Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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r -i.. * / # « < • «rr*-«r--*9PSi- »rrvTO^^jr«S?s*~ ■X~ - -1. In writing to thk office on basin*•* »J- wnn dre your Mine end Poet Office eddreee. 2. Buciness letter* end communicetions to t>e pablisheti should be written on seperete ■heeu, end the object of eeoh cleerljr indi- Ceted by neceesery note when required. S. Articles for publicetion should be writ* ten in n cfeer, legible bend, end on only one nid* of the page. 4. All changes in sdrertiSements must reach us on Friday. VOL. I BARNWELL C. H.. S. C., THURSDAY, JUNE 20, 1878. f. Travelers’ Guide- REFININGS. South Carolina Railroad. CHANGE OF SCHEDULE On X Chahlestob. March 1, 1878. and after Sunday, nest, the South Carolina Railroad wilt be rua as fellows] ■ rOK AUGUSTA, (Sunday morning esoepted), Leers Charleston . . 9 00 a. m. 7 80 p.m. Arrive Augusta . . 6 00 p. m. 6 65 a, TOE COLUMBIA, (Sunday morning excepted), Leave Charleston . . f t>0 a. m. 8 80 p m. Arrive at Columbia. 10 50 p. m. 7 46 a. roa cn^BLssTON, (Sunday morning excepted). Leave Augusta . . 8 80 a. m. 7 40 p m. Arrive at Charleston 4 20p.m 7 46 a. in Leevo Columbia . . 6 60 p. m. 8 00 p. m. Ar. Charleston, .12 15 night and 6 45 a. m. , r, v> r 0 Summerville Train, (Sundays excepted) LeaTo Summerville Arrive at Charleston Leave Charleston Arrive at Summerville Oh! would that love could die, And mrmorleg cease to be! That a foolish kiss and sigh Were nothing more to me 1 Oh! would that a summer day, A stroll mid the rustling corn, Oould pass from my heart awa> Like the little clouds at morn 1 A» mo! for the starry night, Tbe glow-wor under the rose. The talk la the fading light. Which only one sad heart knows. Ah me! for the day’s surprise. The love in a parting look The watching of wistful eyes, For the morrow that never broke. JOAF.PH E. JOHiNSTTOIT, The Wee* Famous living Leader of the Nouthera Armies. 7 40a 8 40 a m 3 16p m 4 26 p m Breakfast, Dinner and Supper at Broachville Camden flain 10 Connects at Kingsville daily (Sundays excep ted' with day passenger train to and from Charleston. Paaaenge** from Camden to Co lombia can go through without detention on Mondays, Wednesdv* and Fridays, and from Columbia to Camden on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays by connection with day passenger train. Day and night trains connect at Augusta with Georgia Railroad and Central Railroad. This route is the quickest and most direct to Atlanta, ffigahviile, laiuisville, Cincinnati, Chicago, St Louis and other points in the Northwest. Night trains for August* connect closely with the fast mail train via Macop and Au gusta Railroad for Macon, Columbus, Mont gomery. Mobile, New Orleans and points in the Southwest. (Thirty-aix hours to New Orleans. Day ttahts for Columbia connect closely with Charlotte Railroad for all prints North, making quick time and no delays, (Forty hours to New York.) Tbe trains on the Greenville and Columbia and Spartanburg and Union Railroads con nect closely with the train which leaves Charleston at 500 a m, and returning they connect in tame manner with the train which leaves Columbia for Charleston at 5 80 p m Laurens Railroad train conneclsat Newberry on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays. Blue Ridge Railroad train runs daily, con* netting with up and down trains on Green ville and Columbia Railroad. S. S SOLOMONS, Superintendent. 8. B. Picaaas, General Ticket Agent. Savannah and fharleston Railroad Co. CHANGE OF SCHEDULE. Charlkston, S. C., *1811. 5, 1878, On and after Monday, January 7,1878, 'he trains on this Road will leave Depot of Northeastern Railroad as follows : f’mt Mail Daily. Leave Charleston - Arrive at Savannah - Leave Savannah - Arrive Charleston - 3 15 a. m. 9 00 a. in 5 00 p. tn 11 00 p. m Accommodation Tram, Sunday Excepted, Leave Charleston - - - 8 00a.m. Arrive at Augusta - 6 15 p Arrive Port Royal ■ Arrive Savannah • Leave Savannah Leave Augusta Leave Port Royal Arrive Charleston • 5 10 p. m • 1 50 p. m. - 3 60 p. m. - 9 00 a. m - 7 30 a. m 10 20 a. m. 5 30 p. m. Night FoMtengcT, Sundayi Excepted. Leave Charleston Arrive Port Royal Arrive Savannah Leive Savannah Leave Augusta Arriva Charleston - 8 50 p. m. * 6 45 a. m, - 7 26 a. m - 10 00 p. m - 9 00 p. m - 8 46 a. m. Fast mail train will only stop at Adams Run, Temassee. Grahamville and Montei'h. Accommodation train will stop at all sta tions on tnis road and makes close eonnoction for Augusta and Port Royal and all stations on the Port Royal Railroad, • Fast mail makes connection for points in Florida and Georgia. C. 8. GADSDEN, Engr. and Supt. 8. C. Botutom. G. F. and T. Agent. WILMINGTON, COLUMBIA AUGUSTA RAILROAD. AND 0 Gbhi&al Pamesgeb Depastmekt, Columbia, 8. C., August 6, 1877. Tbe following Schedule will bo operated on had after this date; Night Ezprttt 7V«m—Daily. GOING KOXTH. Leove Columbia Leave Florence •Arrive at Wilmington 11 15 p. m 2 40 a. m . 