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VOLUME XXXVI.
W?MywWBW?M?
FOLLOW MS.
BY G. 8. 8ASS.
Soul, o'ir life's snd ocean fating,
\\ hither d-ifts thy barque?
To what haven art thou steering
Through the dark ?
Torn by tempest, tossed by billows,
Wculdst though anchor fast?
Stay tlure on eternal pillows
At the la't ?
Far away the happy islet
W here the blessed be,
Lies quite past the u'taost twilight
C5f the sea.
But little waves are datk between thee
And that shelter wartn :
Haven there is none to screen thee
Frcui the storm.
i Weary, wottnued. w inu-tcssod, stricken: j
Hark ! across the sea
Comes a voice, thy hopes to quicken,
" Follow me "
AV hither, I.ord ! the path is gloomy,
Him the harbor light,
Cruel doubts and fears pursue rac
Thrcugh the uigl t.
Fellow tee in tr.ith nr.d we.ikness
A\here my st?-pe have 1? ?1,
For my strength is in thy weakness
l'erfected.
Shall 1 find thee when I need thee ? j
. Only look above;
1 v. til keep th ?e, shield thee, leal thee, '
W irh my love.
Shall the rough waves stay their rict ? i
Nay, 1 any not so.
Not in p eace and cnltu and quiet
t-b.iIt thou go ;
Many a time thy soul ahall sicken,
Yet. though taint thou he.
Hardly pressed and sorely stricken.
Foi!or>ine
I myself will he thy pilot,
Till thou rest for aye.
Anchored at that llappy Islet,"
Follow nic!
There of storm, cf strife, of riot,
Shall W Me^t surcoase.
Life f?r tiea: It?for loug disquiet,
l"iter peace.
GETTYSBURG.
Uriierni Loiictttreel'e Arcotml of
'Unit I'litnl I>hj .
A narrative of t!ie Pensylvatiia cam- !
paipn, froui il.e bc^intdnp' to the close, 1
written by Gcn'l James Longstrect. is '
published in the IhiluuclpLiu Times. ;
Iljeti'l Lonp-tn it tells some things that
have never been told, and revii ws the
operations of1SG3 from a point of view
that is in many respects more advanta- :
peous than is p ssiblc to any other man
now living, since no man now living
was so prominently coucrnrd i:i theut.
THE FK2I2T ON JL'LT 1st.
The encounter on the 1st of Julv
t Gen. Loiifrslreet shows to have been ;
' wholly accidental, and it was then that
' he believes I.eo committed an error in
not either vigorously prosecuting th>?
temp'-ry suc?*ers. or t I.?e hi nitruverin^
s.? as to Compel Meade t? make the sit?
tark Gen Loncstrcet continues as;
follows: When I owriook Gen. L> c
at 5 "'dork tha' afternoon lie said that he
thought of attacking G>-n Meade upon
! the height* next day Gen. l.cc was,
n j *csscd wi'h the idea that by attack
iti-r rl-c Federals he could wl ip theui in
. detail. 1 reminded him t! at ii the
Fed?'rain were there i:i the * rrnipp' it
| Would be proof that they h:ul their ,
forces well in hand, nud tlmf with Pickett
in i/hauibersl?ur?. and Slaurt out of
reach, we should be somewhat in detail,
lie, however, did not srem to abandon
(he nl.a id'ntta-I; 011 Hie next day IJe
seeu.td und-r a subdued excitement,*
which occasionally tO" k possession of
him win n ''the l uut was up,'* and (
threatened his sum tb ?-f|<x*ii:.is<*. 'i*!?o
sharp battle fought by lii 1 and Kwvll j
: on that day had *?ireu him a taste of
victory.
THE I I.AN 4)V ATTACK.
When 1 left CJcii. Lee on ti e ni^ht!
"f the l?t 1 believe that he had made
up his n ii.d to attack, but w.?s confident
that he l ad li"t determined us to when
i he a'lack should be made. '1 he a.-si rii'?n
first made by Geo. Pcudleton, and
echoed by his toiifi delates, that I was
ordered to open the attack at sunrise is
totally false. <??iii. Lee never in his
life j?avc n e oid? rs to open an attack
at a specific hour. He was pelf<ctly
satisfied that w!r:i IJiud my troojs in j
position and vras ordered t?? attack, no |
time was lo.s?. On the ui^ht of the 1-t
I left him with tit my orders at all. (
0?? the. inr.rniit" of the 1M I Went to
I Oen. Jxh/s headquarters at daylight ami
renewed toy views against nakir." an
I attack, lie secerned rew.lved, however.
