Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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VOL '1. MANNIG. ('LARENDO ('OUNTY~ S.t~ WE1)NESI)Y, JIL1418.NO3. OLD TIM .0 BUT T111 How a .alte ary S! Country 0 and ade .,oru. el The death Perrv. the greatest Mormon ei-er east of Utah and the leader in what was once a :ettlement of 250 of the Latter Day Saints, which occurred at Perrvville-, N. J., Xt week, virtually closes the historv of MuIrmon ism in New Jersey. Of all the old set tlement but two people i now remnain one, Adeline Mevers, an old aid. 11ow residing in Hainesville: and the other, Martin Recton, an old bachel'or, living away back in the Blue Ridge _Noutains, fifteen miles from DeckeTtown. The historv of this community, as ob tained from Silas Suydam, or "Whea-boy Sie" as lie is more commonly called, is an in teresting one. In fact, old Sile himself is in an interesting story. Sile is one ofI oldest settlers in the lue Ridge M1oun tains, and lives in what was once the very heart of the eastern l'tah. Early one morning weck a Star reporter started from Deckertown to hear Sile's story of Mormonism. He found the old man sutfering from rheu:aatisi, con tracted during the war, and for which he now draws a pension. After the usual remarks about the weather and the value of the horseflesh which the renorter had been driving, the latter said: '"Say, Sile, did you ever hear of a Mormon settlement up inl this neighbor hood?" "Did I ever hear of it? Do I remem ber it? Well, I guess I do. I come pritty near bein' a Mormon myself them days. 'Long in the spring of '50, I think it was, when an old, long-haired pilgrim come marchin' into town one morniu'. He said his name was Lane, Elder Lane, from Salt Lake City. He had a pack of papei-covered books under his arm, and he left one at every house. I think I got-the one he left here vet. Just wait .ill I go in and see." .The old man walked into the house and returned in a few mintes with a yellow-covered book containing about tifty pages, entitled "The Christian Way; A History of the Rise and Progress ei the Mordion Chuarch, by .1 ius Lane. "Thet ere book," said Sile. resmingr his story, "is what adi4-. The wimmin folks got a hold on At an' rread it over an' over, an' they'd get togetChr an' talk c about atween themselves. Old Lane didn't stop thet time, but lie came back in about a week an' writ out notices thet he was agoin' to stay an' preach on Sun day. Thet was 'long about the middle h of the week, I think, an' he soent the b rest of the week goin' around nailin' these notices u on trees. Well, Sundai ,eome, an' the whole mountain turnedl q out to hear what the old man had to say. a .. wus there 'long with my sister. Sallie .Ann, au' I hed a lot of paper' an' a piece of eamd, an' I put down the Scrip ture notes tht the old fellow read. I kinder thoughi he might lie a little, or read 'em wrozI4 oz suthin', don't you know, an' when I got hu4 I got down the old Bible, an' hunted up 5-erv one of the texts what he had read, az' by gosh, they were there, an' just like he'd i' said 'em, too. I thought I was a pritty te -"ood scriptorian myself, but some how I ' Zhsin't recommenmber of ever havin'rah then: things before. There they wash though, in black and white-, an' 1I.2 couldn't go back on the Bible, it was the most ded2ishest hole I ever got into. I talited with .some of the neighbors P1 about it, and at hd' we decided to hold CO a meetin' unbeknow~'i +o I.e to talk la~ it over and see what tii do ,uvout it. We th didn't just like the idea of' goia' hack on1 our Methodist brethren down to 8:dz~is- 1 ton, but we was agoin' to be right, breth- 1 ren or no brethren. The night for the n meetin' come, an' about thirty-ii.e of us Ii gathered in my house, this .same R house right here," pointing to the houised - "I thought we'd best open the mieetin' with prayer for help to decide the qunes- a - tion, an' so I got upl an' prayed the goo~d th( Lord to tell us which was right. WVell,' ' sir,; maybe yo'- won't beieL.ve it, but m"' suthin' said t 'Sile, you'd best leave w that galoot alone. I heard it jus as ho: plain as day. It come so suddint, by a d gosh, that1. made up my m.ind on the s spot to stick to the Mlethodists. It didn't an seem to strike the others that "'av, though, for every mother's son of the'm' Au voted to have the old sinner stay andeh preacX "3 ,course one couldn't do nuthkin' I Y0 viit -fou~r, an' so they hed their ' ar way, an' Lane was invited to preach. He 1 - ,was more than willin' to, you bet, an' lhewa kept right on Sunday after Sunday T mnakii:' newv converts all the time. By- Fo an' by, I guess 'twas after he lhed beeni con her 'base six months, he got up in get meetin' one usday, an' said: -.Brethren, agr we been here sonw time now alaborin' tim together, an' the eige'h of God has ber growed up to be a big one. Par-t of our mnil religion is to baptize, an' all o1 ypu must are be baptized afore you can git to hiease.' nel Then he said he would be astandin' on:on the shore of Lake Shipeong it 12 o'clock p~re thet night, an' he would baptize d1l who fbi hed jined the faith. Every body waa. thu to see how it was done, an' so everybody ih@3 was there. At exactly 1i o'clock oil I the Lane stepped into the lake, an' alhout