The people. (Barnwell C.H., S.C.) 1877-1884, May 08, 1879, Image 1
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4 4 ^ f11 mrnh* 90
Quarterly, or jMrly coatraeU
>73*<l*oo liberal Urq^
' ontractadraHion^ la |Mysl>la904ayi af
‘terftntiBMrtioa ual«aa*ti>arwiM»<lpulet«»l
Me communication will be publiabrd un
Wcee MoompMled by tk* name aaf »ddraw of
•jUie writer, aet n majaarily for puhiication,
'I tHee a guaraaty ef goodtlkitk.
Addreat, PEOFU,
^ Barnwell C. H., f. C.
*^outh Carolitift tUIlroad.
ClfANGK OF SCHEDULE.
l> D^^artugere.
(TMi triin dee« not ^nnect witk train for
Columbia at BhlnebTille.)
#-•
C4
tfinii
I Brai
Ckarleatoa
Branchrille
Midway
Bamberg
Qrahaaa'e
Lee a
41 Blackrille
4 ' Elko
4 ‘ Willieten
Wiadaor
“ Monimorenet
t,“ Aiken
Arrlre AaguMu
-tir
4 , Down Day
(Tbie Train does not,
, Columbia at
Lear* Augneta
•• Aiken ,, (1
“ Mentmorrnci
“ Bindeor
“ Willieten
44 Me
>• Blaokrille
“ Lee *
“ Graham*
44 Bamberg
44 Midway .
41 Braaokrill*
Arrtrw Charleston
► ' v
muu" karatsi
Lear* Charlaaton
Arrira Aagaata
Lea re Augneta
Arrire Charleston " r
Down Leer# Blackrille
Up Lease BlaekriUe
6,46 a m
9.66 a m
10.20 4 m
10.28 a ui
10.48 a M
10.67 a*
11.06 p m
11.22 a m
11 80 a m
11.62 a a>
12J2 pm
12.26 p»
1.69 pm
astengert.
nnect with Train for
uehrUle.)
3.80 p m
4 40 p m
4.68 p m
6.18 p m
6.34 p m
6.42 p m
6.69 p a
8.97 p m
6.21 p m
6.87 p m
6 46 p m
7.26 p m
10.10pm
7.30 p m
f> 30a.en
7 46 p m
6.8t* a m
11.46 p m
8.03 a m
•9^
wff9 teilne•» Bmaakwille
7.10 a m
8uUp^
6.16 a m
7j
^9.4&
J tip tn
Train for
MainioUa ^iMeapgpr Btste.
F^rrr bo'Val bailroad. >
Atuom.O*., Jan 4,1*79 j
The follewing p umencer ecbedwle will be
operated on nad after taie date:
BeMoe r ' . 12 07 Down
Baldee r . 3 80 Up
Alleadala 12 80 Down
Allewdala 3 00 Up
iwatN.
uailt r
^Lanre Aurueta
Arrire at TepMM
Wre-T—kaea
Airtse BneewaiaB'
10 UOa
2 06 p
4
Leare 1
Arrlre Jaekeeerttle
Arrire Okarleetew
tease Tswawee
Arriee Bn >#lit. .
Arris* Pert Beyal
Arrire Anguau
Arrire Y
Leare 8a'
Arrire Sari Basil,.
Leare Jaekeeerdft
Leare Cbadento*
Arrire Yemaeeee
Leare Beaafort
Leare Port r.eyal,
Traine rua tbroi
Sarannah witbou 4 ,
nectien at SanaaWaA
ferall point* ia
* Baggage chec^ T ,
i^T Through t: ok eta for aaie el all prinet
pal ticket ofteea. ¥
Ronnnt Q, Ajmixo.
General SupeHatewdenf.
J. 8. Dataxt, ,.
Geaerai Paw eager Agent.
4 «*»
8 00 a n
9 OOp ns
2 46 p m
4 02 p m
4 17pm
1 80 p m
1 » p m
t0 26 a m
10 16 am
6 60 n m
7 16 am
I 00 p ji
11 28am
11 U0aa>
AngtMUBnd
BARNWELL C.
THTlisDAT. MAY 8. 187S.
pead aoldia(,!, though upea thy atoae
I read Lhf jingle word “Unkaown,’’
Beetmin^er Abbey's gorgeous gloom
Has nersr held a prouder tomb.
: !tc ^ v
Per, l|«,e a green triumphal arch,
This emerafd hiUoek crowned thy march.
And 1^011 hast disappeared beneath
To win an amaranthine wnath.