6 32 n, a. GOING SOUTH. 6 00 p. m 10 02 p. 1 25 a. in Leave Wilmington Leo** Florence - Arrive at Columbia This Train is Fast Express, making through oonneotiona, all rail. North and South, and water line oonnection via Portsmouth. Stop enly at Eastover, Sumter, TimtnonsviUe Florence, Marion. Fair Bluff, Whiteville anti Flemington Through Ticketa sold and baggage cheek Mff to all principal points. Pullman Sleeper* ' pq night train*. tyrsugl fY*ight Train—Daily, except Sun day t.) [By Ool. 2. W. Averv, of Georgia.] Th© two mea that took tbe foremost lead in the active operations of the great civil war on the Southern side were Gene. Joeeph E. Johnston and Robert E. Lee. They apere continu ously identiBed with the important movements and decisive events of the struggle. They stood the admitted leaders of the Confederate forces, the authors of Confederate strategy and the executive spirits of Confederate warfare. Roth were Virginiane, both men of distinguished service and repu tation before the war, both individuals of lofty personal eharacter, but they were in the qualities of their genius and their service, fame and careerdur- ng this bloody contest strikingly un- Ike. Tbe death of Lee has left his Ulus trious colleague the most famous and brilliant living leader of the South Like Lee, Johnston was an hereditary soldier and statesman. His family lor generations had been connected with Virginia history. The two names rang n the annals of the State with clarion fame, illuminating Its soldlerhood, dip omacy and statesmanship. They were names representing virtue, courage, capacity and patriotism. And the two descendants of a noble lineage have preserved the stainless manhood of their ancestral character. THE ANOMALY OP JOHNSTON’S CAREER. General Johnston’s career in Relate war presents perhaps the roost remark able anomaly of military annals. From the beginning to the end he was dis trusted and depreciated by the Con federate authorities, yet he held from flrst to last the confidence and admira tion of armies and people. And every effort of the several mads to retire him to obeeurDy £ut strengthened him in popular esteem and resulted in calling him to new exaltation of power aad new display of genius and increase of fame. It seemed impossible to dis pense with him. The public outcry for his installation in responsible place was Irresistible. His genius was openly decried and his administration con demned by his superiors, yet In vain. Tbe people stubbornly believed In him, and tbe soldiers fought under his gen eralship with loving enthusiasm. And while he labored under a continuous censure from the Confederate rulers, he enjoyed a constant triumph of praise by the masses of tbe people. It certainly presents a strange feature of the war, this iocongruity of Johnston’s oonnection with the struggle. JOHNSTON BEFORE THE WAR. General Johnston had before the war won distinction in the old army, and was tbe ranking officer of all the old West Point graduates that came to the South. He had been distinguished in the Florida war and Mexico. He was a Brtgadiei General when the war be gan, and Quartermaster General of the United States. He was commissioned in the Confederate service one of five Generals, tbe others being Samuel Cooper, Albert Sidney Johnston, Rob ert E. Lee and G. P, T. Beauregard. General Johnston ranked third. The esprit of tbe soldier put high value upon tbe tenure of rank In promotion. The true knight, imbued with the spirit of chivalry and educated lo the code of tbe warrior, la jealous of mili tary privilege, and tenacious of the rights of an honorable and legitimate seniority of commission. Gen. John ston addressed a letter to Mr. Davis, respectfully representing tbe injustice of ignoring his previous rank, In the assignment of Confederate commis sions. In bis narrative of bis military operations, Gen. Johnston states that It was understood that this letter was tbe cause and beginning of the opposi tion that Mr. Davis showed to him. JOHNSTON AS A CONFEDERATE GENERAL. In passing judgment upon General Johnston’s very extraordinary record as a Confederate General one must es timate what be counselled that was not poiNO Mays, Lsav* OfliujpWa . ^Leav* Flrrepoe. . , . 