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Ths BlaokbiriJ, ' T'
f Oaee upon a midnight drear*, while t ponder.
?d WWk knj wc#rf, 'it ^
O'er the war of tbe Rebellion, fcnd tbe thing.
S tbet were before,
While I .at ebsethed kl thinking?brandy
eoektaile .lowly drinking?
Suddenly I saw a blinking, oo^ycd Igure at
my chamber door?
aw a gne-eyed, winking, blinking flgure at
i my chamber door,
Jt'" rV- Standing tbere, and nothing more. ,fv.? Vj
Ah! I never ?b*U It, bow la gtadHbrg
' round I met IV * . y ... V
And I oerer shall forget it, thai I looked round
toward lb at door ;
If or I aaw a mouatroua Cgur?, like a giant, only
Aad there .toad a big bulk nigger leaning up
against mjpdoor?
. Stood a powerful big buck nigger, with hie
bank again.! my door-- f?
Leaning then?, had nothing more.
Straight into thi Muplaoe spying, where Jmy
ham and egg. were frying,
I heboid tbe poker lying near the hearth upon
the flodr t'
Than with moat determined rigor, straight I
hurled it at the nigger, ?-?mi ^ 1
But to quick wna'het big nigger,dbat it misi?d
and .truck the floof?
Minted the nigger's bead completely, and hill
harmless on the floor-*- -' < - ..
Struck hit heel, and nothing mart.
t ' - V ... f-' 1/v,
Back into tha fireplace looking, whom my bam
andeggs ware cooking, ( . *
Shaking, quaking, at no mortal ever tbook
ot qnuked before?
j 1 then beard (kit tinner mutter bet tliete
word*, ' Some dinner?" ^
Twaa the only word he'd Spoken, 'twos tba
'C* word Hm sdte?
When I picked ep pluek and answered, " I,
' shall feed you nevermore." " .
This I said, ana nothing more.
Then kia impndenee beginning,end bit gnmt *
" v. exposed to griming.
With ? smile i>y r.o means winning,.did be
view nth from the doer,-'
And coolly said, " Vonr treat, man?I'll ne'er
T in the street, maj|h ?
get 'something toJH, man, I'll ne'er
fi *ifrjf|awra ywtsr door;
I'D we'er quit yonr chamber, though yoa beat
me till I roar,
Jfaver leave you?nerer more!"
Then toward the fircpla c matching, whor^ny
Coffee wai m parching, .
Baldly stalked this saucy nigger,boldly sulked
across the floor;
Never made the slightest bow, sir?-thert*I
^or I made n solemn vow, sir, he should go
back to the door;
Than I kicked ban (lorn my chamber, and be
went book to the door,
Leaned against it?nothing more.
Then this blackbird for a while, sir, realty did
cause me 10 muitc, air.
Though arav'nous, rabid, buugry look b\a
dusky vlalon Wre,
" Though," said I, " thou art a freedman, thou
? baat gone to much t* ared, man,
That I'll giro a little feed, uiaa, ua you atom
' --' Id be ao poor,
Provided you trill work for me a half an heur
td or mine."
Quoth the nigger. " Nevermore!"
Much I marveled tbia ungainly nigger ahould
refuao so plainly . *
To do a little job'twould take but half aohour
or tn?T*;
For we catutot help agreeing that on liviug
human being Would
refbee to labor, teeing that lio waeeo
blasted poUr,
Should refute to earn a dinner ha aaw cooking
from the doer?
Though bo ate one "nevermore."
I Then I aat engaged in rouaiug What he meant
by tkua rct'u?lng,
And I then began abetting thia big nigger at
I my door.
44 Sure " aaid I, " you muat be craxy to bo ee
confounded lacy,
Te be ao awful laty aa to want to work no
were."
Will you ever work for wagea 7?tell uae, I itn*
plore."
Quoth the utgger, " nevermore 1"
" Nigger," raid I, "Itorrid demon?nigger (till,
if alave or freedtuan?
Think again befogo yon anewcr tbia one qucation,
I implore;
Have you yet uu aonao of fooling--do you mean
to live by Aculing,
Or by working and fair dealing 7?tell me, tell
uie, 1 implore,
On your honor aa a nigger, will you labor at
before 7"
Quoth the nigger, " nevermore."
Startled by the atillneta broken by rrply ao
flatly apeken,
' DutthiKH," aaid I, " this big nigger would
eat enough for four;
"When on some spacious rice plantation be
would out-eat all creation?
