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|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
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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.
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Okmtiiis on IrcIaaH.
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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.
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