' nn*l we discussed llie probable results
i We oL served the position ,?t the Federals
and ?<<t a general id' a of the nature
of the ground. About sunrise (Jen
l.ec sent Y? nable, of his staff, to Gen
Kwell's headquarters, oidenu^ him to
make a reeoiiiioi-atiee ul the j;round in
; Ids trout, with the vew (.f making the
> ?.... i.w|, |> \ sblnt tilne
111*1 JII f\ I'll ...... _
' afterwards lie f..ll>wcd (vol. Vriiabl"! in
' person, lie Mumcd at about 1)o'clock
and informed u.e that it would not do
fo have Kwt-I! upon the attack lie
finally dctcru.iiied that I tdmuM make
; the main attack on the extreme light.
I It was lull)' 11 oYhck win n <?? n. I.re
I arrived at th;s conclusion and ordered
I the iiiov iiici.t.
Our army was sfr t< l id in an eliipti*
oil curve, reaching fVntn the Ir?*i?t of
Hound T p around S.unrnry Ridge,
and omeh-p'ug (>u:etcry Ilcij l.ts on
tht left, ill us covering a apace of four
or five n.ili.". The < in try occupied the
high ground in front of us, bring
rua-sed in a cuite < f about two miles,
nearly tone, nrric with the curve dc.bcr.bid
by out loto s. Ills line was
CAM
about 1,400 yards from ours. Any one
will see that the proposition for this inferior
force to assault and drive out the
ii.asses of troops upon the heights w?s
a veiy problematical one. My orders
from (leu. Lee were ,uo envelop the
<n? my's left and begin the attack there,
following ifp as near as possiblo the direction
of the EtnmeUsburg road."
THE BATTLE OPENED.
My corps occupied our right, with
Hood on the extreme right and Mcl.avs
next. Hill's corps w;.s next to urn", i:i
front ol the Federal centre, and K?c!l
was on our cxtnme left. My cups,
with Pickett's division absent, numb red
haidly l.l.t.0U men. I realized that
the Gght was to be a f arful or.c. but
being assured that my flank wou'd be,
protected by tbo brigades of Wilcox,
Perry, Wright,'Posey and Mahone u oviog
en ec/t(.'on, and that Ewcll was to
co-operate by a direct attack on the
enemy's right, and Hill to threaten his
e< ntr?' and attack, if opportunity offered,
and thus prevent reinforcements from
being launched either against ur.solf or
Fwtll, it seemed that we urght possibly
dislodge ti c great army in front of
us. At half past J> o'clock the order
Was given (Jen Hood tn advance upon
the t'licm y, and hurrying to the he id of
McLaw's division, I n.oted with i i<
line. Tlieu was fairly commenced \vh it
I do not losit?ie to pronounce the lust
three hours fighting ever d< no by any I
'roups on the battlefield. Directly in
front of u-, occupy ing the pencil orchard
on a pi.ee of elevated ground that Gen. I
Lee desired uio to take hold for h;s ar*
ill* rv. was the third eoijs of F< d era Is.;
coiuaiandi'd by Gen. Sick lea. My nicii
eharifej with great spir.t and dislodged
lie Federals fiotn the peach orchard
with hut little delay, though they fought
stubbornly We were then on the
crest of Seminary Ridge. The artillery
was brought forward and put into position
at the peach orchard. The infantry
swept down the slope, and soon
reached the marshy ground that lay between
Seminary and C? nictery Ridges,
fighting their way over every foot of
ground and against overwhelming odds.
At every step we found that reinforcements
v.cro pouring into the F.d- r.tls
** -? ' ? - ?
from e\( ry side. mntr roum so-p
my uien, liowcv" r, and they commenced
their heroic charge tip the side of (Jem.
eterv Kidge. Our attack w:ib to progress
in llie general uin-cti -n of Kinnicttsburg
roa 1, but the federal troops,
as they wore forced from point to point,
availing themselves of (tic stone fence*
and boulders near the mountains as rallying
points, so annoyed our right flank
that (Jen. Il nd',* dhision was obliged
to make .1 p trfial change of front, so as
to relieve itself of : I: i - galling flank fire.
