to the snare oi cosmetics. But no more after that. When he returns home from the toils of the day, and meets tears and reproofs instead of smiles and sweet welcomes; when he finds the very sanc? tion of his happiness the home of regrets, complaints and womanly expostulations, be is wouuded when he expected ? solace and seeks consolation in the wine cup. 3. He that loveth the pleasure of gain shall be a poor man. He congratulates himself that he has no relish for tbe amusements as they aro styled. He is a very steady, solid business man. Yet he is absorbed in a very fascinating game. The figures on tbe chess board are coun? ters, safes, ledgers, estates, men. It is not more than a game in its outcome. "There is that tuaketh himself rich, yet hath nothing.'' Very poor when the hour comes to exchange worlds. "When the silver cord is loosed and the golden bowl is broken." When the voice of the messenger is heard, "this night shall" thy soul be required of thee," and when, through the tumbling walls of his taber? nacle, he must make his escape to obey that summons!; without capital, without credit, without a well-founded hope that the doors of the heavenly charily will be opeued to him. 0 ! it is a very solemn, a vejgr fearful thing to die poor. And he that loveth the pleasure of gain shall die I poor. 4. But there is n pleasure that maketh rich : maketh rich in this world. And as it is not the riches of outward estate; of silver or gold, position or place ; so it is not the riches of religious extasy, of sentiment, of sanctities and of enthusi? asm ; the luxuries of feeling, of doctrine or imagination. It is the pleasure of good works. This is the kind of pleasure which Christ proposes to his frieuds. It is graded according to its object. The pleasure of "diligence in business, fer? vency in spirit, serving the Lord" may be printed in Brevier: good forks. Tho pleasure of giving to disseminate the j great salvation may be printed in Non? pareil : good works. The pleasure of personally visiting and administering to the necessities of the distressed or sick may be printed in Pica: good works. The pleasure of recovering the fallen man that has been abandoned and given up as a forlorn case in large Pica: good works. He that has become both a poor man and a poor man by intemperate drir.kintr, whom his friends have given up as a hopeless case and on whom all arguments have Inen exhausted, 's the very man, becauaej ho is very far gone, on whom our gospel sympathies and efforts aro to be poured out more lavishly and all our good works exhausted. Ho hath God's glorious pity and the offers, atill, of his gloriour. bounty. We are to refrain from pronouncing his doom or admitting ideas of the inutility of the Cbse 'jo cool the ardor of our compassions or remit the intensity of our efforts. Nay, my brethren, shall we violate the decencies of humanity by retiring from the bedside of the dying man when the physician has said he must die? Do we not wet his lips ? Do wo not bend the ear to his feeble articulation? Do we not close bis eyes when his breath has left him? Do we not decently and mournfully inter him ? What compass? ions, what profound and constant and unwearied attentions shall not be render? ed to a sick and sinking soul! What mournful obsequies shall be accounted too expensive or too arduous to be done at the grave of an immortal mind? Who could recount to you the effect and the nature of that thrill of emotion which waves through the heavenly host when a being that bears the vory image of Jehovah has sunk down into endless night! What lamentations \vould be commensurate to a calamity in which a being almost divine in its powers and properties of development, had died? Shall we forsake such a being while he yet breathes? ShaW we give up our brother in his last extremity? My brethren, you have been ardent in temperance reform. Many fine speeches have been made, many noble efforts have been put forth to get State help. As the State has declined to give you the help you wanted, why stand ye hero all the day idle ? Where is Christian ardor and Christian compassion ? Where are those sublime good works that eclipse the fame of rhetoric, of eloquence and of the forum? Where is the Christian heroism that not only preaches, but goes down into the tug and warfare of saving men ? Speeches, resolutions and laws only map out good work? My brethren, let us not lean upon the arm of a neighbor to do good works or wait for slow-moving governments, nor even for the nicest op? portunities. Let us seize every offer of divine providence. The highest happi? ness and glory are achieved by saving fellow-men from sin, death aud hell. Let the Church spring to the task of redeeming men, to the high and holy pleasure of sacrificing pleasure to good