Never made a calculation how uiuoh cash it
eoet, I'm sure;
For hit master bought the victuals in the good
old diivs of yore j
Now he'll feed bira " novermore !"
hF??j|l/'. :"^4 * f t-*t Y *" 'Nigger,"
laid I, "thing of tvll, quit fay
room, go to the devil?
vr it you'll nay you'll work, I'll bring your
supper to the doer*,
Tell inn truly, I coujuru you, for the last Mine
I implore ?"
Quoth the nigger, " nevermore."
" Be thet word our sign of parting, nlggei
men!" I tried, upstarting?
"Oet thee back to where thou cam'st from?
let roe sue your faro no more;
Join the army?go to Texas?nevcr'eowe back
here to vex us?
JTe'er return again lores ue?never let lis ?e?
y?>u more ;
Take your gasc from off my meat, and take
your carcass frr m'iuy door I"
Quoth tb? nigger, " '-eTeiuiore !"
: ' .. . " - " r
And the nigger still is standing in tny sntry ot
the landing.
A pretty f>urly picture with his bark again*'
my deor r
And hi* eyes are ever spying at my ham m i
Is flrying,
And my poker still la lying near my baaJ
, apon the flemr,
But a?y victuals to the "fly trap/.' of t'?al nig
gar hy tny door,
SJ^1| ha lifted?tvfTitt?T?r
|,:;'r'r:v;:\vp
VLX1, O.WoU#
,?{A ftiul WU
<?***. of Chicago, who v. Jtnesned the United
sutc??ft*ut4* T vf the tfniMV
furotalte* fc?*? W?lWd?U?o 111# dolh>wlog
: graphic fiotur* oi ; *Mild lflug iothat
*Tty, J v vl' -<l ' 4?
Qibbon- relate# Ihe celebrated Stefj ?f
the Sevan Hieepere. DarlofsAowl p*raewa
Un? >' tfphesns, eeeen noble yonihs e*n
c. aied Ihemsidrrs lit a earn. They immediately,
so guee the l*g?ild, fc 1 into * dehp
sleep, which ' 4Nf* tBiraeuloiHiy pnHOnged
for* one hohdred At>4 eighty??eyed yet re. iOn
awiiking they entered the elty, bnt
found, everywhere, Christalns so dCnigratet),
ffhurcheeso fcoulormed to the wdrld, hit
in short, so changed, thai thky Vukst into
tears and earoe*fly prtjfd toOod thai th- y
might return to their ^lumbar* again. Such I
nr.- my feelings ns I ait ht-fe and look upon
thlabo'dy, and listen to their osbatCs, viftr
the tight of othtr <^uy? around me. Only a
tew years ago, T occupied this very smt.
ami tieard. with pleasure, thr'gieet men of
tlie lnnd delil.eiating for the genera] weal
of th? whole nation. Now, how many seat*
me meant; and the discussion* sis- about
the late war, the treatment of rebellion, and
i he reconstruction, 0/ a sliatteryd Union;
topics, the very sound of which might cause
tl.c founders of this great Republic tojurn
in their oofhns.
Among many ?ad reflections, thero is one
which especially depresses my heart, as I?
look down on litis oouolava of grsve, ven- '
efalile nnd patriotic .>-yalor?. It is, that
there survives not a tingle ope of those
statesmen whose voice used to be heard and
fell throughout the entire country. Oocs
it was a great privilege to pass a morning
jterurwheii "there were gfnntsinUTe land"
TnMl?iunM~l i.. .11 ? . ? .I.;"
- - v | - vu, ?. ?iiriiv ^rnimcur, MIC mns?
eylnriB of Mr. Webster. T6 his right, tnk
ing uuflf and conversing pleasantly witn kU
neighbors' was the light, graceful person of
Mr. Clay; wh'le far to the left. dark, torn i
brr, with keen, flashing ey*s, was that In
carnation of dignity and ietet>? logio, Mr.
Calhoun, looking 1Mb a cart iron man ?
