The Manning times. (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, August 18, 1886, Image 1

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VOL. II. MIANNIN(G, CLARENDON COUNTY, S. C.. WEDNESDAY. AUGUST 18 1886. NO.36. .10)1IN@ON 1SL.D U A PEN PR*TURiE OF TUE i T Ot - ERN PHi-O. The Pirate of Ltke Erie-e 'e Lake Stenmer by a GU;d o ' pathizer--The Failur eur V.'Thr I. Chief of the Crewa. Elc. (Frzm the Mt-a c--s*_*'A--n.) Johnson's Island, now an historie so(t. lies four miles from the cit'y of Sn 1usy, Ohio, in the midst of as beatiu ' sheet of water as can be found on lakes. Seen ac >ss the ba w i green slopes relieved by thea p. white limestone, it presents a lovely pie ture. The highest is perhaps I.*f;* t above the water level, and -is center of the island, which is oxe nie long, a half wide, and contains 3 -eres. In the days long since departed, it covered with a magnificent growth of oak and maple, and was a favorite resort of the Indians, who then thronged all the lake shore. The waters which wash its shores were alive with I)Lck bass, pickerel and perch, and continue so to this day. The soil is full of Indian r s and in one corner is an old Idlian burying ground. 3Iany weird legends of Indianls' ghosts are still extant, and would otar telling. For years the island was owned by one Bull, and it was called fter hini. The first custom-house for ths port Was located on the island at one ,ime, ad the foundations are still to be seen. In 18K2, F. B. Johnson bought the proper ty, and still owns it. In 151A depot for Confederate prisoners was wanted IJ and the government leased the islad, which at once sprang into notoriety as Johnson's Island. At that time but lit tle of it was under cultivation, and the improvements were of the most primi- I tive character. W. T. West, of this city, was awarded the contract for build ing quarters for prisoners and guards, and from that time, until the close of the war, it was the scene of constant activity. January 1, 1862, Company A, of Hothmans Battalion, took possession for the government; later Companies BIb C and D, same battalion, were added, and in 18G33 six miscellaneous companies. The whole was erected into one hundred and twenty-eighth 0. V. ., in the latter part of 1863. The first post connander was Major W. S. Pierson, afterward brevet brigadier general. Colocel Chas. 1 W. Hill, General Tarry and Major Lee ' were successively his succesors. he6 troops on the isand were ehnsted spe cially for this particular *service, and some of them moved ther fanilies to the prison, and soon a schocl-house and church were erected April 9, 1862, the first instalPment of prisoners arrived. These mn were nearly all privates, but as the gre'-t se curity of the prison became knon, onlI officers were sent to the island. Froim the first arrival until the close of the war there was a constantly varying num ber of Confederates on the island. tome times as high as 3,000 were under guard, the total number confined aggregating 15,000. Many dit d, and soon a little ceme tery of some 400 graves was cstablished in a beautiful grove on the eastern end of the island. Comrades of the deceased whiled away days in carving elaborate wooden head boards for their dead com rades, and some of them, executed with ordinary pocket cutlery, still remain ex quisite examples of amateur talent. For some reason, the defenders of a lost cause have never, with two or three ex ceptions, given the place any attention, and but for the kindness of the G. A. R. I Post, the lonely burying spot would be lost in a mass of undergrowth. As Canada filled up with Southern sympathizers, it was deemed best to! bring additional troops to the island, and to erect strong fortifications, the ruins of which still remain in almost perfect condition. Even the magrazines of the forts aire in such a state of pre servation as to admit of minute explora tion. From time to time rumors of an attack from the Canadian shore were heard. It was said that a strong force would come from Canada, release the prisoners, and seizing the ammunition' and cannon of the forts, form an invad-1 ing army to burn Toledo, Sandusky,1 Clevelandi and the lake ports. The warship Michigan was put on1 guard and every precaution taken to prevent surprise. THE PIRATE OF TLAE EP.IE. That there was a good foundation for the various rumors, was subsequently proven by the capture and execution of John Beall, sometimes spelled Beale. He was born in Virginia, being a native of Jefferson county, which was inthe famous Shenandoah Valley, Charles town, where John Brown was executed. is the county seat. He was a large land owner, and possessed of a classical edu cation obtained at the University of Virgi.ia. At the breaking out of the war he organized C Company, Second 0. V. '., which later became a part of Stone-' 'wall Jackson's famous brigade. During the latter part of 1864 all the cities. on Lake Erie were greatly agi tated. The streets were patrolled, and every possible precaution taken against an invasion from the North. The whole border was convulsed. Ohio had sent thousands of soldiers more than her. quota to the front, and none were left to guard her unprotected lake front. It seemed a practicable scheme to send an expedition from Canada to 'uatter down the lake ports, and sp'read destruceion throughout north Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania and New York. Jacob Thompson was in Canada, and to his fertile brain all sorts of plots wr charged. The only ezr vessel on the! lakes was the Miehigani, carrying~ eighteen guns. Her regular station and winter quarters have always ban' at the port of Erie. It was ag'reed that if she were captured a very sma~'lilubdy of mpen could with but little dhiculty~ r-avage the frontier. In the early part of Sepo tember, 18M4, she was iyiug bet..ee Johnso's Island and Sandrey.