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p., ,,,. - V . . " ' ' ' ' ite piwite SfosstngK. - / ' ?'. . \. , .V-.iih* i ; V it AH nil.: / v. ' , -I - - - -* -?- -- I JIP !- ! ' i k ~ (' *-? : - ; , ., . , ; r~ . : * ' VOL. I. / ABBEVILLE, S. C, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 15, 1885. NO. 29. Richmond asd bastille RAILROAD. pa$t*m-g<T Dtpartm+nt.?On and after Aug SH, 18H4, iiassvngor train *orric? on th? A. imd C. Division will b? as foil own: X?rtA rc+rd. 5o. 51* No. Mf I-oavc Atlanta lilpn S 46 a is arrive (jrainrsvilta 57 p m 10 .15 a is Lnlaa. Tlipu 1191am Kaban flap j*ac b 8 12pm 11 30 a nn Tocco* c 8 54 p m 12 04 p qi Honcca City d ... 9 59 p m 1 00 p re Central 10 32 p m 1 52 p ni Liberty JO 55 p m J 1.1 p m Eaaley 11 10 p m 2 27 p ni UreenTiUe < 11 42 p m 2 47 p m Spartanburgy 1 ?l ?? 1 56 pn Oaitoala g . 4 29 a tit 5 54 pm wharlotta k tlCrv t> 40 p nj Southward. No. 59* No. 42t rlupWf* 1 45 at 1 00 n m arrireGaMoni* 3Mam 1 45 p m Spartanburg .... 4 28 t n 3 45 p in Greenville 5 45 ? m 4 55 p m Kasley ? 17 a ?i 5 25 p m Liberty 6 24 a m l> 42 p m central....... (iiam <5 08 j> m Seneca city 7 3.1 a n 7 3( pn Toecoa S 49 a m 7 35 p m " ttabun Gap juac.:. Ollaw 8 30 p ta Lttla 10 09 a iu 8 59 p <n GairicsTllle .: 10 K * m 9 25 p m Atlanta t 69 p m 11 39 am *{?xpr??8. t If ail. Freight traiue ?n this read all carrr passcixCera; pamseojr^t- traiaii run throngh (oUa'n ville and connect with Virginia Midland rail raj te all eastern cities, and at A tlaut a wlA) all lines diveravg. No. 50 learcs Uichmosx at 1 p n and Nj?. il arrives there at 4 p m; ea^es Richmond at X28 a ra, 53 arrives the n at 7 41 a a Buffet *? .Steeping Cars irithcr<v change: On trains Nor. 50 and 51, Nav York and Athmtn,vtn Washii.gton at k Danville, <5reenRboro and AiriieviUe; < n trains Nor. 52 and 53, Richmond ni n Danville, Washington, Augusta and Ne v Orleans. Throutrh tickets an sale a Charlotte, Greenville, Seneca, Spartxnbnrj and Gainesville to all points Kont h southwest, north and east. A connec ti with N. K. railroad to and from Athcn s b with N". E. to and from Tallulali Fall s with El. Air Line to audfiom Elbert* .r and BowersTillo; d with Blue Ilidge t< and from Walhaila; c with C. and G; tc and from Greenwood, Newberry, Alsior aud Columbia: mf with A. A S. and S. U. & 0. to And from Henderson'yifUe Alston, Ac.; g with Chester and Leivoii to and from Chester, Yorkville and I*;il law; h with X. C. division aud C., C. A A. to aud from Greensboro, Raleigh, kumckd rbrki.ky, sup*. Jf. Stanqhter,'Gen. Pass. Agt. A. Ij. It ire*. 2d V. |?. and Gen. Uil i. SOUTH CAROLINA. RAILWAY COMPANY, ('ommeacin; Sunday, Sept. 7th, 1884!. *1 3 15 iv tu, P&aficajcer Traina will ruu as folLowi Bntil further notice, "Kast*in time:" Columbia Dititittn?I)iil<r. Leave Columbia T Warn I 2T-p it IVue *1 Charleston _12 20 pm 9 J* |m Lcare Ckurlrtlon 7 00 a in 4 S# p n Due at Columbia UMpiu 9 12 at) CauiJn* Dititioti?Daily exc?pt KuudaVtt. ' T.eare Columbia 7 48 a m 5 27 p u Doe Camden 12 45 p m 8 25 p n ? " ' 1 Ka m 1 Ml n n lis. . . A ~yv '.I '.'I < ul , . >* # bi*. ... i'tis * '' "5 ILJ.?dr .!? '* .t1' ' .ivVii ? ?' ? ? . i vine nuvnxi uy inui niimuf <i> ?? mi. i? and departing at 5'^7 ]>. in.; at ColuUitbii .1 unction with CbaVlntte, Coltuubin and 1 Au< junta railroad by name train to and froBjt all pointy onVQth road*. t At Charleston Ifrith at earners fur New Tori on Kntuwfcur; abd on Tuesday and Satu rday with uteitter for, Jacksonville and point s oil fit. John's river; alno, with C'harlestoM and Farannah Railroad to and from Save, uiiali and all points in -Florida. . At Aupuetti with (icorgi* and Central, rail raanH to aud'from all point* West and S?|?uth at Blackville to and from all pniutson Ij'.arn*v?ll railroad. Through tickets can l>a pnrebancd ia all points South and West by a'pplrinjfto \ D. McQt'KKJf, Ajrcnt, Columbia. Sfl. C. I John B. l'ccw, General Manager. ^ D. C. Ai.lkx, (Sen. Pans. and Ticket Ag'l COLUMBIA A NI> GRKKNVILLB RAILROAD Ob and after October 5, 18A4, Pashic voice Trains will run ?k lietewith indicated u|?ob thin road aud itn branche*. Unity, ?re*pt Shn<Um*. No. 53. UP PASSENGER ; 1/ Leave C'olnmbia S. C. Junc'u 10 45* p m " Columbia C. A G. I) 'lll#>pm I Arrive Alnton U II) p it I 44 Newberrj 1 l.t p m Ninety-Six J 41' p it Greenwood 1 <H p m Hodcea 3 3S p ic , Bel ton 4 41 p n *> at GreeBTille 6 Of j? nr I No. 52. DOWN PASSENGER. I Leave Greenville at 9 fjO a it I Arrive Belton 11 VI a ui I llodge*. 