1 al WUfluagtjn, . ^ Ww ’'mrbfc'm "W Tunats knack of Johnston, so far as a comprehension of the line of military conduct proper to be pursued was concerned, was un questionably the master mind of tbe South. THE FIRST BATTLE OF MANASSAS. General Johnston, at the beginning of the war, was ordered to take com mand of the forces around Harper’s Ferry, the Idea of the administration being to make this a basis of opera tions. He addressed a letter to the Secretary of War that. In the light of subsequent events, reads like inspired prophecy. He showed that Harper’s Ferry was an untenable point, and also that it was out of tbe main line of tbe advance that theFederals would make- He stated that in his judgment the theatre of operations would be In the vicinity of Manassas and his troops should be held for co operation with Beauregard, who commanded the for ces there. Events happened precisely as he predicted. The main battle co curred at Manassas and tbe Confeder ates, who gained a brilliant victory, would have been overwhelmed but for Johnston’s forecasting of the cam paign preparation on his own respon siblllty or co-operation with Beaurei gard and timely arrival in the very cri sis of the conflict on the battle field. It has been a much mooted point, hotly discussed, whether the Confed erate army oould and should have fol lowed up the victory by an immediate attempt upon Wash'ngton. Much Ir relevant censure has been bestowed about this matter. Johnston, In his narrative, coolly takes the whole re sponsibility of the matter. The truth Is that, without ammunition, provis ions and transportation, the movement wis impracticable, while the impassa ble Potomac, Interposing its broad cur rent, rendered the movement simply Impossible. JOHNSON WOUNDED. Johnston predicted that the next, movement would be a formidable one In a large force direct upon Richmond- Mr. Davis offered him command in Western Virginia, but he deelined. de siring to conduct the operations at this point. In sundry Instances he evinced the unerring military perception that marked his genius. The administra tion not only concentrated large *up- plles at the fort, but established a meat factory there. Johnston protested against this policy, urging that the po sition must be given up and the accu mulation of supplies at this Improper point would but embarrass operations and result in a loss of the supplies, all of which happened. Johnston had a crowning vindica tion of his superlative soldierly acu men in this campaign. With bis ac customed breadth of grasp and mas terly Insight in the situation, he urged upon the administration a gathering of all the available Confederate troops in Virginia, the Carolinas and Georgia In a grand army before Richmond, as the proper plan of operations. Mr- Davis was .’for making the peninsula the arena of the conflict. A council of war was held, (general Johnston said broadly that the peninsula campaign was Impracticable, and it was better to do immediately what must be speedily don©, give up Vorktown and transfer the contest to the front of Richmond. Ho was overruled. Even the wise Lee was against him. But Johnston’s tri umph of judgment came swiftly and inevitably. The peninsula was unten able. The result happened precisely as Johnston declared It would. York- town had to be given up. The troops had to retire from the peninsula and gather before Richmond. The battle of Seven Pines was fought when John ston would have punished the enemy badly but for his being wounded and disabled In the hour of success. Lee succeeded him. Johnston’s policy of a concentration of troops from all ^available points in a grand army be fore Richmond was adopted, and in the masterly execution of this policy Lee # won his brightest fame, while Johnston had the glory of seeing his condemned Ideas vindicated to the let ter, and his rejected suggestions re cognized as the true wisdom of the situation. Johnston’s return to service. Johnston wag wounded at the battle of Seven Pines, on the 31st of May, 1862. He did not return to active ser vice until November, 1862. During his whole career he seemed fated to the evil fortune of being wounded. Is, tbe Florida war of 1836 he was struck up on tbe head by a ball. In the Mexican war he was shot by three balls before Oerro Gordo and again at Chapulte- pea Gen. Soott said of him that be was a “great soldier, but has an.unfi over tbe trans-Mississippi department under Smith and Holmes. Johnston, in this command, as in every other, evinced the keen accurac y of bis military comprehension and il lustrated that remarkable fatality of his of having his judgment thwarted by others with the result of Its signal vindication. Everywbere-that he com manded bo seemed destined to su preme verification of his genius by the blunders of others. He counselled unity of operations and concentration of forces in the Mississippi Valley. His wise vision took in the true needs of that large field