»• * » * •' f f
Thine humble Mpnlehre is where
Me gnedy kaanera paint tbe air
But Rrening, with a dewy tear,
Will trail her shadowy pinion* here
And orer the sequeetered nook
The *ky wifi wear a bluer look.
Long a* Humanity will thrift
With Cblmry and Bunker Hill,
“ Unknown ?" Alas, what eager feet
Hare hastened thy rettifn to greet,
When*rer in the porch were heard
The lilac* that the wind had stirred.
Half meet, for kirn whoee march i* o'er.
The flag he never lowered before !
Such men are forming, as they die,
Legione of Honor in the aky
And as I tune the solemn chord.
Triumphant endertenss are pdAired,
A* neatk a murmuring pine we hear
The roaring of a cataract near.
In rrsry land by battle cursed
The laws «f Nature are reversed.
And palsied Age unto the tettib
Bears M ah heed in lu ruddy Urom
But »till, however black t^s *itie»
Neath which a murdered patriot die*,
The sunshine ou his funeral sod,.
Vails like the go'den smiletgf Qed
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Krtotte, CdluifUa & Aipwu H P.
CHANGE OP BCHKD0L1.
Cn tsLtrrn, Cetcjots A Aeweere B. B. Y
GasMui. PaMUosn Dipabtmmt. ,
•WuiTf 8. 0., Dee. V7,18?M
schedule will be
The follewing passenger schi
ersted #4 and altar two dnie
Jl5i. 1—Kigfit EmprtM, South,
I**to Charlotte, I:n0am
Arrlfd OolunaMa 6.-00 a in
L«diTa ColumWa. 8.-06 a m
Arrive AufwaW- * UMBO a ai
No. >1 nMipf^layess, No*tk.
t*are AturuaU .
Artfre OoTumbfta
• tee e e • * e
5:66 p m
10NX) p m
te- ■
Leave Qolpmbia..; 10:10 p w
ArriveCDarloCCe ^.... 8:10an
No. S—AnT Pttoktftr, South
., ,,11.37 a tn
OofumblB..'.'.;; 4J0 p m
Oolowtia... 6.10 p m
Arrive Augonta. 8:80 p m
No. 4~Z>a^ Pa&ugcr, Norik,
......... 9:08am
Arrive ooTuipbjf,,..7^90 p cn
LeaveOolumblaU........... l:8|pm
Arrive Chariot If.... ^ .Bji p m
These trahn step ot^y at Fori Kill,
I
| Odgnlled aa Bag ^tiUopa.
v „ T. P-KLINE, Bup’i.
Ton R MacMtTKDo, Oeo. Pas. Agent.
" ><'>
( Sustml' tli (Arlestw Riimd tit
CHANGE oJ^BIDULfi.
. JascAsr 1, 1879,
fbe fbUod*lBg 8chi$duW is in efTeci at tkis
d * U * . tmjUt.-An’f,- '■
Leave CWleeteu - • 7.16a.m,
Arrive at Savaanak • - 1.00 p. ».
* Arrive Pec* Beyal - > 4 17 p- m.
Arrive JaefeeagfRe * * * - 6 *6 a,'el
• *. *. : \nl:Z
WIbCMMI' - - »ABp*n^
U’JVfrffefe, fitly.
LeaveOberiadea - - -nOp. %
Arrive flavaaaaA *■ •- 6 48 a. dr.
Leave dauawwak - ♦ 00 *p. m.
ArriveCharleetcn - * 8 09 at 1
PaUaae eersee ail NlgbtTMas.
C. 8. OADUDVlT Bngv and Bhpt;
8, G. Botlstos. •. I. eadTi A^enU
* t 1. -a
V k a*lteme»e In |
Wfcat a pleasant thing It ia to deal
with plefsaat nafp I Boar toofh a
»ae help* a tra^v, reoBn9nie you to
a prloe, and sends you off with a near
er feeling ot an equivalent for your
outlay. A smile and a 44 thank you "
go a great way, and when they are so
cheap, coat so little, and go so far, one
wondera that they are so dear, and
that ao little of minor courtesies enter
into tbe intercourse and Interfere of
mea. It is a very piraaant thing to go
out of a store with the sence ef a fa
v,'r conferred. Indeed, one stands a
•iitle pretty evident cheating with a
placid complacency, only the cheater
adds tbe suavity of manner and of
rone and manner to hia ait. Aad wfcat
an art that ia which makea yon hay
when you bad determiaed not to, and
reconcile* you to a price yon knew to
ba dkot only abominable, bat cne you
ooghrt not to pay I I* there a harder
tbiogto face than that very ioeldions
store phrase, 44 Is there anything else
today?” Only let a man f»t tbe
right tens aad maoner, and you have
more moral courage than moat peo
ple if you don’t begin to be rather
ashamed of the smallness of your or
der or yoar purchase, look about and
remember that there la something
else, and ag run np your bill or de
plete your pocket book from want of
eouragp to meet a stereotyped busi
ness phrase—the moral history of
whieh ffcor tormenter perfectly un
derstands. How mean a mao feels
when walking home he realizes the
little trick of uade to welch be
sucoombed.
