Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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A CAKGfO OF SLATES. A MERCHANT'S STORY OF A MEETING IN THE SOUTH ATLANTIC. A Small Bout Loaded with Suffering Ne gro Children?Brutality of a Portuguese Dago?A Captain's Unavailing "Wrath? Only Twenty-Eight Years Ago. A merchant said the other lay, "I never see a colored crew with a white mate going down the pier that I don't think or. iny first trip to Rio and the slaves I saw on the way there. It was in the early part of 1819. It's hard to realize it j now, but the slave trade was then a most profitable business in spite of its difficult ies. The vigilance of the British cruisers j had driven the infamous Dagoes who manned the slavers into all sorts of de vices to escape detection, but the favorite method just then seemed to he to resort to small schooners and coasters which, on account of their size, could be run up the small creeks, where the slave marts were located in Africa, out of sight of the cruisers anil thero loaded safely and quickly, and then sent to sea at the first moment when the coast was clear. A little schooner of some thirty tons once escaped a British frigate In a calm by get ting out sweeps which the slaves were compelled to work. "In this voyage I'm telling you about we had a fine run of luck, crossing the dold rums and catching the southeast trades much sooner than we had expected. Al though-we there found the wind light, every one was in good spirits over the run. It was just after dinner one day, when a man who was seizing some new chafing gear on to the foretopmast rigging in the wake of the yard* hailed the deck, and said that a small boat seemed to be adrift about three points on the weather bow, and that a'signal of distress was flying over it. FILLED WITH NEGRO CHILDREN. "As soon as attention was attracted to it, it could be plainly seen from the weather rail. The captain examined it closely with a glass, and told the second mate that there were three men on it alive, and that there seemed to be others lying under the thwarts. The boat ap parently contained the last of some ship wrecked crew, and our captain at once heided the ship up so as to bring the small boat a little on the lee. We were running about five or six knots an hour, and in the course of fifteen minutes we had ap proached so near the drifting boat that it could be very plainly seen with the naked eye. The captain had been growing ex cited as he looked at it, and finally put down his glass and said with an oath that the boat wa3 from the wreck of a slaver, and was filled with negroe3. He declared he would hang the white men to the yard arm. Just then one of the owners of the ship who, unfortunately, was making the voyage with us, put his hand on the cap tain's arm and said something that made the captain bite his lip, but no more was said about the hanging. "It was probably half an hour from the time we saw the boat until one of the white men in it caught the end of a heav k ing line and had dropped the boat under ? the stern of our ship, where she towed ?kvery comfortably. A more pitiful sight Mieter met the eye than the people of that ?fchip's*boat. Half-tho thwarts had been IKfffcen out. and between and under those ing from about S to 14 years of age. The oldest of them were girls. All were stark naked, and apparently more then half dead. It is useless to try to tell you how rduch their sufferings had affected them. Some of them never looked up when the talking was going on, while others moaned aloud. One of tho white men asked for supplies. He said he wasn't begging; he was ready to pay. He hoped we would let h?ii have water. At that word many of the children raised themselves up with eager looks.for he talked in Portuguese and they were accustomed to it enough to know what was said. They began to talk all at once, but the man picked up a big blacksnake whip and then they cowed down instantly. But there were throe or four of the children who were unable to raise themselves up or to realize that they wore near- to help. One was a boy who had been horribly beaten with the whip aud was dying. CROSSING THE OCEAN. Our captain was for taking the entire lot on board and delivering them to the first British cruiser we should meet. The owner would not hear of it. He was will ing to take the gold. Then both began to question the Dagoes. "How long have you been in that boat?" said the captain. " 'Twenty-eight days,' " 'Where did you take to her?" " 'At Inhambane.' "'What? Do you mean to