of conflict. „ It will not be possible to go Into the details of the disastrous campaign. Every movement he proposed was thwarted. The transfer of Holmes’ ar my In the trans-Mlsslssippi, where it was idle, to the Mississippi Depart ment, where it was needed, was denied- Assistance, ample, to Bragg, In Middle Tennessee, was refused. Pemberton, commanding directly at Vicksburg, took the responsibility of violating Johnston’s orders, the result being the calamitous defeat at Barker’s Creek and Pemberton’s retreat into Vicks burg. Johnston here gave a striking evidence of the astonishing correctness of hie strategic judgment. He ordered Pemberton not to be cooped up In Vicksburg, as be could not successfully stand siege there, and the place must ultimately surrender. The result Is historic. Vicksburg was attempted to be held, and It fell; tbe Confederacy was split, and Johnston’s genius was conspicuously but most mournfully vindicated by the blundering failure of others. It Is Indeed a curious fa tality that kept up the anomalous ex perience of this gifted commander, that the disasters of the cause from the blunders of his co-workers, instead of the success achievable by the en forcement of his counsel, kept his su preme capacity established. A CELEBRATED CONTROVERSY. had the chances of success,' and where defeat to Sherman wuuid bo most dis astrous. The writer was with Johnston during a large part of the retreat, command ing cavalry and participating In the ac tions until wounded. He, therefore, knows practically the management of the campaign by Johnston. It was a faultless demonstration of soldierly genius. The fighting was continuous. Johnston fought under shelter of In- treuchmento, preserving iife to the ut most extent, administering all the pun ishment possible and when flanked leisurely falling back without tbe loss of a guu or canteen or wheel-spoke, his army intact, deliberate and orderly, as on parade. There were no surprises, no discomfitures, no disorders. Tbe men were troubled at givigg up their homes to the enemy, but their confi dence in Johnston never abated. THE LOBS OF THE CHANCE. At Cassville Johnston determined to give battle. It was a vary strong po sition for us. The men were burning for the battle. The writer remembers well the afternoon of the 19th of May reading Johnston’s battle order—a model of terse, fiery rhetoric—to his brigade in the falling twilight In an old field, environed by solemn woods. The men called for a speech, and is com mon with others, the writer made a few words of appeal from a stump. I have never seen men more earnest than ours were. And they would have fought with determined courage. Johnston Onsinok, on* iMMStfen. - v-.Ai “ eack awbssqomM io*« Quarterly, aeau-annaal or; made on libsnUsnM. , Contract aovartiiinf 1# payable 30( ter first iniertuu* nnlfe** (An*nrt«ie utit No communication will be put less accompanied by theasneand i (he writer, nut ncxcnmnxdy fcr publi but an a guaranty of good fanh. AdJree*, 1 ootbing was Johnston more remarka ble than in his grasp of tbe great stra tegic questions cf the war and bis pre cision ot results. In every leading movement with which be was con nected be mapped out tbe proper plan of operations, and lo every cpaehe was in nearly every engagement” His rare personal Intrepidity always led him to too free exposure of bis life. General Jobneton was ordered to tbe West to command three departments. This was an unwieldy, Impraotlcable sort of grand department, not homo geneous at all It included Bragg’s army In Middle Tennessee, Pember ton’s army In Mississippi sad Maury’s Army t& Alabama, with a supervision One of the results of this calamitous campaign was a controversy between Mr. Davis and Gen. Johnston that is a very extraordinary one. Mr. Davis at tacked Johnson’s management severe ly. Johnston replied with cool, re spectful, unimpassioned temper, and, It must be admitted, unanswerable. Congress called for the correspon dence, but Johnston’s reply w»s not furnished. But the condemnation put upon Johnston by the administration not only fell absolutely still-born, but actually elevated Johnston higher with Congress, army and people. John ston’s defense of himself is as superb a piece of philosophical, dispassionate controversalism as was ever penned, and the reader arises from its perusal with wonder at the dignity and imper sonality with which Johnston con ducted an Issue so personal and so Im portant to his fame. johnston’b famous retreat. I come now to the movements that must be regarded as the crowning glo ry of Johnston’s career, his famous re treat through North Georgia in the sprlner of J8GI. Johnsto’us appoint ment to the command of Braga’s army after the attempt