User ml. If 014.
THE GAUNTLET.
Mr. Haves Vetwo* thr A
Vrwpi'lmtiwm Mill.
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=*r=
The following simple rules for
preoatring th8 health sod promoting
comfort, if not aaw to soota of out
readers, are none the lees Important
to ewiy 00s:
The object of brushing tlto teeth b
to remove the destructive pafficles of
food which, by their decomposition,
generate decay. To neutralise the
'add reeulitog from the chemical
change is th44b}eet of denttfAce. A
stiff brush should be used After every
meal, and a thread of silk floas or
India robber passed between the teeth
to remove panicles of food. . Bin ring
the mouth ia lime water neutraBsaa tbe
acid.
Ltvtng and sleeping in a room In
•hick the aha never enters, b a-slow
form ef saldde. A* luy-hgth bite
mubt refreshing and fife-giving bath
that can possibly be liken. ^
AJtNayl Keep tfcAket dark), and
thoff-avdlif eoWA' TO this end, never
sit in damp shoes or wear foot-oover-
iog fitting or preeefbg closely.
The beet Urns te eat fruit b half an
hotfr before breakfast.
A full bath should not be taken lee*
than three hours after a meal. Never jp r |
drink cold water after bathing. Mb igu
pqgt Ute a aoll bat* when Ur*J. U
; Keep a box of of powdered>tarchoa
Abe" washstand ; and After washing,
fob a Rttch aver the band*. It will
preVAdt (&appiog.
^ ‘ ^ fBUttf cold
exercise ; do not roaet over the fire.
—»4irri . • ..
Ha (’oanaas an fbaaonoith Boxelt to
THI HO-OALX4tn PoUTUUA 8KCTION OF
tbs Bill, ajtd Maintains that Ac-
thoritt to Usa vaa ABki Yh Nboxssa-
BT FOR THK i'KOTWOTaON oS TUB Bal
lot Box. ff
INew* ud Courier.J
Washinqton, April EB.-^Tba Army
Appropriation BUI wae rstprned to tbe
House without the frealdeatiel signa
ture, aooompanifd by a message stat
ing at length the reason for tbe veto.
The President eay* that it tbe bill
contained no otbW provbloiu than
those for the support df the afipx il
would receive bis prompt approval,
but It Includes farther legblstion and
Involves questions of tb* gravaat ohar-
acter. He recites th* StaUite now lo
foroe embodied tn Brattons 2,002 and
6,628 of the Revised Stautee, and says
that the adoption of the proposed
amendment may he considered in two
aspects—first, as It affects the right of
the United Btatee Government to use
the military foroe to keep tbe peace at
•lections ; second, as it affects the
right of the Government by civil au
thority to protect elections from vio
lence and fraud. He then quotes and
•alls attention to Sections 2,008, 5 629,
5,530, 5,581 and 5,532 of the Revised
Statutes and Section 15 of the Army
Appropriation BHf passed June 18,
1878, together wltk remaiks upon the
purpose and effect of fh« latter as
stated In the epeeohes of tbs Senators
and Representatives who supported It.
S'toa these laws, he says, It appears
that there can be no tollltary Interfer
ence with elections, and that conse
quently therejs no necessity for the
scacthent of Section 0 of this bill. He
tee* calls attention to exlatiog laws
for the prevention of discriminations
oh account of race, iolor or previous
condition of servitude, and to punish
fraud, violence and Intimidation at
Federal riectlons, and iaya : ” These
laws it is the duty of the executive
department of the Government to en
force. the Intent and effect of the
sixth section of this bill Is to prohibit
all civil officers of the United States
under penalty of fine and imprison
ment, from employing any adequate
civil force for this purpose s* tbe place
where their enforcement is mosl nec-
e*»ary, namely, at plaoee where .con
gressional elections are belt}. ,If the
proposed legislation should become
law there will be no power vested In
a*y officer of the Government to pro
tect from violence officers of the Lolled
Slates engaged la tbe discharge of
their duties. Their righto and duties
under the law will remain, but the
National Government will be powerless
to enforce It* own statutes. Tbe States
tn«y employ both military and civil
pewer to keep the peace and to enforce
the laws at State elections. It is now
proposed to deny to the United States
even the necessary civil authority to
protect the National electlooa. No suf
ficient reason has been given for tblv
discrimination In favor of State and
against National authority.”
