The people. (Barnwell C.H., S.C.) 1877-1884, July 08, 1880, Image 1
»
Kates of Advertising.
One inch, one imerlion , Jl 00
” “ Mch subsequent insertion, W cent*
Quarterly,Mmi-annuni or ^eer'y coniracte
Bifttlcon liberal terms.
Contract a'lVertiaing is payable 30 days af
ter firsi iusert|on unless otherwise stipulated.
_. Nu commu4ioatit»n wilrbe; publiabed uw-
ess accompanied by the name and address of
the writer, not necessarily for publication,
but as a guaranty of good faith, v L,.
Address, THE PEOPLB,
— Bnrnwell C. H., 5. C.
—»-
VOL HI. NO. 148.
South Carolina Railroad.
—- chaxoe or-Ecrrmt ET”
'&*r\—■
Up Day Passenger—Mail. 7
(This Train connects with Tra«n from Co
lumbia at BrauchviUa.)
Leave Charleston (.
LcaVc Columbia
" Branchville
“ Midway
“ Bamberg
“ Graham's
" I<ea
“ Black ville
•• m* v ...
- ^fWilliston
“ W iadeor
“ Montmorenci *
“ Aiken
Arrite Augusta , • .
Down Day Passenger—Mail.
(This Train conneets with Train for Colum
bia at Branch ville.)
Leave Augusta
0.00 a m
G.'dO a ra
12 05 p m
12.31 p m
12 42 p ut
12.t)4j* m
1 yp.4L
1-T0pm
1.85 p in
1 48 p m
1.05 p m
2.27 p m
2.40 pm
3.40 p m
THir PI/ATFOK^II*
V — ■ .
r
i
Aiken
‘t Montmorendl
" Windaor . t__3
** Williston N
" Elko
*♦ Blackville -
Lee*
Grahams
** Bamberg
M Midway
“ Branchville
Arrive Charleston
Arrive Columbia
KiuMT rxrsrs* —Cr.
Leave Charleston
Leave Rraiicli ville
Leave Blackville *
Arrive Augusta
cemnrcT TFXT“~rv thr bfcLaration oV
ritiscrrLKB adoPtkd at Cincinnati.
The Democrats of the United States,
la CoDvoniinn ametahled, deeiare: -
1. We pledge ourselves anew to the
eon8titut|oD!il doctrines and traditions
of the Democratiq party as illustrated
by the teachings ant! example of a long
line of Democratic statesmen ami pa
triots, and embodied In tfits platform
of the last National Convention of the
papty. 1 v
2 Opposition to rcentrall«m irn't to
that dangerous spirit of encroachment
which tends twennsoHdate the powers
of ail the depart raen'tsdn iHie, and thus
to create, whatever the form of g(vv»
eruraent, a real despotism. No-sump
tuary laws; separation of Ch'irphand
State for the good of each; Common
Schools fostered and protected.
3. Home Itule; honest money, con
sisting of gold and silver and paper
convertible into coin on demand ; the
strict maintenance of thq publisUirh,
State and National, and a tariff for
revenue only.
4. The suoordlnation of the military
to the civil power, and a oreiuiine and
, thorough 1 reform of the civil service.
I0.ll.amj ® The rijfht to a free ballot Isa rlttht
10.25 »m j preservative of all rTifhts, and must
10.38 a u
10.53 a m
'11.07 a m
Special Requests.
1. In wfiting to fhh oSee on bnaiate* «7.
way* give your name and EoetOfteeaddread.R
1. Ihietaeee lettan an<l eomtofiftleattoneto
bo publi»he.l ohontd hi written yn eeparata
aheeta, and the ot>je«f m etch clearly indi
cated by neeetanry not* when required
3. Articles for publication should b* writ
ten in n clear, legible hand, and on nnly onl
aide *f the pift. .
4. All changea Id adtertiiemenfi tlu(t
reach ua »n Friday.
(Cowlil j Sew* keccivH too late for Iji*t Week's
8 00 ntn
0 04 a m
0.18 a m
4M+ *tn
1«».02 a ui
10.15
•>
pm
- .i.i a m
4 Ail a m
8.30 »in
Dows.
1 Learn Augusts „
t^ave Blackville
Leave Brancliville
Arrive Cbarle.ton
Connects with night Trains
ville to and from Cul.imbta.
raaiaiiT aud'accommoation—Ur.
7 40 p m
11.'. ' . p m
1.30 n m
• 5.5i' a ni
at Branch-
Leave Charleston
N Leave Blnek ville
Arrive Augu«ta
4 .CU am
• - Down.
Leave Augusta
Leave Blackville
Arrive Charleston .
Connects at Branchville with Trains’ to
nr.3 from tlulnmbia.
The day Mail and night Express trains
run daily. The aceimmodation Inina run
d»ily, except Sundays Sleeping car- on
all the night trains. On Saturdays and iMin-
dars round trip tickets are sold to and fmni
all »i at ions on the road at one tirst ;lass tare
for^ihernaniT trip, g»o<l till Mmn - noon to
rernm.
D C. ALLEN. G. P. IjT Agt.
JOflX B. PEt'K. Gea l Bnp't, ’
and nitwit be m tintained in every part
of the United StHtes.