12 p ?r (Jrecnwood 11 4,^ p n Ninety-Six 1 M p n Newberry 3 0(J p in Alston. .*. 4 I'O p ir ' Columbia C. A Q. I> 6 1,5 pn Arrive Colombia S C. .Tunc'n . 5 3D p n BrAETANBrRG, UNION * COLUMBIA BAIL KOID SJO. 53. ITP PA8HKNGRK. [ i Leave Alston 12 52pn k " Ueien 3 55 pa " Spartanburg, S.U.AC.depet.S 50 p,it KO. 62. DOWS PABHKN(iP.R. ' "Lv-ve Spart'g R. A I). Bcpot .... 10 35 a n |i " Bpart'g 8. U. A C. Depot ..10 56 ?.n I I ? ?? Lnion 12 60 pti II Arrire at Alston..4 2 <8 i> 1 11 LeBve Ne*bcr-y 130 pn I ArriTeatlna'rensC.H 6 50 p ir I Leave Laurens C. II 7 40 a 11 I Arrire at Norborry 11 10 p a V A?3SVILL* BBAXCH. I Leave IledgoB. '.. 1 45 p n ( Arrire at Abbe*i)le 4 46 p n 'J Leare AbbevilU.' 11 00 a n ,J Arrive at Hodgii 12 00 p n BLBB BIDOK BAItBO AD AXD AN'DEBHON BRANCH Leare> Belton 4 46 p a Arrire Anderson .. ft 18 p n " Pendleton A 68 p n -- j 4? 8eaecae..<v 6 40 p n Arrive st Walballa.. 7 03 p 11 Leave Watballa... B 50 a r Arrive Soneca 0 15 a r 11 n li.i - -- j 62 a II " Andaraon ..... 10 33 a r Arriva at Baltoa 11 08 a n COMKRCV.pNS. -A? With South Carolina rvjlroad to and fror Cbarlaaton; with Wilmiogt*j, Columbia an A<(uila railroad from Wilmington and al all pointy north thereof. B. With AnheviU atiif HfcaUanbtirtf raitrota (rot and forpoint W fttktfcrt If. CjtrdIUkhVtS V&At1aWaa<> ttfcrlWU dlr Kr?h^iM?a.*nd Dt^nu r*nwa for Atlanta and all points .?OU? ?d w?it. 8<kri<Urd EaititY T^1"9'- - ' 1 O. B. TALCOTt,lBaj>erlntendM. QONDENSKD TIME CARD 1 flagnelia Passenger Route. In effeet March 15,1885. soixq south. Leiuve Laurens *5 30 a m fS 10 i m *1' Waterloo 6 06 a m 0 55 a in Greenwood 7 00 a m J 15 p m Anl-ive Augusta 10 45 a in 7 46pm LevAT? " 10 50 are 10 00 pm Ar/rire Atlanta 5 40pm 6 40 am Ia iti Aucrusta 11 SO a m A rrire Hesufort C 20 p m A rrire Port Roysl 6 25 pm I 44 Chnleston 5 50 ptn " Savannah 7 00 pm ( " JackKonrillc 7 00 am ooino north. L cave Jacksonville *8 50 pm " Kavannah 6 55 am Loave Port Royal 7 35 am 44 Reaufort 7 47 am 44 Charleston 7 50 am A.rrive Augusta 1 50 pra *i.cave Atlanta f 8 20 pari Arrive Augusta 6 10 am Leave Augusta *2 30 pni 6 15 am Arrive Greenwood 6 10 pm 11 40 am " Waterloo 7 04 pm 3 30 pm '* " Laurens 7 50 pm 4 40 pm ' "Daily t Daily except Sunday. Tickets on sale at Greenwood to all point s - at through rates?baggage checked to desti nation. Connections made at Greeuwood - with C. k G. R. R. K. T. Charlton, G. 1*. A. a Augusta, Ga. i r> "wwtt t t ii 1 v/'t a xt /1at t*?it)t 1 a vt\ k tr t m \ / I u.l, VUIiU ^IU1A Ail 1/ AL* 6 Vt GCSTA RAILROAD. Going Soa h ho 48 no 40 ^ ' Leave Wilmington fl 50 p ra 11 10 pm y f Arrive at Florence 150am 2 20 am , 1 Arrive at Columbia 0 40 a ra (Joinp North no 4S no 47 t . Leave Columbia 10 00 pm , * Leave Florence 4 50pm 152am 1 ' Arrive at Wilmington... .7 40 p m 6 10am t t Train no. 43 atops at nil stations; Nos. 48 and 47 stop only at Urinkloy'H, Whiteville, ( Fleuiington, Fair Bluff, Marion, Florence, f Timmorsville, Sumter, oamden Junction ard ' Eastover. 1'asBengers for Columbia aud all ' ; points on c * u k b, c, c * a r r, Aiken June- ^ . tion and all poiuts beyond, aheuld take No. 48, , ' night express. Separate Pullman sleepers J Tor charlcuton and Augusta on trains 48 and ^ ) 47. Alt traias run solid between charlcaton > and Wilmington. ' I ?????????????????? SPARTANBURG AND ( ASIIEVILLE RAILROAD r On and after May 12, 1884, passenger trains will be run dailr, except Sunday, ber tween Spartanburg aud Kenderaonvilie as follows: UP TRAIN. Leave R. & D- Depot at Spartanburg 6 00 p ra Leave Spartanburg, A. L. depot ( It pm Leave Saluda 8 50 p m Leave Flat K^ck 9 15 n ra < A rrire Ilendersonrilie 9 30 10 DOWN UR.4I5. 1 Leave lTcndcrrtonrill* B 00 am t L Leave Flat Hock 8 15 am . > Lea reSaluda 00# sm ' Learr A ir Line Junction 11 25 a m j A rrire K. 4; I) l)c)iot Spartanburg 11 SO an 1 Train* ou this road run br Air-Lima time, i both trains inake connections for Columbia < i and Charlexton Tia Spnrtanburg, Union and . } Columbia; Atlanta <Mid Charlotte by Air Line. JAMES ANDtHSON, Superintendent. 1 ^TL ANTIC COAST LINK, ] ,;f;i M ?,(S '0?fi , V ? ';/ Jilt it. i ' J.I N' ? '<??! (i|. j- j) Saudi :> t it'-. , * j:cv. s l >7 . ; 7 M am i.v .... vuni iosiou .. .* ^'.rsC? > 1 8 40 " 44 .... Lanes... * S#5 44 C ; 9 4R " 44 ... Sumter ? 