With regard to the matter In which
It is sought to repeal the law author
izing the use of troops at the polle, he
says : 44 Tbe object aimed at is alto
gether foreign to the purpose of aa
army appropriation bill. The practice
ot tacking to appropriation bills meas
ures not pertinent to suck bills did not
prevail until more than forty years af
ter tbe adoption of the Uonetltutloa.
It has become a practice which all
parties, when In power, have adopted,
M»ny abuses and great waste of pub-
1M linonej have tn thte way crept into
appropriation bfya. The *ubliq opta-
ion of the coflmtfy tv against ft The
States tfbfch have recently adopted
oanstitutlQos have generally provided
a remedy’for the evW.fcy enacting that
pressed la AU Oonstkotlons
qf more than half of ti>9 Stated contain
su^tadiialfy ttld provision. Thi $ub-'
Her welfare will he promoted tn many
—^■ t
character of our institutioas. That
majority of the Beasts now concur* in
the claim of th* House adds to tha
gravity of the aUuatlop, but dose not
alter the question at Issue. The new
doctrine, if maintained, will result ia
tbe ooneotldatldn of unchecked and
despotic power in tbe House of Rep^c-
sentativee. A bar# BWjority of the
House will become tha government-
Tbe Executive will nd longer be what
tbe framers of tbeOmiSUtutlon intend
ed, an aqaal and Independent branch
of tbe government, fke principle of
thi* bill places, net merely tho Senate
and Executive, but tk* Judiciary also
under the coercive dictation of tbe
House. The House alone will be the
judge of what constitutes a grtevinoe,
and also of tbe means and measure of
redress. An act of Oangreee to pro
tect elections Is note the grievance
complained of. But the House may,
on ,t*,e same principle, determine that
a treaty made by the Rreeioent. with
the advice and consent of the Senate,
tbe nomination and appoifatment to of
fice, or decision or opinion of the 8u -
preme Court Is a grievance, and that
the measure of redress is to withhold
the appropriations required for the
*upport of the offending branch of the
Government. Believing that this bill
te a dangerous violation of the spirit
and meaning of the Constitution, I am
dompeHed to return ft lo the House In
which It originated wflbout my ap
proval."
i
WHAT WILL THE DKMOCRATS DO A BOOT IT ?
. 1 here is wide speculation aa to what
course the Democratic majority in Con
gress will pursue with refereece to the
veto message. Nothing authoritative,
however, te learned on tbe subject ex
cepting as to the probability of an ear
ly caucus to determine future action.
pfodtiee
true
iZ.
The Legislature of fWidtf fiKa en
acted a law prohibiting railroadd’fYom
■ore than three cebts pec prdprlatlona upon which th* existence
ways by a retm n to tbe
of the government And
principle gfjl^qU^qp,
tb^t
* ^
am pit*
rtuoity and time to paas appro-
tlon bills sod also to enact any do*
drdeily methods of proceed&gs,
bid the thajorlty of bolft houses have
deemed it wise to adhere to tbe priedb
pi* (hklftlalned hr els last Osagrees by
th* majority of the Houae of Repre-
sentatiVea, namely, that the Hodae of
RepIvsentAtlVe* has tlih sol* right to
orttfM tlfl* rakdhg (Wrara, aad
therefofa has the right tn withhold ap-
“ A Crapwkww ViewtcaK«.'*
[IU'«tgh Obtorrer.]
"Don’t know what a crapp'ng mort
gage is1 To be sbre you ain’t never
lived fn the qoantry, then,” said an
honest, hard-working and thrifty far
mer of small means, who lives In an
eastern ceunty, to one of our lawyers;
a eminent for his bonhomml* as for
kdiffiyatoie talents ; 44 you a lawyer
aid rtfin’t tfeirir what a erspptag mort
gage la? ‘.Well, t’ll tell ycm."