a lthei minnte after Ann Harrison. a roung~ gn-rilthal about 20 years old, followed Ihim. .Ue Hot. commenced to sing a song, and then he I lPeo: douced her down into the water. He jlhor! done this three times, an' then lie asked jtray for anybody else that wauted to bie btap- I tized, and young Tonm HLg.:ermanin ligh stepped into the water. lHe was fo~lowed stou by twenty-one more, an' then theyv au11 l lgh went home. After this baptism thiey sim: bad one every week, and if there as 'd anybody what wasn't ba'tizedL he warn't aea nobody. The church kept4 a-growin' an. the a-growmn' until '55, when L.ane sa id har good-by an' left for- Utah. We hear~d cn afterward that he died on the road-any-.' way, we never saw~ him ag'n. I "For 'bout three vears there wasn't n head an' the church' died down.. TheL0 in '58 a fellow calling himselr Ed Doc k- ,. etyma' claiming to hail from New~ York io :ame a -A rgn-.e i brung with Li him two s - yo eve see st. mn' said ~s wives. He ml - aida ~Wi e girls haere- rij ab outs was cleani gone on him. P hatdn't i 1eeni Iere no more than thrt ionths beforlie niarried Sally Beebu: 'iee young gal. lThe church growe ile Dockerty was here, an' when It "'e was about 150 members. Aloin st before the war broke -ut wa. ~ xas, takin' his thr wve wit hear b. died shc ily afte he go "I went to the that, an< what they done w I don' knowus ii t a fellO omre a M -,WrkS an' he preached an' -ossed t .pOari.l until '69, when he disappeared o c da an' nothin' was heard of him until abou a month after, when his dead body wa: found up here in the woods near Fid. dier's Elbow. He was buried in ri style. It was during Sparks' term wher Ton Perrv was converted. Tom wa pretty well along in years-around the sixties, somewhere, I guess-but lie be e;Ine a red hot Mormon. an' he used to get up in the old school-house an' say the spirit moved him; then he'd talk an hour at a time, real smart, too. It wis on account of this talking pow% or that old Perry took charge uhen Sparks was gone, and I think he had 'bout 150 wim miiin and seventy-five men in his cong-re i. tion. The old sehool-liouse wasn't big enough to hold them, an' they held their neetin's outside. Old Tom had one wife when he jined the church, an' afore lie got through he had eight. I hear they's all dead now. The old wo man war 81 when she died, an' the youngest, a gal named Minnie, war about 22. 'Long in '72 or '73 Tom made u1 his mind to convert the whole com try an' lie made up a meetin' to disenss the (uestion with the Methodists down to Saudiston. The meetin' lasted eight lays an' both sides claimed they got the Lest of it. so it was put into the hands of i committee to decide, but somehow :hey never reported how it conic out. [n '74 the thing commenced to dwindle, In' it kept gittin' lesser an' lesser until 2ow, I guess, there's only two left, One >f 'em is a cousin of mind, Miss -Meyers, lown in Haynesville, an' t'other one is )ld Mart Recton, who lives lp here a )iece in the mountain on the road to iowhere. The settlement just below at .havtown, which was run by Charlie bers, never 'mounted to mucf anyway, n', I guess, they're all gone now. Well must go to work. Much obleeged for -ou fellers stoppin'. I don't see much f life up here." After thanking Sile for his story the cribe drove on to the old school-ionsc -here the meetings were held. It is a ttle old hut, not much larger than a ood-sized dry goods box. At present is occupied by Martin Cole and his umily, consisting of a wife and eight Ilildren. It has but two rooms, and!, iese are used for cooking, eating and 1 cepinag purposes. Half a mile further p the road is Tom Perry's old place. n a little clearing by the road is the ouse where he was born and lived all ] is life. It is an uniainted wooden;C ailding containing four rooms. There j a little shed in the rear. Tom was I lite a character. He was born poor, t id by drudging and saving he succeed in buying the lanid around hi.< home:,I ead, amounting to about 650 acres. t wenty years before he joined h- Mor-1jt on Church he quarreled with his wife I >out a trifling thing, and they never! oke to each other until the night hel h is baptized. All that time they lived g the same house, cooked, ate and slept b gether, yet they never spoke a word to |f ch other. He was the father of four- h i children by the woman. How many a had by his l'ater wives is not known. i tC had eighty-two gindchildren whent died. All are scattered ini different ia rts of the country, nonie of them living ar the old place. 