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fef'-" ' ' " ' -' ' "" - |f. VOL. I. ABBEVILLE, S. C., WEDNESDAY, MARCH 18, 1885, NO. 28. Richmond am> daxvillk i HA II,ROAD. I I'amr ?{/</ Impart until.?On and after Aup 3?l, 1884. paa?eiiper truin service on ?lie* A. nml C. Division will be us follows: Xurth iCitnl. Xo. 51* Xo. 5!tf Leuvo Atlanta 4 40 p m it 40 n m . arrive Gainesville 6 57 |t in 10 35 a m Lula a 7 25 p in 11 <M a m Uabiin (tup jntic h. 8 12 |> in 11 30 a in Toccoa c 8 54 pm 12 04 p m Sciieea City if ... 0 jit p ni I 00 p ni Central . . 10 32 p m I 52 p in Liberty .. 10 53 p in 2 .13 p in Hartley 11 10 p in 2 27 p m Greenville t 11 12 p in 2 47 p in Spartanburg,/'... 1 01 a in 3 56 p in Gastoiiiu ;/ 3 20 a ni 5 54 p in charlotte h 4 10 a in 0 40 p in South ten/ </. Xo. 50* Xo. 52t Leave charlotte 1 45 a in 1 00 p in ' arrivoGastonia 2 30 > ni I 45 p in . Spartanburg 4 28 a ui 3 45 p tu Greenville 5 43 a in 4 55 p in Kasley G 17 a in 5 26 p in Libert v 0 34 a in 5 12 p ni j central 6 55 a in li 00 p in Scnecacitv 7 33 a in 7 3G p m : Toccoa 8 40 ii in 7 35 j? iu 1 Rabun Gap junc... U 34 a m S :t() j> m J.ula 10 0S> a m 8 5!> p m (,laino!?Tille 10 :iti n lit 9 25 p ni Atlanta I 00 j> in 11 :!0 a tn Express. tMail. s Freight trains mi this mad all carry passen- ' eers; passenger 1 rains run through to Dan- i ville and connect with Yir}*iiiia Midland railway to all eastern cities, and at A tlanta with nil lines diverging. No. 50 leaves l^cliiiiond at 1 p ni and No. 51 arrives there at 4 p in; 52 eaves Richmond at 2 28 a iu, 5:1 arrives there at 7 41 a in Jiujf'et Sleeping Cars irHhout \ rfiaiu/e: On trains Xos. 50 and 51, Now York and Atlanta, via Wa.shij.5t0n anil Danville, Greensboro and Asheville; 011 trains Xos. 52 and 53, Richmond ami Danville, Washington, Augusta ami New Orleans. Through tickets on sale at Charlotte, Greenville, Seneca, Spartan- | burg and Gainesville to all points south, , southwest, north and onst. jl connects with N. K. railroad to ami from Athens; ] b with X. K. to and from Tallulah Falls: 1 c with Kl. Air Line to and fiom Klbcrton ' ami Bowersville; <1 with Blue llidge to , and from Walhalla; e with C. and G. to 1 * and from Greenwood, Newberry, Alston and Columbia;,/' with A. <Xr S. and S.. ( U. & C- to and from llendersonville, 1 Alston, & c.; (j with Chester and Lenoir to and from Chester, Vorkrille and Dal- 1 las; h with X. C. division and ('., C. & 1 A >.* fV.tt., x... ' 4i< LW anu ii win vi i iif'?\M \i, iiuiv i ^II^ \v vKltMfXIl llliltKI.KY, Xllpl. | J/. SI an;/lifer, (Jon. Pass. Agl. i A. Ii. ICivCK, 2d V. P. and (iiiii. Man. | SOUTH CAROLINA RAILWAY COMPANY, i Comnicncinj: Sundav. Sept. 7ih, ISS-4. at | 2 34 a hi. Passenger Trains will rim as follows | until further notice,-"Eastern lime:*" ] Columbia r>t'ci*ion?Daily. . Lanre Columbia 7 -IS u in i? 27 p n> I)neAt Charleston 12 29 p in V :5S p m libtt Charles!on 7 00 a in -1 !'.(l p m i {9R' Columbia 11 00 j> m S 22 a ni it 1 Picition?lhiilv except Sundays. Columbia 7 48 a in ;> 27 p in | J)u? C?tniicn .wi..... .*.12 5S p m S 2':j0flPP Leave Cumdon 7 10 a in -1 "'in! in W10 Columbia 11 00 p in t I'JJit p m -.1 iiifiis/a. Phixioii? .Leave Columbia .*? 27 p ni Viie Augusta 7 II a in ' ?y Leave Augusta !? i0 p in '1 Due Columbia (I 22 p in (\*ti ofct ton* Mtfde at Columbia with Columbia inul finuMi ville railroad by train arriving at 11 Oil a. in. nnd departing at j'27 p. in.: at <'iihniil>ia Junction with Charlotte, Columbia ami An- | Kiista railrmiil by soine'train to ami from all points on both roads. At Charleston with steamers for New York on Saturday; and ?n Tuesday and Saturday with steamer for Jacksonville and points on St. John's river: also, with Charleston and Savannah Kail road to and lVnm Savannah and all points in Florida. At Augusta with (ieorgia and Central rail roans to and from all points West and South: at Klackville to and from all points on llarnwell ruilroad. Through tickets can be purchased to all points South nnd West bv applying to J). McQckkx. A gout, Columbia, S. 0. John It. I'bck, (ieneral Manager. 1). C. Ai.lkn, (Jen. l'ass. and Ticket A u' t (iolumwa a xn J ti KEEN VILLE UAILUOAD. On and after October 5, 188-1, Passkncjkk Trains will run a.sheicwith indicated upon _ thin road and its branchcu. Daih/, rttt/'i Sumhi tfi?. No. 53. i:j? I'ASSENOKH I<?ave Columbia S. C. June'n 10 45 p in " Columbia C. & (!. 1> "11 111 J) in Arrive Alston \'i 10 |> m " Newberrv I 13 p ni Kiucty-Six 2 47 p in Orecnvvood 3 0'.