55 " s ' 11 00 pm Ar... Columbia Lr. 5 SO 44 J 31 * " .... Winnnboro ... " S 48 44 1 3 45 44 ' .... Chester " 3 4 4 44 1 5 35 " " Yorkville ' 1 00 44 [ 6 25 " 44 .... Lancaater 44 9 CO 44 B 1 5 00 " ... Hock Hill 44 1 00 ' , ' 8 15 44 44 ... CharlotU 44 1 00 " * I 13 nm A 7 .h.rrr TZ * ~M ^ 5 09 4 4 44 (Jfeenwotfd 44 12 48 44 6 60 44 ' ...Lauren* ....... 44 T 40 am 4 18" " Anderson .. 44 10 IS " 6 06 " 44 ... .Greenville " 8*0 " < T Oil li 44 ... . \Ti?lhalU " 8 iO " 4 45 44 44 ....Abbeville 44 11 00 44 & 50 44 44 ... . Spnrlauburjr " 1C50 41 9 10 J44 44 ... llendorsonville... 44 8 00 44 Solid Trains between Charleston nod Columbia, S. C. j.;f. divine, t. m. emerson, CIcn'l Sup't. Gen'l I'an. Agent. . jgXCHANGR HOTEL, > Grkevtii.i.b, s. c. ! THE ONLY TWO-CLASS HOTEL IN THE WOttLD. ' \V. U. WniTa, Puopribtob. 48 j ?jentral hotel, Man. M. w. Thomas, Proprietress. , Broad street, Augusta, Ga. 49- | 1 JJ L. MABKY, { i Atornoy and Counsellor at'Law. t i ABEVILI.R C. II., 8. C. I Ofllco formerly occupied by Judge j \ Thomson. tf-50 ^ > ~ * li. W. PKBRIN. T. P. COTIIHAV. 1 J pERRIN k COTIIRXK, j 1 1 1 Attorneys at Law, \ f>l . AbbeYille S. C. ( \ 1 ?) JgUOENE 1M? AKY, Attorney and Counsellor at Law, i 1 52 Abbeville, R. C. 1 ? I iTAMES 8 1 a Attorney tod Cnanssllor it Liw, I \ ABBBTILLK, C. H., 8. C. ? .Uao.18,1886-tf 6S ? -i 0 w II natoT. R. IIKMPUIM.. WM. P. CALI.OUW. ? flWllILL A CALHOUN, " \ Attorneys at Law, 11 \ Abbhvillb, S. C. d Will practice in all the Courts of the J Stati. 54 d ?, * \ :?h tht new ahapas.ip ITatn and Bonneta 1 Xlu with Ribbons. Birds, FUwers, Satins and ^ relr*U to mateh. R. If. HADDOK & CO. ?A /. Ai ' ,- s V-:--; \i .'' - .. X \ Observations in IreM ;; ' o I1T IlKV. II. I.ATHAK. " n (Written for tlic Yorkville Enquiror.l jj Thu last sketch closed, if my memory p jerves me correctly, with a brief notice C( jf the town of Lisburn, on tho river Lagan. I shall begin this nkotch with a p iescription of the old town Carrickfor- k ;u8. I, It was from the region of country s| iround Carrickfergus, that a majority of t, the (first settlers of Lancaster county, p 5. C.t emigrated. Among those was the f( rather and mother of Andrew .Jackson, v, the seventh Presidont of the United H States. .Such being the case, the whole r people of this great republic ought to Peel, and I have no doubt do feci, an in- Sl terest in Carrickfergus. York county rmrrKf tn fiml art inUrAct ?n A nilvAnr II Jackson. It has been strenuously con- r< tended that President Jackson was a na- ft ;ivc of North Carolina, and not of South o Carolina. in The facts in the case, as I learned n .hem when a boy from an individual r< ivho knew them, are about as follows ; ft i iic aoine 01 mc parents 01 rresiuent ti lackson was beyond all controversy, in t? South Carolina. On the night be-fore ;hc future President was born, his moth- rr ;r wont to the house of a friend to " spend the night. During the night An- c? irew Jackson was born. The friend in h' nrhoso house he was born, lived in s? Sortli Carolina. Andrew Jackson al- if ivaya claimed that ho was a South Caroinian. T It, however, docs not make any groat <?i iifference where "Old Hickory" was P1 )orn. but it does make some difference irhere ho was educated. It makes a ma- s< erial difference 011 any man where he a was educated, and especially how ho it was cducatod. Such being the ease, 0 Sfork county* ought to feel proud of An- l' lrew Jackson, for part of hiM education ^ was receiTed in York county. The ? ichool house stood on tho east aide of T [Jig Allison Creek, on the plantation s< low owned by Mr. Alexander A. Bar- *' on. Among the school fellows of AnIrcw .Jackson were William Smith, af- ,r ;erward Judge Smith, and William C. 01 Davis, afterward Rev. William C. Davis. 