6. The present AdtpinUtratinrv is the
11L7 ft-mi representative of a conspiracy .mly,
11.50 a m j and Its claim of right to anrroand the
2.1j)pm badot boxes witn troops an<4 deputy
5.37 p m 1 marshals, to inti mid tw jmf obstruct
tl«e election, and the unprecedented
use of the veto to maintain its corrupt
1 and despotic powers, insult, the people
and Imperil their Institutions.
7 We • x-erate the course of this
Administration in manioc places In the
Oirtl Service a reward for polities!
crime, and demand .a reform by stat
ute which shall makeit forever impos
sible for a defeated candidate to Inibe
hi* way to tho seat of a usurper by
Ll'leting viilaitfs upon the people.
H. The great fraud of 1876-77. by
hich, upon a fains count of the Elec-
toial Votes of two States, the cnndtdnte
def. ated at. the polls was tieelared to
be President, aaliot the ilrat time in
8.48 itfei ! Atn'Tlt'an hi-it.>rv the will of the peo-
5.2o ui. pie was snt HNicie under a threat of
military violence, struck R deadly blow
at our system < f representative gov
ernment. Th* Democratic party, to
preset veth'e country from the horrors
of a civil war. submitted for the time
! in Arm and patriotic faith that the peo
ple would punish this ctlrpe in IrtSO.
This issue precedes and dwarfs every
; «*hcf. H-htTposesa more lucrel duty
! upon the people than ever addressed
Vlixlwiiy* -
JuttE .10.—The long wlsl^ed-for rain
appeared at lust bn Sunday, and the
farmers around 4ere feel happy. Corn
has suffered a grsat deal and some is’
considered lost- Cotton looks well.
The Edisto river can be waded in
many places; someting unusual at this
season of the years. Fishing is' all tbs
go and all parties are in good luck.
Mr. Rowe, our f fllcieot censustakcr,
is through with bis business, and mak
ing but bis lists to be deposited wjtb
Clerk of County. It is expected to
show a good increase of population in
our township.
Our merchants expect to do a large
business this Fall, and our young
townsman, Mr. Miller, Is. starting on
his yearly trip to New York, to buy up
for the Fall trade. Business so far
hue been pretty brisk for this time of
year.
.Chills and fever make their appear
ance, occasioned by the terrible dry
ness.
Our efficient Trial Justice, Mr. Skin
ner, reports this district distressingly
quiet. #
I
a m t
2 3« p m !
0.15 pm
.Hagntthi Pawiist-r Ruutf.
PORT ROYAL K \ tl.Kn H», 1
AtacsTA,Ga., April 4, !8t»n |
The following pi«tcnsrr KclivUule will Iw
op«rxtt<i ua »u I *fl«r inisiUu:
IWM-* — TT 32 Down
R*I<W . , 4 12 Up
XttMtfltf 10 no p .wn
the <onscleDc-s of a nation of frecm<m.
9. Th* rewnlutloo of Hamu*l J. Til
den not again to he a candidate for the
/, * Han»l*cra-,
June 28.—Our town and, community
were visited on yesterday afternoon
by a very severe ball, wind and rain
storm. From what I can lean it did
not extend more than seven mil^s
southeast by one and a half northwest.
The damage done to corn by the wind
was fully compensated by "the rain,
for before the storm corn, cotton and
riee were injuring badly for want of
rain. The wind blew violently for
throwing down signs and scattering
fencing. The only serious damage
done, howwyer, as far as I can learn,
was the felling of a chimney on Mr. J.
D. Copeland’s dwelling, completely
demolishing one quarter of thereof.
It will probably cost $50 to repair the
damage.
The Bamberg Debating and Read
ing Club will meet at the hall this
evening, the subject for discussion be
ing “Which is the greater incentive to
exertion, the hope of reward or the
fear of punishment?” There seems
j to be a growing Interest in the souiety,
and we wish It every success.
The Bamberg Qujuda have decided
to have a picnic and target exercise at
Cedar Springs, on or about the 20th
prox. There is a lively interest mani
fested by the m'*mbers, and I have no
doubt of its being a very enjoyable
■rtstr. -
The ladies of the M. E Chnreh, of
••.THE JIA* THE
ME.'W.** ••
moxi;-
FratkrxtIt, Reconciliation and Peace
—The Armies of the South Have
Broken Ranks Forever.
.Mi-
I From the Macon ((fn ) Telegraph.]
The crowd had dispersed, tb* echoes
of the cannon bad died away, Rfid the
flickering embers of the flies ca*t fan
ciful shadows throughout the scene,
when I paused in front of the iponu-
meat, and viewed again in the moon
light the marble sentinel whose watch
Is above the bivouac of the dead.
What changes, I thought, has not
time wrought. Here, at the foot of
this stone, whose ctiiseled lines record
the form of him wbd was the Booth’s
dsfstfqsr, sad th*- g"I.1*-ii beauty *>r
her cause now perished, we, the peo
ple whose blood has stained ja hundred
Helds, have met to celebrate the hon
oring of one whose band once turned
against us, now uph- ids the banners
of the South and JSortb, their folds
entwining In the birecM. What has
not time wrought? Tho pasaioos
that impelled are quenched, the ha
tred that persecuted is powerlfse, and
the swords, sheathed in their scab
bard’s bang rusting with age upon the
alls.
mftln vine, and transplanted in wall
manured ground. Every farmer should
lave several of these grape Vines on
bis 'premises; for even if be does not
make wins, they afford quantities of
very luscious fruit in August.