> p in llodjrort 3 SS p in Ili-lt on 4 40 |i in at (irecuville 0 05 j> in X?. 52. DOWN l'ASSKNtiKH. I.eavo Greenville at 0 50 n in Arrive Heltou 11 13 a in Hodges 12 2:1 p in (ir??iurood 12 48 p in Nmotr-Pis 1 32 p m Newberry 3 02 t> in Alston 4 10 |> m ' Columbia C. & C). T) 5 15 pm Arrive Columbia SC. Jntic'n 5 30 p in raktandrno, isios * coi.riiBu kaii. koai>. v no. 53. vv 1'a5si:ncjei:. ' Leave Alston 12 52 p ni " Union i 45 pm '* Spartanburg, S.U.&C.depot .5 50 p iu SCO. 52. DOWN l'ASBENGEU. Lt ve Spart'g H. Sl I). Bepot .... 10 35 a m ** Siiart'jr S. U. A L'. Depot . .10 50 a tn "I. nion 12 50 p m N\ Arrivo at Alston 3 40 |> m LACHES* It AIl.UOAl). Leave Xewbofy 3 30 p ni Arrive at Latirons C. II 6 50 p in Leave Laurens C. H 7 10 a m ; . Arrive at Newberry II 10 pm A DDEVII.I.K BR ASCII. Lear* Hodges..; 3 45 p ni Arri v? at Abbeville 4 45 jt ni Leave Abbeville 11 00 a in Arrive at Hodges 12 00 p in Bl.lTK R1D6B RA1LUO All ASP ASPEHSON BK ASCII. 1 Leave Bolton 4 15 p ni Arrive Anderson i 18 p in " Pendleton 5 56 p in " Soncca o G 41) p m Arrivo afc-Walhalla 7 l).t p m Leave Walhalla 8 50 a in Arrive Sonoca 9 15 a in " Pendleton y 52 a ni i " Andorson 10.13 a in Arrive at Helton II 08 n in CtKXXh'CT/OXS. A. With South Carolina railroad to and from t'harlestuu; with Wilmington, Columbia and Auguata railroad from Wilmington and all paints north thoreofj with Charlotte, Colum- ' bin and Augusta railroad from Charlotte and all points north thereof. IS. With Aaheville ' and 8partanburg railroad from and for points , in Western N. Carolina. C. With Atlanta and Charlotte div Richmond and Danville railway for Atlanta and all points south and west. Standard Ea*t*rn Tim*. G. T?. TALCOTT. Superintendent. M. SLAC6HTKR,0en,l Passenger Apt. 1). Cabowkm., Asa'tOen'l Pais. Agt. jJONDKXSKl) TIME CARD Magnolia Passenger Ronte. In effect March 13, 1885. <;OINO SOt'TH. [.cart' 1.aureus 5 2(1 n in 8 50 a in " Waterloo. G llii u in 9 65 u in " Greenwood 7 00 a in 2 I j p m \rrive Augusta 10 45 a in 7 45 p tn Leave " 10 50 am 10 00 p in Arrive Atlanta 5 10 p in (' 40 a in Leave Aumista II 110 a in \rrive Mean fort 6 20 p ni iVrrive Vort Royal 6 :55 piii " dullest oh 5 iO pin " Kavannali 7 00 pin " Jacksonville 0 15 am OOINO XOUTH. Leave Jacksonville 5 20 pm " Savann-jli C 55 am Leave l'orl Royal 7 35 am " Heaufort 7 47 am " Charleston 7 50 am \rrivc Augusta 1 50 pin Leave Atlanta f8 20 pni Arrive Augusta 0 10 am Leave Augusta 2 30 pin t> 15 am Arrivo Greenwood 6 10 pm 11 40 am " Waterloo "04 pm :5110 pm " Laurens 7 40 pn? , 4 40 pin Ticketson sale at Greenwood to all points it through rates?baggagu checked to destination. Connections made at Greenwood lv it It c. a (J. k. k. K. T. Cii aui.tun. G. I*. A. W F. Siiki.i.man*. Traffic Manager. J N. Bass, Superintendent. WILMINGTON. COLUMBIA AND AUGUSTA KAILUOAD. Going Son h xo 48 no 40 Ijcarc Wilmington 'J .10 p m II 10 p in Arrive at Florence 1 50 a m 2 20 a in Arrive at Columbia 6 40 a i* Going North no 4" no 47 Leave Columbia 10 00 p m Leave Florence 4 SO p m 1 i>2 a in Arrive at Wilmington ... .7 40 p ?? 0 10 a in Train No. 43 >lops at all stations, nos. 48 md 47 stop only at BrinkUy's, Wliiterille, Remington, Fair Hint}', Marion, Florence. Tinknionsrille, Suuiter, Camden Junction ard Kastover. Passengers for Columbia and nil [mints on c a n rt u, c, c a- a k k, Aiken jiiiiction aud all points beyond, should lake so. 48, night express. Separate l'nllman sleepers for Charleston aud Augusta on trains 48 and i7. All trains run solid between Charleston ind Wilniingtou. DPAKTAXBUKU AND 3 ASIIK VILL12 BAILROAI) On and after May 12, 1884, passenger trains will be run dailv, except Sunday, beween Spartanburg and Hendersonville as nl 1 c i:i? TWAIN. Unre 11. & 1)- Depot at Spartanburg 6 00 p in L?av? Spartanburg, A. L. depot.... ('? 10 p in Lbmc Saluda jO p in I.cave Flat Hock .'J 15 p m A rrivc Hemlcrsnnvilic 0 *>0 t m DOWN MH.J IN. iicavo Heiidersmirillc 8 Oil am [.cave Flat Rock ... 8 15 am Leave Sal lulu 9 OH am .t-a vr >lir Line Junction '....11 2.j a m Yrrive I!. A 1) Depot Spartanburg 11 ;J0 n ai Trains on tliiy road run bv Air-Line time. <??th trains make connecticis for Columbia md Chariest on via Spartanburg, I'liion and Columbia: Atlanta anil CliarloCc by Air Line. J AII US AND Kit SON, Superintendent. c.u _vs-T" TJJSJ-;., . . ? I'.tmnN(; Kit I)Kl'A ItMM KX'J\ W it m i mji un. V. /a ft/ loth, JS.S.y XKW MX K l??two?'ii Charleston ami Columl>iu ami 1'j>por South Carolina. CONHKXSKI) St'ilKIH'I.K. COIKIt tlOINU WKST. K A ST. 7 00 aiii I.v....Charleston.... Ar. V 45 pin S 10 " 44 . ...I.anos 44 R 05 ' 1I IS 44 44 ... . Similel* 44 "? 