01 ">rithe Wrnre- day, tradition relates An- 11 lrew Jackson gave both William Smith r. t * i > i.v . . in . jriighl in their -A; . \V. iMvin, not-] 1 n'i Ins i - ' " , J <i r,f iOu'TtOtiS i .t j.. . .11 , . . f,'f? r'niil: u. ' > im f?tr >f the doctrine of "States Rightsnot " n the extreme to which it waft after- " irard carried, but in its proper Bense.' L'he thrashing of two such boys in the r< lame day had, no doubt, something to ^ lo in shaping the course of Andrew ra fackson's conduct during life. Jackson ind Smith were near the same age, but }avis must liave been several years c< heir senior. One thing is certain, the}- LM lid not "hack" Jackson, and he never vas hacked. But I did not begin to rf Trite a biography of cither President 111 Fackson, Judge William Smith, or Rev. ai iVilltnm n Havifl Wlm# J*? Kft*n tt T I *? Ut?v MMQ l/V'VII l)A(U vas suggested by the old town Carriek- ^ ergus, from the neghborhooil of which ^ he parents of Jackson caino to South ^ Carolina. c< Carrickfergus is distant, in a north- w mtcrn direction from Belfast, about ten n niles. Here I may remtt's. that an Irish tl uile is, if my memory serves me cor- tl cctly, two thousand and twenty-five ol rarda, or two hundred and sixty-five q r'ards longer than our mile. Carriek- ir ergus la on tho West bank of the il Lough of Belfast. On tho opposite >ank, and about seven miles distant, is ^ ;he town of Bangor, made illustrious on n tccountof tho ministerial labors of that ? ?reat and good man, llcv. Uobert Blair. 0 From Belfast, Carrickfergus may be n 'cached either by water or by land. ? Steamboats aro constantly plying betwecn Belfast, Bangor and Carrickfer- n ;us. During certain seasons of the pear, pleasure boats leave, perhaps, ev- n sry hour. The ride is delightful. Each 0 [tnaf line An ? /! ^ Iiuq VII WMIU ? UAIIU o I IU limu. Some times tho Lough seems to be lit- C Brally covered with those pleasure * boats. The psssengors are generally 7 young people, who are anxious to find ^ Homo place to breathe out their 'bonder fi tale." The Lough of Belfast certainly is ^ admirably adapted for this, fully as well, *1 one would think as tho "milk-whlto * thorn" of which Burns speaks. n Late in tho afternoon of one of Ire- n land's long summer days?about 0 eighteen hours?the care-worn sons and i daughters of toil get on ono of these g pleasure boats; and for an hour bid an adieu to "the cares that infest the 1 day." The onty thing which is at all ? likely to interfere with these pleasure * boats and interrupt tho en^yment of t those on t>oar<l, is a fog. T&ere is vory * little danger of being visited with that * horrible malady sea-sickness. - Tho * shoro is in sight nearly, or qnito, all the * distance, and the banks of the Lough i are ornamented with beautiful reside n- ' ces. ' \ J The. atmesphere la delightful?brae- J t . ' n ily cold?oven in July. All this is deghtful, but almost in a moment, witliut any warning whatever, a denso fog ill descend upon tho Lough and shut ut the light of day. It is a darknoss ke that which spread over, the realm of haroah?a darkness that absolutely in be felt. The fog horns now begin > sound, and in the language of an old oct, every c.io -'holds tho inoulh to oep silence." The foeling is awful, t is indescribable. The boats move lowly, or do not move at all. The and stops playing, and anxiety is deleted in- every face. Sometimes the >g lasts for hours, but often only for a ery short time. "A wee blast of ind,'' said an Irishman, "iver sends it cva.'' This is true ; but the wind must e from tho north itml not from thn )uth. Carrickfergus may be reached from el fast by railroad. Tho track of this jad ruus just by tho rtido-of the Lough >r the entire distance. In fact, the bed f the road at some points, near Belfast, i where the sea once waa. Thin road light very well be called "tho coast >ad." It runs from Belfast to Carrick>rgus, thence to Larne, at}? ot Larne it trns land-ward to Ballypiena, a dismcc of about twenty-fivft.piiles. From Belfast to (Jarrickfergus b3' lilroad, the scenery is varied. On the glit, large plateaus of land> which are jvercd once in every twenty-four ours by the tide, are seen. Thou inds of hungry sen-gulls wo seen flyig about in all directions, and occasionlly an old boat lying In the mud. hose portions of land wljich are covred by the rising tide, to no present a oculiarly desolate appearance. On the ift, which is west of the "railroad, the :enery is refrcKing. Thqjcountry is in fair state of cultivation aid the inhabants seeui to be in a thriving condition, n tho railroad, as wc Americans sny, tere are several "depo(Mowm*," and vo?Whito House and ^jite Abbey? -of considerable aize ait4 importance, he population of Whitp AbWr is miething more than twelve hundred, id that of White Housc^ii little less. Citrrickfcrgus, the population of which icluding Townland, at piqfeeat, is about r a little more than, teg thousand, is ne of the oldest towns Ireland, and round it cluster * greatmauy interning facts in (he history or the islaiidf' he nouulatiob of the, municipal town i ;a r. i:. v? ? ton Hv fl .; ' 1m\*- ~***&: * r-rli. . : ,l"?cf'& 1 vl W? f't ; * <>ri- in .wh >... hiwcr *vr. .irvA .