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FYHV ft TRg AKn WTtntr WTLflON ABBEVILLE, S. C.. FRIDAY. NOVEMBER fi isks ~" ??> L * VOLUME XVI?NO. 28. iThfr Bread of St Jodokus. V t ' noil niK OKRMAK or KOSXCASTKlf. <yo prove how pure a heart his servant bore, /One day the Lord to 8t. Jodofcu#' t /Dam hogging b.ead in garments worn and po?r. //.Goad Steward" spajcj Jodokus "give li;m bread,** /'One loaf alone remains," the steward said; "For ihee and me, the faithful dog beside, "Give!" said the Saint; 'tWfll po? tho ^or4 provide J The steward marked the single loaf wjth pare, And cut four pieces, pnp'n an equ$l ehqrc, Then to the b< trcrsr in no friendly tone. ''One each for thee and me, the abbot ene, j ,One for the dog, since I can but obey," jJchJocuj emilod j the beggar went his way. 1 Not long, and in yet wretch^er ^jgguise, Ohc? ^>ore .the Lord asked bread with pleading ' ?yn, 1 . "Give hira ray piepe,V Jil?Au? gently said; . 'Tbe Lord provjijes." The ate,ward gave the bread. Again tlie Lprd bes/de the threshold stood. 1 j^ni, faiut with hunger, begged a little food; 1 "Give him thy portion," thus Jodokua oaM, 1 .'The Lord provides." The Stoward ?ar^ ?ho f bread. \ A little while, and naked, bli?d and lame, ' The fourth time came the Lord, and beflrucJ the a iimr; ( .'XJift tli? dog'* piece," the holy man replied, : The Lord, who feed* the ravens will provide. tph? steward gave The beggar left the gate, ^ A joiee cried out: "Thy faith is great { j Thy Lord hath proved Hi* servants' loyalty, , A* thou hast trusted, he it unto thee!" The steward looked, and in the tranquil hay, < P?hold! four laden ships at anchor lay, j Far up th?ir sides water's dimpling linp, g Broke round their hold* well gtqr?4 with bread and wine. ' t Joyful the ateward hastened to the strand, s Aad saw no man upon lha vessels stand ; J Tin /tn tk* m aHAV_?ik't* ? * w* wm vwv wuviv ? vHvwwuau; unuucr wavtu, ^ Whtrton in golden line* these words were graved: ? r .' Four ships He sends who doth the raven feed, y To him who hath four tiraes supplied Ilia need. P-i? for the abbot, thus the list btyin, ^ Th# steward and the dog like portioi.s win, The fuuitb is for the soodprt; needy kin !"* The Children in the Ballqqg, '* tl Just ten years ago, there suddenly purst upon the western w&rld, a mag- t] nifiCent stranger from foreign parts, ^ "with all hia traveling glories on." it tl}C gres^t {.omct of 18q8, on ? the grand toi^r t)f the unjver.se. It Boomed strange that pctt}' human r life could go on as usual, with its cating and drinkiug, toiling, trafficking, a and pleasuring, while that "flaming " minister," on lti? billion-leagued eirpuit, was preaching the wonder!} of ^ infinite immensity and power, nnithc t nothingness of - earth. But scicncc g| has robbed cclcstial apparitions of t their old portoutous significance. The n comet no longer runs his kindling race ~ Jiko Vich-Alpine!s henchman, with his ^ |tfry cross, announcing war and disas- a Ur> b Harild of battle, fate, and fear. c He is on his o^cq business ; not ours. f( Under the tail of this particular comet doubtless many a tale of love. a was told?in the light of his swift 0 splendprq many a tender look exc^an- t ged. The astronomer coolly swept t the starry field with his glass, una^d G by the irregular nigh^ guard patrol- j, ling tho Heavens, and the robber and ^ murderer disdained the awful witnpRH IJc loft as as he foand us?Joined to j ou? portal gods?wise in our own j ponceit, weak, and worldly, and wick- , ed, but no castaways of the universe % afterall. * ' ? jWTe remember that eomct summer, a not so much for fts great astronomical i event, as for two sinhular incidents t that more nearly touched our. human i sympathies, which wfi?gi?o?ef , earthly affairs, even' within sight of t the nfoft august celeetial phenomena. One pleasant Saturday afternoon t during the comet's appearance, an t aeronaut, Vfter a prosperous voyage, descended upon a farm in the neigh- 0 horhood Of A. krm mnflrnt '? ? bUTTU) 1U ^ onCOf ther-western^t?tee. ^e w?8 r so<tt*rroubde4 by avcrjriou* groep of the farmer's family and labourers, all j asking eager questions abonfc the voy- t age>nd management of the balloon, j Thati'secnred by an anchor and a' t rojpe in the hand of the aeronaut, its -t car J^ftafaot or t*o above tho ground ( waa; swaying tasity backward and ? forward in the evening air. It was a t good deal out of wind, and was a -. deeper and innocent monster in the eyes of ihh fhfmer, Hrh&^tftJ* the owners permission, lei it nj> to his house > 1 . 