~ Thet air was usually full of rumors at tuhi time. The Knights of the Gioldeni Cir ,cle, in Indiana, were reported. to be. in the plot to seize the island. Man citi zens of Sandusky were suclpected.LLaur-I :ally the prison islana wias thle ce.nter of all thought. A steamer could cross fronm Canada mn .o fGw aours Tr. winter the ie formed l sufficiently strong to allow an army to Iareh from Sanduskv to the island. The Carly September days dragged slow y along, full of fear and trembling. The !Zh ;oroved tp be the day of fate. The il Parons, a passenger steamer ply w anduskv and Detroit, 1g t ut-in-Bay, left Detroit ear : The first stop on 1: rt river was at Sandwick, a s'a!! Canadian town. Here a quartet, a men came on. At Malden, a short ist.::. fther down, a score more Warded the steamer. Several of the .n c.-arrie large valises, but the most een-sp icuous piece of baggage was a great -fshEned trunk, secured with ropes d seemingly very heavy. Still there was uting? at all suspicious about cith 7r tie Men or their traps. At other oints dowin the river passengers were kn un 1uil w fhen the Parsons came toth (hoek :i elv'. Island. some four t i m Sandusky and ten miles rom the islaind, she had an unusually Large passenger list. The clerk happen -d to be in charge of the boat, the cap tain being off: for the day. When the I boat had got clear of the island, and was Eully on her way to Sandusky, four men < tcpped up to the clerk, and at the point < >f revolvers compelled his surrender. i [he trunk was burst open and relieved 1 )f its load of revolvers and bowie knives. I [he boat carried no armament, and had Jut a few hands to work her, and the ( ask of securing possession was trifling. t L-nder the direction of the leader of the !oiospirators. they cruised about idly for --ne time, then put into Middle Bass Esland. As she lay here the Island t Queen, passenger packet, plying betweeni he islands and Sandusky, ran alongside, aid threw out a plank to discharge her i >assengers. Instantly she was seized by 7 he plotters. who fired volley after vol- i ey, but did no damage. Captain Orr, N >f the Queen, attempted to cast off the i -ope, but was prevented. The engineer < efused to obey the orders of the cap- I ors, and received a severe wound in the i heek, from a revolver fired by some un- c nown party. The passengers, includ- i ng fifty one hundred day men, on their e var to Toledo to be mustered out, were >ut in the hold. Captain Orr was close y questioned as to the situation in San lusky, the numbers of strangers in the itv, and the excitement existing, but he .islutelv refused to talk. The number >f people on board was too great, and t was decided to put the women and hildren ashore, together with the one s nuldrea day men, who were paroled. t :he Queen was then taken several t ailes out to sea and sunk. From the ] wsettled conduct of the raiders it was vident to Captain Orr that some part of f he plan had miscarried. The man in s ommnand was Beall. His appearance i vas such as to excite remark, .more espe- t i tdl as his followers were a particularly f acan looking set. This was strikingly t he case in the person of John Burley, y who was second in command. The fol- 1 ,wing programme is outlined from a ocuient in the Confederate archives. a )repared by Jacob Thompson. 3eall was to lead the water part of the f cheme while a man named Cole had harge of the land end. Cole was to ; ither overpower the officers of the iichigan, or to throw th-em off their i nard. At a given signal Beall was to y team rapidly in and capture the ship. ( A cannon ball sent screaming across he island was to be the signal for the v ,000 prisoners to rise and overpower r heir guards. Sandusky was to be sacked - nd Toledo, Cleveland and Buffalo were 1 o suffer a like fate. The prisoners were r o go to Cleveland and from that point, t tealing horses wherever they could, , ash across the State to Wheeling, W. I Ja. But Cole failed, and so did the plot t o capture Johnson's Island. Beall at . ast saw the game was up and started for a he islands. The boat was urged for- f rard at a terrific rate. She stopped long s nough to land her captain and crew t .nd then proceeded to the Canadian t hiore where she was sent to the bottom. Iany of the islanders, fearful that the 'j >lot would succeed, had, during the day, a testroyed much of their property. The e xcitement which next day followed the t s:. sure of the plot was wonderful, and s oi :he time overtopped the Presidential I ampaign which was then at white heat. r ['hree months later Beall wa captured f tear the Suspension Bridge., at Niagara e 'alls, and locked up. It was discovered t hat an attempt was being made to bribe 1 he turnkey, ii3,000 having been offered f iim to re:ease Beall. The prisoner was a hen placed in confinement at Fort la .afavette. One J. S. Brady appeared I or Seall at his trial. The defendant r vas charged with being a spy; with at- r empting to wreck a Lake Shore train, c or the purpose of robbery, and with the r elonious seizure of vessels. Beall's de- f ense was weak, he admitting very much , hat was charged against him. One of c he features of the case was a manifesto e rom Jefferson Davis, declaring that the i: ets on the border were committed by r ~is orders, and should be recognized as t awful acts of war. Beall was declared s ruihyv. and General D)ix approving the i entence, the prisoner was ordered to bei :xecuted on Governor's Island, the resi- a lence of the late General Hancock, a Eebruary 1$. 