55 44 II 00 |iin Al*.... t'<>luml>ia Lv. 5 1JO ' 2 31 44 " ... . Wintisboro ... " 1$ 4S 44 3 45 44 44 ... Clio.lor " 2 14 " 5 115 " ' Yorkvillo "I 00 " 0 26 44 44 Lancaster 4< ft 00 44 5 00 44 44 Hock Hill 44 2 00 44 6 15 41 44 Charlotte 44 1 00 44 1 i:t fuu A r.... Newborn* l.v : 02 <>in 3 Oil 14 .... (Jreonwood 4- 12 4S 44 6 50 44 44 ....I,aureus ,4 7-10 am 5 IS 4* ,4 ....Anderson 44 lo ;j;i ti 05 4 4 4 * (Iroonville 41 VP 50 44 7 0:5 44 .... Wiilhalla " S 50 ' 4 1 5 4 4 44 ....Abbeville 44 1 1 00 44 5 50 44 44 .. .?S|>Artanlmr|; ... 44 1C50 41 If :i0 j44 44 ... Ilcudcrsonv illo.. 44 S 00 14 Solid Trains between Charleston and Columbia, S. C. JK. I) 1VIX K, T. M. KM K USDS'. lien'I Sup'l. CJen'l 1 'as. Agent, gXCIIAXCfi; IIOTKL, (ilMtKX VII.I.R, S. C. THK ONLY TWO-CLASS IIOTKL IN THE WOULD. W. 1L White, Puoi'Kiktou. flKXTIlAL IIOTK!,, Mits. M. W. Thomas, Proprietress, broad KtrcL-t, Augusta, (iu. JJ I.. MA 1111Y, Atorney and Counsellor at Law. AIJKVII.I.K <\ II., *. C. Oflice formerly occupied liy Judge Thomson. If i.. w. pkuitin". T. r. t'OTIIKAN. pERUIK k C'OTIIItAX, Attorneys at Law, Abbeville S. C. JJ ('. WILLIAMS, Sl'KMKOS Dkxtist, Greenwood, S. C., pi'OKNK 1LOAKV, Attorney and Counsellor at Law, Abbeville. S. C. Subscribe for the Mi-:sskn<skh. JAMES S. PRRRIJf, Attorney ami Counsellor hI Law, Aubkvii.i.k, II., S. C. Jan. 28, ?885-tf ItOIiT. It. IIBMFHII.T/. WM. I*. CAI.I.OHN. HEMPHILL & CALHOUN, Attorneys at Law, AnDKvu.i.K, B. C. Will practice in all the Courts of the State. ???????i?? ?no??? Okmtiiis on IrcIaaH. I ? Saint Patrick's I>uy. j [ U'riltvii / >/ /?'?? ./ '. /.iI'/hii> j'?t' flu' }'?? / i ilit /'. III/Hifl /'. 1 Kvery son of the Kmcrnld Isle is, so j soon as lio puts his foot on a foreign j soil, honored or stigmatized?it is difficult to learn which is meant?with tin; name Paddy. "A Paddy from Cork" is the designation of a genuine, fullblooded Irishman, in whose veins no Scotch or Knglish blood flows. Paddy is often, if not always, for the sake of brevity rather than euphony, shortened into Pat. This is done apparently by dropping the last syllable and changing (1 itito 1. This is ynly apparently the the fact. In reality Pat is an abbreviation of Patricias, the Latin name of the tutelar saint of Ireland, and certainly one of the most remarkable men the woi Id ever produced. There, are no doubt, some persons, perhaps many, who are incredulous as to the existence of St. Patrick. The}* are disposed to regard him as a fabulous being, which never had an existancc save in the morbid imaginations of a grossly ienorant and degradcdly superstitious people. Such is not the case. St. Patrick is no myth. It is true that many of the accounts which tradition gives of him are incredible; notwithstanding this, the existence of St. Patrick can be proven beyond a historic peradventure, and Ins life and labors are intimately and inseparably connected with the civil and ecclesiastical history of Ireland. It is not easy, with unerring certuint}', to learn the place of St. Patricks nativity. Several couniric.s claim to have given him birth. . No doubt this had. in some degree, a tendency to make the impression on the minds of some that such a being never had an existence. Those who come to this conclusion from this fact should remember ihnt tlie birth-place of cjuito a number of illustrious men, of lioth ancient and modern times, is not known. The probability is that St. 1'atrick was born in (inul. now Franco, in tho year 372. The Papal church claims that ho was n devoted Catholic, while the Protestants of Ireland, at least some of them, as confida?iIxi'j 'isw'/c'vtv,of the dyed-in-the-wool 1'regV,. once type. The truth probably' lies midday between these extremes. I suppo.se St. Patrick was neither a staunch Catholic nor a rigid Presbyterian. About the time of St. Patrick the Church was in a very peculiar state. It was mixed up with much that was pagan in its origin. I do not, however, propose to settle, or even undertake to settle the grave hilt surely not very important question whether St. Patrick was a Catholic or a Presbyterian, further than simply give my opinion that he was neither as they 1 now arc. ' The history of St. Patrick's entrance into Ireland is certainly interesting, if not edifying. The name of one of the early