say you started out to cross the western ocean in that boat with all those children?' "Such was the fact. They' had rowed away from the coast almost under the jib boom of a British'cruiser, with fifty slaves on board, the oldest of whom was a girl not above 15. Ten of the children had died from exposure and ill treatment. The boat was just, twenty-four feet long over all, seven feet wide, and three feet nine inches deep. Their supply of water had run so low that for soveral days only about four tablespoonfuls had been given to tho children three times a day. I have read that in their native jungles these ' children drank a gallon or more of water a day. You can imagine their sufferings under that boiling sun with only half a teacupful in twenty-flour hours. The up shot of it all was that we gave them all they wanted, saw that every child had all it could drink safely for once at least, and then headed off on our course. The sight of those children almost made a mutiny when it was learned that they were to be left in the boat, but then it was some thing akin to crime against the flag in those days to express ' abolition senti ments, and the auger of the men soon passed away." "Was the boat ever heard of again?" "Yes, she landed at Bahia about two weeks later, having lust five more of the children. Those three Dagoes were counted heroes there, so Mr. Edward Por ter, tho British consel at Bahia, told our captain when we stopped there for a re turn cargo o: coffee. They had crossed the Atlantic in the smallest boat that had ever tried the passage, and had landed as large a projection of their cargo as the biggest vessels usually did. The children were sold at a net profit of ab ait ?100 each, the market being rather brisk when they arrived. To appreciate the strides of civ ilization during recent ye..vs one has oulj t j co:isider that such things happened only twenty-eight years ago."?New York Ii. 3Iust Memorize tlie Constitution. !Phe girls in the public schools of Brook lyi2.-.ro cumpell'.d to commit to memory the Constitution of the United 5tat?3. NICE, BUT NOT PROFITABLE. The Patronage of Ladies in the Restau rants?A Case In Point. The tinkle of glass and the subdued clatter of dishes such as obtain in a well conducted restaurant were keeping up a certain rhythmic movement yesterday in a fashionable lunching room of the shop ping district, when a reporter stopped a moment at the desk. "You seem to be doing a thriving busi ness," he remarked, indicating as he spoke, the rows of occupied tables before him. "H?m," replied the proprietor, letting his eye wander judiciously in the same di rection; "do you know young man that I shan't take in enough off that crowd to buy one of Macy's little peachblow jugs? This i3 the time o' day when the ladies, God bless 'em, come to lunch with me, and except the pleasure of their pretty faces and soft speeches, my reward must be treasured up in heaven, for certoiu J don't get it here." "Is this a straight tip?" queried the ex perienced reporter. "I'm telling you sober truth," the restaurant man replied with much earnestness of manner. "Take that lady over there, for instance, pointing to one sitting about halfway down the room, "and she is only one of dozens liko her every day. She came in here three quarters of an hour ago by the clock, she and her little boy; she walked through until she found a table unoccupied and took possession. The table accomodates four, but Lord love you, it barely holds one like her, comfortably. She had the waiter bring a high chair for young chub, took off his hat and coat, used one big dinner napkin to pin around his neck and another to lay over his lap, filled the other two chairs with her bundles, cloak, etc., then picked up the menu card and began to study it. "I could have told you what she would order at once, but it took her fully five minutes before she confided to the patient waiter her wants. He was back in less than three with her lunch(?)