ISOUED KVKKY SATURDAY MORNING BY THE
OKANOEBURO NEWS COMPANY._
t!T\d cr?Nim^
J. FELDER MEYERS, Assistant faUtor._
(lKjh_ BOIAVEj^ BnsinesB ainnngnr^
^ATintI>Ai% May 15. 1875.
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"We paid a visit to tin's enterprising
nnd modest little town the early part
of this week. We boarded tho down
night train at this place and found
oarsolves ?.r .lor the care ofthat prince j
?f good conductors, P. Duflie. At
Bran?h-ille we refreshed ourselves at
_aii:? boit, Carroll's hotel, and took th*>
up train for our destination. The ride
was ?bort but exceedingly tiresome.
Having arrived at Blackvillewe were
showu to the hotel kept by Mrs. A.
II. Strobcl, where we found good, com
fortable lodgings, and plenty of good
things to e?t. Wednesday Was elec
tion day in Barn well County, and, as
a matter of course, every voting pro
duct was alivo with people. The
contest was between Blaokvillc and
Bamwell, nnd wis remarkable for
its bitterness. But ns Leslie pre
dicted some months ago, Blackville
triumphed, and will hereafter be
the county scat of Barn well coun
ty. The village of Barn well may bo
a very* desirable location for a court
house with somo of its citizens, but
it certainly ha3 no charms for an out
sider. During our trip we had occa
sion to pay a visit to the "Town on
the Hill," which we found after driv
ing ten miles through sand knee-deep,
praying the voile for some kind
Providence to pull Barnwcll down
to Blackville, provided the latter place
fell "A dead cock in the pit." The
town is old nnd dilapidated, anti
progressive in its appearance, and un
inviting to the eyes of stinngers.
Blnckville, on the contrary, has
many advantages nnd inducements
to offer to those in search of busi
ness or health. It is remarkable
for its health-giving climate, and the
coeniopolitnn spirit of its loading
citizens. And now that the County
scat is to be permanently located at
Blackville, we predict for it a great
futuro. There is a spirit of perseve
rance and progress among its eiti
r.ens, and we take pleasure in con
?THhilating them unoji_Jjj?L fn'pre
I ^^-^^??-^^W^f^KWdced.ilatVViic-}
and should he taken advWng0 ?T
with a vim that n ?11 make tho sound of
the hand-saw and the hatchet familiar
music to the ear of the Blackvillian.
With such public spirited citizens as
Intendant lzlar, M. F. Moloncy, Si
mon Brown, and others, Blackville
will soon overtnko her more preten
tious rivals.
Tho Brooklyn Scandal.
Tho trial of Beechcr is still going
on in the "City of Churches." The
great Plymouth preacher has been
upon the stand, and was thoroughly
prohed by Judge Fullerton, Tilton's
leading counsel. The amorous niiri
hrtor would frequently inislify tho jury
ky answering ">ea" and "no" to ques
tions from Fullorton. His bearing
upon tho stand was that of a man1
driven to tho unpleasant alternative
of lying to save himself in the eyes
of his congregation. He ndudtteri
that he kissed Mrs. Tilton, and
thought a great deal of her. In fact,
we bcliove it runs that he kissed her
both in and out of season. We don't
know how the society of Brooklyn is
constituted, but if the women ofthat
place are not wholly unlike those in
other purts of tho world, it was wrong
in Mrs. Tilton to soothe her pastor
with a kiss. The woman that does
not. rcservo and keep holy this gift,
this boon in the weary pilgrimage of
life, for her husband, will not scruple
to sully the purer and more sacred
part of her honor. If Mrs. Tilton
hnd resented the proffered caresses of
her spiritual advisor, her person
would have remained undofiled, nnd
tho destroyer of her virtue would hot
to day be regarded as the great liber
tine and seducer of the age. Beechcr
has described Mrs. Tilton as a "white
souled woman," yet with this intimate
knowledge of her innocence and puri
ty of mind, ho deliberately went to
work to besmear and'blacken the
whiteness of her soul by forming an
illicit, nnd unholy alliance with her.
