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| A. REFLEX OF POPULAR EVENT&
JOHN C. ft EDW. BAILEY, I'ltO'RS. GREENVILLE. SOUTH CAROLINA, JANUARY 26, 1870. vni. VVI ?vn ais.
Or. F. TOWNES.
EDITOR.
I. C. BAILEY, iiiMlitt Editor.
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ftltrttlt ^nffrq.
The Fairest Always the Rarest.
Thus It is all over the earth?
That which we call the fairest,
And prise for its surpassing worth,
Is always rarost.
Iron Is heaped In mountain piles,
And nluta the leeward fbrares:
But (old flake* (lean la dim defile*
And lonoiy gorge*.
The snowy marble fleck* the land ^
With heaped and rounded ledge*,
But diamond* hide beneath the *and
Their starry edge*.
Qod give* no valno unto men
Unmatched by noed of labor;
And cost of worth ha* et cr boon
Tho closest neighbor.
Wero every hill a precious mine,
And golden all the mountain* ;
Were all the rivers fod with wtno
By tirclcM fountains;
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LSfo would be ravished of its test,
And shorn of tte ambition,
And sink into the dreamier* rest
Of inanition.
Original Cnmmunicalians.
ron the boothkrr kktrrpribk.
Hotel from the Scrap Book of an
Old Phyiieian of Greenville County.
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A GOOD WAY OF W11I1TINO.
Not many years after tho intro<1
action of Methodism in tho country,
Parson B was 6ont to our
circuit. At ono of hi* appointment,
Tom T-??, a rondy, mischievous
sort of a follow, during
tho service, did not behavo with
that projiriety anil decorum to
suit ti?o i'ftr6on, whereupon lie
administered a well timed rebuke.
At this Tom bec&mo highly offended,
and swore ho would whip the
Parson on some suitablo occasion.
Knowing tbo lino of travel of the
Parson, he posted himself at a
public place on a certain day, and
snro onongh, as was expected, on
enmo the Parson. Tom halted
him, and told him what ho had resolved
on doing with him. The
Parson, who was a tall, raw bone,
atldotic man, replied to Tom,
if nothing elso would do, ho
would fight him, but that he must
go 'on with him a few hundred
yards farther to a eertain wood,
where they wonld settle tho matter.
On arriving at tho place,
the Parson dismounted, divested
himself of his coat, &c., and then
told Tom ho always prayod bofore
beginning any undertaking?
which ho accordingly did?ana on
rising from prayer, Tom professed
satisfaction, and owned being
whipped in a way that ho did not
expect. -
A CLOCK.
There lived in lny neighborhood,
at the time when Yankee peddlers
were flooding the country with
clocks, old honest J.. F??. One
of these specimens drovo up to
4 F s1 house and drew forth from
his box a handsomely painted
eloek, which be soou had running
and striking in fino apple pie order,
.much to the amusement and
satisfaction of Mr. F , his wife
and a numerous family of sons and
daugktej-8. After having fully
discussed the wonderful mechanism
of the thing?with its nevervarving
precision in keeping timo
?tne price was fixed, and a bargain
struok with the old man, tq
the delight and joy of the entiro
household.
It happened, when the purchase
was made, to be a bnsy time in
the season for hoeing cotton?at
whioh work the boys and girls
were engaged; but now to leave
the house, and be deprived of
looking at the clock and hearing
it strike, was a pleasure hard to
forage. An agreement, however, 1
was soon effected in the family, it
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being understood and arranged,
that'when near the time of striking,
tho mother wonld give a signal
for the family to assemble?
which they Invariably did for some
time?every fellow dropping his
lioe, making for the house at a
stride with greater rapidity than
if for bread and bnttcr.
The clock was reported to have
been strongly on tho brain of tho
old lady for some time after the
purchase. A friend, for instance,
calling with the morning salutation,
how do yon doi, Mrs. F? 1
She wonld answer:
"Now is it not a protty thing!