This drew (Jon. McLawsn liule further
to the right than (Jen. Leo had antieipi
tod. so that the defensive advantages of
the ground enabled the Federals to delay
oar purp scs until th^y coul I occupy
little Uottml Top, which they ju>t
then discovered to he tho ley to their
position. The force thrown upoi this
point was bo strong as t ? seize our
right, as it wore, i:t a vise.
rtlAIUtr. I I' CEMF.TE'tV HILt.
fi'ii! the battle on our main lino continued
to progress. 'j'he situation was
;? critical one. My e>rps had been
fighting over an hour, having encountered
and driven back line after line of
the ajrny i.f the enemy. In front of
them was a high and rugged tidge, on
Us crest the bulk of tho Army of the
Potomac, numbering six tn ot-e. and
securely resting behind strong positions.
My biKve fellows never hesitated however.
'ilieir duty was in front ofthun.
and they iiii t it. The)" charged up tho
hill in sphiidid sf\h'. sweeping everything
b<.lore theui. d sloding tin* enemy
in the face of a withering fire. When
they had faisly started up the second
ridge I discovered that they wef suff.
ling terribly from a fiio that-we;:
1 ovrr the r right and left flank". I also
found that inv loft fin k was not proI
fv.-ct? d by th- brigades that v.crc to move
> - \? i . k..
I i n CCi'hI'tU Willi K. iuci?avis unc v\ JS
oetiseipicntly sjrtad out to tin* left t?>
protect it- tl.ink. and 1!nod's tin win
?*.v.tei d<d l-> I lie rij:hi In t rotcct i's fiank
from llm sue-'jiinj fun . f tli.* !ul<:
f bodies u'' tr njo that Wt.ru post! J ? !l
Hound Top. Those two tnov im'tits if
extension kj drew tuv forces nut I!.:it I
found iny?e!f attacking Ctuiot?ry ili.l
with a single line of battle against not
I? sk than fio.OWO troops.
My two divi-bns at that time were
cut down to einht or nine thousand
men, four thousand having been killed
or wounded. We felt at every slop the
heavy stroke of fresh tro"|?s ?the sfnidy,
tegular blow that toils a soldier instantly
that he has encountered reserves or
reinforcement*. We received oo support
at all. and thero was no evidence
j of co operation on any side. To ulire
toy men forward uoiier these circutnstan"is
would have hc? n madness, and
' > ' - ' : I
I wnnurew in . ... ....
|H! i< Ii 01 chard lluit we had tukcti from
| lSio Federals rally >n tIn* aftimoon. If
may be lue'iti<-ti< d luwe as illustrative of
ilio diiiiotbss spirit of tin inrii tliut
wlnnlifii. I!u'ii|ilinv,"!, of Mississippi,
was ordered to withdraw bis men from
j lit*' t harfte lie tlioiiffht there wan some
! mistake, and retired to a ruptured battery
near the swale between (ho two
j i'd^e?, win re lie baited, and when ordered
to retire In tlir new line a Sot-ond
! time, be did so under protest. Our
1 men bad not tin uj:bt of retieat. Tin v
broke every line tin t encountered.
When the order to withdraw ?:is given
a (ouii r was sent to tieneral lei in1
fi.tilling I im of the result ol the dayV
j wotlc.
A MAKVM-t.f'-S ASSAt I.T.
j Dcfore pursuing ibid narrative fur.
DEN, S. C., DECEMBE3
' tlier, I shall say a w jrd <>r two concern- f
ing tliis assault. ! :?m satisfied ihat my
force, numbering hmilly 13.000 men,
encountered during thai. 11.1er? hoots ,
i of bl< ody work not !c^ lb tn 65,000 of
; the Federals, and yet their i barge was |
I n?it cbCiked n>>r tboir line bruk< n until .
I we ordered them tn withdraw. I found i
(hat night tint 4.520 of my men, more j
than one third of the total number, had
bent h ff ni| the ff Id. 1 i i?tory .records
no parallel to t!ru fi.l.t by these iwo di'
visions on the 2d of Ju.y at Gettysburg.
kwei.l's in'actio.v.