Ho gazed upon that picture of
innocence with lustful eyes, and never
censed his planning for its destruction,
until his beastly and inhuman a petite
bad been satisfied by delimiting it
forever. Wretched man ! How could
you preach the Word of God on {Sun
day, nnd with the words hardly cold
from your Hps, fall upon and destroy
one of your congregation ?
for or against Bccehcr, ttic majority of
the American people \vi! 1 pronounce
him guilty of adultery. All the
prayers of the Brooklyn saints will
never bring about bis acquittal at the
bar of American judgment, nor re
store to him the smallest part of his
former greatness. The impulses and
feelings which were once alive with
admiration for his eloquence and
seeming piety, are now up in arms
against him for his partially confessed
lewdness, and for his dishonoring of
the VII Commandment.
In the progress of tbo groat trial,
Beechcr, Titton, Moulton and his wife,
have all had an opportunity to give
the public their version of the Brook
lyn scandal, but Elizabeth, the crea
ture above all to be pit tied, was re
fused even the poor privilege of testify
ing in behalf of her seducer. Her lips
are scaled by the law, and we suppose
we shall never hear any more "gush
ing8" from her little "white soul." In
fact, she would show good sense by liv
ing a secluded life the remainder of her
unhappy days?a life secluded from
the gaze of the vulgar peepers of the
Plymouth pastor, aud free from his
temptations to do evil. Let her go
and sin no more, and endeavor to
cleanse her soul of its unholy lust.
On the other hand, let Bcccher receive
the sneers and scoffs of all decent
people; let him be debarred from
crossing ever)' threshold where piety
and virtue are prized, and be made
to seek communion in the silent re
cesses of his own adulterous heart.
B ka kcuv i i.lk Towns n i r.
Editor of the News mid I'nnrs :
As your request for n co-respondent
from each Township his met with no
response from our section of the coun
ty, I have concluded to tell yoti a few
things that arc going on in and
around our little village. Now, Mr.
Editor, don'tsny cypress pond, for cadi
year is rapidly obliterating every trace
of the cypress pond that once was, and
down our principal streets arc commen
cing to grow some beautiful green oaks,
which our thoughtful Town Council a
few years ago commenced planting
out along the aide walks. Tbo ditch
es, too, are disappearing on the front
streets, and under ground drains are
ire springing up, aud some of our sue
i'< ssful merchants havo rebuilt larger
iiiuf finer houses. Our present Town
ijouncil too are trying to keep up with
[.he times, and are Iniving street lamps
put up along our Main slivcts. All
.his looks like improvement ami which
it rcaly is, but oh ! Mr. Editor, we need
some strong appeals like you used to
jjivc them Orangcburgers about that,
ireadful nuisance of raising so many
togs on our streets, aud in our yards.
SVe have got rid of so much as re
ute? to the goats. Many of us well
-eniember what a pest they were.
I am truly glad we have no eotn
daint to make against our Trial Jus
ice, like your correspondent from
Pine Grove Township. Wo once had
;he misfortune of having ono who
nade It his business to hunt up cases;
ind many trifilihgiifiai r?, that occurred
jetween the uneducate t colored pec
hnt could have been ctsily settled by
i few kind words of advice, in the
?ightdirection, were made to appear as
tome dreadful olfence, and caused them
:o sell the last cow and calf to settle
.he cost of some dispute with their
ivifc or child. But everything is
dianged in that direction now, and
reeks often pass that we never hear of
i case at the Trial Justice's Court; aud
when we do have one, the party wlio
is guijly better look out or they will
be punished. If our Trial Justice
makes errors it is of the head aud not
i)f the heart?at least these are my im
pressions.
The crop prospects in this part ofj
the county arc iirrp roving every day,
with the sunshine and spring showers
thnt we have been having for the past
ten days. Cotton is up and commen
cing to look nice in some places where
it has been worked. Corn too is now
beginning to move, upward. We do
hope for good seasons big crops and
high prices. I heard that one good old
fanner said cotton would sell for a
high price next fall. When he was
nsked his reason for such an opinion be
?aid that he saw in the papers where
it was stated that one thousand bales
hnd been burnt up. 1 hope, none of
the fanners up your side are expec
ting to realize a high price for their
cotton from that same bum.
B.
The greatest wealth is contentment
with a little.
FKOM ??n iiarxwkll. X'?KT.J
The llnrmvcll Ilooster.
There whs a famous rooster, once,
'1 hat lived uponn hill:
That rooster's refruin over tvas?