O, how music-like it strikes.''
" Which way is the old man this
morning f
41 O, it cost a site of money J'
44 Yonr cattle aro in tho wheat
l> tch. Mrd. F."
" She will atrike soon now."
" I think yon had best have the
cattle tnrnecl out, Mrs. F."
" O, my neighbor, a clock is a
great thing in a family."
BOTH BAOOW AND CAM1AOK.
My neighbor and old friond
B , lived on a road that I almost
daily passed his honso. On
one occasion 1 was riding with a
friend, when, on getting near the
garden of friend B , ho was
so strnck with the luxuriance and
fino growth of the c&bbnge, he remarked
that they wero tho finest
he had seen. Yes, I replied, but
I am afraid it is all collards and
no meat. Mr. B was in his
}-ard and o%erheard the conversation,
rose from his-scat and swore
ho had as much meat as I had.
Wo had a merry laugh, and rodo
on. For a long time afterwards,
in passing the plufe, might often
bo seen hanging on a nail in a
tree in the yard, a sido of bacon.
I sometimes asked old annt why
she did thisf who informed me,
that she did it to let mo know that
they had bacon as well as 1 and
tho other neighbors.
THE WORST TO COME.
I had for a neighbor an emigrant
from tho Emerald Isle, a
man of much slirowdncss and fine
tact for making money, and when
he did make it, a talent for holding
on and keeping it. It so happencd,
however, in the courso of
oventa, that ho was seized with a
violent attack ot illness. I attended
him until recovery. On call
ing for his bill, and being informed
what amount it was, he flow
into a tcrriblo passion, and told
me that I had added to his bill the
accounts of all tho vagabonds of
his neighborhood. I assured him
that such was not tho case, that it
was his own bill, nnd if bo did
not pay it, ho would place me under
tho unpleasant necessity of
suing him for the money. After
6omo hesitation nnd colloquial
crossings, ho settled tho bill, reminding
me, however, that I
might froezo to my saddle beforo
ho would again give mo a caso.?
This, however, he soon forgot, and
always had mo called when a physician
was needed in tho family.
II is neighbor, Squiro 8 , not
long after bis own illness, bad a
long and serious spell of fever.
When tho Squire convalesed, and
able to rido out, on meeting with
our Irish friend, he romanced to
the Squire: Well, sir,I wa9 sorry
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uu iioar ui iuu iuug auu utiiigercMis
spell yon hare kad ; and they tell
ine that the doctor (royseltt skinned
yon from head till heefs with
blisters; bnt there is no d?n,
Squiro, if yon have not to undergo
a worso skinning yet with your
pocket-book when that bill is presented.
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[concluded next week.]
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FOR THB fOUTMB* E VTKRI'ltVSR.
Farming?Preparation of the Soil.
Messrs. Editors?Some one has
said, " a stick in tiiqp saves nine."
Taking this as a maxim in making
a good fence, next comes the consideration
of the soil*. Ex peri
anco has taught all who have obseved
tho natnre of things, that
land mnst be broken in some way,
or domesticated plants will not
profitably grow thereon. The
breaking of the soil is effectod by i
the application of some mechanical
power, and la usually done in
this country by means of a horse
and plough, and is called " breaking
up." On this subject it is fitly
4s
" P!?jgh thoToogb ?n<l <Wj?, while ?lnj#nrd?
?l?ep,
And you'll hurt corn to nII and corn io
keep."