44 1 made one of them Burned things
o9c*; the way Of It wae Just thte : You
see I Went down to the etare at tbe
forks of the road in my neighborhood
to bay a few articles tbat Was needed
at home, and when I bad got ’em and
pat ’em In the cart to go home, my
frlead Sharpmea, he and the mer
chant, yoa know, what keeps a little
•toft dnwn there—just a Hula coun
try store—Sbarpman, he sakl to me,
44 What’s tbe use of bothering along of
little thfogs of this sort? Why don’t
you just make a * Crapping mortgage ’
and then you can get anything you
want, and won’t have to pay for it un
til your crap comes in, and then you
can pay it off with a bag of cotton or
#0.’
“ It sonoded mighty easy like, so I
signed 00a of the cussed things and
atarted off home with my load. Well,
air, them mortgagee te carious things.
I hadn’t more’n got up the red bill
going homo before I commeacea to
think of what I wanted to hay, and
what I needed, and the Infernal thing
made me think of things that I must
have that I never had wanted -before.
Yeu see I always bad money on band
to buy wbat me and th* old woman
wanted, and I bad fought ahy of debt
all my life, bfit all the neighbors was a
trying tbrlr hands on ‘ crappigg mort
gages,' and I thought I would go iff
for a little too. Weti^ I did.
t 4 1 kept on wanting things, and 1
kept on getting Ibtoge. We all got
alpog fine, and Sharp man eold.!be old
woman lots olntos thing* that we nev
er *«d wasted byftbr*, bat tbit w# was
hawnd lid have-after I signed the ’crap
ping mwigage.' They breed dents,
they do.
last the crap oam* in. I sent
two or three hales of cotton down to
tbe a to re to pat R riff, as Sharp man
said do; but it didn’t do it. I then
sett dowir all my foddel; hut that
fh« Isafia fisMUiri rifKifit world
-Sa.1 — ^ mi n A E^saaraMaa^B
uWTWT KIVOwV TW9 gTTml TwBpGOl IMWywrw
ibava far oas aadthe^ ontU ooe of them
aid tkevk I# a mseting of the
|W. ■>
. V
, S4 tbs goYOrnrieot (Bay (fepend, tinleaa
thh 8*kBtB «b4 Praridaat shall gjvw
their aariUt to sat UglUatlba wbteh
'IbtfAttrich^ap-
^ t* aatabUMt'! this
itfu«* *• ^
• my household and kitchen furni
ture. even tbe dish-rag, was flung lato
it. I always thought tbat the things
must have Iod4-rubber In ’em, they
stretched so, and-; they ought to be
called dish-rag mortgagee, and not
crapping mortgages, oughtn’t. they ?
Well, let me tell you. Don’t you paver
sign one. You never will get through
paying >t, and when them store fel
lows tell jrou bow easy it le to get
things now kpd pay for ’em in the fall,
you remember what I tel! you about
a crapping mortgage."
And having finished hte description
pf these little engines ot oppression,
he pulled out his twist of home-made
tobaooo, tbat looked as rtob and brown
as walnut wood, cut off a chew with
his horn-handle knife, put it in bis
mouth, put tbe knife and tobacco back
Into his breeches pocket and walked
away. He turned lound after walking
a little way, and said reflectively,
"Don’t you never sign one in the
world ; if you do, you will never get
through paying it off.”
Harder Near KHeatwa.
. Ellxston, April 29.—Jolic Green and
William Caaey left the latter’e house
on Buqday evening for tbe home of
the former, and spent the night at the
house of an old pegro. They left for
Green’s about daylight. Immediately
afterwards some negroes heard shots
and heard Casey crying," Don't, Jor
dan, I will go anywhere with you.”
Green was then seen walking from the
direction of th# shots, much excited.
The negroes hastened to the spot
and . found Casey dying in a pool of
bloq^i, ehot in three places, one wound
being in tbe wrist, one In the head,
from which his were oozing,
and one In the back^. the bail going
through, below the fourth rib, and
severing an artery. From appear
ances Green had followed him h up,
beating him with some blunt Instru
ment on the head.
Green then went to his father's und
went to sleep.
Trial Justice Quillen held an Inquest
and the Jury returned a verdict of
death from pistol shots in the bands
of Jordan Green. Green is new in
Aiken jafl.
Casey bad tbe appearance of, being a
Northern man, but claimed to be from
Nkshville. Green ia about nineteen,
aid has borne a very good character.
The only reason tbat can be assigned
fog tbe deed V&s Casey’s treatment pf
hte wife, who A Green’s sister. Casey
has no friends, and was burled by the
public.
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MAKING TREASON ODIOUS.”
ciasiwar
Boewas
Civil
•Y the
War.