1I About half a mile north from Perry's s ce is Lake Shipoon~g, w}here all the averts were baptized. It is quite a ge body of water, considering the fatct '0 it it is on the highest point of the Blue W ilge range, over 1,900 feet above the el of the sea. The view from the lake 01 >nc of the grandest in world. Stand on: thie roaidside near by one can seeh een vikg;~ writh the naked eye, the irest one ten ii&::way. Four miles if m the hake, on the 'old'stag mie turn i, Shaytown, which wais alio oje iormaon 4gclment. C. D. Abers Was T leadit~g elder ah ?lls place. He be 'n converted while ' ausgling the an etinge,~t Perryville while Elder~ Lt;: of Sin charge 1er them. Upon his return ti ne he gathered around him a band of p~ ozen, and every Sunday de-ing the s me they would go off'in the wood' th t hold tijeir meetings, while in the Y5 ter they woiild .ie held in his liouse . hrs had but one wire. j-je had eight . Aren, six of thenm girls, all ot wh1om ted tie 3.formion Church, and married ng Mormion acaerts. None of them J living now. bi . few miles back of Shiaytowni ibere a settlemient of Mormon women. headers were a Mrs. Ray and a Mrs. .No man was allowed to join this tmnitiy, but if wainted to come and .C a wife lie we welcome, provided he " sad to go away ith? her. At onedc there were as ma-v mas fifteen mem- 01 in this settlement. A dri-ye of thye e 's over a stony, rocky road and yo-: in Brick House, the only town in the 4 ~hboihood that did not liave at leastd convert to Mormonism when it was of raeat. Why it was called Brick h tse is a mys'g os a brick is some-I g probably nev er se:. v the in- dt itants of that village. Hefe'i ah we:"; traveler eats, however, anad i e is any one- thing more than .nother the proprietor of +he Brick House el knows about, it is Iteedg .hungry a good1, square meal, giving e n e sax cinti -of Oats, .and asking the Tex eler when he ia., 2;'ished his meal "p1 ther lie would like ai Lid: "chain one nitg," or wiould p~refer to "buek a cur: e fence.' . ilith prefers "chain ani :in, he ;.;a 'iople whiskey ght, twio driks of wihi it warrant- fask< > talZ: the lining oft the stomach oif ; ' It-iron nai. If he p~re'fers to "buck ceet ;tone fence" he .:g a bgbowl of li . cie.All this is domse for fifty on i ire miles from Brick House is T lesville, the home of Miss Meyers, amec iy living female Mormon in 'Jer- see-m. She is abhout 80 years old, and is a that rkably sharp old lady. When asked Clex t the old settlements in1 the mo0un- r-ear she told substantially- the same p 1oli "Whoa-boy Sile" Shme said that , a s according to the T 3 'mulyan aree-with e ment on the part of the woman to obey e the iman. There was no written contract, ,siniply a sh:ake of the hand. In reply to 1 the question if polygamy was practiced to any extent she shook her head and said: "Soie (id it, but I never tried it." After "bneking a .aNe fenec- the s scribe started on his wear: way of thirty r odd miles back over the hills to Decker town, having learned more about eastern 1 3Mormonism in twelve short hours than the had ever learned before in his life. i Is there not a moral lurking somewhere in the fact that the only two living -Mor mons of the two or f thre hundred who once lived there are ani el maid and an old bachelor? TakIn:: thle Mansion1 41re o1 Hunet and1( L"e4 or a uIC O: :. (Fron: e NXe Yt A .kun. The daily routine of life at the White House hasnot been altered much since a bride came to preside there. A writer in the New York Sun savs that the Presi dent's habits have not yielded to the cbange in his domestic afkirs. There is one more servant, a German girl, nrhom Irs. Hoyt brought from Favetteviliec with her, who will remain as 36s. Cleve laud's maid. But the Presence of a mis tress at the Executive Mansion -would not be perceived by the aid vistor. A close inspection of the private portion of the house, however, shows that a woman's dainty hand and refined taste have passed over it, and the rooms look less like a club house and more like a home. Mrs. Cleveland and her friend have been overhauling the artique furni ture, pulling one piece out of -this room and pnshing another into that, and at the west end of the private corridor they have fitted up a litt snuggerv, where they sit sometimes and exchango .oui fidences. A piano has been taken up into one of the south chambers and that a part. of the house, which has so long been gloomy and forbidding, has now become musical and merry under the touch of j their fingers. Visitors who are shown into the President's library nowadays hear t, unaccustomed sounds, ;i snatch of song disclosed by an open door, or an echo of laughter, or a few notes of a piano gayly t played. | When the President hears these sounds he often looks surprised and many a n time leaves a pile of C4ilcial papers on s his desk, looks into the adjoining room to see what the girls, as he calls them, 3 ire up to and then returns to his work a 0 happier and more contented man. A i Cabinet meeting was interrupted the l1 >ther day and grave matters of statecraft 9 xere laid aside by a1 little confusioni ini vhich two girlish voices were apparent, S nt the interruption passed suddenly 6way and diverte - attention was restore'd 1 o the consideration of the fisheries ques- b ion. I Breakfast was formerly served at the - white House at eight ;'clock and the d resident was often at his desk an hour TI r so before. Now the breakfast hour s nine o'clock, and only once or twice s ince his marriage has MIr. Cleveland at- ha ended to any official duties before going be own stairs. He usually passes into the ce] brary on his way to the dining room to " ki what telegrams or letters are lying do pon his desk and runs through them col ile waiting for breakfast to be served. [o geis into the ofilcial harness about :', our later than he used to do, and it is se encrally ten o'clock nowadays before he 110 egins work, when nine was the hour toi )rmerly. He pulls steadily along until lor mna alf-past