to saddle public dis pleasure upon him for. the. fall of Vicksburg, by the Confederate au thorities was a flattering tiiumph of his genius and tribute to his populari ty. Bragg was the favorite of Mr. Da vis, and Johnston his special distrust. It was, Indeed, a powerful pressure of public sentiment that led to the dis placement of Bragg and Johnston’s endowment with command at so Im portant a point Johnston took the army, demoralized by the defeat of Missionary Ridge, disorganized and discouraged, and sadly deficient in es prit, discipline and equipments. On the 27th of December, 1863, he assum ed the leadership. Tbe campaign be gan the 5th of May, 1864. In the in tervening months Johnston had with his unsurpassed powers of organiza tion brought op the army to th« high est point of efficiency, as was practi cally shown In the fearful strain of the ensuing campaign with a force twice Its size. Johnston had 40,900 Infantry and 4,000 cavalry on the 1st of May. At the end of the seventy-four days’ con tinuous fighting be turned over to his successor 41,000 Infantry and 10,000 cavalry. Rberman’s array consisted at the start of 99,000 men, including 15,- 000 cavalry, or more than double John ston’s. Sherman lost as many men as constituted Johnston’s army. This fact speaks eloquently alike for the sturdy resistance of Johnston as the heroic intrepidity of Sherman. It Is to be dqpbted if there was ever - t was a game of chess between masters. It was a grapple of giants. It was a joust at arms of unexampled skill between twe warriors who exhibited each the highest art of warfare. Both were wary, adroit, sagacious strategists, and both were bold, fiery fighters. John* ston’s policy was to preserve his pre cious army at the sacrifice of territory, draw Sherman sway from his base of supplies, awl five battle 0&I7 where he afterwards traveled with the writer in the fall of 1861, from Macon to Char lotte, and sail that the bir tlo was re nounced by him at tho urgent entseaty of Generals Hood and Polk, two of his j corps commanders, who said they eould not hold their positions, while General Hardee, the Other corps com mander, who had the weakest place in the line, declared his ability to main tain his ground. It was the loss of the chance of the campaign, and General Johnson said he so regarded It, and had always regretted that he did not give battle then. He, however, appre hended that Hood and Polk would not fight with zeal if they did it In fear of d( feat So he yielded to them. The army was discouraged at not fighting this battle, but soon recovered. J"HNBTON RETIRED. On the 17th of July, after Johnston and his army had crossed the Chatta hoochee and he was making vigorous preparations for the determined de fense of Atlanta, he was sitting in his tent talking with General Mansfield Lovell, when a package of letters was brought to him. He opened a letter, read It, and then with quiet unconcern and a pleasant smile handed It to Gen eral Lovell, saying, “What do you think of that ?” It was an order from the War Department relieving him of command of the army and appointing General Hood in his place. Stunned at the order, General Lovell begged him to make no obedience to It until an effort could be made to get it re versed. Johnston declined to make any effort. General Lovell, however, got the corps commanders together, Generals Hardee, Stewart and Hood, and they petitioned the War Depart- meot not to make the change, protest- 1 log against it, and deputizing General Hoed himself, as a matter of courtesy, to send the protest. General Hood sent a dispatch, but It was worded in such a taay as to carry no force and exert no effect. The department ide- clined to withdraw the order, and John ston retired to privacy. AN IMPORTANT FACT. In this connection it Is said, upon the authority of two gentlemen closely connected with Mr. Davis, that he was opposed to removing General John ston, and reluctantly yielded to the ad vice of his Cabinet advisers. Tbe ac count goes that at the meeting where it was determined, Mr. Davis walked up and down the room with his bands behind him, in deep anxiety, saying that he doubted the propriety of the act. This report which I give I have every reason to believe true, and It conflicts with the generally accredited opinion. It is certain, however, that John ston’s removal was the beginning of the end. It was the turning point of the war. Sherman gave a long breath of relief. It Is a high tribute to John ston that his foe so valued him. In a few days Hood, throwing completely over the cautious Fabian strategy of Johnston, committed an error John ston never In his most zealous ardor ever fell Into, viz: throw his little ar my against Sherman’s