•Qreat
1. Ik WrMief te lhi« ofUct on hasteem •],
wsv. give your nsm* nd PagOMeeaddrMs.
2. Busiseu* leUenaad —irimtlisi te
Ne published should be written on iipsisn
sheet*. *ed the objret of #Mh otesrty ladi-
c»ted hy neceeMU-y note wlkn-reqalred.
8. Artieteefor pwWieaRra shesM be Writ-
ten is s clear.legible hand, sad en oaly eae
■ ideof <he page.
4. All changes In
reach us on Prld^r.
advertisbineBts must
T* W
Bhot.
1
dldn’f riabL Irtaikad the mauer over
with ~0»9i oI*d woman, and she got up
kkd ducks and eggs.
All tba corn that I
that' didn't do It; so 1
JpdtfMTafr fly horb* and rods down
■ tha stdrd to sea about it. I looked
m what #9 had bought terns to all fig-
ur*d up, you know, and there was al-
r r « what fou call a balaooa agia ms.
I jest took out my pocket-book
thaekAdkfwl the money la it all thw
time hod pak) off the mortgage aad
tookhU temlffunded thing a’fiff dWt
bank home. WeiL Whan I got there
I Ah ught I would /sail over (be ^apar
tbat always managed to keep a bal-
dnne agin me eomehoW or other, and I
&a# so. WbUtBaw/wh^t do foo^hflk
principle hr to make a tadloaL danger- •grtart alliovarfly Um<L tTy heated (W right
out aaduDdoostttuUonal change th tha l my mules, my stock, my farmtDgtit«|t- gniik too.
.« * "ff U ’’U *4.'w. : U * * ™ ” 9
Last week there srrlvecf In Atlanta,
under arfrst by order of a United
btales Lieutenant, a man named Cole
man, from Knoxvills, Tenn. In tbe
year 1886 Coleman was a Federal sol
dier, stationed with hie regiment tit
Knoxville. Ona night be aad a com
rade went to tbe bouse of an old man,
whom tbey supposed possessed a
large, earn of money. Tbey began
beating and threatening tbe old gen
tleman Id order to force him to show
tbe biding place of bis treasure. His
daughter, a bright and heroic girl,
rushed to ber ' father’s assistance,
when Coleman ehot and kilted ber.
He was arredted, tried, convicted and
sen ten cel to be shot by tbe military
authorities. Before tbe day ol execu
tion rolled arosnd, Coleman made his
escape and left for parta unknown.
He was gone some six or seven years,
and finally returned to Tennessee,
supposing all danger had passed with
the military. But be was arrested by
the civil authorities, tried,’convicted
and sentenced to be banged for tha
rams offence. Now tbe military au
thorities claim him far execution, and
the Tennessee authorities bav*given
him up. Whether he will be execu
ted on tho original finding of tb* mill-
tary court Is not known. It is mon
than probabfe, should ha b# bald
guilty without further trial, tba Presi
dent Will coiflmut* bis sehteooe to 1m-
prfsenmeot for Hfe. The crime was
committed over fourteen years ago.
A Had el Prayer.
Brother Scoggins, colored, who ia a
member of the Baltimore Congregation
of tb* Bev. Jasper, of “ de sun-do-
move” lame, has evidently lest hte
faith la theaiiver-tOD(aed gentry who
sell patent cure-ail lotions to ailing
aad credulous humanity. Being re
cently nailed upon by the Bav. Jasper
to pray in church, Brother Scoggins
responded In the following original
form : “ O Lord, we f 4 a mighty ’bused
people | we’s been all broken to pieces;
we la bandy-shanked, bow-legged,
knock-kneed, cross-eyed aad a great
many of us Is hump-baekad. Now,
Lord, we want lo be meoded up* and
How rot f’oxrtixiiATa Ex-Pumiduxt Wa*
Trbatud it Hu Romans Captdm—A
KaMiaiacRxcs or thi Ant* Racovrrevc-
no* Psbiod,
^JFrom the ro«r!wrton N*w», Job* SO, IMfe
On,the morning of the 28d of May,
bitterer trial was in store for tbe proud
Spirit—a trial severer, probably, than
has ever in modem Urnee been inflicted
upon any one who has enjoyed such
eminence. This morning Jefferson Da
vis was shackled.