It may be imagined ? hs* i \va? a-t ?n;
i.-lied at the fact tha' v.e received no
support after we had drives the Federal?
from the peach orchard aicl 1.000
yards hcyutrd. If General Kwrll bad
engaged the army in the front at that
' time (.viy 4 o'cloik) he w ujlJ have pre- j
' vented their nia-smjr their whole army
'- ?? teliiln l?find I lrn?,t
Ill 111^ UV1II. tlWU ' ....V. r? J V
j their two win^s engaged General Hill
would have found their oeuire weak,
and would have threatened it while I
broke through their left and dislodged ;
! them. 11 a viu&r failed to move at four
j o'clock* while the enemy was in his
I front it v.a? .still mere svrj ri- ing that he
.(1:1 not advance at five o'clock with
! vigor and ; r -uipiness when the trenches
! iti front of him were vacated, or latlicr
field hy ('tie single Irigado, fan General
; Meade's testimony Lei'ore tV.e oiumitI
trc on th>- cmdnct of the war state."} '
Had he taken'these tn neiies end scatter
d tho orignde that held Count. I e 1
would have found hiiu*clf in tie* Fed,,
trnli' tl jok and rear. Ills attack in the
I rear must have dislodged ti e Federal*, j
as it would have been loyally utuxpet- !
ed ? it L'Jlnir believed that he was i:i
frot't of nic. Hill charging upuu the
centre at the same lime would have in.. '
j creased their disorder, aud wc should j
have won the field.
GEN. LEE'S DETERMINATION.
I did not scj Gen. j.ec that night, i
On the next morning I e came to see ,
...... ...1.1 rill ? t'.rit hf> VV:;5 .sld! in his
un ? auu ivmi ?>>p ? ..
disposition to attack, I tried to anticipate
him bysayinjr: "Gene:;:!, I li.-ivn j
I had uiy sc-'U'jj out ail uight. and I find
' tint you still have att cxc< ilent oppor!
tunity to move ar-tind to the ri^rht of
! Meade's artny. nud manoeuvre him into '
attacking us " He r. pii-'d, pointitr; '
with his ii-t at Ceuu-ti ry !li!i: ' The
enrmy is there, ti'*d ' aui?: ii?tt to strike
hiru." I felt then that it was ihv duty ^
to express my convicli< us. J sai l : i
' General, I have been a soldier all my ;
life. I have been with aohJieju in lights |
by onun'es, l;y sijua is. .companies re^'i- i
ments, divisions and armies, and should
know a? well as any oil.: what soldiers
can do li i* my opinion ih.t no lif. .
teen thouvtnd wen ever arrived Ibr J
bat-ie can take that position." Point, '
infj to Cemetery Hill. General Lee. in
reply to this, ordered mo l? prepare
' Pickett's ui'.iciei: for t'-.o a;tick, i
: should not have been so urgent,!
' had 1 nut foreseen the hnpele-siiess of
the proposed ass.iult. 1 felt that i
must say a word :?" ins' tee sncrdiee of
my men; and then I Lit tint my re.
cord was such that Gen. Lee wuilid or
could not n.i.-ccnMjue my motives. ' ;
said no more, iiov.iv-r, bat tut lied;
away. The most of the r.)Oriiih<* was
consumed in wait'n;: ("?r 1 i-kett's men
if.d <*et till ? il.tn t'.osiliou. The 1 >1 : Tl of
atoanlt WiM as follows ; Our attillery
' was to V missed i;i a mKi'j fiom vciiicli ,
Piokctl w.i4 t > cliui^o, a till it wis to
pour a continuous tire upon tbc CVnieI
tciy. I'ndcr cover of this lire, ami
j supported by it, I'ickett wis to eliarjre.
Our aiti.lerj was in diarg" of (Jen- j
! i ral K. 1*. Alexander, a brave and j;ilicd t
j officer. I had itj.-fructe.l (Irnml Alex- '
; andtr, lie in;.: umv ;1 tjo t: u-st iny.-olf
] with the cti'irit lvspon.-ib'iily, to carefully
oLs< ive tlie effect of t'-'i: lire upon
the enemy, and when it beiran to to 1 :
' to ij'jtilv I'ickett io bo^i i ilie a-sauir.
ruis kit's r haros.
Tlio eaiiiiojiadin^ wlii'li opened ak.tr^
bi-'.h li:i<s w.-K erand. Io a few uio.
: mi nts a cnurfcr bruu^iit a note to Men.