double force in strong intrenchments, and met with bloody repulse from a third of Sher- orce; ' 'rilttl© fet eTA Cla&fam Then Hood started on that ill-fated ex pedition to Tennessee, and by Christ mas of 1864 our heroic army was anni hilated. Surely there never was a swifter dissolution of a noble army un der a purposeless lead of incapacity. JOHNSTON »SPALLED TO COMMAND. Johnston, from bis privacy la Ma con, wrote to a friend that Sherman’s march to tbs sea was tbs movement that ought to be made. And from Savannah to Columbia, and then In rapid, remorseless progress on Lee’s rear was Sherman advancing, when again the clamor of the people called out Johnston, In the dying ago niesoLtbe Southern Confederacy, to take command. It was tod late. It was a tardy recognition of the Ulus trious soldier. Lee was given the con duct of all the Confederate operations, and he ordered Johnston to confront Sherman. But the struggle was draw ing to a close. Johnston organized a small army, and a flash or two of bis brilliant strategy Illuminated the clos ing scenes. Lee surrendered. John ston recognizing that the end had come, negotiated those terms of sur render that embodied the spirit of true statesmanship and peace, and which do such honor to Sherman. Time has brought the public mind to the per- heptlon of the masterly wisdom of those terms and the impolicy of their rejection. SINCE THE WAR. Since the surrender Gen. Johnston has been mainly a citizen of Georgia, preserving In civil avocations the ex alted esteem accorded to him a great soldier. Ho looks very little older than he did at the close of the war- His small, but erect figure, carries the same stately dignity ; the Intellectual Wee, with its flashing eyes, lofty fore head and apparent power, bears the same striking expression ; his manner of blended suavity and decision Is as marked and attractive. I have thought that Johnston was the most impressive soldier I have ever seen. I remember at Dalton at a review of the army, when he was surrounded by a hun dred df the most distinguished officers MUeceHwaewww Iteawli. ^ Trust not a mills’* beef^aor a dog's tooth. /% ... .... fSigSifA, Molasses candy woold tofts just os sweet by any other name. You cannot drsam yourself into o character. You must bammor and forge yourelf into one. The woman who maksth t a good pudding in silence is better than aha who rnaketh a t^fecply. Women are stNMHower in Europe. The crown prlncSs of Prussia Jias probably made peace for. Europe. To restore the color of Mack kid boots take a small quantity of black Ink mix it with tbs whits of an egg and apply with a soft spongs. The wodsrful success of the tele phone t* all owing to the faet that you can attaeb one end of it to s bale's ear and swear at him tn seven languages without running the risk of getting kicked. m jsa of the army, a stranger to hi® unerr ingly singled out the commander of the army. On horseback he had a pe culiarly martial carriage. ms TENDERNESS, With all of his stern courage and powerful Intellectuality, General John eton is as tender natured as a woman. This has been strikingly shown In his beautiful devotion to his Invalid wife. This lady is a daughter of Hon. Louis McLane, of Delaware, Representative, United States Senator, Minister to England, twice President Jackson’s Secretary of Treasury and State and finally President of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. The relationship of this couple, the distinguished soldier and the daughter of a no less distin guished statesman, Is an exquisite pic ture of married harmony, illustrating alike the chivalric manhood of tbe one and the clinging gentleness of the other. GENERAL JOHNSTON IN CONGRESS. The nomination of General Johnston for Congress In Virginia is one of those tributes to the man that has met with a universal Indorsement all over the South. He has all the powers of a statesman—genius, culture, decision^ reflection, breadth of thought, grasp of.public subjects, true conservatism, courage and truth. He has a healthy tone of national sentiment, accompa nied by strong State pride. The na tive modesty of the man may prevent his being a speaking legislator, but of one thing we may be certain—that he will bring to public themes the fuU comprehension of his powerful and vir tuous Intelligence, animated by a hearty patriotism. A Kansas school ma’am has tatTO- duced a new feature in ter school. When one of the girls miss a word, the boy who spells it gets 'pertnisalffb £0 kiss her. As a result, the girls are becoming'very poor spellers, while tbs boys are Improving. i An eminent geologist has just dit- coved in the rocks of Oonaettcut tbe fossil tracts of a bird that lived. t«|o million years ago and