A. P. F.
♦- —
nation’s cottagewalls. But our cauce
Sleeps it still ?
And as I looked, a smile grew bright
upon those mat hie lips above me, and
low and soft as tbs summer waves
that murmur on tha beach, a voice
was heard : “Arias, oh. Southland;
greet thv morn. Thy canes, they lily
cause, long folded, blooms brighter
for its sleep. The tyrant drags bis
chains across the vrorld, finding no
hand to strike one fetter off, and hw
whose knightly hand crossed blades
wkb ours and fought and bled as bo-
roee fight and bleed, looks grandly
down the land; (be sword band out
stretching far, is bid beneath the
ofive branch, and lifted drtgh, th*
Southern Lily, whiter than the driven
snow, all spotless greets the morn.
The flower of Liberty, which not the
valor of despair conTd keep unfolded
In ibe midday’s beat, beneath the
touch of Him whp worketh his own
way, has burst Its bonds and caught
the golden kiss of the new born day.
It but awaita thy bfow, and be whose
band shall place it there is worthy of
thy trust.
The soldier spirits greet the soldier's evil
There is oo hale bet»sea the brave and
brave,
And h« whose hand In battle labored first
When darkness falls, will labor first to save.
Tlie lips grew silent, tbs marble
pallor swept across lb* face again, the
this plae**, nre furnishing ice cre&m at* - rn * n ^_ of imraoTtRtlty,‘"aud but the
Mr. F"lk’a H xlt <*n Tu-sday and Satur
day afternoons of each week, ami are
exal»ed place to which ho waa eUcted j •riving the proceeds to tbeir church.
Ailend«!e
PAllT r\S»X'H»X« TRAIN.
Going South.
3 45 Up |
t y a majority of bis eountrvipm. and
from which n«* was excfnden by th*
leader* of the Republican partvia re
ceive.] by the Democrats of the United
Stales with deep MennihtlitV. ae i they
declare their confideo"** in hia wNdom.
pnirioti*m and Integrity unshaken by
the ae*aii]ra of the common enemy;.
ami thev further assure him that he in !
followed' Into the retirement he has
I' in n good cauec, au4
will be well patronized.
I hope they
Cypher.
Allendale.
Rain needed bpdly. Gardens bnrti-
chlseled atone remained. Yet in the
night around I heard the roiling of a
distant drum, wboew ecboee rose
fell, and
A fiery croak ah one back beyond the
clouds, and neath It rcae and stood
line iY gray-olad forms. I saw tho
chieftain snd his great lieutenant*,
tnounledPrtde slowly up the line, then
chosen for hltnsHf by the aympathv * n, > the old wheel and bucket in
L<*t« Au-uala
0 On p ni
Arrit* at Ycm»<«>e
1 '•0 a m
Lt.ivt YtiB*!t»*e
2 •‘•0 a ni
Arrir* Sarinnah
t» •46 n in
Lmt* Hatraanah
4 l r ' a m
Arrive Jack no it vUU
7 15 a in
Arrive riiarlrMon
t* Oil a m
Leave Yrmavsre
2 20 a hi
Arrive Reaufnrt
3 45 a in
Ar>ive Tort Keyal
4 UOa nt
Going North.
Leave TVrt Level
11 UU p ui
Leave Beaufort
11 23 |. m
fcArnve >eiuoii»ee
1 00 a nt
■-rave Jorkennville
R 30 a mi
^Arrive He van anil
8 45 a bi
Leave Savannah
9 00 p in
Arrive VemoMec
1 20 a ni
1-eave Oharierton
H 30 p m
Leave Yemawee
2 00 a Sk
Arrive Auguata
•i 36 a m
Gsing South, connection* roa*!* with 5
F. A W. R. K at 3ar*tinih for ail Florid*
points.
Going North, connection mode with Char
lotte, Columbia an*! Auguxta Kailron.l fur all
point* North and East with Georgia kail-
road for Atlanta and the Meat. Also, with
South Carolina Railroad fur Aiken and
point* ol line of said road.
Baggage checked through.
'•aF*Through ticket* for «ale at Union
Depot Ticket Office, Augusta, Ga., and at
all jiriuopal ticket office!**.
Kobkiit G. Fcttsixn.
General Superintendent.
J. S. Davant,
General Pasrenger .Agent.
Charlotte, Columbia & Augusta R P.
and reep-H-t nf hi« fellow.c|t!z‘*r**, who
rt-ffanl blm a* onp wfio, by elevating !
the standard of public morality and >
mlnrntng and putlfying the public ser- |
vice, merita the last ing gratitude of iys *
country ami Mb party.
10. Free ships and a living chance
for"Am*rlc»n commerce upon the seas,
and on the land no discrimination in
favor of transportation lines, corpora
tions or monopolies.
11. Amendment of the Burlingame
treaty ; no more Chinese immigration,
except for travel, education and for-
* ign commerce, un i It even carefully
guarded.