11 ' I i _ - . i -W . w?uo T?B nsawpt|i ?f d$*ert?d "^ m?r?] 1 nrioaa Jr?m ? 1 ' "* ^ Mter liitedf Jti* 1 darlings, one by one }nto the onr, Chubby little Johnny proved the "ounce too much" for tho aerial camel and brought him to the ground ; and then unluckily, not tho baby, but the eldest hopo of the family was lifted out. Tho relief was top gpeat fop iho ( monster, Tj?o volatile proftture's i spirit# rose at once, he jerked his ! halter out of tbefarmer's hand, and i with a wild bound mounted into the j ftir? Vain was the aeronaut's anchor, j It caught for a moment' in ft fence, < but it tore away, and was oif, d?ng.- i lino- ..cnloooliT nOA? ?l.n >nno.nn.r K~l - ? mm frny MUVtVWWIJ ttftWVt lltv iUIIUH uj */|ir I loon^whieh so swiftly and steadily rose c that in a few minutes those two little I white laces peering over the edgo of I the ear grow jndistinct, and those piteous epjes of 'fl'apa}" f'JJamma!" ii grew faii>{, i>nd ffiiutpr, 9p jn t^c ftir. g \71ien distance find tw}|jgj>t fpjsts fl |)ad swjfllQwe.4 HP yoipes and types, b and nothing could bo seen but that o dark cruel shape, sailing triumphant- 1; Iy away with its precious booty, like t an aerial privateer, the poor father c milk down helpless and 8pcppJj|ps3j t but the mother, frantic with griof, still stretehcd lior ye^rnjng tyrijis tp.- 0 vard the inexorable heavons, and s ailed widely up jnto the unanswera- h ng void. s] The apponaut strove tp cpnapJc tftp ^ vretched parents with assurances hat the balloon would ascend wjthin ft hirty miles of the town, and thftt all night be \yoll with th? children, provir Ipd it di4 npt cpn>e down in water, or n deep woods. In the event of its dc- C! coining jn jj- fs^ypr^blo spot, th?F? n vas but ono danger to be npprohonded; 81 ho thought that the elder child might ^ top out, leaving the younger in the 01 ?alloon. Then, it might again rise, nd CRiif|nuP its YQyage. "Ah HQ," I'oplied the mother, f'Jenlie w^uld never stir from tho car ct irithuut Johnny in her arms !" n< The balloon passed directly over w Ij.e market town, and tJ}P ejjjl<ji'e|> eeing many people in tho street*, " tretchcd out their h$nds and cried judly for help. Jiut tho villagers hough they saw tfoo bright little vs eads, heard no CfilJ, iS( Amazed nt the strango apparition, tiey might almost havo thought the ^ ranslatod little creatures small an- h" el nqyjgators on some voyage of dis. H ovcrj-, some little cherubic venture ki f their own, as heading toward the Ul o?y cloud-lands and purple islands qf 11' unset splendour, they sailed deeper hi nd deeper into tho west, and f#4cd ,Y i?: Some company they had, poor lit- tc le sky-waifs! Something comforted 80 hem, and allayed their "\yjUl (.ori'Qr^, omething whispered them that below st he night and clouds, was home; that a bove \yas God i that whor^Y?l' tllPJ' light drift or cl^sh, Uvi?g UV dead, n' hey would still bo in His domain, nd under his care?that though orne away among the stai's, they ould not be lost, fqr ms c^re .would ft1 >llow them. W When the sunlight all went away, nd the great comet came blazing 1,1 ut, little Johnnie was apprehensive tr hat tho comet might come too near 'j heir airy cri^ft, j\nd sot ^ Qn five with , whisk of its dreadful tail. But when lis sister assured him that that fiery Vl Iragon was "as much as twenty miles ftl iway," and that God wouldu't let dm* hurt them, he was tranquillized, b >ut soon afler\y?rd, "J ynafc he vould come % little nearer, go J pftnlt) 7' iroi*m mcroAl^ T' ** '> ? I (U IUJ OVU ~X Ui ov VU1U 1 w " * 1 * TLI Then Jennie took off her apron, ind wrapped it ?t\nut tfoei phild, Bay- ai ng tenderly: "This is all sinter has to nake you warn), darling, but she'll ?ng you close in he? arras, ^tyl -y^e vill say our prayers and you shall go" . o sleep." "Why how can J say wy p.vay^s, oforal havo ir^y supper?" as^tcd l\tlo. Johnnie. "Sister hasn't any supper for you, w \t for herself but W tpust p**y j) he harder,"-s.ql.eiftnly iofipondo^Jen-. # tie, - I So the two b^by-wandorcrs, alo.up V n the wide heavens, unawed by d$r)^ JJ leBS, immensity and #i\enee,. fry 3 >resenc? of the great ?ow?et and tfeo W allium* of nnpHyiug stars, lifted iheir little clasped hands* juid sobbed $ mt their wrrowfol, ffatbei-,0 H ind then tW. quaint lit tip 8uppI?pRWft- J ajyprayer: \, Apt* HfJfP. bt tte X<or3 mjr ?oul to keep, -v. 4! U I I WttrV . v "Tberpf God ho*M tha^ OAayv-ft^ ^ !!W< i8r&ct^A<?D?ftlr yooag**, ij iitiox<mih? bottom *>f tfeo c**yirifck 4 ffMsbfmd te&ufeg tgsdnri bU srfetffr'r ft tn?