Whenever wither of these men was to speak,
th# chamber #-? crowded Sarly"ln the day.
ahd everybody studied their speeches. And i
with reason ; for ingenius and true psrlia
eminent great nee*, ^fuffvt ing intellectually
and tuorallv, very inuvh as they did in thwir
personal appearance
So/emarliOhlc were the head and figure
of the Massachnetits Senator that, when he
was ill London, the portert and dny-Tsbsrera
in the aired. Used to cease front their
work to gaxe at him ; and here each day, as
he entered the Senate, all eyes converged
toward "the mau," and the whiper was
heard on all sides in the galleries, " That ia
lie." Everything in hit presence was im
perial. For myself, I never looked upon
that brow, majestic aspect, thoso " Atlantean
shoulders, fit to be ir the weight of mighty
monarchiesthat face, on which " Jvliberat
lot/sat, and public care," without a something,
I know not what, of awe and reverence,
which I could not shake off. even in a
familiar conversation with him. As a
writer, hia style is the very best in our Ian
gunge i not so elalioratcd as Dr. ChnnningV
| hut yaaicr, more flowing and transparent ?
jure. fanny nemoie tom i?e wiai ner minor,
a man of exquisite taste, used often to say
to bar, " Coma, Irl ua jr*n?i Webster; his
atyla doe* ino good." In muny passages, es.
pvaiully in hi* argument on this trial ol the
Kn*p|X, and in his reply to General Uayne,
that was tnta of bim which was raid of Luther:
" lli* word* are half I.allies." Hut
lie was a lams, pondero is epeakvr. ^ la the
peroration of his speech on l'oote's resolutions,
h? glowed as with ethereal fire; hut
generally, he was dull, heavy, phlegmatic.
He was a perfect master of language, ilo&t
public speakers tiua words exceedingly um
manng-nble things. At his command the
best, fittest, phrases came and full H into perfect
phalauK." His logic whs perfect, also
demolishing everything like error, " hammering
awuy," *'smashing everything in its
path," (to use the pithy words of our two
great Generals.) li-il it was nut " logic on
fir#and his orations will always receive
more admiration when read than tl<ey did
alien delivered. Ilia address at the coin,
pltslion of Bnuker Hill m?iiutu<nl is itself
a won1 to *nt ol classical taste, of profound
thought , of elevated Statesmanship, which
will outlast the solid granite. Vet Mr.
Valium**, wjiu was on mo (iinwonn wmt nun,
telle tit thai lie never euflfered more in hl<
life, the delivery wee uich a fuilure.
Much lift < been autd a? to lite iiiorali'y of
' Mr. Welwter, but <U mortui* *H M?i ton ion.
Of one trait in hi* char* te i can Ulttfy.I
mean ln? great-reference far the Bible.?
When I fir^t mine to tliie flty, I found thnl
, buying (tinI* ulnve* and rending ih-nr South
war a r??i?nlt?r b miner* end 1 war ro ahoek
' ed UiJt I went to Washington to aee if anything
ootild tie dona to nop eo ncfarioni
a traffi* In eotiaiilting with him on the aub.
1 Jeet of alavwVy, I found tliat he Wat moat
t Union* that tome measure should be inaugurated
for iln gradual abolition. Heron
1 feeeed, however, that be could not etc any
) remedy, and thought it * vulnv* bnuicrfrca
bile Bdt whenever f quota J * pn?Mg? from
, the Word of God. lie etwaye eeerlveJ it ai
the truth to which ?U rhould yield ?>itir<
ebeditmre
Jsv
' "; .
in litis fVvcrVnt fu^rntolon'joUje ??cr?4 I
orjm |g*ytf *v
:tp?f^rio< lo.Jfr. "WM/rfS n?'VT? Vm BUp?fW f
to hCro In t^it) \M>iiii^sWili1t nuiltv of tila'i
moral character. j knew' him. well, Itoth
io ^aihtnglon and at l^ort Ifijf, hia.reiU
d'tiee Itj Spilth Carolina, and f ijivef knew
'M tvjib rtiore upright, cone.-l?mth>us ytd vlr
luong. Ho whs, loo, a tdmewliat rego^pr atteodnnt
of the episcopal Church tii Pen die
ton, Ulongh never V cotninunlcnnt lb any
Church. But his in til lectin I pride and in- '
dependence made him Intolerant of *Dy?