(; *' : im Tilt* > igaged in ftahing. About six hundred Y the population arc Catholics. Of the ist, nearly two-thirds are Presbyterians, ike some of our towns, and not unlike lultitudes of men, Carrickforgus is noid not so much for what it is, but what once was; and not so much on ac>unt of what it once was, as for the rents that took placo in and around it. The name Carrickfergus is derived or ither compounded of carritf, which leans a rock, and Feargus, one of the icient kings of Ireland, who, according > Irish legendary history, lived sevoral undred yearB prior tc tho Christian era. earsrus was a noted clinracter in his dav. [e wan lost ill a storm of)' tlio rock bound saat of his dominions. The castle from hich the town and barony take tlleir imo, is said to have been erected by le celebrated John DeCourcy. Henry ic second, in 1182, gave DeCourcy all F Ulster, Ireland which he could conuer with his sword. The castle passed ito the possession of the DeLacy famy For some time the illustrious Robert ruce. King, of Scotland, lived in Carckfergus castle. It is going to ruin. >nlv some parts of it are in a good state f preservation. There is still an arse-' el maintained, but it is a strong hold nly. a shadow of what it must have een. The "keep" as it is called, is inety feet high. Carrickfcrgus has passed through lany s\nd severe trials. It was beset by nemieg on all sides. The Scotch were roublesome, and its neighboring Irish Ihiefs gave it lfttlo rest. In 1386. it rt. burned down by the Scots, and four ears afterwards pilliagod and destroyed >y the unitod forces of the Irish and Icotch. During- the reign of Charles ho First, in whoso character, as well aft hat of hi* father and his sons, thcro ras a combination of variety and moan>ess, of treachery and cruelty, which io wonls will describe. Many perseutod Scotchmen fled IVom their native ?nd and aettled in and near Carrickfer111. in Carrickforgus, on the 10th of Juno, .642, as previously stated in theso ketches. the first prer.bytory in Iteland ras organised. This faot in the eyes of he Presbyterian population of Ireland, brows around the old town of Carriekergus a halo of glrtry. In the same .ransactions, ninety nine hundredths of he population of uppor South Carolina iro interested. Xo matter what may l>o heir presont ecclesiantieal connections, hel* ancestors were all Scotch- Imh Presbyterians. iteifr - *2 . +' - * ] \ r There is nnother fact which took place, that every well-informod Protectant Irishman seeuis to know intuitively, or to have learned it at a very early pe>t? riort. It is the landing of William, the Prince of Orange, or William the Third. It was on the 14th of June, 1090. The very stone on which his royal majesty put his foot when he first landed, is still shown to every visitor. The Chichesters, at least some of them, hnd their residences in and near the town of Carrickfergus. Sir Arthur Chichester, whom, in 1605 James 1. made lord-lieutenant, is buried in the Old St Nicholas Church, at Carrickfergus. The inscription on the monumental stone begins thus: "Sacred to God and Eternal Mcmoric, Sir Arthur Chichester, Baron of Belfast, Lo. High Treasurer of Ireland, Governor of this townc." Carrickfergus was once the scene of bloody deeds. In 1597^ Sir John Chichester was wavlnid nnil rantnroH liv one James Sorley McDonnell. On a rock near by, McDonnell beheailcd his prisoner. An effigy of Sir John was executed and placed in the Old St. Nicholas church. Some time afterward, the story goes, McDonnell visitod the St. Nicholas church, and seeing the effigy of Sir John Chichester there among the rest, he exclaimed, in utter astonishment, "How the de'il did ho come to get his head again, for I am sure he had ones ta'en off frae him." The last time, so far as I now rcmem ber, that Carrickfergus was attacked by an enemy, was in 1760, by Commodore Thurot. With strong fleet ho appeared beforo tho town which ho fonnd but poorly prepared to make a successful dofence. On the 24th of February he landed about seven hundred men. The town and garrison in the castle made nome defence, but soon surrendered. Thurot remained for a .'eir ilavn. when he embarked lust in