! I'i' kett, who was sluii fit ^ near me,
fri-tu A!eX.ii|.!' r, which sifter reading lie '
i h.o'.dvd to tiie. It was as follows : " If
: y oj arc ontriojr at a!!, rot nnt-t. c< trie
:ir o:icp. or i cnwoi j:ivo juu j ??>j?^-i
' suj*pf*it ; but tItt* enemy's tire lias m>t
J slackened at all. At least eighteen .'Mill
| ar- still fivinjj from the < emctoiy it-vif.'
After i l;nd roud the* note, Pickett
said to tui: '(icoeral, shall 1 advance ,
My fociins.^ bad s > overcome lite that I
w? uld ijot speak, for f'e. r of 1 trayiatr '
| :nv want of confidence i.i nito. 1 bowed
! aliiiillation and turned to mount my
horse. Pickett immediately eaid : " I
, shull lead my division forward. sir." I
spurred my horse to the wood where
Alexander was stationed with thy artillery.
When I leached him. he t dd uie
i f I lie disappearance of seven irons
which were In have led (he eharo? wirh
I'i.hetf. and that his a-tiniutiitiou was
ho low that he could not prop-ily support
the charge. I at on'.a: ordered him
to Mop I'ickctt until the auiuuiti'ti had
! lii'i'ii i?'pli ni-hrd. II' informed tn<?;
that he had ti? an unitim from which to '
tcplunMi. I ih iiMiwtlnt there wi"
i no help fir it, ami thai I'iek-lt n<u-1
advance under hi- orders. He swept
pa-t our artillery in sph unid style, and
I lie men Ii:::; r!.i d Mi adi V and ci mpacily
down the sh-pe. As tin v stilled up
over the rhLv. ov r one hundred rann
>ti from the hrct-I'Voi ks id lie' I 'oil ends
hut hd a raui ol eat nisti r, "rape
and shell dm*n ii} nn ilii .;. : still tiny
prosed on until l ull w; y nj> the slope,
wlnn tin* (lest of the lull was lit with
, a solid sheet ( !' 11 tne the masses nl
, ili fan try toe and fire I. When the
j suioLe cleared away, I'ii-letl's division
was gone. A' tarly two-thirds of his
3 4, 1377.
men lay dead on the field, find the fur'
viv?>M were sullenly retreating d>wn
tlie l.i!!. Mortal men could iiot have
.stood ihut fire. In half on hour die
u- n f est id field v.as cleared, and the 1 attic
of (jetiyslurg was over.
Tito l'rcwKfion oi' (T-imo.
The AValhidla Ktoxcce. (Courier, alter
spcahhijr of the reasen.s wl.ii-b tempt the
people of this State to return to the lash
as a punishment l'.r and prevention of
potty c:iu%s, says:
'd'eotev. r. wr arc no special advocate!
for :he whipping p"?-t. hut only for the'
enactment of sunn* more udifjUate pun' f
ihhjuent, s:> as iost< p the petty thieving!
now so common. Tiio Hryisltr and ilie1
Xnxauil Courier alvisi il?e chain
gang as prcfciahlo to llm whipping post,
and wo arc entirely willing to give it a
trial. Tt i? not Jiarlmrous in the old
souse of the term. as it is a refinement
of modern civil zatioii. It utilizes the
rogue, while ii pun idles hiin and gives
him industrious habits. '\ hie is it u?illtat'nn
rig'% an 1 wv are ready In fall in
villi a!i advocat* s of (lie chain gang by
way of trial. If wo can make oar
thieves n band of laborers, building
railroads, working 0:1 the streets, and
tliu> paying f.r :i ir k in;*. it will he
less expensive to the IStat?, whether or
no it Lu more effectual in suppressing
crime."
The Ihirriwiil Stnl'iit/ ays :
"One of the m ?st practical and successful
business ir.en of Olarlcston has
i - . i c* * .... i i: .i. .