?a bowl of consomme for herself and a glass of milk for sonny. "Bread, of course, is served with the soup, and the two have made a slow and hearty lunch. She finished a few minutes ago, ordered a finger bowl, took one of the napkins, and,dipping it in water, scrubbed the boy's face and hands, wiped them with the other napkin, and is now pulling and setting herself for departure. I can see from here that the tablecloth is plenti fully sprinkled with milk and soup?she fed the boy some of that too?and must be taken off at once. She has used three large dinner napkins, has occupied two more places'than she pays for, sat in the restaurant nearly an hour, and her check is?30 cents." "Will she fee the waiters? That's too silly a question to answer. I'm not done with her yet," he added under his breath, as the lady approached laden with parcels and leading a 3-year-old boy by the hand. "That's just the change, I believe," she remarked, dropping three 10-cent pieces on the marble before her, "and will you he good enough to check these parcels and this umbrella for me. I shan't be go ing up-town for a couple of hours yet," she added, explanatorily. "Certainly, madam." "Thank you very much. Oh, by the way, you may give me back that largest ^parcel. I want to send it hv .ffQBBSA ?r'es, that opa Thank you.,,l,i,U,,jdljL think that sufficiently secure for an ex press parcel?" ? "I think so; but I can tie it in another wrapper if you wish." "It might be better; I 6hall be much obliged. Come, Dickie. Oh," return ing, ""I may send a messenger for the parcels, will there be any charge?" "Certainly not, madam." "Oh, thank you. Come, Dickie." The proprietor and the reporter each drew a long breath and looked at one an other.?New York Times. Deshs of United States Senators. Vice President Sherman's desk Is on a rostrum, several feet above the floor. It is a fancy affair of mahogany, beautifully carved and highly polished, and its top is covered with navy blue cloth, and upon it there Is a white Ivory gavel, a very pretty inksiand, and a lot of bills. The vice president does not do much work at this, desk. He retains his old senatorial seat on the floor, and occasionally sits in it. The average senatorial desk is-of mahog any, of the same shape as that of a school boy, and on the top of each desk there is a silver plate with the name upon it of tho senator who sits behind it. Some senators keep their desks very nice, and the con dition of those of others would drive an old maid into perpetual hysterics. Blair's desk is now in a litter, and the floor be tween those' of Senators Morgan and Butler is covered with little bits of paper which some senator has torn up and thrown down there. Ingalls' desk is piled high with papers and documents, and Morgan, Butler, and Logan each have bookcases in front of their desks filled with calfskin law books. The chairs which the senators use are red leather mahogany ones, with high backs. A few seats of wicker are creeping in, but the old style is the favorite one, and four fifths of the chairs are of this kind.? "Carp" in Cleveland Leader. A Study of the Hotel Register. The Almighty loves those who keep his commandments, but he despises a bad penman. Yet it seems to be an affectation on the part of some to be as obscure in their writing as they are in their intellect. Study the hotel register of a large caravan sary for one day and you will only be able to decipher one-third of the names cor rectly. Bill Jones, the farmer, and Snobs, tho millionaire, each dash down a crooked lino and go off complacently supposing that the world will be able to read at once that they are in town. To conclude this essay, a word of advice is necessary. Go practice with a Roman spear or a Jew ish javelin and buckets of ink, until you can take up a common red-handled pen and write down plainly that you are John Smith of Doeville. Then you have started on the road to success.?Pioneer Pi ess. An African Canine Prodigy. The Hamburg Zoological garden has re ceived a full-grown specimen of the Canis pictus, or spotted wild dog, of central Africa. The creature is a native of the western Transvaal, and in appearance an astonishing hybrid between a hound and half a dozen other animals. He has the size and general form of a deerhouud, the tail of a fox, the biack snout of a hyena, and the spots and stripes of a leopard. His voice Is a sort of coughing howl, and. he paces his cago all day long with the rest ftssness of a captured wolf. The darkest hour in the history of a young man is when he sits down to study how to get money without honestly earn lug It _ THE TOWER OF BABEL. THE STRUCTURE PLANNED FOUTHE PARIS EXPOSITION. Twice the Height of Egypt's Pyramid*.? Construction of the Elevators?An Ob servatory for Astronomers and Eloctrl cinn.