*, whp+a* *dvaXAy y,tfco&gh !?M rw? lyingin. bis ow% liitl# bedj a ?x __ . ^ ?M> home { while tho elder watched quietly through tho long, long hours, and the ear floated gcfijdy on in tho still night air, till it began to 8-way and rock on the fresh morning wind. Who can diviao IJwut eiwpte littlo child's thoughts, speculations, and vild imaginings, while watching Ljirmigh those liourH ? 8he may hay.e Fear/sd coming in collision with a Tictoor?for jn&ny wero abroad that ljffbt. ecouta and honnliin nf *.im < JO?not^=cOr perhaps being e^st ft way in some dcsolato star-island, and norc dreftry fitiJI, floating ?nd floating : >11, night an<l day, till thoy should >oth die of cold and hunger, Poor >abeB in tho clouds! At lenglit, a liappy chance, or Provdcnce?wo will pay Providence? ;uided the little wandering hand to , popd connected with the valve; o?notb}ng tpj4 b?r tp p?U ft, At nee the balloon began to sink, sJqwy and gently, as though let down by ender hands; or as though sofne elestial pilot guided it through he wi)d purvepts qf ftlr, not letting ,drqp jnt.o lfllfe, or riyev, lofty wppd, r impenetrable ev/QTOP: where this Irqnge uncbild-likc experience might ave been closed by a death of unpcakable horror; but causing it to esccnd fts softly as a bird alights, on spot whpFO human c^ro find pity waited it. fhe sun had not yet risen, but tlic lorping had come, wjjpn the tt)p gjrl Jppfcjngover the edge of the lr, saw the dear old earth coming egrer-=r"|'ising towards them," shp lid. But when the car stopped to er great disappointment, it was not' 11 the ground, but caught fast in the , >pmost branches of a troe. Yet she iw they were ne^r hoijep wjjeppp j dp might soon oomo, so sho awakeni her brother and told him the good . 2Ws, and together they watched and ) aited for deliverance, hugging each ] for joy and for warmth: for < lov were very cold. i Fanner Burton, who lived in a lore- i ' house, on the edge of his own prj? ] ite prairie, was a famous sleeper in \ mej jil, but qn this particular morn^ ( g he awoke beforp th? dftwn, find, ( lough ho turned and turnod again, , s could sleep no more. So at last he t id to his good wife, whom he had indly awakened to inform her of his j uaccountflbjo }nspmnolcni<o, ;<It's no 5pj J'JJjust get up and dress, and we a look at the eomet." The i^pst tjiflt worthy yromftnheprd om her wakeful spouse, was a frigh- 1 sued summons to the outer door. It 1 cms that no sooner did he step forth ' m tl^n his eyca fell on H e range portentous shape hanging in ' large pear-tree, about twenty yards i stant. JJc cpuld see in it no like- f 268 to anything eartblj', and he has ' ncied it might be tlio comet, who I living put out his light, had come I own there to perch. In his fright i *4 pcrplo^ty, fte di4 whut cyery < jap wan sfcowld dp in ^ like extr-einiT I r; he called on his valiant wife. I?e- I iforced by her, ho drew near the I 'COj cautiously reconnoitring. Sure- I r never pear tree bore such fVyiit j < Suddenly ther-e descended the i ling, a plaintive trembling littlo < Dice. "Please take us down. We 1 ro very cold I." < Then a second littlo voice. <cAod uncrv. too. Please take ns down " < ""VVhy, who avo you ? AncTw^at #re I CM?"' * I Tho first little voice said: *,Wo are < [r. Harwood's little boy and girl, i rid we are lost in a balloon," t The second little voice said; "J^'s < 9, and we ru lined away wjth a bj\l-. i on. I'loftRo VftH0 us down." ; Di?ly. compounding tfio nHflfttjcm4 i le farmer getting hold, of a dangling | >pe, succeeded in pulling down the , ftllaon.' He first lifted out little Johnnlo, 1 ho ran rapidly a few yards to tho 1 otjye, t^on turned round, and stood ijr a few moments, curiousfy survoyig ;the balloon. he faithfd} little s% ws,s s& filled?tfnd exhauatod lab she had to carried into the (fuse, where/ trombling and sobbing Before strtfrise a mounted messener w*a dispatched to the Harwood otntf, with gfod t^yig* of-g^ent joy[e ps^v^ed it" in the allernoop,- and a L 't-r_ il-v -HI* iw uuura urwr' li^o ^Ul^N) 1 jfVw arrived^ in *1^9% ???* < ^ $maia, iu?d coiyr*yed in a coytm ;J *y ^figon tfAfynr. ' j Jpj&kella T??..rw| to ftp pefcgfc- J ?