I lOUl llje O'.t u rs-uu mi i
on one of oar many s* a islands a
p.'Hil colony. and p?: iho convicts to
making sea island cotton, as they Oil in
o!?l times, limn not only supporting
thciu'elvcs, I.lit yielding revenue to
tlic iitatc. We have turned the cutter
over in our mind for the last ten days,
and the uiorc we think of it, the more ,
plausible it appears. 'I he State has to
bed nod cl?-the these e uivicis, and provide
them with medical attention while
he is i;i the penitentiary ; why not | ut
hiui at some remunerative labor to which
he is aeeu-touiod, and by which he can
support himself/ Take Kiisto Island,
where the first sea island cotton in the
world was made; uiake it the penal coio
nv. It would not take a much larger
guard than is now ouip'oycd ut the penitentiary
to prevent escape,and the guard
could catch lish, shii:n;> and oysters to
help Miprmrl them. We no not know
what is the average yield to the hand in
s 'a island planting, hut suppose it is
not extravagant to say that a ham] can
make two babs of cotton
li" this be go, the 300 convicts in the
penitentiary would make <>00 bales of
c-itlon This, at 300 pounds to the
bale would make 180.0O0 pounds, which
at fifty cents a pound w oilj make ninety
ti ouviid d ilhifS. Add to these the
prisoners in the virions jaiN, and the
nutiiber will he ii:?-rod three or four
hundred more. Is thi* not beit<r end
inc.' h more economical than feeding
these strong. :<!?!.'.po led laborers in
the j tils and penitentiary ? Wo hope
our r. prc-cntaiivfs will turn this matter
< vcr in rhAr fiin lj, an t perfect a bill
to c:;rry out the scheme."
A Chinese Giant.
Van Shun, n OhitHSii eimt, of eigli'
feet, three inches in height, and still
growing, is now on his way to Kugiand.
wlieie he intends to ex In bit hiinseii.
He li lis a strange story about his marvelous
growth. When cight.HMi years
old he was no taller ihau his coui[.anions
at that ag?\ One day, however,
he caught a stnnge looking, smooth
skin ti-h, cooked it and ale it. iSoon
alter this fi-Hst he became sick, ami
when, after several week.-; confinement
in his he I, he left it, ho discovered t'fnt
he had grown during llio sickness, ami
has ever since gone on growing. liis
head is very smalt in coinj-arisnn w.lh
his height. This, he says, was caused
by lii& U'.t eating the head of the fish.
A dog ate it, and the animal's head
grew so large that tSie Otiinese, OQt oi
jiity, biiwi ti.e uufortuuato creature.
Duty to Patents.
l?o kind to y-oir jMrrnts. or grand
|.rir< n?s, rire fur them tenderly, lovingly,
Watchfully. Age has taken from
them iho vitality which gives buoyancy
an l y. uth. Mayhap thoy have drunk
dcply of hfi. 'b <up of sorrow?will*
aching, heavy, arid w 11 tiigti broken
Iienils, mav have scon hopes and joys
lit.I:i away before ch>*ir eyes?endured
touch Tor the sake of others?and now
that life is fading, th^y r.<!< <? cure and
mif port far unite iltau the younger ones.;
Let ns humor tin ir whims. their child-1
ishiii tM, their seeming pee* ishne-'S. Let
kind words ami acts cheer lheui and
make life's pathway more pleasant lor
the tottering feet. Make a warm cor.,
nor in every Imart. for the aged It-',
member that a d a'hht d scene is not
far distant, and you should have no dark
spot on memory's page. The parting
blessing of o] t age js like the \\ry dew
ofiuuveii itself, Lam it hy kind actions.
It is remarked of the 1L brews of
New Voik that while they form about
ten percent, ol tfie popuhiliuU of that
i itv, they contribute le*s than one per
cent, of the criminal classes. Ono rea.
son for this is, that as a lacothcy are
early educated to habits of industry and
? If dependence and are not given to
vies that have a criminal tendency.
Another i', thut such of tlietn as h ip.
pen to be stricken with poverty and
'destitution, are careful'y provided for,
! at.d not erst up m thw wiad to become
; beggars and outlaws urn.I cm lules to soj
cicty. Tin re is much in thu Jewish
| economy tlut Christians mi^lit profit by.
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MnKaBBKaflMCaWEMMHHHMOMBDn
' NUMBER 21
Ho was Pond of Astronomy.
Yon wouldn't have thought he had
the slightest taste for the sciences had
you seen him sprawl* d all over the salt
barrel in his sleep, but he had scarcely
been regi.stcrrj as John Sly Hunt and
put into a cell when he began calling
:
"Say ! Say. you ! Say. boys. I want
a better cell. I want a cell from which
I cm look out and see Mars' moons!"
llijah went tot ho cell door and ro
monstrated. He asked the prisoner to
take into consideration the fact that
being in an observatory was altogether
different froui being in the jug. Astronomers
can tit up in their tail towers
anJ pass their assistants around without
stint, but prisoner have no astronomical
rights.
'Mars! Mars! Mars !" yelled the man i
a3 he shook the cell doer.