time to cscapc capture by the English fleet. An incident occurred on the eve of the engagement of the two armies, which is worthy of being kept in "eternal inemorie." As the French troops were marching up the street to begin the attack, and just before the firing became general, a little child, a son of .Johu Seeds, the sheriff, ran out of a house and stopped between the two armies. This being observed by D'Ksterre, -t!"1 officer in in command of the advance division, he ran to the chick, took it up and carried it to the door of the borne from which it had come out, and 'hauumg 1t to the father, returned to his command and be<*?n the attack, or rather rnnumod the r.c . i.ik* ' " im !l>i. *r? * !:? .w < ri- ! foft. . "k <:'?I.; Vow I'Ck ri;.x * v .? t. Isolated Diatrk'tn In Wliich Witch Womon Thrive?Some of the "Wonder* They Cluiiu to Perform. Columbia, I'knn., April 5.?The bringing'of a lawsuit in a justice's court in one of the back* rogions of this County by a young man against Ii'ik mother to recover damages for the loss of a dog which he claims she bewitched so that it ran in a circlo until it died of exhaustion, has brought into notice tho fact that thore is an almost general belief in witchcraft, charms and magic spells among the farming population in those isolated localities, and that there are many old women who arc regulally consulted by young and old, and in whose arts and supernatural powers they put the greatest faith. At the trial of the lawsuit mentioned several of these "witch women" testified in the esse, and the curious and absurd beliefs they profess wore given in great detail. The principal one, and tho one most sought for advice and coitsel by the community for miles around, is Barbara Fisher, who livos in the Dunkard settlement, Ave miles from Rcinholdsville, in a small cabin in the mountains. She is nighty years old, bent and groy, but is still active and woll preserved' physically. She is a shrewd, cunning old woman and Iivps alone. She is so independent that she will take the case of no one who is a stranger to her or who she thinks lives in large town, unless the applicant simply wants her to treat him for a common ailment requiring no "wondor working." A sufferer from hurts, fits, burns, bruises, felons and similar ailmentu she will treat at once, and men, women and children come from near and far to seek aid. Hubands take their wives and fathers take their ohildren to have her operate or them for every illt If a child is deformed, demented, blind, tongue-tied, or unnaturally afflicted in any way, it if taken at once to Dafne Fisher. If a farmer has his horse sfttcn the first thing he do'os is to oonsult with this old woman and implore her to aid in recovering the lost animal and detecting the thief. II there is a fire in the neighborhood the old woman is sought for information as to its cause, and, if it is behoved to be incendiary, for a revelation as to who set tho fire. If there is trouble with cattle, if a cow is breachy, if erops look bad D/une Fisher's aid is the first thing sought She stands ready at any time to extend her aid, and if she faifs \p whai undertakes it is attributed unanimously to i^icik of faith in her on ihe part 6f th< person she is working with. In hei healing operations she uses no medicine*, but depends upon her "charms." Her' "powwows" constat of breathing on the afflicted part, waving the hand over it, \&ccompaniod by a Tew muttered words the purport of which no one understands. The conditions for operating arc implicit faith In the mode of treatment, entire confidence in und reverence for the female operator, and a strict following of her directions to the letter. She will then promise radical cure, and after over half a century of "wonder.working" in that community she enjoys an almost universal reputation for infallibility. She ' one of many "witch women" who are consulted by their credulous neighbors. By far the most interesting feature of thiB backwoods healing art is that nnrt which pretends to work magic spells, charms, curses, bad luck or good luck, or objects of hate or lore. The most of these women live alone, each lias a "mystery book," which is an ancient volume, printed in the German language, which is consulted when charms are to be worked. Old Mother Roske, who lives near Itcinholdsville, had the entire farming neighborhood working every night