$r|9? to*^- ?u4 in tfee ffcnner'? .i fo^? -on ' ^^n^^ithnnk^JOpd tlx# t?i#it, ft tbis; w*n* V :< Sssss^S^ 4&*J: um xmtftoiii**** * ' * * <>. <.. ? * v? % An aeronaut, while, if I remember ( rightly, repairing tho net work of his I balloon, was seated on a slight, wooden i cross-piece, suspended under il; t be car ] having been remoVcd, and the balloon being hold in its position, a few feet ] from tho ground, by merely a rope in ( tho hand of an assistant. From a ( too earoloHs grasp, this ropo escaped, , and in ail Jnwtant tho gigantic bubble j phot upward, carrying tho aeronaut ( On his frail support; a rider moro j lielpleFS than Mazcppa bound to his . Ukraine steed ; a voyager more hopcr t Jobs than a ship-wrecked .sailor afloat t on a spur in mid-oeoan. j Tho balloon rose rfipidjy, but ua- r steadily, swaying and pitching in the c evening wind. As long an it remained in sight, tho form of tho aeronaut' t could he distinguished swinging be- x neuth it. And, as he was known to 0 be ? man of uncommon nerve and B presence of mind, it was hoped that g even from, his dizzy perch h" might j, manage to operate on J l?e valve, or at ^ lc^st f,Q puncture a sjnall ho}o in the a balloon, and thus effect a decent. ? But pitch efforts jf he m^de flny w^ro c vpjn, as, for days and nights., there 0 were anxious inquiry and patient v search over a wide extent of conn- a try, with no result. Wo gave him t up. Only wifely love hoped on, and n looked and waited. At lft*t, in a wild i( spot, the wreck of tho balloon ivao found, and that w^is all, Still, wifely love hoped on, until, a ir.oijth or two w later, some children nutting in a wood ^ many mjlos 'jiwfiy fro pi where the ^ balloon was found, discovered, hftlf ^ buried in tho ground, a strange dark mass, that looked like a heap of old P clothes, hut that there was a some- a thing, shapeless find fearful, holding ^ It together, T It was thought that the aeronaut ir parted company from his balloon by a loosening his hold on the cords above c< liijfl, in desperate efforts to open the Cl valve; hut he may, after whirling in n ?wifl vortices, or plunging and moun- a' ling through cloud}' abysses of air, P having becomo unnerved by the aw- u 1 silence of the upper night, by' the ^ comet's tearful porppnnionship, by a' jvcrwhclming invmensit}* J*nd infinit y, P1 uid wearily- let go his l|?ld, to drop iarthward. -JQ r'roia the A??ociale Refoimed Pre?byterjan. al Let Violence Cease. Ul Coming out from a protracted war tt ind familiar with scenoa of bloodshed, a< with our bopea all blaated, and tbo 0i iool pf oppression on our Decks p, icenes of violenpo might reasonably 8l lave bton expected with ua three L peara ago. But, to our crodit bo it fe ?aid, they were not often witnessed. tc The soldier waa tirod of war, and Si onged for peace. The people were ai Llrod of war, wilting to submit to an njuat and oppressive rule for tbcaake 4 peuce. ATd thongh three years of humiliation and suffering, auch aa but few people on the (ace of the globe tmve ever been called to endure, the irtrtfK ttoa J ? -?* ^V?HH uuo kuiuuiuu V.UUJ|/uruilVtjiy qui3t, ail the aascrtiona of outsiders or ineide^s, to the contrary, notwithstanding. No doubt if any people were so submissive and qaiet under C iirailar circumstances. 01 Recently, however, oven in oaro?rn 2; Carolina, youtbfal pabsion, aroused to ai fever heat, Vjy qnosual and continaed fr provocations, feaa found vent in deeds ti >f lawlessness and orime, that are o< greatly to be lamented. Violence is la ilwaya wrong. Murder fa a gre&t ^ :rime, The taking of human life ia 01 ?n awful thing* The Divine command A i?: *?^!hofi abalt not kill." Asfiqssina- a< tion is tbo worst farrn of murder and ti fa never justifiable, ia alwayft to be condemned. It fa horrible*. hi Thcae ftpta of violence are not only I fa wrotog but they aro impolitic and an- Ql wise. They ma at bring down upon- ^ as the vengeance of heaven, and initead of freeing oft from troubles that ft dow ajftict xjfl will only involve us In in more feaiful calamities. JCvery patri t) 5t, therefore, as well as every christian tl I'adold depreoi&le them, should diacour Ui !\ge tfcegft, should frown qpon them. ^ 9boi'ld da what ko oould to arrest al them. Xiiwlessfeess is lasubordina- 01 lion, andin subordination Is subVer- b1 live of government, an^ If we have d do govefomont there is no security |br -n aitberiifa or property. IJveri a bad jt government is better than no goveo?T <t| ment. Jt Is h$U<T to submit to t.be g 6*ljs we have^tWn to pl?ngft U?