It was while all theswarmiog camps
of fbe, armies of the Potomac, the Ten-
neseve and Georgia—over two hundred
thousand bronijed and laureled vete
ran#—were preparing /og the Grand
Review of the next morniqg, in wbieb,
passing In endless aueceoalon., before
the manelon of tbe President, the oqn-
queriog military power of the nation
was to lay down its arms at the feet
of the civil authority, that the follow
ing scene was enacted at Fort Monroe:
Oapt. Jerome E. Titlow, of the 8d
Pennsylvania Artillery, entered the
prisoner’s cell, followed by the black
smith of the fort and hte assistant, the
latter carrying la bis hands some
heavy and harshly-rattling shack lea.
As tbey enterel, Mr. Davis was redin
ing on his bed, feverish and weary af
ter a sleepless night, the food placed
near him the preceding day still lying
no touched on his tin plate near bis
bedside. ..
“ Well I” said Mr. Davis as they en
tered, •lightly raising his bead.
*’ 1 have an unpleasant duty to per
form, sir,” said Capt. Titlow , and as
he spoke, the senior blacksmith took
the shackles from his assistant
Davis leaped instantly from his re
cumbent attitude, a flush passing over
kla faoe for a moment, and then his
countenance growing as livid and rigid
as death.
He gasped for breath, clutching hie
throat with th,e thin finger* pf bis right
hand, and theg. recovering himself
slowly, while his washed figure towered
up to its fall height—now appearing
to swell with indignation god then to
shrink with terror as he glanced from
tbe captain’s faoe to the shackles—he
said slowly and tfith a laboring chest
"My God! Yon cannot have been
•eet to iron me ?”
ft Such am my orders, sir," replied
the offloer, beckoning tbe blApkamisb
to approach, who stepped forward,'un
locking tbe padlock and preparing the
fetters to do their offloe. These fetters
were of heavy iron, probably five-
eighths of an ipoh in thickness, and
connected together by a chain of like
weight. I believe they are now in the
possession of Major-General Miles, and
will form an intereating relic.
“This is too monstrous,” groante
the prisloner, glaring hurriedly round
the room, as If for some weapon, or
meana of seif-destruction. 44 1 demand
Captain, tbat you let me see the com
manding officer, Can he pretend that
such shackles am required to eecure
the safe custody of a weak old man, so
guarded and in such a fort as this?”
• It would serve no purpose,” replied
Capt, Titlow ; 4 ‘ his orders are from
Washington, as mine are from him.”
" But he oaa telegraph,” interpoaed
Mr. Davis, eagerly ; ” there must be
some mistake. No such outrage as
you threaten me with is on record In
the history of nations. Beg him to
teip^raph and delay until he answers.’’
“ My orders ire peremptory," said
tbe officer, “and admit of no delay.
For your own sake, let me advise you
to submit with patience. As a soldier,
Mr. Davis, you know I must execute
order#,”
" Thesh are not order* for a soldier,”
scouted the prisoner, losing all control
of himself. “They are orders for a
Jailor—for a hangman, which no sol-,
diet, wearing a sword, should accept!
I tell you tbe world will ring with this
disgrace. The war is over; the South
te conquered; I have no longer any
ooqntry but America, and it is for the
honor of America, as for my own hon
or and !!?•,'tbat I plead against this
dagradstion. Kill me f kill Ate f” he
orite, passionately, throwing his arms
wide open and exposing hte breast,
“ rather than inflict on me, and on my
people through me, this insult worse
than death.
"Do your duty, blkilswltb,” said
tbe officer, walking toward th* em
brasure as if not caring to witness tha
performance. “ It onTy gives Increased
pain on all aldee to protract this inter
view.”
At these words the blacksmith ad
vanced with the shackles, aad seeing
tbat the prisoner had 00* foot upon
the chair near blit bedside, bis right
band resting on tbe back of It, the
brawny mechanic made afi attempt to
•end aa aagei. Lord, far the Jab la too
b% for an aogaL too made us. Lard,
and you knows our wants, and job
nan fix us sfi an nobody, etee
down yourself, and
- - --—^
wo Want* you to nova and dolt. Don’t Blip one of the shackle* over tbe ankle
so raised; bne, ss if with tho vehe
mence and strength which frenzy nan
Impart, even te tb* weakest invalid,
Mr. Davte suddenly seised bis assail
ant aid buried him half day across mat
the foom.
Ob this Oapt. TRlpir t»rnM and, i
lag that Davte had backed against tha
wall for further resistance, began to
remonstrate, pointing out ia brief,
clear language, tbat, thte course was
madaese, and that orders must-be en
forced at any coat - Why compel
m«,'’ ha added, "to Add tha further
Indignity of persona} violnooe to tha
seoesslty of your, being ironed ?"