18(05. The night before r lie day set for his death, Beall wrote a , :ouching letter to his brother, in which 10 claimed that he was unaware of hay aig committed any crime against society. 2 P'resident Lincoln at the last moment!a ~ranted a respite until February 24, vihen the prisoner was executed, without a ~howing the slightest sign of fear. 'The plot pertaining to the shore was mirusted to Major C. H. Cole, who, the >ctter to conceal his p~urpose, was figur ng as a Titusville, Pa., oil merchant. His tirst step) was to obtain an introduc ion to the oileers of the Michigan. This done, the rest was an easy mat - er~. as he was furnished with plenty ofr noney by Thomnpson, and the officers t vere always w illing to spend a pleasattc venin ftrer tedious dily life on the rme. iht after night they gather ni " tihe pallors of the. West House, ere th1ey enjloyed, at Cole's expense, c ot lganit suppers, the choicest sie ad eigers. and no guests were ever 1orecioyally enteraLined.1 For a. time eve ry thing' went smoothlyt atil (ole. thinkiug his plans w':re so< aerfetly made and so near success, ~rcw careless and in a short time thec( ,uspicion of Sandusky people wasif rused and his movements wereclsy vtetcd.clsy When the 19th of September arrived, the olicers were once more invited to < mmi~annd everything was prepared for Ii them. The wine had been drugged and when by this means they had becn ren dered helpless, a signal had been arrang ed to notify Beal that the time for thE attack had come and evervthing wai ready. But in the meantime Cole's actions Ind movements had been so closely watched that suspicion had grown into a !ertaintv. and in the very moment of mccess he was arrested by order of the zommander of the tlichigan. Captain Carter. Among Cole's accomplices in Sandus y was a woman named "Annie Davis," vho was a "most captivating creature." [n order that he might make good his scape at his examin.tion. Cole impli ated some of the most prominent citi ,ens of Sanduskv. For some time Cole was held as a risoner on board the Michigan. He vas then removed to the island, where ifter petitioning a number of times for >ardon, lie was transferred to Fort afayette. In September, 1865, he was ,ranted a release, and is now supposed o be resident in Texas. Onto the island there came during its >ccupancy about 15,000 prisoners, most >f whom were exchanged, while others ook the oath of allegiance. Two, Car >in and McGraw, were shot in retalia ion for executions in the South. Nich os was hung as a desperado and a spy. )ne was shot in an attempt with others o scale the stockade, with ladders made >f boards taken irom their quarters. )nc, by one of the guards, for getting ver the "dead line." Two hundred and wenty died of disease. One, a Union leserter, was shot, and six, including lajor Styles and Captain Gusman, for efusing to take the oath. Lieutenants IcBride, Robins and Cole, together ith H. B. Esteps, a Union deserter, rere also shot. The prisoners remain ug September 7, 1865, were sent by rder of the war department to Fort 4afayette, and the island was directly bandoned as a military post, the dis harge of both prisoners and troops hav ag been constantly going on from the arrender at Appomattox. THE CONFEDERATE TREASURE. ,n Interesting Event That Foilowed the Fall of Richmond. rom an .\rcle by Gtn. DI'ke in Aui:tu Bivouac on the F.41 of itichrond.) It was determined that we should re ume our march that night for Washing an, Ga., one or two days' march dis int, and orders were issued by General reckinridge that we move at midnight. Lbout 10 o'clock I received a message rom General Breckinridge that he de ired to see me immediately. I went to is quarters, and he informed me that Lie treasure which had been brought iom Richmond was at the railroad sta ion, and that it was necessary to pro ide for its removal and transportation. Ie instructed me to procure a suilicient umilber of wagons to remove it, and to etail a guard of fifty men under a field flicer for its protection. He further in >rmed me that there was between $500, 00 and $000,000 in specie-he did not now the exact amount-the greaterpart old. I must, he said, personally super itend its transfer from the cars to the -agons. This was not a very agreeable uty. I represented that if no one knew ist what sum of money was there, it ould be rather an unpleasant 2sponsibility to impose on the party ho was to take charge of it. I woull ave no opportunity to count it, nor ossible means of ascertaining whether