*> Ji rote we knaw not of. 3d as our ? Audition la, it .mi&bt be worse. tl fhm polUioal fOef* of these d?*4s tl of viQ^aoc^ und qoi$ t>f. injurious to. m* 0* ,w *?tW il^r-doiur u#TftHoi^i<g^S(U | AhaAfeMtod to the pe^^ oi Ciro- y itr tit+Pimnks oi b# Wd?f. ' if. ?; contains tbo qentimonts and expresses Lho feelings, we havo no doubt, of ninety-nino hundredths of our people : i To the Peoplb of Soutii Cako- : LiiNA.?Fellow-Citizens: As member* ' >f your State Executive Committee? ( i body which represents nearly every 1 whito citizen of South Carolina?wo f oel it oar duty to invoke your earnest 1 sfforts in tbo causa of peace and the * preservation of nnlur w? ' V*w * II o uuy Jr'UU o unite wilb eg in reprobating thoao 1 ccont nets of violonco, roBuhlng in ^ he dcatb of llartin, Jiandolph and 1 ^anco, by which a few lawless and * eclilosB men bavo brought discredit 1 m the oharaotcr of our pcoplo, though 1 >rovocatjon in tlicBO cases inay have * ?een given. No causo can prosper ? vhich calls murder to its assistance, c r which looks to assassination for * uccess. <4The idea of assassinationc aid George McDuflij, "is so absolute ' y abhorrent to all the foelings, the ' Christian feelings of modern times, " nd of such perniciouR tendency, that ^ feel it to be my duty thus ur.equivoally to express my utter ubhorreuce v f any proceeding that may bavo the V umoiest '..cndenoy to suggest it.? r uch a >. jarso is not only obnoxious to J lie abhorrenco of every honorable v iun, from its moral atrocity, but from ^ is poJitjcal tendency," d Listen to tbo words of tbat patriot, rbicb seem to come from his grave, > warn the pooplo whom ho loved so ^ evotcdly. \Yo can add nothing to ^ ho weight of this great authority.? t V^o can only appeal to you, to suport the lawp, to preserve tbo pcaco F nd to denounce thoao crimes which , ave so recently beon committed in ^ amo portions of ouretato. Wo speak | ^ uouim ui ir.o consorvativo and law* j, biding portion of tho people, who a jnstitu'o, we feol assured, nearly our ^ ntire while population, and in their a arao wo express emphatically our bborrence ot such aots; and wo ri ledge out selves to give nil the aisisinco in our power to suppress them, fe adjure all who love their State, of ll clabses, white and black, to be euceable and quiet, to lend their efirts to promote harmony and to quell itit-ensaiion. Wo ask tboso who are * ppoaed to us, politically, to unite ^ ith us toohcck and disco upte nance 11 inQendiary languago, whether ut- 0 ired in publie or private, and to join n 4 in tho efforts we are making for a ?o preservation of peace,the eupromIn 1.1--- - - >j ui low uuu ido maintenance of " rdor. Lawlessness will endanger the P ?aco of the wholo State, and will u irely bring difeaator to all olasses.? ^ et ua all then, however we may dif P1 ir in politics, devote all our energies ^ > maintain the good character of our ^ late, and tq promote a better feeling ^ orjong oop whole people." WADE HAMPTON, Chairman. ? JOSEPH DANIEL POPE. t( J. P. THOMAS. T W. B. STANLEY- fc WM. M. SHANNON. b W. D, POUTER. r< THEO. G. BAKKEIi. v ft 8\ a a a j; Pabmb.^Id Champaign ^ Olintv. Illinois thnrfl ia a. form oow i miles by six in size, and containing ai 5,000 acres. This is a stock farm, ad moBt of it has been reclaimed oqx t^e prairie grass (ind sown to 81 muthy and blue gpftsa. The pment wner is Mr. Johu Alexander. The ,te owner was Mr. Bullivant, who A* Pdld Qut and taHen a farm of 40,- * >0 acred in Ford County. On the ^ lexandcr farm aro 4,000 o&ttle, 5,0Q0 ^ ires of corn, several nfttqntl ftnd arficial pondSj wite* and miles of 81 3(1 go, The cattle aro divided in ?] erda of about 500 each. Another " irm in Benton Ccmuty contains 20,-. JO It is well watered. There h re grpves of planted trees on this T; fj-m. Forty-two W.Ues of board n nee inclose 1 ft, 000 acres, Seventv h ? -- r - V ,iles of Osaga orftngo b.fedgo are ? to place. There are 4,000 cattle on & le farm. Pour years ago wae an w nbroken prairie. ' Close by this farm ** re two others, one of 12,000 acres ti niatfeer of &000, aod many of fro'jn ?' oetothreo thousand awes. These 01 atements recall descriptions of the ? sys of- the patriarchs and of the im- ^ tense family possessions of wander- ft ig tribes on the plains of Asia* JUlt V lese ancients never dreamed of the *1 atttal wealth of these "cattl* lords." ^ a Jfcdian^ ,^9Wm ?nd r$9X%a there re alsa^DOr^otia. farms, devoted toy le.