Kings of Ireland was Xiall} the progbnitor.of the O'Xialls, At that time, near the close of the fourth century, the Romans greatly troubled the , inhabitants of the Ilritish Isles. Xiall collected a large arm)' composed of Irish, Picts and Scots, and marched against the Itomansin Britain. The wl. oh rat od Roman wall, parts of which are still standing, was forced and tin* Romans were overcome and put to tribute. This made Xiall illustrious, not only in his own country and in the eyes of his subjects, hut also in the Gallic Provinces. In Gaul there were some Saxon tribes. These oppressed by the Romans applied to Xiall for succor, which was granted. Xiall'led the expedition in person. Landing on what is now the coast of France, he devastated the Roman settlements, and then returned to his nativ? Isle loaded with spoils and treasures. From (Saul, Xiall brought * with him to Ireland two hundred captives. These captives weie sold into bondage for a period of seven years, in accordance with the prevailing custom of the times. This jaffstom was evidently of Hebrew origin. A'lrtong those prisoners was one who afterwards received the name of St. Patrick, by which name he is Known all over the world. Two of St. Patrick's sisters Lupida and Deverca, were also brought with him as slaves. The fact that Patrick was, under these circumstances, brought to Ireland no donht led some to conclude that he was u Roman. The weight of testimony, however, seems to be that his mother was a native of Wales and his fathes a Gaul. Really it is not of much consequence where he was from or of whom ho was born. When Patrick was brought to Ireland in the captivity of a slave by Niall the Grand, ns he was called, he was sixteen yeurs old. He was sold to a man by the name of Milcho who lived in Antrim county, some place naer Slcmish Mountain. This mountain is about eight miles a little north from Ballymena, and about half that distance in % south-east direction from the town of .ys 'V>, . l'.-"u'5 Braidwater. 'J'hc Brnidwater, is a small p but beautiful stream, winds its way al north and west of Slemish among the ii hills and through the valley, until 1c it empties into the main. From the top \\ of Slemish, which is about fourteen hun- p died and foil}- feet high, the view is d charmingly delightful. Kast. about- o lifteen miles distant, may bo seeit the g< North (Hianntfl, dotted all over with di boats plying between. Laru, Belfast, p Carifugus and Bangor. Tho town of ~S\ Belfast cannot be seen because Cave ol Hill intervenes. South-west, l ough ii Xeagh stretches out in the distance like <:< a long bank of yellow, clay-colored o clouds. Bellyiusna, Broughshane and ii other towns are seen. The valley of the w Braid presents from the ton of Slemish s< one ol tli'j most loveliest sights 1 ever witnessed. It was at the foot of Rleinish on the o west side, perhaps, that Milcho the 11 master of St. Patrick lived. Jn this si vicinity, some place between Slemish b and tho town or settlement of Brcckna, o St. Patrick watchcd the flocks (some tl say swine) of his master as they brows- w ed on the sides of the mountain or n graze.I over the valley of tho Braid. tl The tradition is, and this is the best authority that exists on the subject, ^ lll.lt Oil tlin (nil r>r filolliicli r\r- Ill - 1' - "I KUUVI near the top on the north-west, he re- ^ tired that lie might engage in prayer. w On that end there is a strange rock or rather a strange break out in a large ^ rock. This rock, about as high as a c< man's head and extending a oonsidera- ^ ble distance across the end of the s' mountain, has in it a very peculiar groove or recess which forms what is l( called St. Patrick's chair. The face of c the rock appears as if a section about " two feet wide and about the same in depth had been taken out from the top Cl until within two feet of the ground. ? In this, tradition says, St. l'atrick was accustomed to sit and rest. The chair w is comfortable when you got in it, but j rl it requires some effort to effect this. il No doubt hundreds of individuals have w sat down in this stone chair of St- ! ' Patrick. ? Slemish is still used for grazing pur- i Sl poses, as it was fifteen hundred years j " ago. The oast side which slopes oil* tc- ! u ward the North Channel, was co vered \ ?l'iy which 1 1 s" -J . v-.Ou.icl. * . r|%1 . I Tortus of Sale?IICSC shot1!) j I t-. r i?n|.LTs. J-<'.%herds?as lazv I 0 ' T|?|? 1 I 4*. T w j Joohii.?: ).'J> >->- Aj-S laid my eyes 1 oil.