"Never heard of hint," replied the
old titan.
4 Gimme a looking-glass!" continued
Hunt.
4 Haven't any in the house."
' Lemme sec the moons, or I'll holler <
all night!" howled the piisoner.
Then Uijali held a private conversation
with him. There was rhyme to it.
He said to him :
' This midnight row has pot to c^ate,
In spite of moon- an I .Mars,
And if you don't lie down to sleep
I II let you see some stars.
The astroiionjpr was the first (me to
ceine before his honor, lie seemed a
busted u*teioid. lie ! ' bed like a dry
morn. He squared oil like the Great
Hipper and remarked:
What's the charge fur staying h-we
over night '{"
'Nothing?not a cent," replied the
court. '-When did you luru your attention
towards the subject of astrono-.
my ?"
"I've always been quite fond of the
monu," was the hesitating rcp'y.
4-And there have bc u many nights
iii your life when you have sceu two or
three moons at once, oh ?"
' Y-yen, sir."
' Name some of the planets, w ill you?"
"Well," reflected the prisoner, "'there
is Awful Gardner. Joe C'oburn, the
Chicago Time* and-'?
"That will do, Mr. Hunt. You did
not observe the transit of Venus, I suppose
' Not as I remember of."
"Well, sir, wore you pursuing the
subject of astronomy as you lay on
those salt barrels ?"
"No, sir. I was pursuing the subject
of sleep."
"I will put yon, John Sly Hunt,
where the subject of making chairs will
worry you a great deal in? rc than any
charge of the moon oh disappearance
of a planet. Co in there arn^ take a
seal on (ho equinoctial center till the'
baggy drives up."
"Star of the morning, ciuic into the
milky way," auded I'ijah, as he crooked
his finder,and the astronomer disappeared
under a cloud.
Political Catcchisra.
Who own the United States ?
The people.
Who own ihe people?
The politicians.
Who own the p.ilitie-ans ?
1 he Devil.
\\ liut is a Democracy r
A country whore everybody has a
vote.
What is a Greenback ?
A Government promise to pay, which
the government dishonors by refusing
to receive in payment of does.
Who depreciate the Greenbacks?
The speculators, who by corrupt Ici
aisi-tion prevented its issue as a full
j legal tender in order that they utight
run up the price of gold to $2.85.
What brought about the hard times?
These same speculators by forcing
the Government to con*ruction.
Who have aggravated the hard times?
The politicians, who have piled up
the people's taxe*.
Who arc the dangerous classes?
The corrupt men i^i places of honor
and trust.
Who arc the ignorant?
The u:en who do uot understnud the
importance of the money question.
Who are strikers ?
Those who combine to elect themselves
to office to till their pockets.
What is the present penalty for stealing
?
If you take a shilling. three months
iu the lock tip. If until lieu?exoneration
and a chance to do it again.
What are men called who are i-llo f
If they are poor men, out of work,
j tliey are called Trump*. If they are
I officeholders they are called Politicians.
\ Samo db White Man.
We 1. tve another evidence of the imitative
g nius of the Chinese. A Chinaman
by the very common name of
Chun;:, who worked on a firm near the
mis-ion in Los Angelos county, California.
earned wages that amounted to
SI51. I lis employer gave him a check
intended to cover that sum, but iu
making it out be wrote the figures $131.
Afterwards he changed the cheek so as
to read properly and wrote on the back
| of if saving that it had been raised to
$151 Chung beg in where his employer
, had left (ir, and raised* I lie figures to
8951. Then he presented the cheek at
I the bank, drew tlie money, and speedily
departed to a locality unannounced and
| unknown, as any white man would have
done.
(Junius is the gold in the mine, talent
is the miner who works and biings it
I out.
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A Contrast.
Smnlley writes from. W?sl?i?glon to
the New York TriLunc that ' the Democratic
party has taken defeat piled on
defeat for Dearly twenty years, and after
ach successive buffeting it has come
tp* smiling and resolute. for the next
contort; tut the nfotiiciit the Republican
s f. ar they arc going to lew their
hoi d on the gcncial government, they
have no more courage than a era tick
man when he imagines that the uncle
miiveise is cut of gear, and :? devoting
its energies to making him sncousfcrtable."