'authoiity higher thnn hl? own reason. lie'
confvMcd to hellev'e Imhe Inspiration of the
Sertjjtnris. bih," torgetling^hat fmportaat
pari of knowledge which Intorma us of thl \
limitation of ihfe Kutnab understanding? ^
jealoite of faith, ln-<t it thg|0tl f^rnduttty-- i
acenstctro-d to inquire 4a to every dogrtritte, I
not whelherjt wee conformable to Orel's I
will; but lo hl? own ; loving truib, y?t lov- '<
Infc ay ate m more than truto ;-**tlsty1fi? him- i
ell that he had established hit point, if he <
could show the ol jegiiena to any one poai. 1
tion, without considering thoee to all other*: 1
In ehort, never au?p.?cting hi* own jrdge- t
naent, always confident In hie own decisions' ,j
and therefore resolved that no) argument I
e?nM he nddnOed which might change hi* i
opinions, he knew not hi g o' that humble, i
tcschnhlo apiiit, which Is the grcnt element /
Id jtfhrlslhin faith. " fie gfneei^ly Regarded 1
slavery as a divine and beneficent ln?titu- f
tion. M The n*gr?? an?Hhe white man.'' he t
said to me. "are hnth elevated by it." # f
If I quoted a 'texVwhich expressed pis a
Views he would give it hi# hearty assent, n
and dwell upntf Us carlslnty. But if it eon- g
detuned his cherished convictions he as
promptly questioned It' 1 wn* with hitn i
during hi* last illness, and upon one occa I
sion, when ( cited that command, " Honor i
all men.'" he tnkned quickly th me and snid, f
" Tflmt, honor all mchl Never, fmpogsl ?
hie, Ood never said tliat. God cannot re- a
quire tne to honor the man In the White C
ITonse, nor the unprincipled politicians, the r
elfish demagogues now In hrth Ileusrg of
Congress, who ate bringing ruin on the u
ooumry. v, * _
Of 111# power of cor versntion A pro At mo tj
ny have spoken; Hot In fset ha never ?<?o* u
; he hamnfcuod *? earnestly when li
Ion# witli you an whm In the tegtslMivs t
liaMs. He loved the toaitfy of young mcn^ d
condescension with which he listened to r
them. It wn*. however, only that polyenes*
which wan a striking trait in Inn character. c
It he paused to listen, it waj hut the Inter- t
v#l between the Auntie* of lightning, which v
soon Marcs out again, uniting and ehi vering t
all opposition. c
A# an orator, he was a perfeet contrast to >
Mr. Webster. It in well known lohls friends j
that he proposed Demosthenes a? his mode), c
and studied closely those Grecian master- I
pieces to which all knew what elnq?i?DM> I
means, how it i* as high ahove mere rhetor- i
Ic as the heavens are above the earth, will I
ever look np in admiration and rapture. If, |
in his well known remark about " Action" I
as the ocsential ingredient in speaking, De- |
moathene* meant graceful gesticulations,the
South Carolinian was defective. There was
something stiff, singular, awkward in hit
manner. But nobody, unless it be a teach
*r of rcthorie. can ever thus degrade those
word# ot deep sud noble wisdom. No,
again,.No. It was not by the puerile tricks
nn<1 start* of an accomplished deelaimer
that the Athenian
" WlfMcd at will tlie fierce democracy.
Shook the arsenal, and folmincd over
Greece,
To Maeedon an.] Artaxcrxes' throne."
Ry Action" he meant IMlvuey. earnest,
irrf>a**lnned deliver. , in which the whole
NMtl i* f?t?ed into every utterance, and
which can no more lire and glow with anything
artificial than fire and straw can dwell
together in a heated oven. Who can liaten
to a more finished rhetorician than Mr. F.v.
erettf liif faC>- and person were phasing.
Evety movement had l?een praetlced. ilia
beatrthitl pnw-apce filled the mind with admiration
and delight. Bnf who ever felt hia
heart l.nrn within hi net who was ev.-r run?ci
>?* of that " something immenae ami infinite"
of which Qnintillian apeak*; who
ever found him?cl' tranaported. niched to
ears, filed to enthusiasm, while list nirgto !
Id* elalx>rn?a composition*? In straightforward,
cioae-linked argument, in a ncbte con
tetnpt f?r all trapping* and decoration*, in
eond. njation,dn a vocabulary hw and em- i
phatle In energy, vehem?nee, pa**ion. Mr.
Calhoun eJoaely resembled hia illustrious
model: while in nil the moral rthulltieationa
of a gr?nt orator b* men
bore him. P??r ?v?ii Ithenemies eonf>*<**e.l
that he pofHeM'-J n rootage which no oppo*
alt ion eoitbl rMfc*. an?POn integi ity which
no temptation ehtiM corrupt.
In Mental gren?ne*8, in learning, deep
thought, nn<i nil I lie afrribulea of the highest
order of genius, ifn, Clny wea inferior to
hi* two (stent contemporaries. Out in the
1 physical combinations, in ail the nnlurol
furniture ot annbetirring orator, lie far auf!
passed llirm both, .