ac entire amount was turned over to ie. He responded that all that had een considered, and bade me proceed >obey the order. I detailed fifty picked ien as guard, and put them under com iand of Colonel Theophilus Steele and >ur of my best subalterns. I obtained Lx wagons, and, proceeding to the sta on, began at once the task of removing ae treasure. It was in charge of some of the former reasury clerks, and was packed in loney belts, shot bags, a few small iron bests, and all sorts of boxes, sonme of aem of the frailest description. In this bape I found it loaded in open box cars. stationed sentries at the doors, and, ammaging through the cars by the int light of a few tallow candles, gath red up all that was shown me, or all at I could find. Bather more than an our was consumed in making the trans er from the cars to the wagons, and fter the latter had been started off anrd ad gotten half a mile away, Lieut. John s. Cole, one of the officers of the guard, ode up to me with a pine box, which 1ay have held $2,000 or $3,000 in gold, n the pommel of his saddle. He had emained after the others had left, and, arreting about in a car which we thought re had thoroughly searched, had dis overed this box stuck in a corner andi losely covered up with a piece of sack 2g. On the next day, General Ereckin idge directed me to increase the guard o 200 men and take charge of it in per on. I suggested that instead of compos ag it entirely of men from my brigade, should be constituted of details from ll five. I thought this the best p~lan to llay any little feeling of jealousy that aight arise, and insure a more perfect igilance, as I felt persuaded that these etails would all carefully watech each ther. My suggestion was adopted. >eary the en tire guard was kept con tantly on duty, day and night, and a aajority of the whole escort was gener lly about the wagons at every halt, losely inspecting the guard. At the Savannah River, MIr. Davis or ered that the silver coin, amounting to ne htuidred and eight or ten thousand ollars, Ue paid to the troop~s in partial ischarge of the arrears of pay due them. hie Quartermasters of the several brig. des were engaged during the entire ight in counting out the money, and a brong of soldiers surrounded the little abini where they were dividing "the 'ile" into their respective quotas until arly dawn. The sight of so much money cened to banish sleep. My brigade re eived $32 p~er cap~ita, oflicers and men haring alike. General Breckinride was aid that sum, and, for the purpiose, was e~rne on the roll of the brigade. On hie next day, at Washington, I turned ven the residue of the treasure to Mr.' 1. H. Clarke, acting Treasurer of the onfederate States, and experienced a celing of great relief. SR. .XidwlAe tells of a dog that can (cunt. uit it can't equal a cat in running uip a :olumn.-Teura linf/a. And many p~eo )lC have senen asnake that is an adler. ALL .ABOUT THE CROPS. The Cropm in the State. the Cotton Crop, at the Crop4 in the United Statem. The State Department of Agricultu has received 257 special reports, covei ing every county in the State, on ti conditioi of the crops, and furmish the following summary of these report, COTTON. The unfavorable seasons in June an July retarded the growth of cotton. Th excessive rains caused vigorous growt of grass, and the crop was greatly ir jured in removing it. The reports c August 1st show that the plant is sma and poorly fruited. A slight improve ment is noticed on some of the red cla; lands over condition on July 1st, but o: light, gray sandy soils the condition i reported lower than for the previou month. In some localities the crop ha sulfered for rain. The reports, with fei exceptions, are unfavorable. The correspondents generally concu in the opinion that a larger yield than i now anlticipateI will be realized if th fall is late. The condition on the 1st of August is In upper Carolina, 62; middle Carolina 66; lo wver Carolina, 73. Average for th State, #7. CORN. Upland corn, where it has been we] worked and fertilized, is reported in fin, condition, but in some sections the cro] on sandy lands has been injured by ex cessivo rains. In many places the crop on bottom was totally destroyed by the sprin, floods, and only a part of these land was replanted. The condition is reported in uppe: Carolina at 65; middle Carolina, 74 lower Carolina, 83. Average for th< State, 74. RICE. The reports on the condition of ric< are generally favorable, except wher it has been injured by the freshets. Ii Georgetown county, one of the corre spondents estimates that one-half of th< crop has been destroyed. The conditioi is reported at 84. OTHER CROPS. The condition of the other crops i reported as follows: Sorghum, 85; su gar cane, 89; peas, 80; Irish potatoes 91, and sweet potatoes, 91. ( otton in the South. The following is the New Orleans Na. tional Cotton Exch.inge crop report fo the month of July: Returns have bceen complete from al parts in the belt and our revision of th< acreage, based on county reports, is com plete. Much fiect worl has been accom plished during the month of July, re sulting, however, in the abandonment oJ some lands, which were beyond re demption, and the thinning out in vari ous localities of stands from cleaning up, but from present indications this