one, when, on every alternate ma Iy, he receives the public and then goes di > luncheon, and afterward chats with the ie ladies for a few minutes as he smokes for cigar. theo During the morning hours Mrs. Cleve- tha nd scos nothing of her husband, butth >.ends her time in reading, sewing, ar- no ngm'g igs about the house, wander- clo g in the conserviitory- and grossiping "e' it the gardener abouit the flowers, of e zich .she is very fond. In the attic ofth e White House is a woniderful store ofsa a things, and the young women have '" en overhauling them, dragging to ali ~ht relics of Jeffersonian simplicity andte cksonian severity and throwing "thenm the to contrast with the artistic modern-an ss that has prevailed since General "*' -thur and the Tiflfanvs renewed the ug~ silet's quarters. While there is no mfo. cessity for 31?-s. Ci'veland exercising er y supervision over the domeostic ::.firs is. the place, as the servants are well tre .ined and nmerous, searcely a day tion sses without a consultation wvith the to ward or a visit to the cook, who, with th :rest of the household, admire their th ~ ig inistress as much as the p~ublic do. - Baclorh ecer m)e. d~ L'he New Tork Herald quotes from its a'g :ksoille namesake to prove that were :helors never die, ihus: ness4 rohn Kelly thought Tildenu too ol and The il to run a second time as 1President. inte m 1611y is dead. The stalwairt Cha n- of th r wrested the Psuidency fr om .1ilden. tion indler is dead. Grant, it is said, (beg ald have arrested and imlu-isoned Til-I inig if he ha attempted to claim the dent cc he had been e eta to. Grant is pictu U. 'Hancock was chosen as a more they ly man to live through the Presiden- with $a~n Tilden. Hancock is dead. Hen- wtho. nh aeguzd tf have *a long life ahead in W i scompared di die m;oi et the wveek d of the ticket. Hendricks is dead. ing t~ 'mour, MleClellan, all the old candi- trali( as are dead. Meanwhile Tilden thinks plc-. ce is nothing so invigorating as work- ly di zrvev before the mast on his yacht. (level ___ if the Cleveland's Hintcnuuathzn T4 .dk pf. durini - Ian? M1r. Cleveland will beat everybody advai: ."said Representative MIiller, of of th, as, to a Sie ienorter the other day. bond. iblic opinion isin his lucr :w d no nust can beat him. If the election oe- eratic -ed this fall he would be elected by is the: unneeuse majority." they Will he be strong in the convention?" positi ad the Star. expee Ye-s. MIachine p~oliticians can't sue- Soc t in a fight against well deftined pub- not entimenlt. With? 3tr. CadUisL.Z:cond Their he ticket they would get the largest on a p rity ever given to any ticket." large liere is censiderable talk of this sort cost a ng Democrats in ihe House. It buy it is to be ackno': edged on all sides I have the turn of the 12e is towards MIr. .2t.s eland's renominat on, andt that a!- glory, y it has got out of dhe control of the pendit icians.-Washington Star. The g -- -------*--- - - inch s ie only thing that can make money is not out, advertising.-the mint. mext ml ItESSIONS OF TIIE SOUTH. Wiii.uT . MILR Ail'I-E M.\ TIl.\K5 01 TIS! SECTION. .n IZntellient Statemenl of the Condition n Afairs. Vien ed Throng: the Spectacles of qi impartial Correspondent. (Moile Latter to the Milwauk -e Jouxrnai.t ) The long, lanky editor of a Northerr paper, who went to Canada to dodge th< draft, insi.-t.s that the rebel larigadier are again in the saddle, ready for anoth er assault on the Union. He whisper to those who will listen that the South ern man still hates his Northern brother with all the ardor of his sunbred nature. As usual, the organ editor lies. I have spent six weeks looking for uncon structed citizens, without finding one. On the contrary, the visitor from the North is impressed with the cordiality which marks his reception here, and the spirit of National pride that is manifest Ad. A spectacle not unirequently be cid is that of an ex-Confederate soldier, Viho gave one cf his legs to feed Uncle isan's bullets, steadying himyself with a -rutch while he praises with generous testiculation this great and glorious na ion. I have not heard the late unpleas .ntness spoken of except when the sub ect was broached by a Northerner. Of ourse there are Bourbons here who can tot understand that we have passed from lie 60's to the 80's, but the average ioutherner would fight for the Union :>-day. The story of the business life of the outh is a sad one. It may have been a qest it the Rip Van Winkle banquet; has certainly'slepE for twency years, tid is now straightening out its legs repartory to going forth to learn what 2d where it is. It will find as much appiness and prosperity as Rip did at ic end of the journey. There is no amit to its resources; to the right and le left one can see fortunes: but there nobody here to reach out his hand and ke them. One rides through miles of lendid country that bears no sign of e. Immigrnt'on is the first great ed; no effort has yet been made to cure new citizens. Is it likely people mul4 go into such a frantic scramble to tle on Dakota blizzards if they knew the advantages this section of country ers to men of small capital and day f >orers? But the Northwest will be ex- f isted sooner or later, and the tide of s migration will flow