12. Public money and public credit
for public purposes solely, and public
land for actual settler*.
13. The Democrat,(t* party is the
friend of labor ami the laboring man,
and pledges ttseif to protect him alike
against the cormorants and the Com
mune.
14 We congratulate the country i
ing up; cotton looking very well, but like tbe glanciug moonbeams flashed
j corn suffering. down their sword*, and quenched
The ncw water elevators are work- tbetr brightness in th* Iron sheaths,
ing well and ere quite an Improve- A distant cheering shook the breeZ u ;
* the merry strains of “Pixie,’’sweet as
the music of a vanquished dream,
died out, and mounting up the starlit
dome oo pnlaing waves of melody,
burst forth the “8’ar-Spraogled Ban
ner.’' Then broke the vapors faint;
the vision passed, snd left tbe brows
of heaven all unmarked. The armies
of tne South had broken ranks for
ever, and Liberty kept watch instead.
the town wells
Mr. Henry Flowers and Miss Nina
El wards were married last Wednes
day evading. We wish them much
success.
We have twi Ice houses and one
soda fountain in the place doing a
good business.
Ouncil hall is being fitted up with
a new set of steps and piazz t oo the
front.
Smart Frazier, a worthy old colored
man, lost b'a horse sne day last week,
while in town.
J. M. Gray, Esq., is expecting a first
class plauitfg mill in a few days, to use
in connection with his saw mill.
Four thousand, five hundred and
fifteen bales of cotton were shipped
from this point last season. Four
thousand, six hundred and sixty-eight
bushels, of corn and seven hundred
and forty six tons guano received.
June 29.—No rain of any conse
quence, wells drying up. two town
l*MBsles.
upon the honesty.and thrift of a Dfm- t Wt ‘Jj a supplying several families whose
1}
CHANGE OF SCHEDULE.
CiTabi.ottx, Colin sm k A count a R. R.
— Genesal l*A*ar.xc.sH Department.
Columbia, S. C., April 4,18S0-.
The following passenger schedule will be
operated on and after thix date:
DayTancngor No. 45.
Nonth.
Lv Augusta 744-3 a m
Ar Columbia 12.05am
Lv Columbia 12.12am
Ar Chari.ue 6.00 p m
Day Fwseafer No. 45.
South.
Lv Chariot!cl l.'.’Tum
Ar Columbia 4 20pm
Lv Co umbin 4.26pm
Ar, Augusta 8 HOpm
Arrive at Wnabington, via Danville and
Lynchburg, at 7.60 a m, next day, and nt
New York, by limited express from Work
ington, at 3.46 p m, or by mail train, nt
4.4» p m.
Night Express No. 47.
North.
Lv August i 7.0) pm
A r Columbia! 0.4.'' ••
Lv ColurabinlO.56 “
ArCharlotte 3.40am
Danville to
Night Kxprewt No. 48.
South P. M
Lv Charlotte 12 36 am
Ar Columbia 6.3d am
Lv Columbia 6.37 tun
Ar Augusta 9.45 am
Reclining Chair Cars from
Washington via Lynchbnrg.
Pullman Pa'acs 5leeper<* through from
August* to all Northern and Eastern cities
via Richmond on both tr»in«.
# Train* leave by Washington. City time,
ing 20rainu es faster than Augusta time.
For information, time cards, Reservation
of Sleeping Car Berths, *pply to W. A.
GfBBN. Tiricet Agent, Union Depot;or to
CHA8. L. D1HRKLL, 8o. Trsr. Agent,
. Box 200, Augus’a.G*.
D. CARDWELL, Asst. G. P. A., Columbia.
John R. Macmcrdo. Gun. Fas. Agent
THIS PAPIER PiX ts-urst-sse
ocratlo. Congress which lias reduced
th* public expenifitnrtta $40,000,000 a
year; upon the continim*i*in of pros
perity at bom*, and the National bon
or abroad, ami, above ail, upon th*
promise of such a change in the il4-
mlnistratlon of the Government as
shall Insure u* genuine and lasting re
form in every department of the pub
lic service.
nulls.
The invention of beila is attributed
to Poloniua, Bishop of Nola, Cam
pania, about the yar 400. They were
first introduced into churches aa a de
fence against thunder and lightning;
they were first put up in Crnyland Ab
bey, Lincolnshire, in 945 In the el*
venth century, and hkter, it was the
custom to baptiz® them in thechurchea
before they were used. The curfew
hell waa eHtabltajied In 1078. It was
rung At eight lit the evening, when
people were obliged to put out their
fires -and candles. Th* custom was
abolished in 1100. Bellmen were ap
pointed in London in 1556, ]o ring th*
bells at night, and cry out, “Take care
of your Are and candle; he charitable
to the poor, and pray for the dead.”
wells are dry, and the cattle can be
seen coming in droves to them.
Planters report corn falling down in
the field, and some places -cotton has
not been out of a wilting condition for
a week. The little boy of Mrs. E. R.
Allen was kicked In the head by a
mule one day last week, and after
several days intense Buffeting, died.
Mr. William Priester has in.the last
two weeks, lost between fifty ami
seventy five fine h*»gl from disease
thotight to be cholera.