The cause of this great ooMrvst
is simply the matter of oousc'n oee,
which makes cowards of the P.cpuLIi
cans who have ac intolerable burden of
du resting upon them. Conscience
tncken people always treW>:.i on.. ice*
rover whenever a thunder storm comes
tloug. '
The Mississippi Legislature wili be,
probably, the most unanimous *legi.-?ialive
body, as far as politics are concerned,
that ever met in the United Staus.
The Senate, thirty six numbers, is solidly
Democratic, aud of th? one hundred
and twenty members of the House, one
hundred and fourteen are Democrats,
Independents and two IUpubltcaus.
The Ind'-pcndents arc so called because
elided in opposition to the regular
Democratic nominees, but they are alio
Democrats, so that of the one hundred
and fitly six members of thn Mississippi
Legislature one hundred aud fitly fnur
ire Democrats and two are K-jublicaus.
An Exiled Caeoli?-mn.?Maj. J.
W. Avery, a former ci'iz n of York
county, who left here iu the fall of 1ST 1,
in consequence of the wlolesale prose*
cut ions to which the people of this fee.
lion were cruelly subjected by M.e un?
scrupulous and tyrannical Merrill, was 4
in our town on Monday .last. He had
been in the county about two wetks,
visiting among his friends, and cm*
barked here on Monday night for his /
home iu Niagara, Canada. The Major
has become a British subjoct, and
speaks in glowiug terms of his new
home,?Hampton llcralu, H k!: Hill,
York Comity, 8. C.
Trailing Skirts.?It is stated that
the municipal authorities of Leipsic,
Germany, have proclaimed a fir.c of
ten marks on any woman who wears
trailing dresses iu the streets of that
city. The proclamation aUoctderrd the
poiiee to nrrist such offenders, aod their
names arc to be published in the local
papers. It is difficult to believe that
any government is despotic enough to
thus interfere with auy feminine prerogative
in the matter of dress, but
perhaps the interference in this case is a
sanitary measure, which Au.eiican ladies
would do well to observe without compulsion.
A man who committed murder, was
tried, found gui'ty, and senscuced^^^^^^
be hung. A few duys bcf .ro bis
cution he drew upon the of his
prison a gnlljws with five *;cp? leading
to it. On the fiidt st? p he v,*roto,
( bedienee to parents.'' On the second
step, 4'Sabbath breaking.'' On ho
third step, ''Gambling and drunkvn-.
ncss. On the fourth rtep hi wrote
"Murder." Tho fifth step was the jl-u?
fo:ui on.which the gallows ht: ou. 'f!<ts
poor fellow doubtless wrote :h. hlr-tnry
of many a wasted and ruincu life.
Tl.e Clwtanooga Dispatch revives
the fact that io 1S53 Mr. Davis, tuen
Secretary ef War uiidcr Fierce, relieved r
Cipt. U.S. Grant, of the Fourth Infantry,
from tho consequence of a court
martial sentence to suspension of rank
aod pay for the space of one vrar, and
sent him back to his con.man 1. T he
Pi>patch wants to knew if Grant "remembers
that great favor with a sense
of gnfitude, or over said a kind word
of his benefactor."
The New York World's special correspondent
in the city^of Mexico says
the sciuiMcut ot the people is in favor
of a war with the United Stat*.*. Tho
World concludes that Senator Moxej
was right in his inference that Secretary
Evarls is desirous of negotiating
a new traaty with Mexico, hut thinks
it impossible under existing circuit)
stances.
Tiierf. is too raueh whisky iu polities.
I fere is Liverpool reflecting as mayor
the owner of sixty gin palaces, because
he spent his ill-goiton wealth freely and
founded an art gallery. Ho ought to
have bought some of Cruikshank'a
powerful paintings illustrating the evils
of intctnperauce, and aided them to the
collection.
A farmer's wile in Jay, Vermont, a
short time ago, became displeased with
tho hired man ot the place, an i while
hrr husband was away, discharged him
and did ail the household and <artn
work, digging fiity bushels of potatoos
in a day.
The Turks on the top u! the Balkans
at h'lnpka Pass are willing to !i\\ nine
days on a handful of dates, out when it
comes to one uieal a day on -no .lulls,
they feel a llttlo unxious about next
year's campaign.
.An excited railway man. who si no's
iuto the cars the m.uies ct the s ations,
and who hear? a great deal of . mpb. .it
bceauic the names arc cnikd ino;-inctiy,
wants to know if tho pel ".o txp et %
tenors at ?40 s month.