Hi* mouth, that m?st expreeaiee feature,
?u an organ or en ted Hy Rod fbr tba pro
! nunciation of largo ami h aroiaal thought*
Then,, what clear bloa #yea, now caltn in
i llirlr aanre d-pth, then laughing in genial
? mirth, tad then, when ha waa thoroughly
? roused up, aparkling, almost biasing. In
a hi* whoUnoutananca what play of all f?B
?n>?* f?#H?f?,1 tii? *on\9lim*pr,4tU$4Mi
1 fcier-"t ***** rf
^*<?4h?.WlUof th* ?*mtt>ev mj int<
tla nil 1.,r>. I / I li'ai^ || --titii H ,1 I ijhfr I . I
%iw wiuiwin^ f*"'uii *nu rvw^ppit *?!
*? *?T?*Hor.?4 ltom?> tot gfcte|
t( W*|fci?|(?? ?iu> Un?i?dSua?aSMuKo#,>x*
? ||l upWi yMp?
?Jwi<hW?-from^?i^K?i*u?Wy aretor, and h
M fc-tghtsaad MM ?wt )* wsla afterward
Mast 4W?h ansei.failsn, W(l? ftasploy hit
ofrfc fmroriiafihrena) "fUtrlyJkMm'^uHj.'
tdferytody rente mhor* Ur, Clay's dud with
ttr. Randaph On Ma l?->t joMney North,
In no almost dying condition, the Virgin Joe
wn? e?rri.?d into the Senate chamber. Mr.
May was speaking. . 8tof>," Mid the atek
MOlo those who bore him. "Stop, let m?
Mat that I ean< h?re to hear thai
rules once more6??fort I die." The grace
ici beauty of Mr. CIny't elocution wsre eonKimmnto;
hie whole being informed with
tie subject, and instinct with the lore ol
rullh. And hie warm, gushing sympathies
mldom failed to drhw yon i? him. and bear
ft>% along with htm. ealidng y>n to ffeel
li.tt * one touch of nature, makes thg whole
rorld kin." The last time t heard him was
it a meeting of the Colon iealiou Society.?
ts lis reclined in the chair, he seamed to
?e an aid men, " broken wltk the storms of
ttate." But when bo arose tnd spoke,
here were no t racts of roars upon him. All
t\t that bis soul was Still, ereet and young,
ml that, as ass at at or, his eya was not dimrmd,
nor the force and rvheanenaa of hit
treugth Abated. ;
I had intended to say som tilling of his
lenth; hut. this communication is already
0'? a*tended. llisfther wnaa Bnpiiet miu?t?
r, and the ton oarer forgot " the faith
ul saying" which he learned from that fathr.
And though he lietraysd m<1 infirmity
s to religion, saying to Dr. Curtis, in
iharlesioti, that "a pniilie man ought t? join
to Church, if he wished to be popular* (a
cntimani* by the way. on which thousands
ll . J < - .1 -W ' * ?1
vauuvr M/ mil Lk
flcrhe had identified himself with a Church
requiting the theatre ; y?t he lingered long
md?r the salutary discipline of m sick room,
is lnsl. pillow ?u> wilted with penitential
ear*, aijd, ml the tinea compeer*, he alone
a*#glsaiiL?ringginr>*r. .ftn.U rv
igiiteousness of the Rmiveiner". .....
1 *it h< re and look at the place* which
ince knew there three men, nut now know
hem n? more, and I.say, Q that they were
vitli us yet! Whatever their errors once,
vere they now living, I believe that in this
insis of our country's history their counsels
could he ?ko?e of moderation, wisdom and
>atrioiism. Whatever their differences hi
>ther days, bud they been spared, I am con
ident that, after the terrible lessons of th?
set four y?VA tliey would h?ve buried all
miinosittes, with one heart and one mind
invesnu'ht to quell the passions of th<
lour, and to lay hroadly and deeply th<
foundation of a union, harmony, liberty
prosperity, which nothing could again dis
lurb. Their absence at a time like this All
me with regret and sadness. But " th<
Loid reigneth." "In the yenr when Kini
(Jzzinh died I saw the Lord high and liftei
up" The prophet mourned for the ioss o
a wise and able Prinoe ; but he found eon
sola!ion by raising his eyes to that Kini
who sits exalted in the heavens, upon th
throne ot the universe, ordering all eveni
fur hjs glory, and for Uie accomplishment c
tlie designs ef uttering wisdom uod ur
dunging love.