-?View from the Cupola. No feature of the plans for the greatex position of 1S8& is so much talked about as the gigantic tower, 1,000 feet high, or twice the height of the pyramids of Egypt, ' designed by M. Eiffel, the engineer of the department of arts and manufactures, to decorate the Champs de Mars. Nothing like it has been attempted since the Tower of Bable, and scientific progress may per mit the descendants of thoso whom God dispersed because of their impiety to carry out a simlar design. As the workmen will soon begin digging the foundation of the tower, a description of! the plan will bo of interest. The base of iron is composed of four pyramids, each one squase, fifty feet a side, and diminish ing towards the top, which is twenty feet a side." These four pyramids are sepa rated from each other by a space of 300 feet, and for stability they are anchored in solid masonry. Two hundred anfi. thirty feet above the ground these pyramids are united by a gallery fifty feet wide. This gallery, which is covered with glass, will be used for restaurants, soirees, etc. The next story has a room, covered with glass, 100 feet square. At the summit is a gk?s nome, with terrace, and from this terrace the exposition will be lighted by elec tricity. Visitors will reach the dome by means of elevators. Four of these elevators, constructed like the Swiss railways, will I)e placed in the four pyramids and wo can go seven times us high as the Column Vendomo?and stand G00 feet higher than the top of Mont Valerien. The eyes can 3weep the horizon for 100 miles, and Com piegne, Rheims, Fontaineblau, Chartres, Dojou, with the little villages lost in the woods, and the rivers, wandering through the valleys, will all seem a continuation of Paris. Ten departments of France will be at our feet.. There have been no ac cidents with thi3 system of railway, be cause the car is drawn by a cable and the axle attached to a steel hook, so if the cable breaks the car remains fastened to this hook. That is the system for the elevators, t and in addition to the four placed in' the pyramids a fifth will take visitors from the center directly to the summit. ASTRONOMERS AND ELECTRICIANS. In the cupola astronomers will be es tablished with their telescopes, plurio metres, etc. This observatory, fitted up with a metallic armature, destined to re ceive all the atmospheric electricity, will be surrounded by a paratonerre. Ex periments heretofore impossible can be made here; atmospheric electricity, speed of the wind, Foneault's experiment to demonstrate that the earth revolves^-all can be studied. Spectroscopes, destined to analyze the light of the sun an J' stars, and an enormous telescope, to follow stars which could hardly be perceived from the other observatories, will be placed in this cupola. Another interesting study will be that of the variation of "temperature, with altitude. The tower will form an im mense pafatonnecrejand whenthere is a storm every t^^^^r tue iiM'fc~^[fr ' be t ? SBC .j Bjwtfing and not feefllKVot fect. To produce this result the conduc tor will be interrupted for a distance of two yards and the lightning will jump from one section to the other, with con 1 tinual explosions. The iron used in the construction of this gigantic monument will weigh about 7,000 tons. Of course the critics are very busy prophesying the failure of the work. "The tower will never be flninished; it cannot be scientifically utilized, for at the slightest wind there will be an oscillation preventing al! observations." M. Eiffel answers by saying that with an impetu ous wind of seventy feet a second and a pressure of 100 pounds to every square yard, the tower will not sway more than four inches. With a tempest?the wind 100 feet a second and a pres sure of 150 pounds a yard?the oscillation will not be more than six inches. Tho oscillations will be very slow because of : the great length of the part which vi brates, and it is certain that it will be j much less than in columns of masonry, : whero the elasticity of tho mortar is the ' chief cause of marked oscillations.?Paris 1 Cor. Philadelphia Times. I Making Trouble in a Boardlng-House. ' "I want to give you a quiet talking to," said the manager of a leading boarding house to a wealthy guest. "I had to dis charge a good waiter to-dny on your ac count." "What do you mean, sir?" asked the gentleman, with some show of indigna tion. "You have spoiled three good waiters for me already," replied the manager firmly and respectfully. "You gave the man I have just sent away $5 a month. ?! Now, sir, that was intended either as a ' generous gift or meant as a bribo to the i j man to give you more food and better ser I vice than you pay for. No matter what . j the motive, the effect was the same. I am I always in the kitchen at meal times and I see to it that every guest has what he is i entitled to and no