God said to man after his sin, -<
" Cursed is the ground for thy
sake; in sorrow snalt then eat of
ife all the days of thy life." u In
the sweat ot thv face ah alt thou
eat bread." This shows man, that
his subsistence is to be dorived *
from the gronnd, amid the " sor- f
row" and "sweat" of toil. The J
question for each one is, not wliAt *
amount of land can bo plowed, 1
bnt what amount can be so pre- *
pared as to moke the greatest yield *
from a given amount of labor. It 1
one acre can bo so prepared as to J
yield as much as two otherwise
firepared, then is tliore a saving of
lalf the sum of labor. It cannot 1
bo doubted, that early deep plongh- '
iug is favorable to a crop. Tho 6
baro fact of having to break tho '
soil at all, clearly proves, that there '
is a given depth. And quality ot f
ploughing, that will crivo the crrent- 1
est yield "of which tHo soil is capa- 1
blc. Different varieties of soil 1
should be ] toughed in accordance
with their respective nntnres. All '
stiff, clay lands, should bo broken .
from eix to eight inches deop in <
Decembor and Jannarv, if possi- J
blc. It would bo better, if dono 1
from the first of September to the <
lust of December If the land is 1
covered with a good coat of veg- 1
ctnblo matter, it would be an ad- *
vantago to turn it under. Where *
this is not the case, I don't know e
that anything is gained from turn- *
ing. AH vegetable matter con- e
tains carbon, oxygen and hydro- J
gen, which aro disengaged by de- <
cay and united in different forms <
to make water and carbouic acid <
gas, and these afford nutriment to
growing plants. <
Deep ploughing increases the '
capacities of the land to absorb |
and retain carbonic acid from the
atmosphere during the falling 1
snows and rains of winter. This 1
I gas is a principal fertiliser. If en- '
tors all the lumps and clods, and
pulverizes tliein. Vegetable mat- '
ter thrown under deep in the early 1
fall and winter, begins to decay
much sooner, and further pre- '
pares the soil to absorb a portion (
of the ammonia which passes j
through the air and store it away, J
as it wero, to nourish its future '
young. Deep ploughing not only 1
prepares tho soil to store away *
aliment for its coming tribes of c
vegetation, bnt it greatly enhances c
tho easo of their culture. Land, J
well broken, can bo cultivated
with a great deal less labor, with
greater profits, than that which is ?
poorly prepared. Sandy soils don't e
require the same depth of plough ?
ing that red clay, stifT mulatto or c
wet bottoms demand. Nor is it [
so necessary that they should bo '
ploughed so early. From four to *
six incho* appears to mo to bo r
deep enough to break sandy lands. 1
These lands usually have more ?
silica or calcareous formations than 9
other varieties seem to possess.? c
Owing to this fact, they never be- 5
come so hard or baked during c
summer drouLhs.
A word about our needs. Wo 1
should havo a Farmers' Club or- ?
ganized in every Township. Each
farmer should do a member. Th? I?
rcanIts of different experiments '
should be detAiled in .these clnbs v
for the benefit of their membership.
In a multitude of counsel- 1
lors there is safety. The tillage v
of the soil is an art?old?but still k
defective. It can be greatly iin- d
proved with us. Why should wd e
not address ourselves to this duty 9 b
The farming interest should con- ti
trol all things in the way of busi- c
nesa. It eliould make the laws, c
impose tbe duties, and regulate the fi
prices of all commodities. The h
farmer should onjoy life the best,
bo the freest, tho happiest, and &
most independent among men.? c
He should know, and feel that, f<
upon his mind and hands, depends t<
not only his own, but tho prosper- I
ity and peace of all other condi- ll
tions of society. Instead ot tho lj
prince or noble looking down up- a
on tho farmer, he should feel it his h
privilege to look down upon theso. tl
No engagement is more honorable, h
none more healthy, none so eesen- ?
tial. Why, then, should it not f<
be conducted npon tho most im- g
proved plan? n
fours, truly, "
A. C. BTEPP. ?
Line Oreek^ 8. O., Jan. 14,1870. 1<
Ifonj fat ijie ITnbitB.
1LM0 8TA OHQ8T BTOITY,
A REAL lNCrDENT.
BT OKAORGREENWOOD.