* v k" P After Serving out his- seven years J1 bondage, near Slemish, St. Patrick re- 'I turned to (Saul. Sometime afterwards " he entered the college of 'J'ours. In 'I this college there was, at that time, a I professor by the name of Martin, who s1 was the uncle of St. Patrick. Martin n died some five years afterwards and St. ' Patrick went to Home. From Home he < went to some of the islands of the Med- < iterranean sea. In the meantime lie i joined what was known as the bare-'t fooled order of St. Augustine. After :i I period of fifteen or twenty years from t his leaving Ireland, he was by some ee- f clesinstical authority?the Catholics say } by Pope Oelestine, and they arc proba- i ably right?sent back to preach the c gospel in the land in which he had once t been a slave. s What the original name of St. l'at- I rick was we do not know. When he t was baptised, which was probably done j while at college at Tours, or afterwards t when at Koine, he was called Succath, I and when he was ordained to preach t the gospel, which probably took place s after he returned from his visit to tho ji islands of the Mediterranean, he was, 1 by St* Germain, who ordained him, \ called >1 agonias. The inline Patrick, t the on I j name by which he is known he received in the following way : As a j mark of respect, and for the purpose of j giving dignity to him as a missionary to ? the Irish, Pope Oelestine conferred up- ? on him the order pf Patrieii. This or- f tier was instituted by Constantino the j Great,- the first Christian emperor, j Among the Romans there was an order j called the Patrieii, but the order which ^ ^ I"* 1 Church was more honorable than that g which existed in the civil government of t Home. The Christian order of Putricii c was next in rank to thu emperor's. ? From l'atricii is derived, not regularly, f but in fact, Patrick, and from Patrick we r get Patty, or, for short, Pal, the common 'j sobriquet of tho male inhabitants of r the Kmerald Isle. s In when sixty years old, he land- : ded in Ireland at what was then called v ^rioch Cuallan, now Wickloro. Laorgrc tho grand son of Xiall or O'Niall, by whom he had been made prisoner nnd : sold to Milcho, was at that time king, i After preaching for some time in the , vicinity of Wicklon, St. Patrick pushed : his way northward and made port in Dun- >i drum Pay, County Down. , When he und his party, which con- t sistod of twelve assistants, landed, the f inhabitants of the adjacent country mis- j taking them for pirates, collected and , rushed to tho hcach to drivo them away. . On approaching near they wero awe- , struck by tho grave and venerable ap- > earnnce of St. Patrick, who imniedi- Ui Lely began to preach the gospel to them sit 1 their own language, which ho had \vs :arned when a slave. Among those ro ho had gone out to drive awiiv the sup- be osed pirates were a son and two so aughters of Milcho, the former master fe< f St. Patrick. These embraced the is ospel. St. Patrick went to the resi- Pa unco of his former master for the purose of converting him from paganism, ve [ilcho refused to hear the instruction th I' him who had been his slave nud be- Oi ig enraged that his children had be- is! line followers of St. Patrick, set his th \vn house, which, like all the houses gr i Ireland at that time were made of so 'Utiles, or witlis, on fire and threw hiinjlf.into the ltames and perished. pe Perhaps three miles from Slcmish ami mi irectly north of it on the opposite side er f the Braidwater, is a small but craggy lountain called Skerry. On this it is mi lid St. Patrick erected the first church ^ uiltin Ireland. It was built of stone? 111 f which there is a superabundance on 111 le mountain. This house was afterards torn down and another erected, i\t nn flin f.i 1...* ^ v.?t vuiauuiiuii UlIC JU.1t uy 10 side of it. The foundation of tlit* 'a rst house is still plainly to be seen. lie new house, which is thought to bo lore than a thousand years old, is in a ln ilapidated state. Whether St. Patrick v' as a Catholic or not Ibis old church on io top?absolutely on the top? of kerry, fell into their hands. When the -*1 irort was made h}r the Knglish under lenry tho Kighth and his immediate 'l" uccessors, to convert tho Catholics to 'r rolestantism one way that was resorted 1? i, was to tear down all tho Catholic (lurches. This same mode of convertlg Catholics was practised in Scotland. he only (ecclesiastical edifice which esiiped these fanatics in the city