aban. donment is not calculated to alter om acreage basis. Berhaps no season ha shown to a greater extent than thi the advantages of thorough cultivation, for where this has been the case the difference in the outlook of the crop iE very marked. Glancing over the belt, we find that the two Carolinas have continued on the downward scale. Alabama has madE considerable improvement. Georgia, MIississippi, Louisiana and Tennessee show some advance, while Arkansas has added greatly to her former good condi tion. Texas, however, has just about held her own and fears are expressed in this latter State of a threatened drought. In some localities worms are mentioned. The bulk of the crop east of the 31is sissippi is, however, backward, and therefore dependent upon favorable con ditions from now on for the maintenance of present prospects. The condition of the crop by States is as follows: Virginia, 80 per cent.; North Carolina, 76; South Carolina, 71; Geor gia, 80;' .Eorida, 84; Alabama, 82; Ten. nessee, 91; Arkansas, 97; Mississippi, 84; Louisiana, S2; Texas, 98. The aver age for the belt is 85.4, agis 83.5 last month and 97 last year. Crop HReports fromt Washino.~ton. Spring wheat returns at the Depart ment of Agriculture for August 1 show an improvement in the condition in Iowa. A small decline ini Wisconsin and Nebraska, and a heavy reduction in Dakota. The causes of deterioration are drought and chinch bugs. Heat has been excessive in many districts that have produced a fair yield notwithstanding. T'he harvest is two weeks earlier than usual, and the quality usually good ex cept in sections where a heavy loss from blight has occurred. The general average of condition is reduced from 83.2 to 80.1. At the time of harvest last year the average was 86. Pat-+ of the ioss last season occurred after August 1. As the present harvest is al ready nearly over, with improving meteorological conditions the final esti mate cannot be much further reduced. The present average is ninety-seven for Iowa, instead of ninety last month. No less than twenty-five counties, each pro ducing from two hundred thousand to one million bushels, report the condi tion at one hundred or over. In MIin nesota there is an increase from seventy eight to eighty. The reduction in Wis consin is from seventy-five to seventy two; in Nebraska from eighty-three to eighty-two, and in Dakota from eighty five to sixty-two. Winter wheat previ ously harvested not reported this month. COTTON. The cotton crop has suffered from wet weather in all the States east of the 3Iis sissippi and in Louisiana. The average condition has been reduced from eighty six to eighty-one. The avei-age for Virginia is seventy five, North Carolina seventy-four, South Carolina sixty-seven, Georgia eighty, Florida eighty-six, Alabama sev-enty seven, 3Iississippi seventy-nine, Louisi anasevnt-fieTexas eighty-eight, Ar There has been slight adv-ance in Arkan sas. The decline is heavy in the Caro linas. COIN. There has bjeen a heavy decrease in the condition of corn since July 1. The aver-age, which was then ninety-five, is reduced to eighty-one. The heaviest decline is in Illinois, Wisconsin and States west of the 31ississippi. In the Eastern and Mliddle States the condition is well maintained. 1t indicates a crop) not much exceeding tweenty-two bushels per ncre, thongh future conditions may increase or decrease on the ultimate yield. mNOr. enors. The average of spring rye is eighty eight. . There has been no material decline in oats, theaverage being eighty-seven. Barlev has maintained its condition, and nearly an average crop is assured. The condition of buckwheat averages 1 ninety-four; tobacco eighty-two; pota e toes eighty-eight. THE FAMOUS "BLXE LAWS. f Something About SomeAincient Eiine:tments of Old Con.ecticutt. Y (Frim the Bo-Con Poc:d) These laws were enacted by the peo s plc of the "Dominion of New Haven," s and became known as the Blue Laws be cause they were prir.ted on blue paper. They were as follows: The Governor and Magistrates con r vened in General Assembly are the su preme power under God of this inde O pendent dominion. From the determi nation of the Assembly no appeal shall be taken. No one shall be a freeman or have a a vote unless he is converted and member of one of the churches allowed in the dominion. I Each freeman shall swear by the a blessed God to bear true allegiance to this dominion, and that Jesus is the only - king. No dissenter from the essential wor 3 ship of this dominion shall be allowed to give a vote for electing of magistrates 5 or any other oflicer. No food or lodging shall be ollered to e a heretic. No one shall cross a river on the Sab bath but authorized clergymen. No one shall travel, cook victuals, make beds, sweep houses, cut hair or shave ol the Sabbath day. No one shall kiss his or her children on the Sabbath or fasting days. The Sabbath day shall begin at sunset Saturday. Whoever wears clothes trimmed with gold, silver or bone lace above 1 shilling per yard shall be presented by the Grand Jurors, and the Selectmen shall tax the estate X300. Whoever brings cards or dice into the dominion shall pay a fine of ?5. No one shall eat mince pies, dance, play cards, or play any instrument of music except the drum, trumpet or jews .harp. No gospel minister shall