"Hurrah! fur Jhirinrell ftilh"
Oiiouus.
He scratched for all the pretty hens,?
(hive stranger roosters hull?
An I Done durst challenge to a main,
The llnrmvcll ?Sentinel.
Ciibhus?
lie scratched the hillrtidcup and down,
Till every pile was bare;
lie peeked inside the public crib,
And gobbled Lip his share.
Ciionus?
"T'waH said byev'ry B.irnw.U laid,
Min craw was full of grit?
He'd whip all Carolina cocks
And e'eau eaeli (Jcorgia pit.
Cnoncs?
riiereeamea ltlackville cock along,
With plumage rare and p .:
And (lapped hi.s wings on IJaritwell bill,
Upon llu?12lh uf May.
Cnoucs?
And when the evening sun went down,
The Hill r'crit up a wail?
Tlic Ham well rooster clearly showed
White feathers in his tail. .
Cnoitis ?
The Mack villc rooster struts about, ?
And still is full of grit?
Tbe hasn-yard bird, alas ! is gone?
"A dead cock in tbe pit."
last citones? I
He'll scratch no more for pretty ben.-,
Nor givc_cach rooster beb;
We've seen tbe last of that old cock?
The Jhh'Uivctl ikiiliiwf.
A Home Scandal.
The case of the Stale vs. D. T. Legg i
?abduction?was before Judge Cook
yesterday, oil application for n dis
charge oil writ of habeas corpus.
D. T. Legg, it will be recollected, I
was arrested by the city marshal day
beforc-yesterday, in response to a telc
giahi from one Ingram, charged with
abducting his niece.
The case is this: I). T. Legg, of
Chester, married the widow Crawford,
who is said to be. the mother of the
girl sai'1 to lie abducted. From the
testimony elicited on the trial, Legg
seduced the daughter of his wife, and
when the fact was brought to the
notice of the mother, she consented
that her husband should lake her
daughter and leave. And, she even
prepared her (laughter to leave, Her
brother, and the uncle of the girl,
heard of the circumstances, and went
to his sister, (the wife of Legg) and
told iier the.nan who was base enough
to.s<;'bice his si..i>-4-~?^iB-r~"*P~*""TTY'
serf her, and he was notXlhc proper
person to submit, the care of her
daughter to. She revoked her con
sent., and commissioned her brother to
pursue her husband and her dntigh
ter! and to bring back the daughter.
Mr. Ingraiii arrived in C5 rnen vi lie yes
terday, and testified as above at the
trial. The girl docs not desire to re
turn with iiini.
The case was ably argued by Capl.
W. II.'Ferry and Judge F. F. McJicc
for the defendant, and Solicitor 1>U
ilic, Wintrier cv. Syinmcs and Farlc &
Wells for the stale.
.Judge Cooke, after a patient hear
ing of the case, remanded Legg to
jail ' iii default of live hundred dollars
bial for his appearance nt the Court of
Ocnoral Sessions at the ensuing term.
The above case would make a flashy
local; but we do not desire to parade
the shame of these people before our
people. Hanging is too good for Legg,
if he is guilty of what is charged. And
the mantle id* charily should bespread
over the unfortunate and erratic girl,
who can be saved from a life of infamy
by tho hand of Providence alone?
Grain'//' A./'s.
Constitution Changing in tlio South.
The Iicpuhlic Maj/azhw for May
publishes two important papers on the
Democratic movement now going on
in tho South to remodel their State
Constitutions so as to defeat the ob
jects of the Thirteenth, Fourteenth J
iii.d Fifteenth Amendments, nnd ig
nore the reconstruction policy. At
the close of tho war and commence
ment of the reconstruction of the Stales
in rebellion, it was necccssary to make
the new State Constitutions conform
to the changed condition of affairs.
It was also obligatory on each Slate
to submit its new Constitution
to Congress for approval or
modification. Now, ho? ever each
Slate may a liar or ichibdcl its Consti
tution by a Convention of (he people,
and adopt tbe now instruments, with
outconsulting Congress. The Demo
cinls arc. now taking advantage of
this, nnd are framing new Stale Con
stitutions to suit their own peculiar
views on the race, school, Stale Sov
ereignty, and of Ik r important ipics
Hons. The danger to the stability of
our itif litiitions growing out of this
movement, can .scarcely be overrated,
as it indicates a spirit and the;inaugu
ration of a stale of affairs that can
' searccly fail of resulting in another
1 rebellion.