more; so you got no ad ? vantage in that way, but you did receive a great deal more attention than you were ' entitled to. Mr. Jones, who sits at your table, pays me just as much as you do, and , is just as good a customer to me. But he ', can not afford to pay a waiter $5 a month 1 as you do, and the consequence is the mau ! neglects him to fuss with you. If he : could afford to pay as much fees as your I self, neither of you would get any advant : age, but he can not, aud himself and fam . ily have been so neglected that I expect ? they will leave the house, and all your generosity does is to deprive mo of a good customer." "I never looked at it In that light be fore," said the wealthy guest, "aud I guess ? hereafter I'll get along without subsidiz ing the waiter, or content myself with a present that is not expected.?San Fran cisco Post. Number of Elcctric.il Inventions. The number of inventions on electricity during 18S3, was 1,353, or 5.78 per cent, of I the whole number of inventions of all kinds. The number of the last patent, is sued in I>s5, was S3u,4'/j. Of these, about li??.Gi'J are now in force.?Frank ? Leslie's. Wator-Color Portrait of Washington. What is claimed to be an original water color portrait of Washing^ n, painted on ivory in, 1S7C by J. Lacon, owned h Springfield, Mass., is offered to the govern ment for the modest little sum of ?250, 000. _ In nine years oakeu pilesat Mieres, i Spain, have taken on the apjR>arance ol ; stone-coaL V To the Farmers of Orangeburg County. IN TEE XEXT SIXTY DAYS MANY ENGINES, SAW AND CORN' MILLS, GINS, &c, will be purchased by the people of this county. Where will you get them? We offer to you as Rood ENGINE as can be built in the United States and a high grade of ma chinery generally. We have our BRANCH HOUSE in Co lumbia, and as manufacturers wish to deal DIR?CTLY with our customers. . Consult your interest by writing to us for prices, &c. TALB0TT.& SONS, RICHMOND, VA. j ADDRESS, ! V- C. BADHAM, MANAGER. BRANCH HOUSE, COLUMBIA, S. C. - 5TFRANK M. POOSER is one of our authorized Salesmen. April 22-4niOS 1886 Sprim ail Sim 1886 We are now prepared to show our Ssock of Spring and Summer DRESS GOODS. CONSISTING OK nuns yelling, cashmeres, buntings, white and figured lawns, crinkled, seersuckers, piques, linens, j?-^aiXGHAMS.^ ;also laces, embroideries and ribbons. We arc offering a Bargain in Ladies i Genuine Canton Cape May Hats at 23 cents. LADIES LINEN COLLARS. Our STOCK OF SHOES is as complete as ever, comprising full lines in best makes. Our stock of Clotliing we are selling off at very low figures to close out. Prices in all departments low down. A ? call solicited. Satisfaction guaranteed. ! Branson & Dibble. ORANGEBURG, S. C. Corner Russell and Market Streets. MORE LIGHT ON THE Subject. 1 will now devote my entire at tention to LAMPS! LAMPS! With an experience of ten years I am in a posltiou to know what variety of Lamps to keep on hand that will suit any purpose and give entire satisfaction. When in need of a Burner that will give you a large brilliant -light call for "SORENTRUE'S GUARANTEE". I give full directions how to use it and a guarantee for a year with each Burner. Remember that "FAIR DEALINGS, LOW TRICES and BEST QUALITY is my Motto, and don't forget that whatever you may need in the way of or for a* Lamp you will l?f sure to get it at SORENTRUE'S STOKE, Headquarters for Lamp-. Jan 21-lyr I'l.tA'OS AAJ> OICG.VV*. 1 WANT EVERYBODY TO KNOW that I represent seven leading PIANC AND ORGAN FACTORIES and will sei at Manufacturer':* LOWEST CASU Uli INSTALLMENT FIG CUE*. I am prepared to give special induce incuts tu long time purchasers. Any Instrument sent on fifteen day. trial. I wili positively save uwrj pui'dutM.*! from?10to?3?. D. II. MARC11ANT, ORANGEBUKG, s. C. Al f? II. Cornelson'sstwv. Api ii 22-lyr J W. BOWMAN. ATTORNEY AT LAW OKANGEUUIiO, S. C. A Big Boom IN DRY GOODS AT THE NEW ~VT ORK QTORE EW X ORK ?T OHE We are now prepared to present to the public the most complete Stock of STRING AND SUMMER GOODS, SPRING AND SUMMER GOODS Ever opened in the city, and at the lowest Prices, L_ I DRY GOODS, CONSISTING OK CLOTHING, BOOTS, SHOES, HATS, CAPS, &c., &c. Also a complete Hue of MATTINGS, OIL CLOTHS, SHADES, &C., &C. We have just received a full line of DRESS FABRICS at from 10 to 2? Cents, We have just received a full line of MUSLINS AND PRINTS at ? Cents. Just received 100 pairs of LADIES' FINE SHOES at from ?1 to ?3. Just received 100 pails LADIES' SLI1TEIIS at from 51 lo ?2.50. Just received a fine assortment