-rmsmgpir^ttK# <u\d ^e< ptt>duc-l ? outfit oorgv before $^6 -fur $tre Al? mr*1^ ?w ? ??/ww Wv/jiy vm xa>i?d Ibr U4 p R^;dlmen?jbi?. tjwWno* vu ? U ijiiniiKDj liiillii rodtOM 14?lindn# 4 (W?rnni1bl ihl lDllllfilMiiik IIII ip I lip.! ^f, W^*.. ^P* ^ " ^ e%?*? ^'TiiiftWOTi f 'WfcNrt.^ JTF. ' V * . The Bite of a Dead Rattlesnake. M. Delahayc, a French draughtsman, was lately bitten by a dead rattlesnake, and might have lost his life but for prompt aud efficient precautions, The gentleman had been making a drawing of a stuffed rattlemake, and in roplacing it in its case tlio spring which held the jaws asunIcr suddenly slipped, and the teeth iamo down on the draughtsman's inger ana inflicted a sharp wound. Ho immediately sucked the wound, .jcd a thread tightly above it to present circulation, and sought surgical lid. The wound was soaked in Btrong ilkali, then cauterized, and other usual cjnedios against poison were omployil. In about an hour all symptoms >f danger were over. To satisfy hcmselvoB, the surgeons then promrcd a healthy rabbit, ?nd pricked lifn with the same tooth with which )elahayo lia<l been wounded, and the nimal died in convulsions In half an lour. This reminds us of a story, which ve believe is entirely authentic, and rliich we give according to our best ecolleetion :?Some years ago, a New England farmer at work in the fields vas bitten in the le^, through his boot, y ft rattlesnake, and in a short timo lied of the wound. A brother inr icritcd the boots, and unsuspectingly roro them. In a short time, the leg f 4 twt 1 " . v.,u nviuvi uuru marKS oi Having con scratched in the samo place ."here the firjit owner was bitten by he snake, and the same symptoms of oison followed, and ultimately death .self. This led to an examination of lie boot leg, and there was found tho oint of the snake's fang sticking in he leather, which, small as it was, ad virulence enough in It to poison nd kill after many days?perhaps ^ceks or months?and might, for ught that wo know, have killed sucr)gsive generations, had it not been sinoved. Tho Maryland Excursionists. The party of Marylanders who itely visited our State, publish in the Tagcrstown Mail a card, iu which hoy say : JJaving just returned from an exui'sion through the States of Yirgir ia, North and South Carolina, as far s Columbia in tho latter named State, 10 undersicrned take crpat. nlon?iii?> ? d i acknowledging through the public ress the great facilities extended to s by the several railroad and steanvoat companies over whoso lines we asscd ; to the citizens of Bichmond, a., of Greensboro, Saulsbury and harlotte, N. C., ftnd of Lancaster and rork counties, (formerly districts), in outh Carolina, and also Columbia, . C., for the many kindnesses and at?nLions paid us whilst with them, hose thanks are not only intended >r the citizens of the towns named, ut a|so to the citizens of the suraunding country who oonveyed with ehiclcs free of . all expense to their irms and homes, aud treated us with ich marked, noble hospitality. We re of the unanimous opinion that the >untry through which we passed nd visited offers superior inducements > active, industrious emigration, for le following reasons: First?its mild, ilubrious climate with ita gentle AQimere and short winters. Second -hoalthfulness and good society, hird?cheapness of lands and excelinf ? t*t_ ? - .. v uiaiavt iwiuuoB. r? u are aiso Ol ae unanimous opinion that much of je land we examined is equally as >rtile as the land of our own Stafe, nd if cultivated and improved hy ixr system of iarming, would yield a ' cher rowardi We bog further to add that wo be. , eve the portion of the South we . isited perfectly safe?-there being , aught but friendly feelings existing 1 etweon the whites and blacks. It | sems to ns that what is wanting is r the two sections of our common 1 juntry to know each other better? ( > understand the kind of "reponstruor , on'/ that is required to make { 3 once were a united, prosper-1 us and happy people. What the . oukh wants is an industrious, en- { uprising wi&e pontdatfon, TOiaUflt , Irms, and more thorough culture. ( fe" wiU add, that a number of us . rink of prirchftung fud ^ewovfcg 3 rithor. < ' . ' -?' '. . ' ? i $i\ Yon Stobwi^ < wr itaetw < onto at A tyUncQ , *oug*nd hia^ oCttliar todies, knd'wrH^ihfcm A ^ twb* * irpto >? .?