of Cilasow was the Cathedral. The church on ip of Skerry was torn down, rather it ?' as rendered unlit for worship. Tho ^ nins consist of iln> wnll nf <> >? I'i bout ton feet high, 11 portion of tlio er all of the other side. and a portion of to wall of one eiul. The other end ^ all is very little damaged. The ma- r" f>nry of this old ruin is such as we ever see in America. The cement 'll liich holds the stones together is as ard ?md as strong as the stones them- w . Ives. ,ie Attached to this old church on the top f Skerry is a grave yard and a vault. he vault is built above ground. It is ^ erhnps ten feet long and eight wide. I is covered over with large Hat stones. I'lio door is ?juurcdLw' c1 igainst entrance by stiong iron bajs. These are of modern date. Recently ^ he Catholics have constructed a strong c (tone wall around the grave yard, which ^ t iso one loses the old church nml vault. \y the Catholics in the surrounding ^ rountrv, who appeared to me to bo ex- ^ icedingly poor and degradingly igno- C ant, Skerry is regarded with supersti- " ions veneration. ^ From Slemisn to Skerry* is perhaps hroo miles. The two mountains are in "nil view of each other. My guide to Skerry?or rather the individual who ^ mlocked the gate that I might enter the ^ dd graveyard?was a girl of perhaps en or twelve years old. She had a iweet face and a sparkling eye, but as iroad a brogue as [ over hoard. Her ? f| :lothing declared she was the child of joverty and her actions betrayed that imidity which pinching poverty always jewels and cherishes. After she discov- ^ f sred that she would bo treated with reipoct she became very communicative, ^ md among other things gave 1110 the fol- 81 owinsr information. I shnll rr>in?nt. Imr 1' vords, not in hor Irish brogue, but ranslated into Knglisli : c "When St. Patrick determined to ^ >ui111 tikis church the devil undertook to >revent him. They quarreled on top of ' Flemish. The devil and .St. Patrick ran i race to see which would get to Skerry irst. Both flew from the top of Shun- ^ sh and St. Patrick beat him. The devil it down yonder in the hollow and St. \itrick lit just outside of the walls of ^ his house on a stone and the print of ^ lis foot, knee and face arc still on the , tt ,tono." This tradition, I learned, is ^ iniversally believed by the huujble ( ilass of Catholics and many Protestants ' ,11 over Ireland. The girl* took mo to r< he place where it is believed St. Pat- ^ ick lit when he (lew from Slemish. ['here is in the face of the large fiat I ock a depression which strikingly re- ? cnibles the track of ft human being, but f it was nincle by St. Patrick's foot it | g| vas much less than mine, or he had on it the time sharp toed shoes. I could i. it lot got my foot into the track. Xear by ^ t is n print in the rock which resom>les the depression a man's knee would imke in soft ground. In front of these ? s a small, nose-shaped hole in the rock. I'lirs is said to have been made by the ^ lose of St. Patrick. In other words, the 111 radition is that when he lit ho fell on >no knee and his face. It is flrinly boiered by somo of the Catholics?I hope lot by nil?that if an individual will >lace himself in the predicament in rhich St. Patrick is said to havo been ei vhen he tit on lliatspot?his left foot in c e track, his right knee in the depres)n just beside the track, and lean forird and put his nose in the hole of the ck and make a wish, it will certainly I granted. I went through the whole ' rvice except making the wish. A few >t from the place where St. Patrick lit a small puddle of water. This is St. trick's well. This suggests that there is something ry strange to me that on the tops of e mountains in Ireland water is found, i the top or very near the top of Sleini there is water all seasons of the e year, and in winter, 1 was told, a eat deal of water?so much, Ilia'a peril cannot go over it with safety. St. Patrick, according to the Irish, escially the Catholic .Irish, did many ost wonderful things. After, lio-vev, deducting all the incredible things at he is said to have done, enough renins to warrant us in saying tKaii 'st. ! itriek was no ordinary man. It is aditted by all that he was instrumentalproducing a very great change for the stter in Ireland. lie pleached in every nf the lamt, and great success attended .hisTi bors. Ho co use era tod, it is^cfamied 1 all parlies, three hundred-juxty 1 shops and ordained throo thousand , iests. lie had the laws of Ireland