was twt^o (opt high. Men and brethren. Just think of slitting down to that kind of thanks giving turkey If you had been born two million years ago. A camel ranch is owned by D. fath er of Bastrop, Texas. He claims that camels are no more trouble to raise than horses or cattle. Tbs colts far three or four days are rstbar tender and require close attention, hot fifty that they take their chances with tbs herd. They are extremely docile, and as the females give birth to a oolt every year they are pnofltabie, tbe an imals selling when re ired at from $200 to 8000 each. Mr. Mather says a wall broken camel will travel more than 100 milea a day. £ mn A WamffierfOl aprlm*. Silver Spring, Florida, l« ooenf tbe greatest curiosities In tbs South.. It bursts forth In the midst of the most fertile county lo the State. It bubbles up in a baaffi nearly 00s hundred feet deep and about an acre la extent, and sending from it s deep stream sixty to one hundred feet *id% and extsodlag six to eight miles widsla tbeOdswaha River. In the spring itself sixty boats may lie at anchor-:- quite a fleet The spring thus forme a natural inland pqft. to which three steamers run regularly from the St. Johns, making deed con nection with tbe ocean steamers at Piiatka. The clearness of the water ie truly wonderful lieeeme even more transparent, than.air. You see the bottom eighty feet below the bottom of your boat, the exact form pt. the smallest pebble, the outline and color of the leaf that bae sunk, and all the prismatic color of the rainbow are re flected. Large fish swim In it, every seals visable and every movement dis tinctly seen. If you go over tbe spring lo a boat you will a— -tba-Hseuw- In the rock from which (he rlvef makes upward like an inverted oaUraet.— Talahassee Floridan. ,, : ,• Dlnantronn Hail ffitora*. Whea to eat Fral*. Anderson, June 9.—The most ter rific hall storm ever known in this county occurred at Anderson on Sun day afternoon. The damage can scarcely be estimated to the growing crop. Wheat that had not been har vested Is every stalk beaten flat to the ground, and at least half ot it will be lost in gathering and threshing It Corn Is completely riddled and tom up, every blade of It being stripped off. This will not Injure tbe yield of young corn materially, hut where it was wfflst high, as much of, it was, it will be cut'off a great deal. Oats will fare almost as badly as wheat, but the great damage is done to cotton. I fear It is ruined beyond recovery, tbe leaves being beaten off and the Stalks bruised and broken. I do not yet know over what area the hail storm extend ed. The bail. was terrific, cover ing the whole ground and remaining some time. Ypor cor- The earlier in the day tbe fruit* are eaten tbe better. They should bagpe, fresh and perfect, and eaten In gietr natural state, with the importing ad- vantage of It being almost Impossible ^ to take too many. Their healthful' qualitfee depend oh (heir ripe adfolty but if sweetened with sugar (he aridi ty Is not only neutralized, but the stomach 4» tempted to ! r**etv«* more than it la possible to digest, sad If cream is taken with them the labor nf digestion Is Increased. Ho ttqnid of auy descripton should be (fttfult within anJuMir after eating fruits, nor should anything else be eaten within two pf three hours after—thus, time bring sl owed for them to pass out 6? . the etomacb, and the system derives from them all of their enlivening, oooUfig and aperient Influences, The great rule is, eat fruits and terries fresh, ripe and perfect, la ral state, without eating respondent has always taken accounts ^anything for at least two hqfUS of hall as large as “guinea eggs” with several grains of allowance, but it is not exggeration to say that many of these were as large as hen eggs and some as large as turkey eggs. The gar d a Ds seem utterly ruined; to mato plants, squashes, beans, okra, in fact nearly everything almost beat en into tEo earth. The raid came down In torrents ail tbe time, and the small streams were higher than ever known. The land is terribly washed and bottom corn entirely ruined, eith er covered with mud er washed away. Hail generally comes in April dr May, when It is possible to replant, but Oow that la Impossible, and if the storm has been general the county has had the moat terrible calamity that evar And it was. i befri lt.—Cor. Nows and Oodrior, wards. With these restriction^ j may be eaten in moderaelott any hour of tbs day, and 1 ting tired of (hem* or benefltted by them season. i ■■ A- ■ w-ip . w Tale Bearing.—Hmri unless you ara certain it andhOteVFin to be gained either 1 selt or for the good 1 oerned, tattling is a 1 practice, au<t~h$ whq grows more fond of tfcT be la successful.