+ ?"
f)nat11 or Ogs. Jackson.?Oen. John h
Juelrson, a prominent member of the Augm
ta(<Ja.) bar, nnd a distinguished officer <
the late Confederate army of the wist, die
at MiltedJ^-ville, (ls? on the morairg <
Tuesday, February V7, from a severe altac
of ttni typhoid piieuiuonia. The August
Chronicle thus refer* to liim in a notion i
hit death: ?
" Hit brigade was attached to the wee
ert army, and distinguished itself on ev
ry,occasion when called into battle. T1
luembei* of " Jackson's lit igade " will hea
with sad hearts of the death of their bra'
commander. He died at Milledgevllle,
typhoid pm-umoniv, Tuesday morning.ila
remains will b? hrought to this city f
intermc-iit, as soon as possible.
| " Oen, Jackeoti was a gentleman of gre
social worth, and a public spirited cilia
wkose chief pride w as the glory of hiscou
tr/ His place In our midst can never
| supplied. 11* w as about Ihitiy seven yet
of age."
Nkw
OatRSits, March 13.
Briztnig or Frtkxtkkk IIcmorr* Hal
o?^Tottoh.?The Clarksrllle eorrfeapondcnt
tbe ilourlon Trlogrnph Charcot that the Tro
ury agent* (hero bavuoeoiieil 1,7*0 bale*
cutton, which it ?m well and generally knr
did nut belong to the late Confederacy,
Ttroilgh a third party the Trea?ury agci
offered tbe owner* ef iho rotten to releast
for a con?i?l?r.ition-of 300 hair*. Tho own
refuted tbl* offer, and the ootlon wai remot
at enoe, at much greater expenaa than
would hare e*?t the ownfcr*. Rrery effort u
Bade at Clnrkevillo and New Orleana to **41
the release ef the often, hut it ffiltd.
It appaart that of pardona granted by (
Preatdent to peraana coining under tho f V
000 elaiiM, 4,0. <? ara frotn tha State of V
ffiala md if.' from North Careiiaa.
i
kv.V/'jst ? .. e J
pTrh^ of IffHfeot omnuftl 'iTtbo wbjwt,
4i might to ** !. ** ??$ f
, ? ririt, doti't eall fc ? or *a inn or ft *
, fco?r, *! V-- Hv *
. Call it a /reuse, and nmA? it afUr some groat t
capitalist, big Indian, n? Saint?"-Morion'>Peto
| lii)S??," ot Whoop do-D..odlo Houso,"?that <1
sounds Tory watt and takes tha traveler's ear. ?
tfotbtog ia 46 valvar u to eoart Kfifcihen's ?
mad traders' custom, as you wilt aaoaa to do by
j naming your establishment " MorohanuV d
* City," of " CotaotdrMal." *
Tboso suggost a second-class affair at A
onrs, : b
* Be aaro and establish an lmtnonao harbor- *
shop on the ground floor. *
'r It railses a grateful odor of tha Balm ?r a o.
f Thousand flowers and Night-Bloom tag Caro- 0
m to' prevails tha atmosphere, and effectually U
subdues ami osereotnaa other and leMagroeWblo
smells, as for instance, cock roacher and Oook- 11
> If you ran bird an Irishman cheap enough, n
lot one to ail do nothing but awab the marble al
hall with grease water all day long; U con- 01
taya an idea of cleanliness to the guests; at ^
night, when few are about, it ia of littlo consov *
qtienco. ai
I aaid " guests," and hero ia a point you "
bould, by no moana neglect. ' T "
Be eareftil in apeaking of your lodgers, in T<
printed notice and the like, to uae that term. r"
It ia refihed, and pota them on their bciiar.
ior at onee. u
Procure a welt drciaed eiork, with curly, ?
Slaok hair, if possible, to stand at tha dosK, 1,1
and by all uieana insist on his wearing dU- 01
monda. , - *
Seedy riaitors will taka no liberties with I hi
such a 111 an. i>
When ft traveler comas In ha is not to notie*
him (or the spare of five minutes, nt Q
least; it puts the obligation at ouee where it
belongs.
Yon take bun in, not bo poo. #]
It is an exccliont device to have the num- ^
bare of pour chambers reversed from the
old plaa ?. let tbcin begin to aouut from the
roof.