Tbe nomination of Gen.’Hancock
was as much a sttprls* as that of Gar-
field by the Republicans, but his nomi
nation WRsjrell received, and the peo
plo generally think a good chole*.
Some thief attempted to enter the
residence of Col, O’Bryan this morn-
jng about, daylight bat was di**cnvered
by Mrs. O’B. ami frightened off. It was
evidently some person acquainted
with the fact that Col. O’B. bad just
left home on the night train and wantad
to take advantage of his absence^.
The 100 aniversary of the'Oraniza-
tion of Sunday Schools by Robt. Raikes
was celebrated by the Union Sunday
School yesterday; quite a large attend-*
ance. J.
A RATTLE SNAKE CP A TREE.
Newspapers. — The rending of
good and well conducted newspapers in a
family, even for the space of one quarter was drawn to a tree in front of, me by
of a year, brings more sound instruction, j being so full of birds, I went to tbe
June 25.—As I was walking around
my field this morning my attention
year,
and leaves a deeper impression, titan
would be acquired, probably, at the best
school in twelve months. This is easily
proved. Talk to the members of a fami
ly who road I hi< paper*, and'compire
tree and the birds did not pay any at
tention to m*, and I stood there for
some time, and thought very strange
of it, and began to look to see if tb*
birds were feeding on anything, and I
. , saw a rattle snake twenty feet hight
their inlormation and intelligence with ; in the oak, and I shot it. It was one
Those who do not.
beyond comparison.
The difference is
i£sst^acri&'isw M, ««
Shot man-delegate Daggett, of Brook
lyn, slept under the same bed quill with
a colored delegate at the Palmer House,
Chicago, for two nigjits. Fie says the
mutation was perfectly awful, but that
tie was bound to capture that nigger’s
vote if it lulled hint.
of tbe large variety, two' feet Jong,
with one rattle and a button.
We are needing rain very much, and
tbe crops are much Injured. ,0.
When a man detects a missing hut-
ton after getting on a clean shirt, no
one in the house is aware of the tact.
He takes off tbe abirt and puta oo an
other. quialy smiling mII the while.
He ucvtr, uevor •pe«tka v( It to a souL
8 »• j,.; *
I observed an article in your paper
a few weeks ago On the culture of
these flowers. a«d beg now to mention
tbe mode in which I have most suc
cessfully produced the finoet speci
mens I have ever seen. For several
years It has been my practice to obtain
flora some Northerh florist a package
of mixed seed* lu September, costing
ten cents. These seeds I planted In a
box fltied with fence mold and kept In
the open air of tbe piazza, but pro
tected from heavy rains. At tbe same
time in September I dug aix or eight
boles in the garden, each four feet
square and one foot deep, which were
filled with stable manure, rcquirlns
two good wheelbarrow fulls to each
bole. At Intervals of about four weeks
tbe manure in these boles were tho
roughly turned and pulverised, until
about Christmas, when the young
pansey plants were ready to be trans
planted. I placed the plants in the
ground prepared for them at distances
of about one foot apart each way,
thus making a paten of nine or ten
plants In each spot. The plants have
always grown well and thriven under
the coldest and moat Inclement
weather, frequently being covered
with ice. In March 4rben they corn-
tneoced to blossom, I have put abom
a table-spoonful of Jpliosphate.to each
plant, and kept them well watered.
Under this system of culture my
pansies have always been exceptional
ly fine, ami produced flowers measur
ing two and one-half and two and
three-quaiter inches aeros*. The three
obsolute essentials to success in pro
ducing fine flowers, I consider to be
the planting of tbe seeds not later
than September; the continuous ex
posure of the young plants to the cold
weather; and that the soil to which
they arc transplanted be made as
rich as it is possible to make it.
The Mcappernawg tirape.
The great value of this grape Is not
yet appreciated in this State. It is
the pnly ons that has proved absolute
ly succeseful. Its freedom from all
diseases renders It. available in all sec
tions, in many of which other varieties
of grapes will not thrive. It is won
derfully productive; n vine ten years
old will, If well manored, produce
twenty-five bushels of grapes. The
vines live to a great age, and their
productiveness increases yearly for
tbe first thirty or forty years. This
grape is propagated most successfully
by layers, I. branches that bang
down are bent to tbe earth, and par
tially covered earlv in the Spring or
Hummer, and by December they *111
have sent out many strong roots,
wUlb they should be severed from the
' THE HAK-HOOH WAR.
Cypher Mtlli Cyphering.
Bamberg, S. 0., June 28,1880.
Mr. M : I can see no objection to
wbst you may wish to accomplish io
the direction yoU have chosen, but
fear you do not fully appreciate the
magnitude of tbe undertaking. If
your life were leased to vou for the
period that the venerable Mathuseiab
lived and if you should continue your
labors throughout your earthly exist
ence, at the expiration of your lease
you would fully appreciate the work
you have undertaken. You would then
see how utterivimpoaslble for the tem
perance people to accomplish what
some of them sanguinely expect, Sa
loons will exist throughout time and
will only vanish at the very near ap
proach of eternity, and If the public
sale of spirituous liquors Is an evil It
is one that must necessarily continue
as long as the existence of mortal be
ings continues. It *1« similar to tbs
sale of quinine and calomel, for it has
become to be an article indispensable
Thousands of fellow-creatures would
give up tbe ghost” wttbln forty-eight
hours if they were strictly forbidden
tbe use of tbe stimuhnt, and millions
more would shortly follow if they were
foibidden the use of spirits medically.