join people in marriage. The magistrate may join them in marriage, as he may do it with less scandal to Christ's Church. When people refuse their children convenient marriages, the magistrate shall determine the point. A man who strikes his wife shall be fined ?10. A woman who strikes her husband shall be punished as the law directs. No man shall court a maid in person or by letter without obtaining the con sent of her parents; ?5 penalty for the first offense; ?10 for the second, and for the third, imprisonment during the pleasure of the Court. Gotham's Roofs. The roofs of New York are very inter esting. Much that would never have been suspected by a stranger in the streets goes on upon the aerial platforns above the heads of the masses. From the Brooklyn bridge I have seen that topmost stratum of the city fairly alive with people on a fine autumn evenig. On one roof were to be seen some shop girls waltzing to the music of a concer tina in the hands of a young man seated on the raised wall top between that house and the next. On another was a merry party of children filling the upper air with the melody of their singing. Over yonder were two lovers, hand in hand, talking earnestly, and so in one place after another were to be seen per sons wiser than their fellows, seeking the quiet and comparatively pure air .above the uproar and stagnant asmos phere of the lower stories and the streets. A year or two ago being invited to dine with some Cubans I had met in their own land, I went to their address in the neighborhood of the Central Park, and was shown up by the servant-where do you suppose? Tfo the roof. The Cubans understand the science of taking every advantage of the open air. If they do not do so on their native isle they would all cook, like so many loaves in a baker's oven. I found the roof where this family had gathered a place uniqune among the housetops of New York. An iron frame work enciosed the great sheet of tin, and from its posts was hung a pretty awning of blue and white striped canvas. In hanging bas kets and in great pots were broad-ieaved tropic plants, and two or three birds ini pretty cages swung among the 1lower. A complete set of furnitm-e all of can or wicker work, excep~t the table, com pleted the appointments. There wer rockers and easy chairs and settees of split cane in which to loll and lounge~ and read and sewv. There, in a deligh t ful breeze that kept the ribbons of the ladies all a fluttering, was eaten a dinner that I would not have exchanged for any that was served in any hot and stifly dinning room in the city on that night. \vhat WVas Hlanging on Hi.' Le. "Say, mister!" exclaimed a newsb1oy, as he stood on the shady side of Third street and addressed a wecll-dressed oung man who passed along the street; "dere's something hanging to yure lL The young man stopped. Wit. hais cane he brushed down his trouser-. No(t nu ing the expected artice, ai thread, or something of a similar charater,? hoe nervously drew his hand ov er tegar ment and eyed the trousers' heg very suspiciously. "Is it still ther', my boy?" asked the young man. "Btnr life it is, don't you see it hanging to yure leg?" "No," replied the youn man; "what is it?" "Whyli it's yure foot; ain' that hanging to yure leg" St. Paul (.obe. I't is unlaw'ful for any persoo in i State between the tirst dayx of A p~ril an' I irst day of November to catch,. kill ori jure or pursue with such intent, or to i or1 exp)ose for sale any wild tuirkey, par ridg-, dlove, woodeoek or heasa. ~im: o* imaprisonmenlt for vio lation. The deer seasoni opens on the first of Sentember. RECoLLECTlONR OF MR. TILDEN. I' hy lie a Not Popular in South Carolina .,ome Facts About the Campaign of 'Seventy (F. W. D. in The Sunday News.) The "Sage of Grammerev Park" was not a favorite in South Carolina. In dc.d, so far as there was any feeling on the subject, it was one of distrust and averion. This was due to the manner in which South Carolina was treated by "ir. Tilden in the campaign of 1876. 3Ir. Tilden had no expectation whatever that this State could be carried by the Democrats, and was averse to the strai litout movement. There were (1ectoral votes enough in sight, he thought, to make him President, with out any help from South Carolina, and there is good authority for saying that Mr. Tilden had no doubt of the result, "if South Carolina would only keep quiet." But South Carolina determined to make an heroic effort to throw off the political yoke, and what in the begin ning seemed impossible was, in a short time, well within the bounds of proba bilitv. It should have been evident to cvery dispassionate observer that noth ing was beyond the reach of the white people of South Carolina, united as they were, and ininated with one purpose and one hope. Nevertheless, Mr. Til den gave the South Carolina Democracy the cold shoulder. This caused consid erable irritation in the State, and engen dered the idea of voting for Hayes and Hampton. By this plan a considerable number of colored votes was obtained for General Hampton, the Democratic candidate for Governor, in exchange for white vo+_s for the Republican candi date for President. The Democracy of the State felt that they were deserted by the leaders of the National Democracy, and made the best bargain they could on their