Southward. Then, j - not till then. .hall we know the New uth. It is not probable this metamor- a osis will be conipleted early enough to e neilt the present generation rhe beliri quite generally entertained! t Northern people, that the negro is t ,tined to act an important part in the relopment of the South, is fallacious. ey do not appear to progress. I have n colored children at school, and it is -d to realize that a human being can P so stupid as they are, with rare ex >tions. The older neyces have not a rk of am'bition. They live on a few lars a year, and are lazy, shiftless and bi Ltented. I could learn of but few hj ored employers. We drove three ai es into the country, in Mississippi. to F a siecimen cf negto tarift. TheP fte- a hadl rented ground and planted cot- of . He picked enough to pay hisland- " 1 and merchant, the latter being the d 2 from whom he buys meal and mo- bi es. About one-third of the crop he "I not harvest, leaving it as it grew in th field; he is sure of food and lodging in the year, and is satisfied. Like all th darkeys, he lives in a small cabin et has one room, a big chimney and it ~vindows. He spends no money for Ik hing; in fact a decently d5essed of ro is not a commnon sight. Where on in h they get the rags that partly cover ru r bodies is a mystery. it is fair to ret I hav-e seen 5,000 negroes, and every- to of them wore a hat which words can pr describe, and no two aof themn were! de .In foot-gear, particularly amnong fi curly-headed denizens of Tennessee Pr Mississippi, they display fearful and fis< derful ingenuity. The majority wrap thi around their feet, and do not re- th( e or change them until warm weath- det guaranteed. Na 1c relation of the whites and blacks prm irrepreseted. The negroes are ex- Hi: ely respectful and frequeutly 4.c- thui tte in their conduct toward the prc e peolhe. They have trouble with cor mneducate-d whites, wyhom they con- proC beneath them. It was from this Las the overseers were selected in the san of slavery. The stories of bull- sen ag and shot-gun rule are gross ex rations. When the carpet-baggers driven out stormy scenes wvere wit d, but now elections are peaceable. I negroes do not exhibit~ the slightest est in aillairs of State. Thousands em do not even know when an elec- A evill be held. When a Democrat yea ding the B3ou'rbons' pardon for call- son fr. Cleveland tsuch) became Presi- 1" sonmc of them were excited by "~n res drawn by demagogues, but now enti seem to regard the atdninistration mei fatvor. Alexander, the colored man chai lelivered Blaine campaign speeches the sconsin last year, (died here this a t Hie was a hard character, accord-~ the general verdict, and op)eniv \el ked oni his influece with his ne00- Frua If the negroes could be intellig'ent- So ceted they might do much towardfr ping the South. but it is doubtfulne v can do anything for themselves theu g the p~resent generation, at least. te c rtae 0sTiJ haentfron ced since the war, as 1 know little Italy ir condition when they were in bril go. In judging them the readerstl keen in mind the fact that for genl- The :s thy- lee b een onoressed. It -efore "not i'easoniale th expect that I in itt gill at once raise themselves to a ice mn which humanitarians wish and must them to occup1). look ally the South~ shines. One ean neatl miagine more chtarmhing peole. grae rand scale. Th le r(omisare alasothe: ind the ceilings high. Wih house cities fortune originially, now - conl a his) for a song.Tehnsons lc stant. sencould bte had for 81->,O00 or g 0. As ev.idenice of its departed h ' paintinigs that repiresented an ex- ..r ure of $l10,000 cover the walls li :ounds are acres wide and deep, struel wooded and watered. Now there Blram hing to support such establish- mule The nrchiteturonf all the houne ie.io is severely plain; there is so little varia tion that the prosl)ect soon become monotonous. A feature is the bOrcad gal leries, with their innuense pillars; nearb every Imilding has them. In these great houlses there is room foi r hospitality. The people hav nt as nmel I m11on1ev as we have in the North, but thei know'how to spend what. they have bet. ter. A New Orleans gentleman said: "A great manycofortald oi noth ing." If they have but a (101lar they spend it like a king. Society seems to be their life. Breakfasts, luncheons, dinners, balls and receptions! They never tire of the crush, the chatter. the music. They work as we play. The women are beautiful and w i educated generally. Men idealize thei. Their sway is absolute. The result is doubt less beneficial. They try to live up to the standard which their male fr-Inds have set up for them--mort als that :re but one step from heaven. link be tween a woman and an angel." Pcr haps too great a part of their lives is spent in society; the stream of in'sin cerity and flattery which is poured into their ears year in and year out is apt to wash away the freshness and simplicity which constitute woman's greatest chanrin. They read good books, and coisequent ly are broad-minded. They have practi cal ideas. and make the best of wives. Th!eir pale faces will not compare favora bly with the r-.y cheeks of Northern girls, in the eyes of Northern men at least. They ruin their complexions b using powder; at a very errl- age