for weeks in search of gold, and when they failed to find it she gave as a -f'i ??' vunun tllliv SUIIIV Ul llll'IU I1UU n C?W Willi blood in its horn, and until that could be found and killed, and the blood drawn from the horn and spilled on the ground in tho moons first quarter, it would be useless to look further for the treasure. The farmers spent much timo trying to And such a cow among their stock, and in case a cow is killed in that vicinty to this day the horns are sawed off in hope the blood may be found and used as directed by Mother Roske, in order that the gold may be found. In answer to questions asked of the witness at the trial of the case of the old woman and her son mentioned above. the following wore given an some of the methods used by tho witch women in working their charms. In case a horse is stolen, the thief may be caught and the horse recovered if there can be three hairs from the missing animal's tail fonad in the empty stall. These three hairs must be cut into equal lengths, knotted in the middle, and then lighted at both ends. This must be done at siinset, while tho hairs are held on a shovel." the stable. Whichever w*v the two ends of the hairs point or turn f as they burn will indicate the direction nk'nn ?> ?h?> thief. The stub ends are | j i & ' ? f 0:it !'??'. j s. !;?. cfi.r.ii' ' r-* cu i > ! : vr.ii.vj)* .1. invidc IMrr j ' the htrrka l>n: * t. '.fir v hich it i T .1* t41*i I '!) cue ottuui u> ...... to capture him. To mske a person's well run dry ashes of witch htzel are forced into the inouth of a toad, which is then droppad in tho well. Cows may be mado to give bloody milk by obliging thi'in to trample toads under their feet. Dry cows may be made productive, strokes of lightning warded ofT, crops iucreased, cnemios bewitched, plagues brought into communities, and evils and blessings laid upon persons at will by those wonder worker* by the use of similar charms; and they undertake all such jobs as they may bo requested. They will guarantee to stunt the growth of a baby, destroy a rival's beauty, separate man and wife, settle lovers' quarrels, lay ai resi a lover k uoums as to ine faithfulness of his sweetheart, procure desired marriages, or any other thing equally absurd on receipt of a feo for the purpose. If torno designing person wishes to separate a man and wife the witch will instruct him or her to get a hair from tho. head of a woman whose hair is opposite in color to that of the wife of the man in whose family the separation is desired. The hair must under no circumstances be red, however. Then the fact must be ascertained as to , which was born tho nearest to running water, the husband or tho wifo. That person must be the one operated on. Something that the husband ?nd wife have worn some time during their lives must be produced and burned, and the k.:. u.u u IIHU 1IV1U III IUC BU1U&U UIV0) SIIU then burned at tho side of tho house where the doomed couple live, ho that the wator from the eaves may drop on > tho Spot, The name of tho person bei ing operated upon is then written on a piece of paper and buried where the shadow of something cast by the light t of tho moon will fall upon it If the man and wife do not immediately quar* > rel and separate there is a lack of faith i in the operator, and he or she must pray i whilo standing in the East wind throe f successive days for faith in the power of I the witch woman. Tm tllA WAlAHAW iVlA Ka?ftl lltA I All VIIV JIVWIVJ W? 1MW TT l?VI| UIU . wonder worker* chiefly rely,, end they I use no powders or detections, ft is . burned to ashes end theleaves and blos; some aged. Young ijoroen carry ita f leaves in their bosoms as * lore charm, , snd sleep with them under their pillows t to rajdee them dream of their loters, Bit r .fit the persons who testified in the rei cent lawsuit only one said that he had ri nerer yet hada friend .or a relative be\ ' J,V? 