And, my dear Mr. M., tho hope that
yon entertain in regard to th* Anal
wiping out of saloons sod tbs effect It
would produce upon men, causing
them to “lay down arms” at the bid
ding of their mors sober natures. Is s
(pardon me) weaker fancy than to hope
that we will ever gain direct traospor
tatlon to tbs moon or that some tnoun
tain breeze will io tbe near future ex- i
tiugulsh the light of tbe great lumin
ary of day. That la not the way our
law makers do tbe greatest amount of
good to tbs largest number of people.
They do not generally pass a law
bearing down upon a lesser evil with
tbe mere bops that It will effect a
greater. Our legislators are not such
timid men. They should and do (wise
men) strike directly at the root of tbs
greater evil, wiping it out of existence
before tampering with a lesser. It has
long been a question With tbs writer
whether the sale of spirituous liquors
ditj mors good or lew# AtiL That U
wotks evil to eome'men no *4>cr mind
ed, ssrslbfe man will deny, and that It
dots not benefit bundrsds mors no man
will undertake to prove | while, on tbs
otber band, if there be really any good
to come of pocket weapons in a civil
ized country, where there are neither
panthers, woJwss, kespsrd*.
apes, monkeys, guerrilla* or orang
outangs, nothing mors dangerous than
the common negro, I cannot see from
Where the benefit Is to come. It Is
simply a bulldozing, cowardly act to
be guiltv of carrying a pistol; ons, at
Jeaat, of which every truly bravs man
should be s*bamed. Gentlemen should
adopt tbe motto; “A gentleman will
not, a blackguard cannot, Insult.”
Tbey therefore would have no need for
a weapon to resent. Any bravery out
of that channel is foolhardy and Is not
worthy tbs nsm* it bears.
Some of the must peaceable ram of
my acquaintance are men wbc have
acquired the habit of drinking. Most
of our law raskers. Judges and Exec
utives are fond of their t'cobblera,”
•'flips,'’ “punches” and “straights.
In fact, It has been characteristic cf
our representative men every eino*
South Carolina has been numbered
among the original thirteen to be food
of tbeir beverages, and where, under
tbs sun, was there ever a better gov
eminent or a happier psople than were
the Houth Carolinians before the war.
and the privilege of carrying concealed
weapons did not enter as a factor Into
tbe creation or facilitating of their
happiness. Sir, can you consdeot
lously argue that It Is safe for our
people to continue to carry deadly
weapons when you can scarcely glance
over a dallv paper Without seeing an
account of the loss of some fellow
creatures life, taken with a worthless
pistol ? Can you claim with clean coo
science that it is a minor, when all the
evidence la so plain that It la' a major
factor in tbe increase of crime f
CyFheil
FI KMT LOVE.
(From App!«ton»’ Journal ]
t have led a very restless Ufa during
tbe last few years, and I am mostly at
honwMHmllrottd care, walting-IWM—t
hotels and restaurants. I read* great
deal, and have given up being very
choice In my reading. I have a great
respect for English and French novels,
written either by authors unknown to
me, or by those whose style I do not
like. I do not dare to open their
books even in moments of greatest
ennui. But with tbe exception of these,
I take hold of whatever I can find in
the oews-stands and book-stxUs, and
look through every weekly and month
ly publication I meet with in reading
rooms, hotels, etc. Thus It happens
that I always have fragments of dif
ferent stories in thy head, and It some
times occurs that I confuse them and
Join the end of one to the beginning of
another.
Some of these patchwork stories I
like as much aa the best known novels
of celebrated authors. This Is a mat
ter of taste. Sometimes 1 finish a tale,
tbe beginning of which I have read
somewhere, in my own fashion; or I
tlous people. But their severe look
would soften when tbeir eyes bed
tested upon us for a moment They
are young, let them eojoy themselves/
brLI tho old people, and with a melan-
so lovingly to my arm, she
herself so fondly to my side, that I
thought I could never, never lose bsr.
The idea of a possible change never
came to me, never darkened one mo
ment’s happiness. Weeks, months,
years, passed by—we were not aware
of It . >
“One evening, after we bad spent the
day more cbeerfnUy and happily than
usual, she appeared to me, an at once,
cold and down-hearted. A terrible
fear overcame me, an icy shudder
seized bold of me. ‘She will leave me/
I saldVj myaelf;Jjufely, tutelv, sh*
will leava me Than I rememoera t
bow little I really bad cared for her :
bowl bud tiled bsr faithfulness sad
devotion, perhaps too much. For tha
I felt my
first time I felt my confidence
and anxiously I sought her eyes. But
her look gave me no response; her
eyes turned away from me. -Ityrear,
waagons, my life was changed. Some*
__ _ times she would again press me to her
put the flist chapters to a second vof l hoeotn with wild passtoo, but ib»»
Richard the Third’* Bed.
sp
JBritiih Battle* on Land and Sea ]
In the corporation record* of Leicester
there is still preserved a story curiously
illustrative ofthe darkness and precaution
of Richard's character. Among his camp
baggage.it n-'s his tustom to carry a
cumbersome wooden bedstead, which ho
averred was the only couch he oould
sleep in; but in which he contrived to
have it secret receptacle for treasure,
so that it was concealed under a weight
of timber. After Boswor’h Field tho
troop of Henry pillaged Leicester; hut
the royal bed was neglected by every
plunderer as useless lumber. The owner
of the house afterwards discovering the
Itoafd, became suddenly rich, without
any visible cause. He bought land, and
kt. length became Mayor of Leicester.