"lam a prisoner of war," fiercely
retorted Davie ; I have been a soldier
In tbe armies of America and know
bow to die. Only kill me, and my last
breath shall be a blessing on your head.
But while I have life and strength to
resist, for myself and my people, this
tblng shaU not be done.”
Hereupon Gab*. TUtotb hailed In i '
sergeant and flit of so id ten from th*
aext room, and the sergeant advanced
Iq oftan the prisoner. Imm<
Mr. Davte flew on him; seised
let and attempted to wrench it nssp
Its grasp.
Of course such a scene cofiM ha*d
but pee teeue. The re was a short, ’
paealon^t* souffle. In a aaorasnt Da
vte was flung ypon hte bed, aad before
hte four powerful aaesllanta removed
their hands from him, the biaebraritt*
and hte assistant bad done thdr work
—one s« curing the rivet on the right
ankle, whl\* the other turned the key
In the padlock on the left.
Thte done, Mr. Davis lay for a mo
ment aa If in a stupor. Thau slowly
raising himself and turning rouad, b*
dropped hte shackled feet to the floor^
The harsh clank of the striking chalk
seems flret to hare recalled him to his
situation, and dropping hia face Into
his hands, he bufat into a passionate
flood of sobbing, rocking to and fro,
and muttering at brief intervale: ** Ob,
th* shame, tbe shamel”
Jt may her* be stated, though out
of its due order—that we may get rid
id baste of an unpleasant aubject—tbat
Mr. Davis, some ninths later, when
frequent visits bad mad* him more
fres to converse, gars me a curious ex
planation of tbe teat feature to tbte in
cident. %
He bad been speaking of dvlcide, and
denounced it as tbe worst tons of eow-
asdica aad felly. "LMt k not Uka a
commission that w* oaa resign when
disgusted with the aervioe. Taking it
by your own hand te a confeaelon of
tadgment to all that your worst ene
mies Ban allege. It has Often flashed
serosa me a tempting rernqdy for neu
ralgic torture •, but thank God 11 sever
sought my own death but one#, and
then when completely frenzied, aad, ,
not master of my action*. Wttaa they
came to Itoo me that day, aa a test re
source of desperation, I raised a sol
dier’s mosket and attempted to wronch(
It from bis hands, hoping that In tho
scuffle and surprise, some ona of hte.
comrades would eboet or bayonet me."
Tbe insuraabe companies have *8
last succeeded lo exhuming tbe body
of the late Col. Walton Dwight, of,
B1 ogham pton.N. Y., the ihan ^h° made
appb s sensation by gsttlng hte llfh in-
sited for over a quarter of a million
and then dying. There Was a good
many queer thing* about this teatest
development lo the case. The body
waa well preserved, and tbe most
•tartllng thing developed wns an in
dention around tho neck, which a cor
respondent who claiooe to have been
present: rays, "te farf apparent and
looks aa If it had been mad* with a
rope." A plaster cast of the neck was
taken, and, according to the eerres-
poadent," an exoeilent representation
of the furrow" was ohteiaad. Tbe
correspondent say*that seveial of tha
doctors present did not hesitate te
say that the evidence indicated that
CoL Dwight rltbcr hanged himaeif or
was strangled to death, white fee
quotes Dr. Swinburne a* boldly ds^
daring hte belief that the inqprat will
demonstrate that death Was caused by
asphyxia. The local drators, oa tb*
other hand, say (hat tha osark arouad
tbe neck te only a " crcsae," such as
might AatUrally ha found, and pubilo
sentiment te still strong against the in
surance companies for disturbing the
body.
In Gbina. where tba opiuf* habit
destroy* many men annually, tbe ef
forts of the government to abolish
or diminish tbe use of opium have
recently been more energetic than
ever. All these efforts have been in
▼alo, as were those of many previous
years. Tb* Pekin Govsrpmrat have > >
at laat determined to take tha Inal t
step in the business, and an udlift ha*
been issued, which goes into ef8*c|
nett year, making the use or rate Sf
opium punishable by death. It is bard
to say how tbe edict will be mat by
th* ten million optfim vlcthg* of the
Galsattel Empire, or wb*t proportion
of them will com* to this oouBlry to
enjoy their fagolanting oaatom.
■ 1
The NOrrtetowa Herald ha* a
receipt to prevent a shad bona from
lodging In the throat, aad three who
try It esa nsvecisal suffirientiy grate-’
fed’ for Hl tfllt' bow to avert thte
fetotefe
ia tea Ttarre^
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