* v . A 'A || * *?/t? ? Jh/^L IWW^WW V4M &, ifaap&g *&* eOBfetStotloa sJSf y?ttaU4 ivStafe^ J* sorts, is of the liighcrt importance. If tho euro is unsuccessful, he charges ten thousand francs for every additional month during which he treats the patients. # i ? Under the Sea. Tho greatoat depth to which a dive can descend with the present appliances, in safety, is about 160 feet, and for this a burden of 100 weight must be disposed about his person. The average depth at wLich ho can work comfortfthlv in * J uuuuv lUUU Ly I cot, which was near the depth at which Iho operations apon the Royal Qcorgt were conducted. In wator from sixty to seventy fcot deep, tho men can work for two hours at a time, coming op for ten minalcs' rest, and doiug a day's work of six or seven hoars. An English diver, encased in one of Siebe's dreBBOS, went down in tho ; Mediterranean to a dopth of 1J35 feet, and remained thero for twenty-five | minutes; and wa have beard that Green, the American diver, inspected ( a wreck in one of tho Canadian lakes, at tho depth of 170 feet bat his ex- , pcrienco was enongh to oonvince him that he conld not work on it without , danger of life. ' I At this depth the pre9snre of water , on tho hands is so great as to force { tho blood to the head and brinir on o ~ fainting fits, while tbo requisite volume cf air ioside tbo dre*s to resist tho outside pressure of the water is 60 great that it would ppeedily suffocate ihe diver. Heanu bavo been tried to obviate theao difflcultiep, bat lor the present a limit4ias been sot to tbo extent to which man may penetrate the secrets of the deep. An ingenious Italian workman bas brought to Eng. laud plans for a sort of scale-armor dress, which would resiat the pressure of tho water j but our submarine engineers think that this would not obcilitn 1 hn *11fli** ..... tuu uiu)vuiuvd arising irom ibo ( limits placcd to hamaa eudiirapcc.? j Our Own Fireside. I I Cacout 111 Buows Trap.?The Fort- ( William correspondent of the ImwertuM | Advertiser relates the following extraordinary incident:?44While walking a few days xgo along the beaeli to tLe west of Fort* W illiam, I observed a falcon resting on and tearing up something white, the identity of which was immediately confirmed when a j cui wis seen 10 make a spring toward* them without, however catching the . bird. The adventurous pun crouched down again* making ready for a second attack on the falcon; hot the latter, coming down with another swoop, seized the object referred to, a kitten, and managed to carry it off a ^ short distance. The cat, however, gave chase, and frightened away tJO bird, thu time without the kitten ; bat, as ii ashamed of its cowardice, it turned upon the cat in a mcsL determined manner, screaming and 1 flapping its wings all the time. It was 4 pass's turn now to ran away1 and the hawk 1 seisiog the opportunity, swooped the kit- 1 ten away np a good distance from the 1 ground, and then flew across the loch which 1 is abont a mile in irfdth at this place. I bad ' the satisfaction, however, of seeing the bird 1 approach gradually cluaer to the surface ' of the water, as if its burden was too heavy 1 for it, till at last it turned roand, as if * wiin uieipieptiop of copiing back; bat upon seeing me vailing its return, it pat 1 boat nod followed its coarse. At last it 1 let go iubn'rdec, but immediately swooped 1 after it thougb too late; for a large wave caught its wing and threw it qoite helpless | on l)n water, where it floated with the tide 1 alongside of the poor kitten, a victim to its I own greed-" ? Sagacity or a Home.?An Ohio r paper tells the following good bono e story: An ok! family horse that has been & r?ttntng at will through the streets * ind commons lost one of his shoes, ' when, with the intelligence of * ha man being, the old hone walked op I to the blacksmith shop where he had ? been shod tor the last twenty yean, 0 ind to the best of his ability asked 1 the smith to shoe bin, by raising his HJ iwn puv mwuyiH^ uw gnWXKL JlOB w smith being boa^ drove him away i< seyoral times during tha day, and ? thott^W nothing of it. 'The follow- k ing ifiovning, on going to the shop, he 4 R>Uold horee at the door i u iga^ft he diwe him ofl^ hotthe hono 41 e*m# baekf end entering the aho^ I *$&& *9 to the anvil, and there ? Ifjjjpr h^ ttw* **t?w*ing the i PmNliWtio* of 4* onto, who ? B#M* the foe*) aa?