their faces arc colorless. Congress might pass an anti-face powder act, on the ground that beauty is a gift from the gods for the benefit of mankind, and she who ruthlessly destroys it is a fit subject for fine and imprisonment. The men do not average as well -s tihe women, Th'ey a-:h1Z, ui do iioi know how to make their talents serve them. They lack energy and application, and i possibly opportunity, although men ought to make opportunities. Very few I >f them still cling to the idea that work f Ls degrading, that a gentleman must he . oafer, Aumsements are liberally patronized. ruesday was the Mardi Gras festival. x [here is no holiday in the North like it. v 3usiness is suspended, and the whole ( )o ulation appears on the streets. Ful 1 a the people wear raasks and highly n antastic costumcs, and are given due a icense in speech and manners. From li arly morning until late at night theyh >ow horns, dance, sing and play the t< ool generally. They arc better citizens or the frolic; it revives their interest in a: ober things, and convinces them that a I1 ttle nonsense goes a long ways. S Mobile has about 40,0 inhabitants, n nd is better off than many other South- o: rn cities. It is a deliglitful place for tz inter tourists, and as its fame spreads 'a iroughout the West it will furnish win- al .r homes for people who object to severe o oather. AN EXL)ED NAPoLEO . n rince Plon-Plon Tells a Truah or '1Two About the4 Expulion. (From the London Siectaor.) On the understanding that the Chai- it r will expel the Comte de Paris and ta s son and Prince Napoleon and his son id leave the other P iea ithin rance P;inc.'. Ilao as published -t protest, in which he makes mincemeat p the supporters of the scheme. An th )rleans Prince," he says, "ma-rries his m, ,ughter, and invites his friends to cele- w ate that event." That is not a cri: e. th had no connection with it; yet it is Io is which has suddenly transformed mesu to a Pretender, though I was not one wl e day before." The perils of the Re- str blic do not spring from the Pr.in~es, t from a Constitution drawn up by >yalists, but shaped into an instrument Jacobin oppression. "By what social . provements have you justified your ter le? You have neither becen able to wih pect the Concordat nor to abolish it. dir continue free traders nor to become . >tCtionsts. to reform taxation nor to poi rend it, to soften international un-;!on ndlliness nor to procure an alliance." wai oscription has commenced, and eon- h ation will come; then the partisans of rel Princes will be expelled, and then ni.: Chamber will be driven to the 'Loi thiu Suspects.' " It is all true, and Prince stai poleon might, had he chosen, have wat ved his case by a final illustration. No' scousin, the Emperor, wa:s driven on Int t preciac acilishy beginining with the~ it d scription of the Orle-anist Princes, the tinuing with the conliscatioin of their wat p)erty, and ending with the terrible syp v of Public Safety, under w1hich thou- air as of the best men in Erance were rew tuktried to Cayenne. moi EUROP01E H1EVio4ThD- the ('hnn;:~cs of Haluf a ('c:gaury WhIichi Dr. e Holmes n toein fter an interval of more than fifty :s I propose taking a seconid look :at e parts of Europe. 1Ihis will giv.: readers of the Atlantic, as well as the ~ er, a vacation to whichi we both seem tied. It is a Rip Ya~n W ikle experi .t which I am prioising myvself. The aii iges wrought by hldf at centurv" in t" countries I visited amount almost to unsfornmationl. I let~ the England of slteal iami the Fourth, of the Duke of Lington, of Sir Robert Peel; the 100 of Looio Pihi.e of Marshali .t, of Theirs, of Guiot. I wentho L M~an-Thester to Liver n4l by the to railroad, the only oiie I 'etw in~ >pe. I looked upon Enln .rn~m . >ox of a staae 'oach une n France the coupe 0f a dili'ence. upon4i -from the chaiot of vettuino. T he en windows of Apsiev . iux wer boarded up when Iwas in London. earl~ asphht pavem'entL wa s n4t lai:d in .The 01belish of DI.o 'as -. i g ~teat boat. ii El See, as S re- 41 becrit. 1 did not .-c it eet ed it have been a senataiontohv d4 on, the eniner stanin;.;- udr I, so as to be erushed~ by it ...(41. .hlke Dr. Schlilan'1s T-r''jan ,there is no nee of1 4 wor iin ov. :ry whichi, inistead 44r ri 5 c4n .v ending vwith' Wha nem h in aiI (ur.11S44 1h. ': ;- i i " - a tree and d c.' 'I :. : 4: \I ie lett were trw.sokd:. . the~y driov.e wase trow down, .4 a0 DJ Sinur wae shoruc -- - I ASINE>S IN THE SOUTH. Io;I iSaid to be Pickina Up-A Noted Col ored Mnn. New York is fil of business just now A big ierchant says that trade is muel . better this m'.nnti than it has been for long time. An interesting incident o: this increase of trailc was related by i gentleman of large affairs. "Much of our trade," said he, "at thi time of year comes from the South. You would be surprised at the number of Southern merchants who come North on a combination tour of pleasure and busi ness about this time. Most of them are 'shrewd buyers and are leaving good orders. Therefore at this season of the year, when we generally expect to be dull, we are havig a good, brisk trade. I Can account for it upon no other theory than this is the time of year when South ern men find it most convenient and profitable to come North to