Mr. Coffin's Spelling Mutch.
TIIK Ol.I) LADY PUTS HIM J1?WN WITH
ON K OF if Kit HVKI.US?STRIKING KIV
via rrs.
? ? ? i
The other evening ohl ^Ir.-and Mrs.
Coflin, who live on Brushy .Creek,
sat iii their coxcy hack parlor, he read
ing the paper and she knitting, and
the family eat stretched' out under
the stove, ami sighed and felt sorry
for cats not so veil fixed. It jwas a
happy contented household, ami there
was love in his heart as Mr. Coflin
put down the newspaper and remark
ed :
'I see that the whole country is be
coming excited about the spelling
schools."
?Well, its good to know how to
spell,' replied the wife. 'I didn't have
the chance sonic girls had, but I pride
myself that I can spell almost any
word that comes along.'
'I'll see about that,' be laughed;
'come, now spell 'buggy.'
'Humph ! that's nothing?bug-g-y,
buggy,' sdic replied:
'Missed the first time?ha! ha!' he
roared, slapping his leg.
'Not much ?that was right.'
?itwasjch? Well, I'd like to see
any body get two g's in buggy, 1
would.'
'But it is spelled willi, two g's, and
any schoolboy wi 11 tell you so,' she
persisted.
'Well, I know a darn sight better
than that!' he exclaimed,striking the
table with his fist.
T don't care what you know!' she
squeaked: 'I know that there are two
g's in buggy 1'
'Ho you mean to tell me that I've
forgotten how to spellV he asked.
'It looks that way.'
'It docs, eh ? Well, I want you and
all your relations to understand that
I know more about spelling than the
whole caboodle of you strung on q
wire!'
'And I want you to understand,
Jonathan Coflin, that you arc an ig
norant old blockhead, when you don't
put two g's in the word buggy?yes
you arc!'
'Don't talk that way to me!' he
warned.
'Ami don't shake your list at me!'
she replied.
'Von wen.-!'
'That's a lie?an infernal lie!'
'Don't call me a liar, you old- ba
zaar! I've put up with yoji mean
ness for forty years, but don't ca'l nie
a liar, and don't lay your hand on
me !'
'Do you want a divorce?'he shout-!
ed, springing up; 'you can go now,
this minute!'
'Don't spit in my face?don't you
dare do it'ifor I'll make a dead man
of you !' she warned.
'I haven't spit in your freckled old
visage yet, but I nitty if you provoke
me further!'
'Who's got a freckle face, you old
turkey buzzard ?'
That was a little too much. He
made a motion as if ha would strike,
and she srized him by tbo ncctie.
Thou he reached out and grabbed her
right ear and tried to lift her off her
feet; but she twisted upon the neck
tie until bis tongue ran out.
'Let go of nie, you old fiend!' she
screamed.
'Get down on your knee and beg
my pardon, you old wild cat!' ho re
plied.
They surged and swayed and strug
gled, and the peaceful cat was struck
by the overturning table and had her
back broken while the clock fell down
and the pictures danced around. The
woman finally shut her husband's sup
ply of air off and Hopped him, and as
she bumped his bead up and down on
the floor and scattered his gray hairs,
she .?limited :
'You wan't to get up another spell
ing school with me, don't, you?'
He was seen limping about, toe yard
yesterday, a stocking pinned around
his throat, ami she had court plaster
on her nose, and one finger tied up.
He wore the look of a martyr, while
she had the bearing of a victor, and
from this time, out 'buggy, will be
spelled with two g's in that house.
Hi: Dip.?The following story
is told about a Drunken man : On
St. Valentine's day he bought ten of
the ugliest valentines he could find,
each one caricaturing .some well known
fault, or Ibible of bis wife, and sent
them to her. While the poor woman
was crying over them and wondering
if there really were ten people in the
community who thought so meanly of
hoi, the boy of the family said : ,l*q
are. those the pictures you bought at
the stoic where you got my whistle'?'1
Made t<MScq It." *
"I can't, sec ft," enidButter;fyio
botly! roads til I these litjtlc advcAlsc
nients. It's preposterous to think it."