Many years afterward bis widow, who
had been left in great affluence, was
assassinated by her servant, who had
been privy to the affair; and at the trial
of this culprit and her accomplices the
whole transaction came th light. Con
cerning this bed a public print of 1830
states that “about half a century since,
the relic was purchased by a furniture
broker in Leicester, vrho slept in it for
many years, and showed it to the curious;
it continues in as good condition appar
ently a* when nstxl by Kinr Richard,
being ftirmhd of osk and haring a high
C iish. The daughter of the broker
ving marled one Babington. of Roth-
fey, near Leicester, the bedstead was
removed to Babmgton’s house, where it
is stilly reserved.'’
uubsutbe lor lac i’aom.
urns which may have come into my
hands. Sometimes I find it difficult to
remember which la my own and which
is the author’s work. In many .cases
I forget lb the morning, when ! leave
a city, what I have read tbe night, be
fore. But when I like a story, I repeat
It to myself, as I am trawling along,
and I remember It from time to time,
as If It were an event which I bad ex
perienced or Invented myself. Tbe fol-
lowlitg tale la one of this class. I do
not remember where I have read it for
the first time, nor do I know whether
tbe story, as I am going to relate It to
you, Is the same os I read It. But tbe
idea Is not my own. I think I found
It In a French magazine. But that
most have been many years ago; for
some Parisian friends of mine, wtto
read everything In tbe shape of peri
odical literature, do not remember
ever having seen it. Should tbe au
thor at any tim* claim It as hta own, 1
will with thabka return It; here, how
ever, la tbe story ae It bos gradually
taken shape In my head :
* • -F ' *
The numerous guests of tbe Coun
tess da B bad begun to retire at
about eleven o’clock, and toward mid
night only a few of the moat Intimate
friend* of the family were assembled
In tbe drawing room. Tbe handsome
Polamsde has given bis final opinion
oo th* most ootswortby toilets of th*
evening; Reas had talked shoot tbs
last duel, Edmend of the last steeple-
ohaou, the lost eooleiy scandal had
with tb* usual kind
ness and cbaritablsosas; and for tha
first rims during the evening the eon
versstios began is lag. ;
The Countess turned to her neighbor
Oastoo.
Vou are to-day more noisy than
usual,” aha aald| “for tha last halt
hour you have been asleep with open
•ya*.
Th# f ntlstnan whom *be addressed
was niiUng oo a low chair, snd bad
been deeply interested In s oonVt
Uon with the fire In tbe cbimoey, He
tamed slowly round, and said : .
I have been thinking of my first
love.”
“Gratitude honors the receive* sod
th# giver,” replied the Countess. “Tall
us the story of your first love, which
makes you so thoughtful even to-day.”
Oneton rubbed bis long, thin bands,
and began an follows
When I speak of my flrst love I do
not mean tbe very first, although at
tbe time I suffered delightful pain and
anxious Joys. But when 1 think of It
now It seems to be somebody sine’s,
and not my own, story. I was shout
twelve years old ; she wee the sister
of my frleud Jacques. I saw her for
tbe (list time In the play ground ot
our school, where abe came one day
with her mother to pay s visit to her
brother. It was In tbs winter, the
J round was covered with snow, and
utlous battle was raging between tbe
two parties that bad been formed b;
tbe boys. In the same moment that
first saw her at tbe entrance of tbs
play ground a bard fresco snow bai
•truck me such a violent blow oo the
forehead that I lost consciousness, aoc
fell down. When I regained my senses I
was lying on a sofa in the janitor’s
lodge, and tbe two ladles, tbe mother
and sister of my friend, were standing
by my side, and anxiously looking Into
my face.