Thus when tbe guest see the olerk put ^
"No. 10," for iustftnee, opposite his name
en the register, he deports satisfied, and is p
too much exhausted and eowed bp the time ei
he discovers its whereabouts to make any coin-, y
plaint. ? ' ' o<
, , jlMtfMft TttUI rl6Xk,Untt.iki<..Bft -lJ
and steamboats. 3
r. TJLlso, if pour bouse happens to be in aeoun- 1>
Uptown. l<> add one dollar a dap In variably 1
to all New Torkcra's hills. t'
Tliep will not think muoh of pour house li
otherwise. *
When a guest has paid his bill and is about s
to depart,let theelerk ask cheerfully, "Which e
way do you go, Ur. Robinson 7" t
Some persons are eo easily imposed upon>
that the extraordinary fact of a highly bedisoo- h
' ed clerk's knowing their names two minutes |
' after reading them on the register tickles them t
' tremendously. ,
' In regard t? the dining room, yon cannot t
bare too impudent an Irishman u head ?
* waiter. ,
- It ehould be his duty when a guest enters (
? the room, no matter how empty it may be, ,
e to tahe him in convoy and make hiin walk {
r the entire length of it before assigning him a y
j eeat.
f It not only Mrres to impress the grandeur
of the apartmeut upon him ; but invariably
disconcert* bashful men, so that they devour
* their meals meekly and make no iroublusoma
el 4 '
requests. ^
'* Ladies should be served in the same way ,
' for exactly contrary reasons.
It afford* t'acui a ffae opportunity to display
their clothes, and puts them in good humor.
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Let the sexes bo kept religiously apart while
^ feeding, unless iu the esse of husband and
j wife.
Married men travelling alone will euffor so
3 much from (be dearth of female society, that
^ the next timo they will probably bring their
^ wives.
It will scareely bo necessary to maka any
suggestions in rogard to extra charges in the
>t- bill, as they Will naturally oceur to the feobe
lest of landlords.
>C You should always however obargo for a Are
ir, in winter in every room that has eonvenlonae*
for it, and if remonstrated with, reply that it
of < a " rule ef the house," and the guest might
_ hero hed it.
9f This phrase you will find of immense service
on nil sorts of occasions.
Let nil your employees be particular to style
the hotel omnibus, n " oonoh," end n gent's
Cn wife, his " l?<ly."
" These Uttln eiegnnoies eost nothing, na<l gfld
* the surfnce of life immensely.
Procure lbs largest Chinese gong yon can
Hod to awaken your guests In themorniug sud
snll them to meals.
Tbsy will eoneluds that your bonse Is m
^ stunning afla r.
4 A negro will probably beat It more thoroughof
ly than a white man.
Also, on the counter, la the office, keep an
InmMH hammer boll.
I'ti A judicious dark will proiluno a rory linmb>
U ling effect upon A modest guest by striking It
er? rapidly four or Bee tltaee when he 1* asking
red absurd questions.
" Follow these suggestions carefully, and yo?
,M will go far to proee the truth of Hmereou'e
jr* aphorism that " travel Is the foo'.e paradise."
[llobinion, in lA< ff. Y. Sntur lay Prttl.
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10, Why le it easy to brook into an oM man's
irt house T D<-oaue? hie gait ia broken, and
kle 1 ?k? are fete.
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W*?t it Said of TTo. t
In the Philadelphia Inquirer of the l?t*
ae find the following : . ;.* J
The Freedoan'a Human have rep or la fro CO $
:euth Carolina which show thai there are tiro */" 1
rgeniaed hands of outlaw*, one eonaiatiny
>f eight mm! the other of thirteon men, 1*4
y an ex-Coafodarato Major, named Cole*
tan, at preeeot raiding in tha vieioi ty of 8d|W
eld District, And commit!ing, with impunity,
bo moat fiendiah out rage a on Union man and . *
grot*, j
Tbua far. aaya tha report, they hatt m**?
erod e aamWf of nagtoea and one white man
dtkont provocation, and robbed and driven
w tholr houeee several Northern on who
ave proporty there. Coleman, the leader, I*'
deeperate character. Be hae exhibited ho
sveral persons eight ear* eat from the head*
f colored moo. lie oarrlee them in aa eDvelpe
and pridoa himself on exhibiting them a*
rophios.
Tble desperado ie a satire of Edgeleld, bat
10 rest of the bandit band is eompoeed of Isr*
aa and others, from different localities. Tb*
port states thai Geo. King was dismounted
ad robbod hy them within ono mile of the oity
r Augusta. Ono of tho soldiers on duty nee?
dgefleid C. II. wae driven in on tbe Jflth of
ebruary. Coleman's men entered llfcmborgt
ud robbed the hotel keeper in bread day*
ght.