works. Let her soldiers man the breach against the three great evils of the pres? ent time: Sabbath-breaking, intemper? ance and covetousness. Let every man be brave. Our cause is not weak if we be courageous. Our Captain is Christ, who, when his cause was very weak and his men few, never asked help from Caijar. Glorious contest to win, "not by might nor by power," but by the grace and the spirit of our Leader. How to Marry. The following is a Philadelphia phy? sician's advice to a young man prospect? ing for a wife: When the adult age is reached?what? As truly as every positive requires a nega? tive, every knife its fork and" that oppo sites attract, so, too, with the "genus homo," like birds they must mate, and it is not good for man to be alone. The great event of a man's life is to seek and resure a sweethart and then have a wed? ding day Now, to choose a proper wife and companion is the puzzle of puzzles in every man's experience. Some choose for beauty, others for accomplish? ments, and blandishments, some for wit and manners, and the average young man for money aud family, but after all love supported by prudence and discretion, other things being equal, should act as the all-inspiring motive. Happiness fol? lows love and wealth cannot buy happi? ness, but happiness is an attribute beyond purchase. It is safe for us to say nowadays far too many mothers are culpable for en? couraging matrimony when they know in their heart of hearts that their daughters arc subject to organic disease; this is to be severely deprecated and frowned down upon wherever and whenever seen. On the other hand, the presumptive swain who contemplates Hymen's knot and is himself a shattered wreck is nothing short of a criminal. i Marriage is indeed a serious, question. Next, the salt of common sense is an important necessity. Since marriage resolves into a permanent covenant insti? tuted by God, to be broken only by leach, and not like a loose pair of shoes that cau be put on in the morning and removed at night, it is an issue that should occupy the mental, the moral, the spiritual, the practical and the conse? quential deduction of all thinking peo? ple to the soberest degree. The civil law may separate but it cannot sever. A divorce is a blot on the page of his? tory and about it there is always a bad smell. Any one who espouses the con? jugal yoke with the prospect of divorce ahead weds an ignis fatuus. Heuce a man should choose his wife as did the sainted Primrose of "Vicar of Wakefield" memory, who choose his as she choose j her wedding grown, not for fine, glossy surface, but for qualities that would wear well. A woman is either the for? tune or bankruptcy of a man's future. All tailors cut the coat according to the cloth, which suggests how young folks should consider the circumstances of each other. It is wrong for a strug? gling young man, without money or iu ?uence in the world, to wed a girl ofafllu euce aud wealth, fostered in the lap of luxury by kind and loving parents, when the same conditions cannot be extended her in the future; but then it is wrong for her to encourage such a young man unless she is willing to share his strug? gles and misfortunes as an equal yoke? fellow and companion. The word wife means weaver, i. e., a wife along with her husband the web of life. There arc too many young girls brought up under the present regime of society, so called, who, by indulgent mothers, become imbued with false no? tions, aud flitter their time in learning useless trifles, until their muscles atrophy and leave them mere automatons to pose for the entertainment of visitors like over dressed parlor dolls under a glass case. They lace, powder, affect frivols, study how to make conquests, etc; in short, assume all the eviis of prevailing "fashion. These creatures die young of tight laccr's liver or ennui. Young men beware! There is no object so fascinating as a pretty-faced, intelligent woman, but then a woman to commend herself as an eligible candidate for matrimony should be usefui as well as ornamental. A model wife is an economist, a bread saver, while her husband is the bread winner. A little domestic drudgery is a homely antidote against disease and often makes a line wife and mother out of a mere hot? house plant. I advise a thorough knowledge of kitchen economy (Dody's Domesticity), for far too many girls now? adays enter marriage long before they have even learned to spank a p:p; er box. Any one who follows this con reel will not go astray. WITHIN TILDEN'S GRASP. flow Ho Mlflsod tho rrealdoncy by one Dour. Correspondence Augiisla Chronicle. Columbia, S. C, Feb. f>? A few evenings since three old veterans of 1S76 were seated around a comfortable fire puffing their fragrant Havanas and dis? cussing the numerous exciting