Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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A Confederate Eggnogg. One cold, cloudy Chrismtas day when the prospects of the Confed eracy were as gloomy as the weather, an Arkansaw soldier, whose clothes looked ' as though they had been run through a threshing. machine, approached General Hindman, who sat on a stump near a fire, and said : 'Gineral, wouldn't a little aig nog go putty., well. this mornin' ? You know, in Arkansaw "we allus cilibrate Christmas with a little o' the stuff. 'Yes,' the General replied, 'and I should like to have a quat of it right now.' 'Well, let's go to your tent, whar nobody ken see us, and we'll make some 'rangements.' When they entered the tent, the soldier said : 'You git the whis key, and I'll'git the aigs an' su gar.' 'All right.' The soldier went away, and af ter a while, with a dejected coun tenance. he returned with the in formation that some one had stol en the' artickles.' I'm devlish sor ry, said he, 'for I've been er savin' them things fur yer benefit for a long time, knowin' how a aignog would strike yer Christmas day.' 'That is bad,' said the General, 'and if I could discover the thief, he should be punished. Stay here, and let me go out and skirmish.' The General, after much diffleul ty, succeeded in securing the in gredients, and ere long a bowl,of frothing drink was prepared. 'Ah,' said the soldier, refilling his tin cup the third time, 'this tastes like old times, when I uster get up a fore day an' fire off the old fazee. Put two men's heads together, an' suthin is going ter happen.' Shortly after the soldier left the tent, Col. Bob Newton, cheif of Hind - ns staff, entered and said: 'I% >u remember old Dave Aick, who used to run a flat boat o. White river?' 'Yes, he was here a few moments *ago.' 'Hie came to me this morning,' the Colonel continued, 'and began to talk about eggnogg. Said that lhe had been keeping eggs and su gar for me a long time, and that if I would furnish the whiskey, we would have a Chrismas drink. I agreed, and he went away, return ing pretty .soon, and sorrowfully announced some one had stolen his treasure. Rather than see the old fellow disappointed, I furnish ed everything, and for a few mo mnents we-' 'Good morning, gentlemen,' Aaid Gen. Churchill, entering the tent. 'Had a fine eggnogg early this morning. An old fellow that used to run a flat boat on White iver, said that he would furnish the eggs and sugar' 'But did he do it?' asked Hind man and Newton simultaneously. 'No; some wretch had stolen the stuff. Hello, here is Fagan.' 'Qentlemen,' saidl General Fa gan, 'you ought to have been with me this morning. An old gentle man, a former flat boatman, came to me and talked &bont meg ti he made my month water. He sai that he had been saving up a lo of eggs and sugar for my benefit and that if I would - furnish the whiskey we would celebrate. ] agreed, and he went away, but ] never saw a moie cast down mar than he wasiupon returning. Som< orie had s'olen the eggs, but I fur nished the outfit, seeing that dis appointment would about kill th< old fellow. Hello Reynolds!, 'Good morning, gentlemen, said General Reynolds. 'I hav4 had a fine time this morning. A! old fellow ' 'Hold on,' shouted the othei men; 'we know all about that egg stealing business.' General Hindman called an or derly, and giving him the name o1 the egg man, said: 'Find that mat and make him drunk, if it takc every drqp of' whiskey in the Con federacy. Such merit shall not g( unrewarded.' CHAINED TO A UOCK TO DIE.-A dispatch trom Wheeling, W. Va" says: 'John Adams, a promir( nt and wealthy farmer, an'd Sheritf oi Webster county, became infatua ted with a dissolute character. Tc free himself from his wife Adams brought suit for divorce on the ground of unfaithfulness, ard se cered witnesses to sustain tl charge. After the granting of.thi divorce Mrs. Adams disappeared from the neighborhood, and it wak supposed that she hrad left 'th county. Saturday evening one o her children, aged 13, wh(! waf visiting a few miles from home, i climbing Mount Hero, a mnourtaxif thickly wooded, he came across * rail pen. Looking in, he saw a wo man. He ran to the nearest hous< for friends. Returning they found the mother of the child nearly dead from expos ire, chained to a rock in the pen On being revived she said her hus band had had her taken to a cav( and kept there till almost dead from starvation. Two days 'be fore he brought her to the pen and fastened her by the chain. The place was a very lonely one, and is not visited once a year. It is suip posed'that the husband meant tc let her die, then remove the chain* and make it appear a case of sui cide. T1he country is terribly roused, and the guilty man and his dissolute friend will be lynch. ed if caught. Mrs. Adams will (lie.' -Mlle. Lilly, seeing a certair friend of the family.arrive for tUin ner, showed her joy by all sorts of affectionate careesses. "You are glad when I come to dinner;" said the invited guest. "Oh! yes;" re plied the little girl. "You love me a great deal, then?" "No, it isn'i for that. Only when you come we always have chocolate creams.' -Paris Wit. -The House has passed th< bill appropriating 250,000 for the Charleston jetties, It is said thai Senator Butler will ask, when the bill comes up in the Senate tha1 the amount be raiseid to $350,000 -Every ladder has a top roundl to It . Q2~ PORTABLE, TRACTI(C S gines, Saw Mills, Separa anitd Condensers, Canle"Mills Rover and Walter A. WoorI wit.h Im1jprotived Univerial La Head Blocks; The Ca;da saC "Mdai THE BI SAMF --SEN) FOR PRICES Many 2-3in BUY FiNE CL O T IIS SHOES GREENVILLE, S. C. Dec 21-1v IN and STATIONARY o01R, Gotton Gins, eeflers anl Evaporatora. Periy i Sweep Rake "lding d. 2MOW E2, H W aitzt.$ nr eam. anld Sim tiltaeos Stilky P~low. 11 CQUTY iUT [ills and Millstones, o ALL SIZES. CST IN THE WORLD I LES OF MEAL SENT N APPLICATION. and CATALOGUES 3 THOMAS Smoothing H A R RQW; Unexcelled AS A -- and is especially adapted for cultivating Corn, Cotton and Small grain crops. Trhousands of them are being sold every year~. Let- every farmer- aave time and MONEY by pur chasing one. HUDGENS & HUDGENS~ R asleyt, S. O. Agents for Picktens Co. Miar 28--9m