On a Christmas night, some 50 or
>0 years ago, there were gathered
ibont the wide fireplace of a largo
STew England kitchen, a hnppv
am My. circle, consisting of ? wello-do
farmer, who was a magistrate
?known far and wide as u Squire
Percival "?his comely wife, two
air danghters, a niece, and lost,
nit not least, a son, just home from
fale, for the holidays.
The night without w&9 seasonibly
cold, and brilliant with tnoonight
and starlight. The large
itone farmliou6e stood on the
>row of a hill behind a projecting
ine of tell pino trees, the only
green in the wide landscape. The
itecp Uilisiuo and the valley be
nenth wero heavily blanketed with
snow.
Tlie early part of tlio evening
liad passed merrily with games,
jests and song. But for an hour
jr two tho conversation had taken
x drift into tho realm of the snpcrlatural.
One ghost had succeeded
another till, as tho " witching
imo of night" approached, and
ho fire burned low, tho circle initinctly
drew closer together, with
hrills and shudders of strange
ipiritnnl dread, which is yet akin
0 tho keenest pleasure?an awo
tome joy, and exquisite terror.
Clio solemn sighing of winds
imong tho trees, heard in the pauses
)f ghostly recitals, added its wonlerous,
weird effect to tho theme.
Just as young Percival had concluded
a wild German legend,
which he declared "splendid stuff
for dreams," the outside door was
neard to open suddenl}*. All
looked around more or less fearfully,
to sec standing on tho threshhold
the slight form of a fair young
woman, clad in whito,nnd looking
strangely pure, and cold, and luminous,
like incarnated moonlights
"With the glide* of a spirit"
jho came forward. Her feet were
inito bare, and her arms were
Irooping wearily. Masses of fair
lair fell over her shoulders, but
icr eves wero dark and fixed with
1 melancholly stare. Iler lips
vcro slightly parted and almost
oliirlpAA Rlio onmn Ir?*w !.?
.www VMiliU IIUV H1U Uir*
tie about tbo hearth and then
laused, standing utterly motioness?a
beautiful appaling figure.
For a moment nil tlio startled
group remained as silent as that
itrango visitor?then one young
girl caught her breath in a hysterisal
scream, which was instantly
inswered by a cry from the pale
ips of u the woman in white," ino
whoso blank eyes rushed a wild,
:ccn light. She gazed abont her
n terror and 'bewilderment, then
;lancod down upon herself, and
ank cowering upon the floor, covtring
her face with her hands, and
riving way to childish paroxysms
>f weeping.
The fanner's wife, a woman of
are sense and presence of mind,
it once divined the truth.
uSho is a sleep-walker," she
aid. "Sho must bo half dead
rith the cold. Girls, bring some
vrappingsT*
Immediately all was bustle.?
lie farmer and his son discreetly
anished from the scene, and the
:ind mother, daughter and niece
levoted themselves to their bewild
red charge, who atili wept and
obbed under their kind ministraii
ns, bnt declared that she felt no
old and no pain, though her debate
feet wore actually bleeding
roro the long walk tip in the icy
illside and over the crusted snow.
After having been tenderly put
y bed, however, she became suffiiently
composed to reply to tho
3\v questions which had been put
> her. She sard that she was
ncy Ellett, the niece of the viltgo
physician; that she had later
been taken from school on acaunt
ot nervousness, and sent to
im for medical treatment, but
int home-sickness and loneliness
ad made her worse. She had ocssionally
walked in her sleep be>re,
but only about the house and
rounds at home, and on summer
loonlight nights. "I think the
toon bewitches me," the said,
niling through her tears. That
ight she had, before going to bed, 1
>okcd across the valley to the '
r? - ?I y LL
pleasant bouse on the hill, watched
the chccrlul Christinas li*ghts
gleaming throngh the pine trees,
and lorgod to be one of the happy
party t icre, though she was a
stranger to all.