The froedmen are generally at work under
asonably fair contracts, and are giving euQie
ctlon to thoir employers; and are contented,
(any persons are working for their former meeirs,
and do not dotire to be removed. If ujorenoral
Sloklos baa I "sued stringent orders for
si tor protection against outrages on tbe Union
on and the froedmen of the I>epartmoat af
. Carolina and* far the extermination of tho
inds of outlaws now infesting eertuttn porous
of the Statn. v
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eneral Sherman on ike Burning
of Columbia, B. C.
The following is the letter of Major- Oaa^
ral Sherman on tho burning of.Oolumbla, 8*
urolina j
" Ubahqoabtim Military Divuuonh
or tub Uiuiiiirri, Lr"
St. Louts, Mo., March 8, 1884. J
'eiyinuH TluwU, Ooluniia, il. C.:
Diss Sir,:?I liars your letter enclosing a
Btition to th* Gongreu of the United States,
iking to be indemnified for the loaa by Are of
our house and oootenU, at the time of our
roupatioo in Vebruary, 1888. I assure yon
>it T <?1 fci ?au n/t* all athms ekl
tales ware to acaume IWIVaMllfJ, If %Btflb( *2?a
an admission that wo bad done wrong.?
'hi* ia not tTue. The rightful authority ?(__
he Nation d (Jovernmout had beet* restated
a tbe State of South Carolina for yeare, and
re woro compelled, at great ooat of lllb
ad money, to conduct tbithar a rant amayt
nd oar progress wai reatated by ah tha foroa
ba State could obtain. Your own oULaena related
our appproaeh, not only with arms. Vat
>y burning the bridgea ever tha Idlate, Cow*
;aroe, Saluda, and Broad rit in. Ihay Verabe
depot In Columbia before we'sntered tfca.
ity. becauaa it aontainad eorn and stores they
uppoecd wa needed, and nature to tbonaaade
>f halea of ootton rolled out into tha aUeet%
jid wbicb were burning before wa entered
lelumbla. 1 myself waa in the city as esrly
ts noon and saw those ties, ami knew that efforts
wore made to axtluguiah thtaa ; but a
tlgh and strong wind kepi them alive. I gewe
?o orders for tha burning of your city, bwt, an
the aoutrary, tha revere*, and I believe the
lonftagratloa retailed from the great In*
prudence of cutting the cotton hales, vkira
ay tha aonteata ware spread, by tbe wind, as
that it'beeame an Impossibility te amrt^tle
Bra.
1 M* u>'_yaur UOtumnta nswipl)wn wmm
printed ordar of Uenera} Wade Hampton, tkut
00 the approach of tho,Yenkaa (sruay'aJl the
cotton should thus |U burned, end.
what 1 aew myself, bare no hesitation in say,
lug that he wm the cauee of the dostreetion
of your property. Your true remedy U against
him, end euoh othere of your own elthesnc ee
conspired with him end ^made'Jths niOHwy
occupation of your oity an aheoluU necessity.
1 hardly think it U fair that Congress should
tax the people ef Ohio, Illinois and Klamrt
to pay for Mich iuisas; hot as it is not my
provinoe to judge in sush matters, I scadywur
petition according to tU address.
I again assure you of my personal sympathy
hy reason of yoar age and tnftrmllpv
hat thla mast not lead me to endorse a
wrong principle.
I aui, with great respect, your obedient mf
vent, W. T. 8UERMAX,
Major-QenersC^ *? '? **
Tnr Fsru> Dtaaa?It la remarkable how ?
single word, unaffectedly ofered. wfllmtn*
times rev ad to ne, mare fui'y and etrikirg
If than eould many books, the deep and
{ h-.ng experience of a human heart. Hot
( long ego, a friend of euro invited a smell
I party of orphan children from an oayroaa,
'o upend an hour oi a Wfcdnerday afternoon
at. hit houte. They o?anite?ted, each in a
way that natnra prompted or adueation aV
lowed, the mo*t eager delight. It waa art
d< nily a rich treat to them in their loaety
tale. It would hare done any body'* heart
<p?od to'aee and hear them. Aa ha waa >ii*tribuHflg
among them the content# of a basket
of orange*, he chanced to hear ona of
s.hrt little girl* ?ay to a companion who waa
fitting at her aide, " I know why Mr ?haa
Invited u# toj hie house: it ie heoausa wa
haven't any /rirnde. /IhltMkJt had a friend
ram* to tee me for five year el" Merciful
heaven I Only'we've yeara old, and" not
have wo 'he fi?c? of ona friend lor &*
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long ye?r?
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