"Bn t," said vtlie editor, "f ou road
what intcrcst'j you?" . \.
"Yes."
"And if there's anything that yoif
particularly want, you look for it?''
"Certainly."
"Well, among the thousands upon
thousands who help to make up this
busy world of ours, everything that is
printed is read. Sneer as you please,
I do assure you that printer's ink i"
the true open sesame to all business
success.
And st;ll Butler couldn't sec it. He
didn't believe that one half ot those
little crowded advertisements were
ever read.
"Suppose you try the experiment,"
said the editor. "Just slip in an ad
vertisement of the want of one of the
most common things in the world.
For the sake of the test, I will give it
two insertions free. Two will be
enough; and you may have it jammed
into any put ( f-the-way nook of my
paper you shall select. Two insertions
of only tw ? lines. Will you try it ?"
Butler said of course be would tiy
it. And he selected the place where
ho could have it published?crowded
in under the head of "Wants." And
be waited and saw a proof of his ad
vertisement, which appeared as fol
lows :
Wantki).?A good house dog. Ap
ply to J. Buffer, 575 Towscr street, be
tween the hours of G and 9 p. in.
Buffer went away smiling and nod
ding. On the following morning he
opened his paper, and, after a deal of
bunting, he found his advertisement.
At first it did not seem at all con
spicuous. Certainly so insignificant a
paragraph, buried in such a wilder
ness of paragraphs, could hot attract
notice, j After a lithe, however, it be
gan to bade more, noticeable to him.
The more he looked at it the plainer
it .grew. ?.Finally, it glared at him
from the closely printed page. But
that was because he was the person
particula.lv interested. Of course i;
'would appear 'conspicuous to him. But
it would not lc so with o hers.
That ovenit.g Mr. Buffer was jits:
fitting down to tea (Buffer was a
nhflW iTfriui.-liiofu il lean, ami TnokTT^TT
at. ,-ixj v hun Ids door l-ell was rniig/
servant nitnuunci-d that a man was at
the door with a dog to sell.
' ,;"Tcll him- I/d-.hft want one."
Six times Ihillbr was interrupted
while taking tea by men with dogs to
sell. Buffer was a man who would
hot lie. He had put bis foot in and
he must take it out manfully. The
twenty-third .applicant wa-< a small
boy yvithi a girl in company, who bail
a ragged poodle for sale. BufU-r
bought the poodle of the boy, and
immediately presented it to the girl,
and then sent them off.
To the next applicant he was able
truthfully to answer, "Don't want any
more?I've bought one."
The stream of callers continued un
til near ten o'clock, at which hour
Buffer locked up and turned off the
gas.
On the following evening, as Buffer
approached his house, he found a
crowd assembled. He counted thirty
nine men and boys, each one of whom
had a dog in tow. There were dogs
of every grade, size and color
and growl and howl. Buffer address
ed the motley multitude and inform
ed them that he had purchased a
dog.
"Then what d'ycr advertise for?'
And Buffer got his hat knocked
over his eyes before he reached the
sanctuary of his home.
Never mind about the trials and
tribulations of that night. Buffer
laid no idea there were so many dogs
in existence. With the aid of three
policemen, he got through alive. On
the next morning he visited his friend,
the editor, and acknowledged the
corn. The advertisement of "wanted"
was taken out, and in the most con
spicuous place, and in glaring type,
I he advertised that he didn't want any
more dogs. And for this advertise
( incut he paid. Then he went homo
sind pasted upon his door, "Gone in
to the Country." Then he hired a
special policeman to guard his proper
ty; and then he locked up and went
away with his family.
Fiotn that day Joscphns Buffer has
never been heard to express doubts
concerning the efficacy of printer's
ink; neither has ho asked, "Who
reads advertisements ?"
Never use any spoon but a wooden
one to stir anything on the fire or in a
warm stale.