- Ceding it ? ran off. to the ?q?ck," kindly pick. ? M? gl4towi)Mi;?Bdittingtt I his foot^ n*jtfed it on:. whan A4 fl pmt# rnim^ ikktms hk m \ry " Manifesto from the Radical Party. To The Republicans of South Ca*- # ojlina : "Let us ba*o peace." So say* ear great and good leader. Gen. Grant. So fay all good Republicans. So say we, the undersigned roembe.* of the Republican party in Sooth Carolina. We hold that the Republican party is emphatically the party of peace and quiet, of law and order. We bold that any man who will commit or enconrage violence or lawleasnfS*, is a criminal, and merits the unqualified condemnations of all good Republican*. We censure, without reserve, all the recent acts of violence ; not only tbo horrible murders of Martin, Randolph and Nance, of onr ova r.?r?? -i? ' * * ? - , uubww uie uiing opoo Ward, at Newberry, and the acts of incendiarism at Abbeville and elsewhere. If Republicans have been engaged in anj of these ont? rage?, we denouuo* ibem as (a'se to the principled of oar party, and as criminals justly meriting the severest penalties of the Ihw. Violence is only justified in self-defence, and never in retaliation or for revenge, [t is the business of the law to pnnish crimes, and not of individuals. * We bail with satisfaction the address of the Democratic State Central Committee as the harbinger of belter and mora qaiet times. We will gladly finite with tbe leaders of the Democratic party to doing all in our power to present Anoeodiary language, to preserve the peace, to maintain order, and to assert the supremacy of the laws. We urge upon the leaden and speakers in the Republican party tbe necessity of discountenancing and condemning violence on all occasions. We call upon every member of the Republican party, white or colored, to abstain from ail icts of retaliation and violence, and to do ill io bi? power to bare guilty person* arrested and punisLed, whether they be Republicans or Democrats. Let sot. the goad name and noble principles of the RepaMiran party be taronbed by ada of bloodshed or other crimes. Lei it be sees that lb* lit-publican party of the Soath, like that of , the great Republican patty of the North, is the earnest and confident advocate of law and order, of peaee and harmony, of humanity and justice. Let every Repoblican be (bund ready to assert and vindicate bia righta and bis manhood at the ballotbos. But every good and tna Repabikas will scorn to violate the laar. J F. A. SAWYER D. T. CO 11 BIN, GEO. W. CLARK. il a dkLarge, D. IL C ULAil LERLAIN, Dr. A. G. 1IACKEY, A. J. RANSIER, U. O. DUNCAN, F- J. MOSES, Jr. UoncHiatciy Aedreu Cram 6or- Scott. TO TDK cmzsxs OP SOUTH OilOUVl. Fkllow-Citizksb ; The Biaenm com* plaints made to this Drpvuneot of mnriers and outrages, committed by wicked . ind inconsiderate peraoft^ excited by incase party feeling, made h my doty to sa'ao the late proclamation calling opoa ill good and trne men, whhovt mya to wlitieal predilections, to anite la s deternination to disconatenaaee aed dwawra witspw nod violence, sad ia ?p eiiutt o recuTerud aaJiimtbt good bum liAt lias heretofore been the heritage and he pride of cor beloved Stat*. 1ft is mow dj plowing doty to coagvatalate joa apoa he benefit ?1 malls that hare earned Bom be admirabla and well-timed addreae oi Jen. LLunpion aad the faaKirfCoaait' ee to the Democratic patty. Iahoaeetaad mpnalre terms they have called oa the teople to support the laac, to paaratka eaca, aad to denoaaea thoaa criaasfaidi tare mo recently beea coaiaiHtad U soma tortioaa of oar Sute. Theae patriotic oaaeeb cannot finl of having a aide and iholeaome iofiaeace in atodntiag the n* emence of feeliag of thoee to nb&ai they ire authoritatively liifparf, while they tave qeieted tbeapimhMMatiae Alftntilited the redact and good wHI of thear poitieal opponent*. TO.tftotAlrsjat aaaofwfrlililiw la w^wfl-eklif Ttfco State, aad & ?Ie#snra to nckaowledgil it, aad to aanaW r Invoke the co-operiikkt of irery ao^abrr f the Republican parly ia irtd^ceaiing, > the fullest extent, the p?eiiepo% w darirably inmlratU iy ti^^Pua dtp. Let acildiilHw mt Mitbf Im feanor pwiw^Ai Kf^fi we ivy la infillHillti?fta, it t th? afiW bf tHiinf ?ii ptilH>* fa* pfl tfr t* ?pd cm*l? h, Um fteiqr of wMfa far yoftkal ?m ?e(Ci) ornqppoMd. bt iir mI mW U ow K%kiaf iN?d m M A* flhulaiMlfnl nrdlitio* IklfW' ?*. 11