events in which they had been participants. Two of them were ex-State Senators and one an ex-State officer of 1876. As the latter forced a cloud of blue smoke from his mouth and sent it curling upwards, he said: "Did you ever hear how near Tilden came to receiving tho electoral vole of South Carolina?" His friends had heard something on this subject but if he had anything new to offer they would be glad to listeu. "Well, gentle? men," he proceeded, "Tilden was within one hour of being President of the United States. Tho South Carolina Re? publican electors were for sale but they came high. The Democrats wanted them, however, although their price was a little exorbitant. The State committee was not in a position to purchase their votes and had little interest in or desire to do so, as Hampton had been elected Governor, and the people were so rejoiced over this that- National matters were regarded as small consequences. The National Comraitteo had information of the condition of the electoral ticket, and was somewhat more inclined to invest. The difficulty, however, was that the Republican electors were such consum; mate scoundrels that no reliance could be placed on their promises. It was | necessary then to secure a third party to j conduct negotiations. A broken Colum? bia bauker, whom we will call Hardy, who had received a part of the plunder of the Radical crowd, was selected. He soon perfected arrangements for a trans? fer of the votes from Hayes to Tilden for the sum of ?60,000. The Democratic representative acceded to the proposal and directed Hardy to go immediately to Barnum's Hotel in Baltimore and call at room 47, where he would find a party waiting who would pay over the amount agreed upon. Hardy arrived promptly at Barnum's and examining the name on the hotel register opposite room 47, he found that it was so badly written that he was unablo to read it. He called the clerk to his assistance, but this gentleman also failed to decipher tbe signature. Hardy walked up to 47 and knocked, but receiving no answer retired. He strolled out on tho street, and while walking along leisurely a stranger placed his hand on bis shoulder and said : 'You are wan'.ed at .room 47.' Hardy imme? diately returned, opened the-door and, as he stepped into tbe room, the door closed with a snap and he found himself locked in. He waited a short while, when a gentleman entered and at once proceeded to discuss the subject that had brought them together. The terms svere quickly arranged, but tbe stranger in? formed Hardy frankly that he was unwilling to pay over bo large a sum to him until the vote had been cast. To this Hardy replied that he bad promised not to telegraph the electors to surrender until be bad the money in band. Time was getting short. It was the day for the vote to be cast and nearly the hour. In this omergeu'ey the stranger asked Hardy if he would be willing to accept tbe pledge of a certain private merchant that the amount would be paid, and send tbe telegram. ' Hardy agreed to this, and they went in great haste to see the mer? chant, only to find that he had left town 'one hour before and could not be reached. The telegram was never sent, the vote of the State was given to Hayes, and that is how Tilden came within sixty minutes of being President." "That is a pretty good yam," said one of tho ex-Seuators, "but did you ever hear the real reason why the fight in the dual Legislature failed to take place?" The others had heard some causes assigned, but were not sure that tbey were correct. "Well," tbe ex-Senator continued, "I can give you tbe facts. The Republicans had laid their plans well. They had the colored Hunkidori Club, from Charleston, as you will remember, composed of tho most brutal and daring class of low country negroes stationed in the State House, near tbe Representative Hall, well armed and ready to respond to any call. The United States troops were on the lower floor, within easy reach if needed. The Republicans only had fifty-nine members, not a Constitutional quorum, and they could not afford to lose a single Repre? sentative. These members were directed, on a certain night, previously agreed upon, to retire one at a time from the hall and have their places taken by men from tbe Hunkidoris. The United States Lieutenant who was to command the guard that night was a bitter Repub? lican partisan, and had agreed to give all the assistance needed to destroy tbe Democrats. The night arrived and arrangements to execute the plan were begun, when to tho astonishment of the Republicans they found that the officer in command of the truops was not their man, and furthermore that he refused to be a party to any such murderous designs. Tho game was blocked, and before it could be re arranged the loading