She had crjod herself to sleep,
she said, and that wni all she
knew of her mysterious tramp over
snow and stones and ice. Hot a
memory, pot a thought could she
recall til! the moment when she
found herself standing on that
hearth, in her night dress with so
many wondering eye* fixed upon
her.
u O, dear ! what do yon think of
me! What can you think ot mo
now ?" she mdaned.
44 Never mind what we think of
ion, niv poor child," said the good
Irs. iPcrcival, " we love you already,
so drink this nice ginger
tea, and go to sleep."
The u poor child " got a little
natural sleep, And in the morning
appeared somewhat less ghostly
than the apparition of Christmas
night. But she was still very
jmle, with a playfully shy, grieved
look. She was suffering less than
was expected from the exposure,
but more from the nervous shock
of the night before, and by tho advice
of her uncle, who had been
summoned, consented to remain
with her new friends for a few
-days.
Yunng John Percival was hospitably
Kind to the invalid guest,
not seeming to perceive that she
j shrank from his attentions in a
! sensitive, disquiet way. Yet when
his eye was not on her, sho was
observed to study his face with a
gecu liar inquiring expression.?
he could not remember having
6een that face at the fearful moment
of her awakening and she
hoped he had not been a witness
of that walking trance, and she regarded
him with absolute horror.
Finally, on the last day of her
visit, finding herself alone with
him for a moment, under a desperate
impulse, she asked, " Did you,
too, see me that night, Mr. Perci
| valI"
' lie was touched by tli6 tremble
in the voico and the wistful look
in the dark eyes ; bnt he answered
honestly : M1 citn not deny that I
did see you."
"O, sir, what mnst yon have
thought?"
"Thought??why, I thought if
ghosts would always come in such
shape, I would i.evcr fear them
more."
The shy smilo and rosy blush
that his playful answer called
forth, seemed to the young collegian
the pale, sad vision of that night
as a lovely walking flesh and blood
roality.
I never heard of Lucy Ellett
"revisiting the glimpses of the
moon" as a somnambulist after
this, but I heard that on another
Christmas night she stood on the
hearth of the old iarmhouse, dressed
all in white, in the midst of the
same family circle, and 6he gazed
about her and said : " I am ntraid
I am walking in my 6leep again,"
and then put up her hands in a
prettv deprecating way, and added
" lunt if I am, John, don't wake
me."
i 1 j?.u- l 9 1 1 .1. . ?m
Bots in IIoksfs.?D. Woshbnrn,
n^.^! />! > ? * *
ui Aim loii) unio, iorwaraea " a
cure," which, lie says, he has never
known to fail?namely : u A
piece of alnin the size of a walnut
dissolved in one quart of water,
and drench afterward. It is well
to loosen the bowels." Mr. Fuller
?M A dose of tobacco is sure pop.
My father tried it often and never
failod. In our neighborhood, in
my boyhood days, there used to bo
two classes?tobacco men and milk
and mblaeses men. My father belonged
to the former, and his success
was as I havo said. Since
that time, I myself havo given tobacco
a dozen times and found it
a safe core."
Patrick &aw a bull pawing in a
Held, and thought what fun it would 1
bo to jump over, catch him by tho
horns and rub his noso in the dirt.
ine idea wrs so funny that he lay :
down and laughed at it. The more <
lie. thought ot it, the fnnnier it i
seemed, and he determined to do it. ]
Boras qnickly tossed him over the 1
fonce again. Somewhat bruised, '
Patrick picked himself up, and, ,
snid, "Well, it is & mighty foijHj
thing I had laaght foorsO' ti
Banyan's Tomb. <
Bun-bill Fields cemetery in Eng- 1
land was recently re opened with 1
appropriate ceremonies. It is tho i
place of repose of the asliea o!