“Tbe next morning tbey sent to In-
quite after my health, and.oo the fol
lowing Sunday, I went with Jacques to
visit them ar their house. I did not
dare \o apeak a word, not even to look
at her, but I would have been willing
to rush through tbe fire and water to
attract one* more the anxious, kind
look ofthe beautiful girl. On my way
to the school in the evening, I Invent
ed wonderful deeds of daring I woulc
perform, and which would astonish
her admiration. 1 did not expect nor
ask for more. The unconscious dawn
ing of love io the youthful heart be
longs, with all Its characteristics, to
ohiidbood alone. Tbe young heart la
foolishly eatzer, easily satisfied, and
exceedingly selfish and vain. It is not
yet capable of loving, but It longs to
be loved, to be admired ; It does not
aim at roaklnr; others happy ; the only
happiness it knows is a delightful
trouble; tbe only desire, to receive
love without giving It. In later years
one gives without receiving, and that
Is not very pleasant either. And thus
everything is for the beat in this world
—where there are people that find
pleasure only in giving, and others
who are ooly happy In receiving. But
what a blissful brief period la that
when one gives and receives, when one
loves and is loved again! I have
known that time; but she, who made
me so unspeakably happy, has now
forsaken me. How beautiful was the
world when I saw R with her, how bins
the sky, bow balmy the alrl Hand-
to-hand we hastened from place to
place, and wherever w* went Joy
smiled to greet us. and pleasure bads
us to stay. W* watt os, staging,
laughing, rej >iclug, sure of our happi
ness everywhere. Sometimes our SX-
ubersat joy would astound) umro utu
.._J' ' • • •
sweetness of her kisses was lust. O: •
ten she pushed me unkindly away, so* t
to my nameless grief I saw that ay
ore annoyed her. One evening, when
learns homo at a lata hour, I found
tbe room dark, cold, and dessrted;
she. mv Joy, my love, my light, my all,
had left me!
Now there began a miserable Ilfs for
me. The lose I had suffered gnawed
at my heart, but I took care to bltfs it
before tbe world. I tried to show a bap-
Joyful face; 1 sought tbe society
of young, cheerful people; I spent
more osre on
done before.
that I tried to bids th* palor of my
cheeks hy artificial means. That Is not
true. But I must confess that I use*l
a great many different tinctures and
washes to prevent baldness and gray
hair. But this farce did nut last long.
grew tired of this hypocrisy, snd
cared no mor* for what tbe world sal*I
or thought. I know that my beloved
has left me; that nothing can bring her
back; aud everybody may know the
loss I have auff-red. But I still weep
for her who bos left nts. I miss her
everywhere; nothing, nothing can
take her place; and I would willingly
S lve all I poemus, every Joy and wary
applneas that may be In stors for tne.
If I could call her osoe mor* mine—If
1 could live over ngatn those blissful
days daring which alone I was happy.”
Gas too was sliest, and stared Into
tbe dying ashes, and rubbed bis thin
bauds regethST.
“What was ths name of this woods*-
ful creat ure?” Inquired the Coootcvs.
“My youth,” replied Gsstoa, with*
out lining hi* eye* from tbs fins.
ItUA A Oj'V-UL
asr dress than I Lad etsr
Mv enemies tveo Mid
to hi
The * wee* Petoite.
Both for table and for stock tbe sweet
potato b s prsdsO ot Wgfi vabw. H
can be served in assy ways for ths tat
bie, ami whether baked, roosted, bulled,
■icwfo, praa, irTwi, or B*aac inio pm]-
dings sod costards, forms always on* of
the most acceptable items on ths LIU of
fare. No family should be without H,
for thereby they miss one of tho
prolific resources of varied,
audnutnttou# die try. And no farmer
should Degleet to raise it for his stock«
shoes other supplies are deficient is
quantity or quaJitv. Two bushels of
sweet potatoes yield as much nutrition
and produce as mnch fe*h and fat as
one bushel of the beat Indian corn t and
when we consider that three bushels of
potatoes can be grown as easily and
cheaply aa one bushel of corn, the impor-
tance and value of this crop becomes ap
parent. It is surprising that it has been
so much neglected. Comparatively few
farmsrs grow enough fur even family
use in winter, and hardly say make a
specialty of rawing it for bogs, &c-
They depend on other things that coat
them much more than tho potatoes would.
True il ia a crop tltat cannot be gyov n
without an abuudance of suitable ma
nure, and true it is likewise that it is an
article somewhat difficult to preserve
sound in its natural state tor any great
length of time. Bot the first objection
—if objection it be—is one that applies
equally well to many other important
crops—and the hitter is readily obviated
by a little common sense and thorongh-
ness in the construction of suitable caL
Lire. And if the plant does require con
siderable of your best manure, docs it
not leave the ground in the very finevt
condition and highly tmpnmd for tho
reception of any other crops ? This is
mere than can be said for cotton, or
corn, or tobacco.- Tbe erection of good
keeoinff collar* U not a difficult or coatW
operation. They can be made of tho
cheapest material, freedom from moist
ure and an even low temperature being
the chief eonfikiona if ewinihL Il ia
easy enough to preserve the sweet potato
from the season for digging in October
till tbe new crop begins to come into use
in August.
We presume the great bulk of the
crop has already been set out—though
the reader mny infer from what we have
said that it is not a very large bulk in
these parts. Slips, however, will make
good sized potatoes if set out any time
the next three or four weeka—we mean
slips from the vine or dnnrs from the
bed. It Is a plant that can be mnltiplird
ad in/inUum, as every joint of the vine
will form a new plmt. We wonld ad
vise farmers to plant as largely ef the
potato aa tbetr supply of manors will
justify. It requires little caltiratioo,
and may well occupy the land left va
cant by the lack of tobacco plants or
that from which oats or Irish potato**
have been removed. There are mtwy
varieties, but ths yam and yelow bark
seem, to be the Lost for this section, if
yon have cot done so already do not fail
to piaot enough at lesat for tabic tus.
Ad rt rile# la Thl PtifU*
SB—-