Demo? crats had discovered the plot, and in order to avoid bloodshed had left the State House. These facts arc said to have been furnished several year3 after? wards by E. W. M. Mackay, who was Speaker of the Rump House, and the leader of the Republicans." "That's all very fine," observed the Qlher ex Senator, "and it makes my blood run cold nine years afterwards to hear the subject discussed in that way. It puts me to thinking what might have happened?how tho blood of some of our best people might have stained tbe granite walls of our dilapidated State House, not unmixed possibly with the blond of some of our meanest people. But, gentlemen, in my opinion, there was never any danger of a conflict. Tho Republicans played a bluff game and won. We retired without just cause and should have waited until we were put out at the point, of the bayonet." By this time tho cigars were smoked out, the caucus adjourned to meet again and discus? ihe causes leading In the Democratic de:-crlio:i of the Slate House and by whose advice it wa< done. Rich i and. GEN, HANCOCK DEAD. The Union Losch a. Soldier and a Patriot, ;aud tho Soutli a"Fricnd. We give below a sketch of the life of Geil, Hancock who, as stated last week, died on February'Oth. Gen. Hancock's death was the result of a malignant car? buncle on the back of his neck, which had confined him to his bed for several dayi". No serious alarm was felt, how? ever, until shortly before he expired: Few men have served their country better than Winfield S. Hancock, and few deserve more from their countrymen. A big man, with a big head, a big heart aud a big brain, Hancock was the very personification of honor, honesty and capacity. W infield Scott Hancock was born in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, February 15, 1824, and was therefore nearly G2 years of age. His mother's father was a Revolutionary soldier and was captured at sea and confined in the Dartmoor prison, England. His great grandfather on his mother's side was a soldier under Washington and rendered good service, dying at tho close of the Revolution from exposure and hardships endured in the field. Hancock's father served in tho war of 1S12 and aftorwards became a lawyer of distinction in Mont? gomery County, Pennylvania. At the age of 16 Hancock was sent to West Point, and had for classmates U. S. Grant, George B. McClellan, J. F. Rey? nolds, J. L. Reno, Burnside, Franklin and W. F. Smith. He graduated in 1844, Juno 30, and in 1845-6 served with his regiment in tho Indian Territory n3 a second lieutenant of the 6th infantry. I In 1847 we find him in Mexico, and conspicuous for gallantry at tho Natural Bridge, San Antonio, Contreras, Cheru busco, Molino. del Rey and the capture of* the City of Mexico. He was breveted for gallantry at the battles of Contreras and Cberubusco. In 1849 and 1850 be served with his regiment as quartermaster aud adjutant, and in the Fall of 1850 was married at St. Loufc to Miss Almira Russell, the daughter of a prominent merchant of that city. He took part in several Indian campaigns in the West, and in i 847 was engaged in the Southern Florida war. He served in the expedi? tion against Utah, and in 1859 went to California. Upon the secession of the Southern States he took high ground in favor of the Union and did much in 1861 to check the secession. ppirit then seizing upon California. He applied to Gover? nor Cuttin, of Pennsylvania, for a com? mission ;n the volunteers, but the Gover-, nor being slow in replying to his appli? cation ha obtained a leave of absence and came East. His earnestness impress? ed Gen. Scott, who ordered him to report to Gen. McClellan, and on thd formal recommendation of McClellan, President Lincoln, on the 23d of September, 1861, commissioned Hancock a brigadier-gen? eral of volunteers. He was assigned to a brigade in the division of Gen. Baldy Smith and reported for duty at Chain Bridge, Virginia, in the Army of the Potomac. His first battle in Virginia was at Warwick Courthouse, near Yorktown, and he hid his brigade in person with distinguished gallantry. At Williams burg Hancock bore a conspicuous part. The Confederates having repulsed Hook? er and exposed Hancock's left flank he determined to retire and ordered the batteries back to the slope, where his brigade line stood. The Confederate commander, seeing the movement, at once advat.ced his troops, and they came down on Hancock's right in two superb line3 of buttle, cheering tremendously and calling, out, "Bull Run ! Bull Run ! That flag is ours." Hancock sat on his horse behind the centre of his line, wait? ing with imperturbable coolness the favorable moraeut. Calling on the men to stand fast and keep their pieces loaded, Hancock waited until the Confederates were within one hundred