many worthies : of Isaac Watts,
Samnel Westley, Nathaniel Lard- '
ner, Dr. John Owen, John Banyan,
and others. The city of London
having spread beyond and around ]
the old burial-place, a demand was <
made that it snould be taken np, i
but the feeling against the measure <
was so strong that Parliament has
given the gronnd to- the corpora- I
tion of London to bo forever pre- 1
served as it is now. Writing to 1
the New York Independent an ac- i
count of the ro-opening, M. D. ]
Conway speaks as follows of Bun- \
yan and his tomb1
But one tomb there was to *
which above all others the crowd
pressed. About it are moistened
eyes, and lips which try to speak,
bat quiver and falter. A large,
grey, square tomb or monument
it is. On one side there is carved
a pilgrim leaning on his staff, bent
beneath a burthen tied upon his i
back. On tho other side m the
pilgrim kneeling, his arms flung <
round tho post of a wayside croes, I
his burthen falling to the earth be- i
hind him. On tho top of it re- <
clincs the form and tho heaven- I
ward looking face of John Bunyan. I
Long did the thrilled company i
look upon tho face whose blended i
massiveness, and sweetness, even I
thero in the mouldy stone, are i
quite indescribable ; and no doubt i
tho lips, seeming so still, really
whisper something to oacli ono of :
the multitude, lo me, as I look- I
ed npon tho great and wealthy, 1
standing with bated breath beside <
the tomb of the old tinker: when i
I saw tho Lord Mayor in his scar- <
let and gold, paying homage to the |
man whose proper place his ofli- 1
cial predecessors two c ntuvies ago <
thought to be Bedford jail; and <
the commerce of London keeping I
its respectful distance from tho
du6t of him who frescoed the sky I
with visions which its snioko lias 1
left untarnished after six genera- i
tions ; and again, how men of all i
beliefs found around h i s grave i
that u Immanuera Land, common i
to and for all pilgrim*," from 1
whence they could u see to the 1
gates ol the Celestial City"?why 1
tlien, as I say, to me also the stony '
lips softened to gentle speech, and
repeated what they said of old, but
with Hie gathered significance of
the ages, " Beliove steadfastly concerning
the things that arc invisible."
Constant Courtship.
A married man, after a time,
appears to forget how much a woman,
especially a woman who is a
lady, desires small attentions to
the very last. Ho seems to believe,
at any rate, that his wife docs not
care for them at his hands. Women
do not forget the season of
courtship; and it would not bo too
much to sav that an ideal marriage
should bo a constant courtship,
or else tho romantic thcorv
~r * - - 1
ui marriage iuus 10 uio ground al- 1
together. f
But supposing a man marries a <
fool, and uoesn't discover the fact 1
for eome time, then it is well worth 1
his while to try and improvo the
fool into a tolerable companion;
for even a foolish wife can make
herself excessively pleasant to the 1
wisest and most philosophic of hus '
hands; in sncccssful cases the wo- ^
man will be grateful for the teach- *'
ing.
Mr. Dickens makes David Cop- f
pcrfield attempt tho culture of 1
Dora, but the experiment was not "
fairly tried. David went a very 1
clumsy, not to say priggish way *
about it, and committed the
insolent blunder of exposing the *
shortcomings of his wife before 1
Traddlca. No wonder that the 8
blossom shrank from his bad
prnning. p
Tho man who wants to bring a c
wito to at least senso (or nonsense^
onongli to lovo him, has often had f,
his work before him, oven after he i<
has placed the marital ring on her ?
finger. Sbo may then only be a
ieini-dotached wifo. Wo can givo e
no definite recipo for the enrativo m
process. Circumstances would do- u
mand a constant change ot ingre- g
ilients. The shrew should be
tamed. The indifferent woman e
gkh her sonl occupied only with ?
(bights of tho millinery hung i
JKT her body, should?but wo e
:annot advise on these points, and,
taeidee, it is more than probable
hat the balance of incompatibility
incline* to the side of the husband.
{Semi-Detached Wivee.