of MENS' AND iJOVS' CLOTHING at lion ?i to ?:;5. . I 1: OVK XOTK >>' 1 ?EPAKTMENT is complete in every particular. W Call early andsee for yoiirseltassee iny is believing. D, EPSTIN, New York Store. THE STAR ? Newspaper supporting the Principles of o~ Democratic Administration, Published In the City of New York. WILLIAM DOKSHELjUER, Editor and Proprlotor. Daily, Sunday, and Weekly Editions. THE WEEKLY STAR, ASIxteon-pago Newspaper, Issued every Wednesday. A clean, pure, bright and interesting FAMILY PAPER. It contains the latest news, down to tho hour ot I going to press: Agricultural; Market, Fashion, Household, Political, Financial and Commercial, Poetical, Humorous and Editorial Department.1!, ail under tho direction of trained journalists of the highest ability, its sixteen pages will bo found crowded with good things from beginning to end. Original stones by distinguished American and foreign writers of fiction. THE DAILY STAR, The Daily Star contains all tho news of the day in an nttrnctlvo form. Its special correspondence by cable from" London, Paris, Berlin, Vienna Rad Dublin is ft commendable feature. At Washington, Albany, and other nowa centers, the ablest correspondents, ppccially retained by tho The Stau, furnish the latest news by telegraph. Its literary features are unsurpassed. The Financial and Market Reviews ore- nnusually . full ami complete. Special term* and extraordinary induce ments to agents and canvassers. Send for circulars. TERMS OF THE WEEKLY STAR to Sra Bcr.mEiis, free or postage in the United States and Canada, outside the limits or New York City: Per year.St 25 Clubs of Ten.10 00 Clubs of Fifteen (and one extra to organizer).. 15 00 TERMS OF THE DAILY STAR to Sun BCRinERS : Every day for one Tear (includingSunday)....?" 00* Daily, without Sunday, one year. 0 O) Evcrydav, six months. 3 50 Dally, without Sunday, six months.3 00 Address, THE STAR, 96 and 28 North "vFlUlam St., Now York. insurance. COUTH CAROLINA BRANCH OF O THE VALLEY MUTUAL LIFE AS SOCIATION OF VIRGINIA, COLUM BIA, S. C, JANUARY 21, 1886.?1 have been appointed State Agent of the Valley Mutual Life Association of Virginia and Col. LEE I1AGOOD has been appointed manager. The office of the South Carolina Department is at Columbia, No. ? Main street, (under City Ball.) I will make an a^ive canvass of the State, and want the assistance of a number of live men to canvass every county in the State. Thi Company was organized eight (8) years ago by some of the leading business men of Virginia, with the view of furnish ing our people with good sound insurance at tire lowest possible cost. Its success has been unprecedented, and far exceeding that of any compauy organized In /the South. Its liabilities from its organization to this date have been fully met, its Reserve Fund of S108.D00 securely Invested, with an actual membership of about 8,000, aggre gating over 5Ij,0?0,00i) of insurance. , Any communications addressed to me or the manager at Columbia will receive prompt attention. WM. M. BOSTICK, Jb., Jan 28-1 mo "* State Agent. H. Spahr, Watchmaker and Jeweller, Under Times and Democrat Office, Keeps on hand a fine Stock of Gold and Silver Watches. Clocks. Jewelry. ? Silverware, Spectacles, Gold and Silver Headed Canes, ifcc. Also. Musical Instruments, such as Violins. Accordions. Banjos and Guitars, And all other goods in this line. STA large assortment of 13 carat Plain Gold Rings always in stock. ISTGoods warranted, and prices low. FOUND AT LAST. A Preparation that will positively cure that most distressing malady NEURALGIA. "CRUM'S NEURALGIA CURE" FOR EXTERNAL USEONLY-. This is not a cuke all but a Remedy, as its name indicates, for the cure of Neural gia in its mildest, as well as its severest form. It will also relieve Toothache, Head ache from cold and nervous headache, and bites and stings of insects. This preparation has never been known to fail in curing Neuralgia, where the directions have been faithfully followed; having been used by Lr. Cruni in his prac tice of Dentistry for several vears. For sale by DR. -L G. WANNAMAKER. IN MEDICINE QUALITY IS or the FIRST [MPOBTANCE. Pure Drug* and Medicines care fully prepared by experienced hands at Di:. J. G. Wa>*xa maker's Dbug Stoke. _ I. S. Harley, Kussel St reel, Jfexl i<> Tent, (>i:angeul"kg. S. C, YUIIEUE you will find ahvavs ..-u * * hand, a line line of SEGAlfS and TOBACCOS of all grades, GROCERIES. DRY GOODS, and GENERAL MER CHANDISE, at lowest CASH prices. "Remember well, and bear in mind, To save two nickels, will make a dime."