yards, then dashing forward on his horse, with head bared and swinging his hat, he shouted: "Forward ! forward 1 forward !" The meu saw the towering form of their General lealing them, and springing up, with a shout that made the hills ring, tkey precipitated themselves upon their assailants. The Confederates faltered, halted tor a. moment, wavered, and then fell back slowly. Every inch of ground was stubbornly contested ; still Hancock forced them off the field, nor did they again advanoe until the Union reinforce? ments came up and rendered the victory secure. It was almost night, and no pursuit could be ordered in the darkness. The action of Hancock had rendered Williamsburg untenable, and that night the Confederates abandoned it. Han? cock's name was heralded from Maine to California, and iu a few hours, from an unknown subordinate, he had leaped into fame and assumed a national reputation. McClellan telegraphed tho President, "Hancock was superb to day," an expres? sion which nil who saw him towering above his men, leading them to battle, knew to be only just. On the 27th of June, 1862, Haucock, who was then at Guiding'* Farm, in tbr Peninsula, received a severe attack from the Confederates. He repulsed it and contiuued the fighting far into the night, the contending forces firing at each other at close quarters in the dark. This battle of Hancock's was one of the grandest spectacles of I ho war, and will never be be forgotten by the Army of the Poto? mac. On the 28th of June, 1862, Hau? cock was heavily engaged at Garnett's Hill, as he was; at Savage Statiou on the 20th and at White Oak Swamp on the 30th. His troops fought four battles in as many days, and in every one of them were led by Hancock in. person. He never knew fear himself and could not tolerate it in others. For his services in the Peninsula cam? paign Gen. McClellan recommended Hancock for promotion to the rank of major general of volunteers and the brevets of major, lieutenant colonel and colonel in the ivgular army. in September, 1862, Hancock com ivnmU d his brigade in Inr* battle of South Mountain and afterward? at Antietam. In this latter engagement, when Gen. Richardson foil, Hancock was sent to take command of that gallant officer's division. Tu November, 1SG2, Hancock received his commission as major general, and on tho 13th of December was engag? ed in the desperate and bloody assault on Marye's Heights. His behavior on this occasion was in keeping with the high reputation he had achieved. He was, with his division, in the thickest of the conflict, leading his mon as far as it was possible, under the circumstances, for men to go, and only falling back when attempt at further advance was foolhardy and useless. In this fight, as, in fact, in almost every one in which he was engag? ed, he seemed to wear a charm on his life. He received in the "slaughter pen," as the rank and file were wont to call the position they occupied in this fight, a slight flesh wound, coming out otherwise unharmed, though with uniform perfo? rated with bullets. In this battle Han? cock lost one-half of his command, killed and wounded, and all bis aides were wounded. At Cbancellorsville, in May, 1863, he commanded his division and covered the roads leading towards Federicksburg, where, amid surrouuding disaster, al? though constantly attacked, his troops maintained their position to the last, and formed the rear guard of the army in moviag off the field. The General had his horse shot under him in the battle. Early in June bo relieved Gen. Couch in command of the 2d corps, and later in the same month was assigned by Mr. Lincoln to be its permanent comman? der. It was at Gettysburg Hancock again loomed up before the country as a hero. He was commanding the rear guard of the army in its advance on Gettysburg, and bad reached Tarrytown, the place where bis grandfather, one hundred years before, had started to escort one thousand Hessian prisoners of Burgoyne's army to Valley Ford, when Gen. Meade sent him an order to hasten to the front and assume command of the troops there. The report bad reached Meade of the fall of Gen. Beynolds, and the check and repulse of the advance, and. his mind at once turned to Gen. Hancock as the man above all others bestqualified to replace Reynolds and restore order to tbe head of tbe army. Hancock was not tbe ranking General, but in tbe critical state of affairs Meade, knowing him to be the be3t man, did not hesitate to assign him. Un his way from Tarrytown to the battlefield Gen. Hancock met the ambu? lance containing the dead body of Gen. Reynolds. When he arrived on the field he found the army in confusion, and a retreat had already beguo. Planting some infantry and batteries on Cemetery Hill, be threw bis whole energy into the