'J*'' I V witched. All the rest had suffered in some way from spoils or been benefitted by charms. The witness who testified in behalf of the person who .claimed (hat his dog had been bewitched declared that since he had sided with him his well had gone dry, his cows gave bloody milk, and hiB three weeks' old baby had refused to be suckled, and had grown so puny that he oxpected it to die at any time. Tho justice of tho l'eaco endeavored to ridicule the idea of witchcraft to the persons present, but they insisted in their belief, and he gave the owner of the dog a judgement for $3 for the loss of his dog, the old woman admitting that she dosed it to death.? Columbia llcyistcr. Advice to Correspondents. Never write with pen and ink. It in nltnffpfhor fnn ?!?!?? ?wv i'luillj ml va UVT;oai b Ill/Ill the mind of the editor and printers closely enough to their work. if you are compelled to use ink, never uso that vulgarity known ap the blottingpad. If yoa drop a blot of ink on the paper, lick it off. The intelligent compositor loves nothing so dearly as to read through the smear this will make across twenty or thirty words. We have seen hiin hang over such a piece of copy half an hour, all the time swearing like a pirate, he felt that good. Don't punctuate. We prefer to punctuate all manuscript sent to us. And don't use capitals. Then we can nunct uato and capitalize to suit ourself, and y?ur article, when you see it in print, will astonish, even if it does not please you. Don't try to write too plainly. It "is n sign of plebeian origin and publicschool breeding. Poor writing is an indication of genius. It's about the only indication of genius that a great many men possess. Scrawl your article with your eyes shut and make.ererj word aa illegible as you can. We get the samo price Tor it froin the rag wan as though it were covered with copper-plate sentences. Avoid all painstaking with proper names. We know the full name of every . man, woman ana cnua in the United States, and tho merest hint at the name in sufficient. For instance, if you write a character something like a drunken figure "8," and then draw a waYy lint, -and the letter M and another wnvy line, wo will know at once that you mpan Samuel Morrison, eren though you may think you mean "Lemuel Messenger," ' ?? vi?niofl , t. s v V,'. y v ill ? > -.< '??. Mjw.v ! r.ry ;>?.*> . ..?i * i!/* "? Hf < '"*?/. J"' *,n *'? * "'! pA,;'" 'l-iit : * writing your"Big%.. jr4<"just aoove uiu (late. And how wo would like to'^dt' hold or the man who sends them. Jasi t / for ten minutes. Alone, in the wood*- " with a cannon in ourjnp poelurt." Revenge is sweet; ymn, yuin, yniu. Lay your paper on the ground wheu you write ; the rougher the ground the better. Coarse brown wrapping-paper is the best for writing sour artioles ou. If you can tear down an old circus poster and write on the pasty side of it with a pen stick, it will do still better.* When your article is com pie tod, crunch your paper in your pocket, and carry it two or three, days before sendj ing in. This rubs off the superfluous l_ 51 - I._ i em. ^ pcncu mtrkh) inu hi&kvb ii iignwr io handloJ If you ean think of it Iobq onepnge out of the middle of jour article. We can easily supply, what is misaing, and we love to do it. We have nothing else to do.?Burlington Hawkeye. Singular Call Upon a Governor* Topkka, Kansas/ Aprjl 3?Last week a young woman living in Howard County wrote to Governor Martin, soliciting from him a donation of $50 or S100 to help her get married. The letter end the Governor's reply are es follows : Kihd Sir : Please oxcuse the seem* ing impertinonoe of this letter. I em e poor girl. I em engaged to ? young man and wc wish to get married end go West and take up a claims but we here not money enough. Will yoo please send me $60 or $100? Pleaee send it and you will make two. persons, very, very happy. Please do send mi some money. It would boa godsend to'us. In reply to this the Governor wrote : Dbak Madam : I acknowledge the receipt of your very curious, letter of the 25lh instant. The State of Kansas is not remarkably generous to its officers, and it doss net wffonfkalariea that would justify them .in making such donations as you request. *1 Itdpe the ?nnnir man fn vlinlh VAn ia energetic, indoitridW' atid* iitHlnnki IC he is, the lack of |(Sp dr fldb'irhl not bo a Morions obstacle in the toft* of jronr marringe, and a j^od trlfe wilflnmtcrially assist him in conquering' a'^eM]iectable place in the World. Thousands of men Who' art nOW prosperous'fetid prominent began thelf rpii'med Hf? with hardly a dollar in their pdokets. ' What haa been done may be' done, If* yodr intended hdaTKnd < is ' Wdirthy 6f a' rood wife he can go Went and take a claim and noon cam money enough to. famish a home for you. .. Yottrs very respeclrhlly, I Jobh. A. MAnfiw, Get?nt?t. . > ' 4 . tridfe: '?ar