* .r Pyv Slnuiiny llsh dot So? j &< ^
?; There is dq?btlcss^uclf n thing nff
pNcdssive promptnes^ in emergencies.:
"Presence of. ntind nnddcterminatioji'
f?^-adndrnblequnlities in thems^sfves,
but it sometimes happens that a deci
sion made upon the spur of the mom
cut is regretted npoh H more deliber
ate Hirvoy of the field. : This rerftorsc
seems to have over-taken lately a
worthy Dutchman, of Anakn counjyy
Minnesota? ,JThc Dutchman!was* sctek
ing to reach a town at some distauco' .
from ?auk Centre/ aud to accomplish^
this must drive over the prairie from
'die lnttcr town, lie wa.s unaccustom
ed to the road arid night overtook
him with his vehicle fast in a slough ??.
and no town fit sight. He sought the '
solitary farm house visible aud asked
permission to stay till morning, the
farmer telling, the traveler, howoverj'
that it would bo necessary for him to
.sleep with the children or with the
farmer himself, as their accommoda
tions were limited.. Quick as lighting,
tho.*- Dutchman, oppressed,* his opinion j
hot to sleep with, "bodd.oration
shiltrcu,'' so he slept with the Tarmcr.
The rest of the story may be given in
his own language: '*Veil,'in der
mornin,* vcu w~ co.nus mit der stairs .
down, I see two girls npout seventeen 1
und nineteen years old, und I ask der
old man; ''1*003 dem gjrls die children
you tpMmo apoutjf".undhe say 'yaw;,t
dem is mine only shiltrpn !' und I say
to myself, Py shiimuiny ! Ish dot so !"
As this happened away otf in. Ana
ka County no local . signi" .'ance
need be attached to it.
How to Put Down Matting.
As-the time of mating draws near,
it may be well to call the Attention of
housekeepers to the fact that, its tticro
is a right -way of doing everything,
there is decideiHy a right way to put
down Canton mr-tting. It is the al
most universal practice to put it down
wrong. -'Most person^ cut the lengths,
and then laying the br n Iths in their
proper places on the floor, proceed to
drive a lorg. number of tucks up an I
down the edges. This method serves
the purpose of keeping the covering
very lightly on the floor, but ia
inj uns lite Loa ids, und ruins the mat
ting. Kvcj-v tai*k .breaks one struw,
I be Lnntoii mnttins , are iivr-nr- on
boats, -where they are:\voven in.-diort
pieces about ty.o voids long. Tin >e.
short pieces arc ??fterwanl.? juiiicd to
gether, on'tl.e.-hoije in b ug|h:*j.of about
forty yards:. It iseasy to k-ewheru
these two yard piece* are joined, and
the fust thing to he. done, ???fier tho
matting is cut into proper lengths, :s
to sew lhe*-e places across Mid acrtvs
on the wrong sith; to keep the joi Ms
from opening. Then sew the breadths
together, nntl ta? k it to the flour in the
same way .that yon treat a carpet.
Mattings 'made in this way will la.-t
fully twice as long as ivhf le they ?ro
tacked in every breadth. A good
matting should last six or seven
rears.
Gratifying Modical Progress.
i* J 9t i ' i ~~~ ;? ? ??' v ? i \* 8
j An Knglisli physician recently re
moved a section of the'patient's liver,
placed .it on a plate, ficrnppd i*. care
fully aud returned it to its jdace fully
restored to its normal action. This
promises to Work a revolution iti the
treatment of disease, and in a few
years wo will have an addition to do
in es tie literature something like this -.
"Husband, lit (wish you; Would ' take1
John's rigiit lung down to the 'doctor'1
this morning aud have the middle
valve fixed," or "Will you stop into
the doctor's whenfyou come homo this
noon and see if,Macro's liye,r is men
ded, as she wants to go out to tea this
evening!' The practico will becomo
commou in time we arc sure that none
of the neighbors will be in any way
startled to sec a wife with a veil tied
around her head leaning out of a bed
room window, nnd shouting to a rcco
ding, husband;. 'Jer-c-miah ! Tell
Dr. ?Sern pen to send up Willie's right
kidney at once, whether it is done or
not. He's had it there nioro'ri a week
am! tlie child might ns well be without
any kidney and dono with it!'
In the District Court in Charleston,
on tho 8th, Judgo Bryan presiding,
Alonza Payne, colored, indicted for
selling unstamped mediciues. was
tried nnd acquitted. William Moody
ami John Larry, indicted for robbing
the post oflicc at Columbia, were tried
nnd convicted. L. DeR. McCrady?
Ksq., represented Moody,; and - Solici
tor Butt/. Larry. Tlie court will meet
again this morning, aud continue to
dispose of the criminal business.