battle and checked the retreat. Schwerin and Saxe were said to be worth each a reinforcement of 10,000 men to an army; Torstensen was rated as equal to 15,000, and the Duke of Wellington said the arrival of Napoleon on a battlefield was a better reinforcement to the French army than the accession of 40,000 fresh troops. What, then, shall we say of the value of Gen. Hancock's arrival at the critical moment on the battlefield of Gettysburg, a battle that by common consent is now admit ted to have decided the fate of the Union and fixed the final result of the war? Of Gtu. Hancock's individual action at Gettysburg it would require a volume to tell. His was really the action of the army, and Round Top, Culp'a Hill and Cemetery Heights were bis creations. He sent word to Gen. Meade that was the place to fight, and seizing tbe favorable positions, with the eye of a consummate general, hung on to them with tbe ad? vance until Meade brought up the whole army and delivered his battle. Hancock was "grand and maguificent in the battle of Gettysburg and seemed tbe very incarnation of war. On the second day be was at Cemetery Heights during the frightful cannonade when Gen. Lee concentrated the fire of one hundred and fifty guns on the Union lines. The air was full of missiles; streams of shot and shell screamed and hissed everywhere; it seemed as though nothing could live under that terrible fire?men and horses were torn limb from limb; cais*ons exploded one after another in rapid succession, blowing tbe gunners to pieces. Tho infantry hugged tbe ground closely and sought every slight shelter that the light earthworks afforded. It was literally a storm of shot and shell, like the fall of raindrops or the beat of hailstones. Those who had taken part in every battle of the war never had seen anything like that can? nonade, and tbe oldest soldiers began to be uneasy for the result. Huudreds and thousands were stricken down; the shrieks of auimals and screams of wounded men were appalling; still the awful rushing sound of flying missiles went on and apparently never would cease. It was then, when the firmest hearts bad begun to quail, the army wit? nessed oue of the grandest sights ever beheld by any army on earth. Suddenly a band began to play "The Star Spangled Banner," and Gen. Hancock, with his staff?Major Mitchell, Capt. Bingham, Capt. Parker, Capt. Bronson?with corps flag flying in the hands of Private Wells, appeared on the right of his line uncov? ered and rode down the front of his men to the left. The soldiers held their breath, expecting every moment to see him fall from his horse pierced by a dozen bullets, but still he rode ou, while the shot roared and crashed around him, every moment tearing great gaps in the ranks by his side. Stormed at by shot and shell, Boldly ho rodo, and well. , Every Union soldier felt his heart thrill as he witnessed the magnificent courage of his General, and he resolved to do something that day which would equal it in daring. Just as Haucock reached the left of his line the Confeder? ate batteries ceased to play, and their infantry were seen emerging from the woods and advancing up tho hill. Han ?<>ck knew the artillery fire had been in? tended to demoralize his men and cover the advance of the infantry, which was to make the real attack. Turning hia horse he r.nlc slowly up his line from left to right, holding his hat in his band, bowing and smiling to the troops as they lay flat on the ground. Hardly had he reached the right of the lino when the men, who, inspired by the courage of their General, could hardly restrain themselves, received orders to attack the advancing Confederate-i. Eighty guns which Hancock bad concentrated opened their brazen mouths and streams of blue bullets flew from the muzzles of the Union rifles to the breasti of the Confed? erates. It was an awful day, and Long street's "Old Guard of the South" melted away like wax under that terrible fire. Thirty stand of colors and an immense number of small arms were taken. Hancock was everywhere, riding the storm of battle as if he bore a charmed life. At last, just in the moment of vic? tory, he was seen to reel in his saddle and would have fallen to the ground had he not been helped from his horse. A ball had pierced his thigh, and for a time it was thought the wound was mor tal. "Tell Gen. 