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rhe Recent Disturbance in Spartanburg?Destruction
of 8tiUa
On the 10th of this month, Mr.
tl. M. Wallace, Depn^ Collector
>f Internal Revenno in this city,
ivns despatched to Spartanburg
Donnty, for the purposo of investigating
certain outrages, said to
liave been committed against A.
P. Turner, one of the Deputy Collectors
for thatX3ounty. U pon bin
irrival, being satisfied tl at the reports
were true, he organized a
party, consisting of the United
States Deputy Marshal, three United
States Deputy Collectors, Slieriff
T)o\rVtornr anr) cntrnri TTnifml
States soldiers?all under tbe command
of Captain Summerfield, of
the United States Army. They
went to- Turner's neighborhood,
about fifteen miles from the town.
On the route, they found three
stills running in violation of the
United States laws, which were
destroyed?no one coming forward
to claim them, A young man,
named Humphries, who had been
engaged in distilling, was at rested.
Soon after leaving the locality of
tho stills, an armed band of men
appeared on the road, and surrounded
the officers, threatening
to attack and drive them out of tho
country. Mr. Wallace, Captain
Sninmerfield and their party were
forced to take possession of a citizen's
house ana prepare to defend
themselves, as the crowd, which
had followed them, was soon increased
by a large uuinbcr of men,
armed with rifles, pistols, &c., who
demanded the releaso of Humphries
and the surrender of Turner,
whom, they asserted, tbey intended
to kill. Captain Sninmerfield
ordered them not to come near the
house, and orders were given to
fire upon any loersons attempting
to approach. The crowd kept col
iccung, ana uie most violent and
abusive language was used. A
number of the Bien appeared to bo
under the influence of liquor. Tbo
mob declared that no one in the
liouso should leave it alive. Collector
Wallace, in order to save
trouble, and the shedding ot blood,
which must certainly have resulted,
as both parties were armed,
surrendered Humphries, upon condition
that the rioters would all
cave. This was agreed to, and tho
majority departed, but a number
cmained, supposing that Turner
would also l>o sent out. OnG of
;he soldiers, while on his way from
:he honso to the well, was shot at,
nut received n o injury. T w o
nules and a borse were shot. On
ho way to the court house, the oficers
were hissed, hooted at, and
;vcry disrespect shown them. Ma ion
Johnston, Andrew McKelvy
uid John Cantrell were arrested
or illicit distilling. The difficulty
iccurred near the Cowpens battleground.
This is the substance of
he statement which Mr. Wallace
las forwarded to the department
it Washington. T? ia a k;-!.
- ? _ ,M w* **l?tl-|JiilJU"
sd proceeding, to say the least of
t, and wo sincerely regret being
forced to record soch occurrences.
[Columbia Phoenix.
A man ciime into a printing ofTice to
eg a paper. " Beciose," ??id he, "we
ike to rend the newspaper* very much,
?trt our neighbor! are all too stingy to
eke one.**
Mikistkr Washburne recently inormed
an Amerionn traveler at Paris
hat the Empercr Napoleon was never
tronger in power than he is now, and
herefore has sufficient force to soppresa
ny disturbances.
Mrs. Wilbour thinks women could
ote and do a good deal of man's work
ut when she comes to drilling rocks
he would get the back ache.
War does the bridegroom always
ut on the ring at a wedding t Beause
Bell(e)s cannot ring themselves.
i OUKI8T8 to Monnt Vernon make the
reqaent mistake of weeping over the
se-nouae instead of the tomb. Dot it
arret to cool them off.
A noTEL at Red Oak,Iowa,adrertia
a : " The moat polite ladiea will act aa
raitera, dresaed in pea green jacketa,
ilting hoopa and high heeled lot toned
altera.
'
An Oawego man lately ate eighty*
ight pancakea in tea minutes and
ranted to begin over again because
lit wife reeolutely inaiated that ha had
aten eighty*ntae.
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