purchase goods. This revival of Southern trade shows the prosperity of that region. Within the past two years it seems to have picked up wonderfully and there is a substance and fidelity about this trade that makes it profitable. The class of goods that go South has also changed wonderfully. They are buying more sub)stantial goods than formerly, but at t he same timne of richer materials. Form erly the Suitthern trade demanded costly fabrics of a showy character-red, orange and figured goods predominating. Now they are taking more durable materials of substantial colors. In fact, no trade in this country has shifted so radically within the past five years as the South rn. The change has also given u an index to the reforms freedom hasbrought ibout in the econonlig candition of that 5ection. The wy it looks now the South ,il i.- a very few years be among our :hoiest customers. But the goods they >uy will be a reflex of the broader life hat has come to that people, since the: uany are better off and the fey, :) per "ps ,'ering or have diered seriously rom *. di.sa.0 of war." This business man had hardly stopped [icoursing upon the past and present of ;outhern trade and Southern el~eats hen a singular charactgp- .peared. It ,as Pinchbak. -4 Louisiana. He was rifti.- aound the corridors of the St. ams'Iotel, occasionally speaking to a ian, but most of the time walkipg about s if in a half brown stu . Ife is look Ig much older 'Ia ten vears ago, when e l1d been elected United States Sen. >r from Louisiana and was tryi.g to get is seat, to which, by tl.o w'ay, he was nmeh entitled as was his colleague, itt in. 'ogg, or John Patterson, of outh Carolina. But he is interesting _w only as a reminder of ie curiosities reconstl.-letion. You would never ke him for a colored man as he walks )out among the throng which drifts n >out the place where lhe stops. He is about medium size and very well rmed. He is stouter than he used to A while mingling in politics, but does b >t wear enough flesh to make him oss. His full beard is growing very ay, and his hair is following suit. His g -itening whiskers and locks make his ive complexion seem much lighter than rea-ly is, and he wla readily be ken ten n Icr a well-to-do business ur. al the West or Southwest. He is parently well to do financially. He bi )ps at a swell hotel, wears good clothes, b :nty of jewelry and eats and drinks of ar best. If he had not been a colored m L1 with a reputation for gambling lie d( 'uld probably have secured a seat in s United States Senate, for in point. f th >is, manners and ability ho uims the hc ierior of many of th Southern men .0 appeared ir~OoLIgress durn recn action. ~rn rcn se set Wine Recipe, e ['hc followirg i)r. A. F. Broadwa- co: 's eipe for making an excellent table sta e froma blackberries, grapes, musca- Al: es or ap~ples: grt ~ruit, :2 bushels; sugar (best white)80O kn mids; mash the fruit, put into a 40 gal- tra I .rrel, then p~ut in the sugar. Add er er until the barrel is fillcd to within go: iehes of the bung, and shake the bar- lor until the ingredients are thoroughly1 he :ed. Then cover the bung with somekn icloth to keep out insects. Let ittr itl ten days to ferment, then add gra er to within 2 inche't af the bung. WI v top) the b.arr'el perfectly air tight. sta onea syphon-beiug careful that ma ues not dip into the liquid-and let we outer end dip into a vial filled with In 2r. The gas will escape through the got ion into the water iajd not allow any er :o enter the barrel. Let the barrel it v ain in this condition unmolested 4 run tths. and the wine is ready to dra-w meti After the wine is dihawn oft; leave sec< puniniace in the biarrel and add a dot PoIunds of commron sugar or molasses eml Pil the barrel with water; let stand thoe iake vinegar, the .Iosed to Trsta wor Ces, dlear.- the Yo vo ivembe~er comiing home last slig tand asking me to throw vou~ an as- Afte d lot of key- holes out of thle window sta at youi mi'ght find onie larg-e and fiX. Ly enough, to get yottr latch-key in?" es, dear." .iid do remember the night before ai~ you asked mc to come down and the the stonie steps still enough for you dow i&s, dear.' whar nid the niight before that, how von box to junmp inito the bed as it p)assed dow corner of the room?" and es. dear.'' accid nd still another night, when youn ili' ixplained to me that no ta inu( jtoxicated as long as he could lie most wuihut holduing on, and then at- .Oni a1 to go to bed on a perpedndicular ever. in a 1 s. des-.- rop :,do vou realize that vou have Coul hOme sober but two nights in the Th ......b, .and von ought to be I of yourself, too. ThL idea of a Syu g-.But, Joimn-why, cri: 'here, there,' dear, In1" iwnu to be too severe. Aitor all,." isf M em ie home sober two nights." '* t that's what makes me feel ~ aii. thein the meeting adjourned.- i CO l hambller.