'Meade," said Hancock, addressing his aide, Col. Mitchell, "that the troops under my command have repulsed tho enemy are now flying in all directions in my front." When the aide delivered this message to Gen. .Mcade and added bis General was dangerously wounuded, Meade said : "Say to Gen. Hancock that I am sorry he is wounded and that I thank him for myself and for the country for the servi? ces he has rendered to-day." Gen. Meade afterwards, in comment? ing on the battle of Gettysburg, said to Gen. R. C. Drum: "No commanding general ever had a better lieutenant than Hancock. He was always faithful and reliable." Hancock did not recover from his wound until December, 1863, when, although still quite lame, he reported for duly, and was sent North to recruit his corps. He was tendered a reception at Independence Hall by the citizens of Philadelphia, and received the hospitali? ties of the cities of Boston, Albany and New York. In March, 1864, he rejoined his corps and participated in the battles of the Wilderness with Grant. He com? manded the 2d and parts of the f>lh and 6th corps, amounting in all to 50,000 men. He fought at Alesop's House and at Spottsylvania Courthouse. He was at North Anna, aud did most of his fighting, there. He commanded at the bloody assaults on Cold Harbor, and did his best , to execute Grant's orders. The fighting was desperate, and Hancock's loss could not have fallen far short of 12,000. He was on -the South side of the James River, and made the assaults on Peters? burg. He waii with Sheridan, and at? tacked the Confederates at Deep Bottom, taking four pieces of artillery, 600 pris? oners and three stand of colors. He was at Petersburg and witnessed the explosion of the mine on the morning of July 30. The advance up the James River, August 12, 1864, was under bis command, and he handled the 2d and 10th corps of the Army of the James and Gregg's division of cavalry with such consummate skill as to elicit expressions of admiration from even Gen. Grant. He fought the battle of Reams's Station, August 25, and had his horse shot under him. He fought the battle of Boydton Road, cap? turing 1,000 prisoners and two stand of colors. With the battle of Boydton Gen. Hancock's active fighting in the war ceased. President Lincoln, who had learned to place a high estimate on Han? cock's abilities, ordered him to Washing? ton and directed him at once to organize' an army of 50,000 veterans from dis? charged volunteers who had served an enlistment. The use of this army was alone prevented by the surrender of Lee and tho ending of the war. At the close .of the war Hancock commanded the army of the Shenandoah, relieving Gen. Sheridan. This army consisted of 35,000 men of all arms, and was destined to to move South with Hancock's 50,000 veterans and join Gen. Sherman, but Joe Johnston threw up the sponge 3nd ren? dered the movement unnecessary. Gen. Hancock's career since the war is so well known it needs but little mention here. For his services during the war he was appointed a brigadier, and afterwards a major general in the regular army, and assigned to the command of the middle department. In 1866 he took command of the department of Missouri, and con? ducted two campaigns against hostile Indians, taking the field in person, at the head of 1,500 men of all arms. In 1867 he was sent by the President to New Orleans to command che States of Texas and Louisiana. It was in this field of labor that he distinguished him? self by setting the example of an officer of the army, with extraordinary powers, strenously insisting upon the entire sub? ordination of military to civil authority in time of peace. Among tho military commanders during the Reconstruction period he was conspicuous in this regard, and the positions then laid down in his general orders and correspondence did more, perhaps, than anything else to make him the-ideal soldier in the minds of Constitutional Democrats. In 1S68 he was relieved at his own request, and in 1869, 70, '71 and '72 commanded the department at Dakota. Since then he commanded the military division of the Atlantic, composed of the department of the Lakes, the department of Washing? ton, with headquarters at Governor's Island, New York City. In June, 1S8?, ho was nominated by the National Democratic Convention at Cincinnati for President of the United States, but was defeated by Gen. Garfield. At the last Democratic Convention he was spoken of as the nominee of tho party but was not prominent before the Convention. At the inauguration of President Cleveland he was marshal of tho day, and at the great funeral of Gen. Grant he officiated in the same capacity. ? Mrs. Judge Peterby is a very spare woman. She is excessively thin. A few days ago her husband said: "I don't really think that you ought to go out on the streets, Maria." "Why not?" she asked. "Well, you know there is so much danger just now from mad dogs. They will bite at almost anything." '"But I don't think I am in any more danger than anybody else."" "Oh, yes you are. Dogs love to gnaw bones." ? Never he discouraged by trifles. If a spider breaks his thread twenty times he will mend it as many. Perseverance and patience will accomplish wonders. "