rc- * seit and codified. In these ancient vvs was founded tl?j trjal by a jury of J elve men. a privifiige which tlio ( mericans claim to liaVo received from , e English, and the Hnglish claim to ^ ive originated with Alfred; but thfc;1 ish claim, and correctly, that Alfred j arned it. when a school-boy, in Irelid. St. Patrick died at Saul or Sabbul in 1 junty Down, on the 17th of March, it of what year it is not certainly lown. It is claimed that he lived to s one hundred and twenty-six years el. If so, he died on the 17th of ?rni, /<nu '? * uivu, wo. nt; whs uuneu at uown, ltrick. A splendid monument was : ected to his memory, which was deroyed by the fanatics during the reign cur}' VIII. In llie tomb of St. Put- " L-k, the remains of St. llridget ami St. slumb Killo wore, in subsequent time, id. St. Patrick was like the most of men ho are in ten sol)* in earnest on any stibct, fanatical, lie waged a fierce warre against the ancient bards of Ireland. Iieso were Druids, and their poetry as so charming that St. Patrick conclu>d that if it remained in the Island the >ople would lapse into tho Druidical orship. With his own hands ho burnhar?i: ^umbcr of volumes. The eople caugbi ..is SpritL-imiimjtated his xample. Some notion of the character | f the ancient poetry of Ireland maybe irmed from a poem, or a collection of oeins, calle<l Ossian, by James Mac'lerson. The origin of Ossiuu is, liowver, not certain. It is thought by lany to be tlu> work of .lames Macherson himself. It is claime<l for St. Patrick, by liis )1 lowers ami admirers, that lie drove II the snakes and venomous beasts of 11 kinds ofT the Island into the sea, here they perished. It is a fact that liereare no.snakes in Ireland, and probbly there never were any. A ST AH OX THE TKAM1'. 'he liemnrknblc Discovery of a Washington Astronomer. They say that the chief astronomer at le Washington observatory was dreadilly sold a short time since. A wicked oy, whose Sunday-school experience penis only to have made him more deraved, caught a fire-tly and stuck it, 'itli the aid of some mucilage, in the cntre of the largest lens of the telescope. That night when the astronomer went ) work ho perceived a blaze of light pparently in the heavens, and what inuzed him the more was that it wonld ive a couple of spurs and then die out, uly to burst forth again in a second or ,vo. lie examined it carefully for a few dilutes and then began to do sums to nd where in the heavens this extraorinarv star wns nlnond Ho tlmnrrKt 1??. ^ I ?w..5..v ?* >und the locality, and next morning ho degraphed all over tho universe thnt he ad discovered a new and remarkable tar of tho magnitude in Orion, In a ay or two all tho astronomers of Kni>pe and America were studying Orion; ley gazed at it for hours until they, ere mad, and thon they began to teleraph to the man in Washington to know 'hat ho meant The discoverer took nother look and found thnt tho new tar had moved eighteen billion miles in nrenty-four hours, and upon examining closely he wns alarmed to perceive mt it had logs ! When he went on the UII1U I1C A t lllUllllllg 10 ponsil up IIIC lass he found the lightning-bug. And icy soy he went into it with a whole5ulod sincerity and vigorous energy, he hill for telegraphing dispatches mounted to $2,600, and now the astroniner wants to find that boy. He wiuha to consult with him about somoling. Gen. Simon Cameron celebrated his ighty-seventh birthday, Sunday, quitly at his home in Harrisburg, Pa. Iii the Hands ul' tlic Sheriff. [.From the Greenville News, March V.] For several days general attention lias jeon attracted to the Camperdown Mills >y the action of the stockholders, and, is usual in such cases, a large number md variety of stories have been circuated. It will he remembered that nt lie meeting of stockholders held in lanuary it was decided to order a sale of Mill No. I to pay oil" pressing debts of .he company and the mill was duly advertised to be sold at auction on the 11th of this month. On the 5th instant i notice was published declaring the sale to be indefinitely postponed, that letion having been taken, as was exilained nt the time, in consequence of he threat of interested parties to apply or an injunction against the sale and isk for the appointment of a receiver for lie property. Notwithstanding the publication of this notice, and on the rery day of its appearance, an order was eceived from .Judge I'ressley, at Anderson, temporarily rcstaining the sale of :hc lower mill, annliimtion for it hnvine jeq^nfttle by certain stockholders of this $ty and elsewhere. This order iVas scrypil on jtlie officers of the company yeittfflay."' As soon as it became known attachments \v<:ao applied for l>y creditors, her^ and were issued. The :inims ropYesenTcl/jhy these attachments ire- to4hii aino.iit)Vj^^hout $37,000, and ire for money ad^Aft^TT~~Ttie-ltUftGlu _ meats covcr all thd^tdckiOnvJjind, machinery jitul other pi-o^'iHy ?fv^,c ,l"U? ihil were served by. the v * It is understood tli^t(thir^i&jafchments were obtujtiod simply fdr the jmrpose of preventing any action that might cause loss to stockholders and creditors, and especially to fl^event the shipment of <tocfc oii'hand until some definite adj^natirt.elAi df"-affairs has been made. The present stock of yarns here is roughly I'Stimated to be worth $20,000, and more is in the hands of agents at the North. isotore the attachments were obtained it would have been in the power of tho officers and agents of tho company at the North to order the shipment of the entire stork beyond the jurisdiction of our Courts and leave creditors here deprived of much of their sreurity. Nobody knows what the next move will be. The attachments will hold all the property here until something is done one way or the other, and it is likely that some general and harmonious action will be taken by the resident and non-resident creditors and stockholders to adjust the company's business and settle the existing complications. Of Course the running or shutting down of the mills is tho subject of first interest and importance to the great majority of people here. As matters ctflrif] nf nrncnnf < Knrn 10 ?a wot* tn tain cotton. Mill No. 1, the old mill, was shutdown last night the supply of the staph* having heen exhausted. The mill will run, almost certainly, until the present supply of cotton is run through, a period of probably two weeks. Whether it will be continued after that depends on the action of tho creditors and stockholders at the North. Freaks of Promiueut Hon. The venerable philanthopist, Mr. W. \V. Corcoran, will not avN.?iown until ho has raised up tho chair. " If Senator Vance hen^s a cock crow before midnight he is Saorvous for a week for fear that noni(j calamity is about to happen. ^ ^ The late Thaddeus Stephens not pass a pin without picking it up. Furthermore, he always walked around if necessary, to get the point toward him before picking it up. ,t was said of Thomas Jefferson that he would never permit any person to cut his hair. He used the scissors himself. He had a superstition that his strength would depart if he allowed anyone else to cut his hair. Mr. Lyman, the present chief of the bureau of navigation, is noted for some strange hallucinations, though a man of varied accomplishments. It is almost too ridiculous for brlief, but it is a fact that he is convinced he has boon married to the depurtcd spirit of the Empress .Josephine, nnd that the spirit iH the mother of a child to hitn which is now six yenrs old. For a year he lias kept Mrs. Rest, n noted Boston medium, in Washington under a good salary because she could "materialize" the spirit of Josephine so that it could comc out from tho cabinet, sit in his lap, and kiss mm. 10 iiis inumaie menus Air. L,yman talks seriously about the aflfair ns if it were an every day concern. Shortly after the Presidential election the JVeirs rnir} Courier, in discussing the attitude of Tammany, gave offence to tho Hon. Patrick Walsh, of the Augusta Chronicle and Constitutionalist. A sharp reply was made by the gentleman who considered himself . aggrieved, and some very bitter words were uttered by both the News anil Courier and its Augusta contemporary. Wn ilnoiro LMIIT UM|KAII( aOnmiif ?? v v vv* owj tnuij h uin'uv in.iCiiapw ing to apportion the responsibility for tho quarrel, wo regret exceedingly that there should hAVo been any disturbance of the friendly relations of the two papers, and that wo regret particularly that the friendship of their editors, which had endured for many years, should have been in any wise disturbed. With* out reference to anything that our contemporary may feel or- desire, wo have no hesitation whatever in withdrawing, in thiu era of good feeling, anything and everything that was staid by ua which could be considered to reflect In any way upon the character and motives of Mr. Walsh, or liU excellent paper.-? 2Veirsmul Courier. r*.- /vV * : - *'jiHre'0'V