- * oruont - - This i erecer.; the world at iargs has noj absen< 1 in your nrivate afraire- not lm "IAIDEN'S CREEK." THE INTERESTING STORY OF AN OL ENGINEER. L He Tellm flow Ile Cromsed the Streamt Runnin Fifty .iites an Hour to Keep Out of the Wa or a Detached Box Car---A Place Dreaded b En;ineers---His Narrow Escape. "Yes," said an old engineer yesterday talking to an interested group of listen ers, "I have had some novel experieuces. and some narrow escapes, too, since I began to pull the throttle of an-en I stand before you, th scratch, except a patched up arm." Rolling up his sleeve he exposed to view an arm that looked, judging from the scar that remained, that it was at one time a very useful factor in pulling the lever of a locomotive. "That was nearer a serious accident than any I've ever been in," continued the narrator, "but that ain't what I was going to tell you about." After the lis teners had expressed their desire to hear his story, he refilled his pipe, and after deliberating a few minutes, said: "It was on the Baltimore and Ohio, about forty miles out of Toledo, Ohio, that the accident, or to be more correct as to the nature of it, I will say, inei dent, occurred, for I can't say that it was an accident at all. It was the most novel, funny, and at the same time most. dangerous experience that I ever wit nessed. The place I speak of was called -let me see-it was called the "Maiden's. Creek," and was a very -autiful place to the tourist and pleasure seeker, but a ;ory formidable place to the engineer vho had as many as forty cars to pull. rhe "3aiden's Creek" was spanned by a. restle about one hundred yards in ength, and h was approached from the iorth by a grade of one hundred and en feet, about two and a half miles iii ength, and one of about the same ength, and deep in proportion, to, scend on leaving the creek. To an en aiar with a moderately loaded train llowing him, it was necessary that he ot a good start on his descent, in order o be able to clear the grade on the oth r side. We had orders from headquar ars not to approach any trestle in gen ral, and this one in particular, at a reater speed than twenty miles an hour. Vell, now, it would have been utterly npossible to go over that hill with an npetus of twenty miles per hour from ie other side. As we were approacing us place, one night, my firemen said to, ke, 'George, you'll have to give 'er eam, or we'll camp over yonder on that ill, as sure as preachin.' 'I know that, id I, 'and I'm going to let her roll.' nd I did let her roll, as sure as you're >rn. We went down that grade at the ,te of forty milea an hour, or we didn't > a foot, We just fairly slid down. I kTdly knew when the trestle was reach 1, we went over so quickly. The first ing I rememi er was, we were about dlf way up the grade on the other side >ng about fifty miles an hour. I ought we were climbing mighty easy, tt I had a brand-new twelve-wheeler, d I attributed it to that. Finally I ide the top of the grade, and started wn anothe. Sometling told me that mething was wrong, but I couldn't see ything. I was letL.g her roll down e grade at about fifteen or twenty an ur, and as that 'something' kept tell Sme that something was the zratter, I ~tmy fireman back over the cars to if anything was the matter, sure ough. When he crossed twelve boxes came to a halt. We ha3 been dis :nected. By this time we were at s. ndstill. This was a predicament! out half way tothecbottom of a steep ede, in the dark, disconnected, not wing whether the other part of the in was coming down on us, or whethi it had failed to come over and had ue back the other way1 We hadn't. g to wait, however, for all at once we Lrd a terrible rattling, and then I sw that was the detached part of the in that had managed to get over the do, and was conung down on usr. Lat must I do? It would not do to. id still and let the wild train in its 1 rush run over my engine, which, Id have meant certain destructiont the meantime, my trusty fireman had ten off and was going back to discov f he could see or hear anything. So' as he who yelled to mc: 'Fly! Out, it! It is abox ear!' I caught his. Lning, and took in the situation in a. mnd, and in another one was going n at a fearful rush, pursued by that, )ty box car. While going down I ight of a plan by which I could stop car without serious damage. I would just a little slower than it, and by means let it overtake me. This plan. ked amirably. The car caught up me just before I reached the foot of grade, and thei connection was so it that it was scarcely perceptible. r checking up, and coming to a dstil, Ifound thatlI was still in a Where was the remainder of the t? For it was plain that we were in a sections instead of two. After ing there about ten minutes I saw >alance of the train coming slowly 1 the grade with two or three of the holding their lights, not knowing minute they would run into the ear, or my engine. They came on 1, however, and we coupled up again inished our trip without any more .ents. tut I have always thought," con d the old engineer, "that was the novel, as well as the most danger r~ay of getting over a grade that I lieard of. I could not do it again housand years without smashing up arty, and probably sacrifice life, 1 1, boys?" e unanimous answer was: ou are right, you couldn't." Surface Water. -iew of the vast quantity ofrain that llen recently, saturating the ground raher and tilling the wells with surface .ge, medical autthorities advise that sicnasmaybe vered y dratwing heoeainfor 1wo or thbree times, '1 the water resumnes its normal depth. an importamt matter whichj in the e of any sanitary reguldations. should overlooked by owners of woe.