own aa.ount. Towards the end of the canvass Mr. Tilden seemed to realize that he had made a mistake, and promised to con tribute the enormous sum of $5,000 to the Democratic campaign fund. A draft for this amount was accordingly made, and was discounted by one of the Charleston banks. Mr. Tilden, how ever, failed to provide for the draft, and it was ultimately paid out of money raised in South Carolina. This story concerning the draft and its fate comes to ine from an unimpeachable source. It will be remembered that General Hampton was elected by a majority of 1,1:34, while Colonel Simpson, the can didate for Lieutenant-Governor, had a majority of only 139. The majority for the Republican electors in this State was 964. It is very evident from these fig ures that the electoral vote of South Carolina could have been secured by Mr. Tilden, if he had sustained the Democracy of the State in their efforts, and had given them, in the canvass, the assistance they desired, and to which thev were entitled. But he did not realizc this fact until too late. After the election it was proposed to buy one of the Republican electors. The whole history of the negotiations will probably never be known, but it seems to be reasonably certain that one of the lot offered to cast his vote for Til den and Hendricks for the sum of $50, 00). One of Mr. Tilden's agents came to South Carolina to look over the field and ascertained that this could be ac complished, but the money was not forthcoming. 'Mr. Tilden relied upon Oregon, and let South Carolina go. The Repulicans heard, in some way, of the negotiations which were in progress and were considerably alarmed. It is said that, when the Electoral College met, one of the Republican electors took a pstol from his pocket and announced, with an oath, that he would blow out the brains of any elector who ventured to vote for any other persons than Hayes and Wheeler. C. C. Bowen was credited with this exploit. At all events, the electoral votes of South Carolina were given to the Republican candidates. MIr. Tilaen, as I have shown, literally threw away the election. South Caroli na's electoral votes would have given him a majority, without the vote of Louisiana and Florida of which he was robbed by the Returning Boards. Be sides this, he earned the ill-will and dis like of the people of South Carolina by his attitude towards them at the time of their successful struggle for deliverance troma Radical misrule. The feeling of the peole was well expressed, four yars later, by Gen. James Connor, who was in the thick of the political battle of 18763. When the effort was made to foist Tilden upon the Democracy in 1~88, General Connor said openly that it was better to be beaten wit Bayard than to win with Tilden. There was never any doubt of 3Mr. Til ien's ability, especially in money-mak ing, but in South Carolina he had but iewv enthusiastic admirers, for the rea sous I have given. There was always an dlea that Tilden lacked nerve in a politi ?al crisis. Is it to be supposed for a unment that Hancock would have al towed himself to be defrauded of the Ures idenev as Mr. Tilden was? Not a uit of it.' General Hancock would have p) posed any comp~romiise of any sort, mnd would have appealed, if necessary, :o the people of the country to place aim in the ollice to which he had been lected. It was the conviction that Mr ilden lacked courage that made South ~rn members of Congress willing to ~eqiisce in the Eight-to-Seven Electoral ~ommission Bill. There was hope for South Carolina ma Louisiana umon the installation of Nlr. iiayes, and the two States made the neust of the situation. MIuch, too, as M~r. Haves has been abused, it should be e:aemmbered that it was during his term >A oilice that the Southern States began .n earniest their recovery from the ills mad losses of the civil war. There was ittle room for improvement during the 9rant era. When King Stork gave >dace to King Log there was assurance p ace an order, and the Southern stater moved forward with a rapidity *vhichP was surp)rising to even their own . 1 ' months all the D emiocratic Sfrihe Presi~dency since the war, he .x:pt tin of Clevelanid, have died. en. t M leln d!ied Ocit. 29, ISS3. n. Ilancok died Feb). 10, 1886. 1nTir Neymur iedn Feb. 12, 1880. au .oe Tide died Aug. 4, 1880. A. T. A. Henidricks died Nov. 25, 1885. There are two D~emocrats living who myve been candidatcs for the Vice-Presi .--IkPeto11and EuFnlish WHAT CHEWING GUM DOES. Doctors Declare that It Causes Serious Bron chial and Other Troubles. (From the New York Star.) In the thousand and one shops sprinkled through the narrow streets of this city, where youngsters buy lollipops, where boys invest their savings in base balls and cigarettes at a penny apiece, and where the young ladies of the tenements purchase the latest yellow-bound litera ture, there is always for sale a substance known as black chewing gum. Whether it is done up in spangled tinfoil, or re splendent in gaudy tissue paper, or decorated with parti-colored ribbon, it is still black chewing gum. It is made generally out of refuse gum arabic-stuff that cannot be used in the apothecary shops, and is flavored variously with the cheapest of cheap extracts, licorice, win tergreen, peppermint, or, more usually, one of those poisonous flavorings that, are compounded from acids. The manu facturers cut a huge slab of the gum into quadrangular pieces about the size of a domino. In cool weather the bits are friable and break easily; when it is. warm, they have the consistence of a piece of idea rubber. It is surprising how much of this black chewing gum is used. A little girl gets hold of a penny somehow, and she cannot get to a shop quick enough to buy some of it. She chews and chews and chews on it, her jaws working as regularly and vigorously as those of a Fourth of July orator. If she has a wish to show particular favor to her five-year-old sweetheart, she gives him a morsel. The young ladies who devour the yellow bound novels devour gum, too. They place a fragment of it be tween the hindermost of their pearly teeth, and while their souls go out to Elvira in her prison, or their hearts flut ter in sympathy with Edgar de Mont morenci in his attempt to carry off the heiress, they don't forget to chew that gum. Young beaus, the leaders in tene ment house society, chew it, too; for the men who make it advertise that it per fumes the breath and lends the mouth the odor of a new-mown field, also that it aids digestion and clears the voice and isa harmless and beautiful substitute for tobacco; that it is, in fact, a penny bit of ambrosial food for the gods. It isn't. The physicians of Amster dam, N. Y., have just declared in solemn conclave that the practice of chewing this black gum is most harmful and pernicious. They have traced directly to it innumerable cases of sore mouth and sore throat that they have treated of late. Their brethren of the medical pro fession in New York agree with them, and not only condemn black chewing gum, but all chewing gum of whatever color. The physician who has charge of the throat dispensary in one of the largest hospitals in New York said a few days ago: "Day after day patients, nearly all girls between 8 and 18 years of age, come in here and complain that it hurts them when they swallow, or else that their mouths sting when they drink any thing warm. On examining their throats I find the delicate mucous membrane marked here and there with little in flamed patches. In nine cases out of ten it is caused by chewing gum." -'Why is the gum hurtful?" "The flavoring is usually poisonous," replied the doctor, "and by its constant presence, in however small a quantity, it sets up an inflammation. But the habit is otherwise pernicious. The un tiring motion of a gum chewer's jaws provokes a superfluous flow of saliva just as if there was alwayE a pinch of salt on the tongue-and wears out the saliva lands. Gum chewing retards digestion. fa woman fills her stomach with water or saliva she drowns the gastric juices; also the interminable attrition wears out the teeth, and foreign flavor by degrees renders the breath more and more dis agreeable. The practice is bad in every way." _________ In a Chewing-Gum Factoryi. A day or two ago my wayward feet carried my body into the suburbs and to a chewing-gum factory. There I got some idea of an industry that thrives on penny sales and the remorseless energy of American jaws. In the place I saw half a dozen huge blocks of marbly gum, or petroleum wax. Each weighed about one hundred pounds, and was almost like pure pentelican stone, dear to the old sculptor's eye and hand. And it was absolutely clean and odorless. A few weks ago the stuff lay in one of the huge tnks near the oil wells of Penn sylvania, a dirty, greenish brown fluid with the consistency of bad mud and the smell of a glue-factory. Then it was rude oil, but since that it had been in a turmoil and through "stirring times" and chemical processes. From it had been extracted a lot of kerosene, almost as much naphtha, not a little benzine, plenty of tar and a lot of valuable, but technically named, afairs that are out of reach. Anyway, the gum wax was left, d it was it thatlIsaw, clean as anideal armer's bed-chamber, and as ordorless s a civil service reformer's record. Be ore it became the chewing-gum of our [riends it had to be melted, flavored, sweetened and "put up" in fanciful ara. Then the one hundred pound block would appear in five thousand penny cakes, and I am told that five bandred of these one hundred pound blocks are used in each week of the his ory of Columbia, "the gem of the >ean," etc. It's tough-the fact, not he gum.-Cleveland Plaindealer. No "Clas~seN" in Cremations. Another thing they manage better in Erance. Any one so fortunate, or un fortunate-as the case may be-to die t the end of August, can direct his ~ast-off coil to be disposed of by the inple and natural method in one of our cremnatoriums costing 350,000f. Price, 12s., with absolute equality, as is nost fitting in the accompaniments of leath. There are to be no "classes" in :remation, at any rate. Already artists tnd goldsmiths and bronze casters are areparing to surround the new method vith the old picturesque and beautiful tssociatons, and the Parisians are thank ul, as they well may be, for the boon hat is offered them.-Pall Mall Gazette. The most serious drawback we know of s a fly blister between the shoulders. Never spread an ill report about your iighbor until you know positively it is rue; and don't do it then if he is a great, l:n1 bier than yu are.