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TRI-WEEKLY EDITION.} WIjNN-SBOIO, S. C., riLURSDAY, OCTOBER 10, 1878. v 0- N" TiE 1WHjL1. From "Natural History in Gmall Ohunks to Suit Small People." (lBy (he Delroit M-ee Pres.; Man.] "What is that boy doing ?" "He is catching a whalo. The whale is generally spoken of by poets as 'the monstor of the doop.' Do you see how lively he is ? The whale is the sportive fish under water. The shark can take a joke and crack one, but for broad riffling humor the whale knocks all tho funny alanacsinto slivers." 'How long is a whale ?" "Some whales are eighty foot long; but if you ever see one, and rush into a printing oflico to have an itom built on the fact, it would bo bottor for your children if you said that the whale was forty foot long. The world can forgive a man for exaggo rating the facts of a tornado, freshot or steamboat disaster, but the man who lies about fish is gono up from that moment. That's the roason why' no true, good man ever goes a-hshing." "Can a whale crack a hickory-nut with his teeth ?" "He can, but ho doesn't fool around with such trifles. When he opens his mouth to bite lie prefers to crack a whalo- boat, or a bald headed sea captain from Nantucket -one of those tough old follows who como back from the Artic seas, and toll about soing four moons in the sky at onco." "Is a whale's mouth as large as the capitol building at Washing ton ?" "That's according to whoso book on whaling you havo confidence in. Some writers can open a whal's mouth wide enough to chuok in most any building. while others who want to go to Heaven stato that no whale could gul) down a street car without losing some of his teeth The trouble is that no newspapr man ever finds time to go on a cruise after whales, and therefore the public can secnre 0no reliablo figures and statistics." "How old do whales livc3 to be ?" "You have got us now. We never saw the same whale over three or four times, aid whether they died of grief over that fact, or swam away to make new acquaintances, we could never find out. When a man tolls you that a whale lives to be s3ven, seventy or seven hundred years old, ask him to submit the proofs." "Where are whales mostly found?" "In the water. They never come to land until they arQ tired of life and ready for a chango." "How fast can they swim ?" "That is another disputed point. A Nantucket captain says ho saw one speeding at the rate of thirty miles an hour, while a Now Bedford captain saw one going at the rate of a mile a minute. Horace Greeley could have settled the dispute in his 'Recollections of a Busy Life,' but he sooms to have avoided doing so. However, if you are ever chased by a whale, it will be prudent for you to make a hundred miles an ( hour if you." "Do whales prefer shelled corn to corn on the cob 1" "No. No wvell.'regulated whale - would be in the least put out after swallowing a wagon load of cobs." "Do whales fight with each other?" "Not often. If a whale comes fooling around, blustering what he can do, and putting on airs, he is generally rolled in the mud to take the conceit out of him, but, as a rule, the whale prefers to rest his nose on a coral reef and give him self up to planning the social eleva tion of tihe walrus and the squid." "Is it cruel to harpoon a whale ?" 'It is. There should be a lawv victims with a noosed rope, and then stupefy them with chloroform. Continue to be a good boy, and to be glad that you are not a whale." An~ UNDENIABLE TRUTlf ---You de.. serve to suffer and if you lead a mis,. erable unsatisfactory life in this beau tiful world, it is entirely your own fault, and there is only one excuse for you, your unreasonable preju dice and skepticism, which has kill ed thousands. Personal knowledge and common sense reasoning will soon show you that Green's August Flower will cure you of Liver Com plaint, or Dyspepsia, with all its miserable effects, such as sick head - ache, palpitation of the heart, sour .stomach, habitual costiveness, diz -ziness of the head, nervous prostra-. tion. low spirits, &c. Its sale now reaches every town on the Western Oonatinent and not a druggist but will tell you of its wonderful cures. You can buy a sample bottle for 10 ents. Three doses will relieve von EDGA It ALLAN PON. What a San Franciscan Knows About His Death. [ I1micisco ehroniCo. "You say that Edgar Allan Poe did not dio from the offocts of de liberate dissipation I" asked a Chronicle reporter. "That is just what I mean ; and I say further that he died from the offocts of doliberato nurdor." This wali a strange assertion strange in 3ing a flat contradiction of a fact., or otherwise a theory, re corded in detail in the history of American literaturo. The author of tho amsortion was a well ktnown member of the city's advanced and inveterato Buhon;i, a gentloman who has long since retired from the activo pursuits of his profession and spen(s his days in dreamy medita tion, frequently one of the popular resorts of tie craft, but mingling little in tho idle babble of tho throng. When drawn into conver sation it is generally to correct some error from his inexhau.tiblo mine of reminiscence, and on such oc casions his words arc few and pro cise. "Then you know something of the poet and his history, Doctor ?" "With a few others I was one of his intimato associates for years. Much that has been written of him and regarding his death is false. Poo was not what is called a peri, odical drunkard, holding himself to spells of sobriety, and then giving way to violent bouts of intemper anco: but he was a steady drinker, and wlhen his meanif permitted lie would drink to exceoss. His habitu al resort was the Widow Meagher's place. This was an oyster stand and liqnor bar on the city front, corresponding in some respects with the coffee shops in San Francisco. It was frequented much by the printers and men engaged in tho shipping offices, and ranked as a respectable place, where parties could read the papers, enjoy a game of cards, or engage in social con versation. Poe was a great favorite with the old woman. You would always see him sitting just behind the oyster stand, and about as quiet and sociable as an oyster himself. He went by the name of the Bard, and when parties cai into the shop it was, 'Bard, comie up and take a nip,' or, 'Bard, take a hand in this game.' He was a sort of pensioner on his acquaintances, as fari as drinks were concerned. Whenover the old woman met with any incident or idea that tickled her fancy, she wo)ld ask Bard to versify it. Pop always complied, writing many 'a witty couplot, and at times poems of considera ble length. Much of his poeti cal work, quito as meritorious as some by Which his name was im mortalized, was thus frittered into obscurity. It was in this little shop that Poe's attention was called to an advertisement in a Philadelphia pa per of a prize for a meritorious story, and it was here that he com posed his famous 'Gold Bug,' wvhich took the prize. I heard him read it before lhe sent it to Philadelphia, and.when it was announced that his story was successful, the Widow Meagher' gave him the money to go oni and obtain the prize." "But how about his death ?" "Poe had been shifting between Baltimore, Philadelphia and New York for several years. He had been away from Baltimore about three months, and turned up one evening at the widosv's. I was there when lie camne in. Bard had been making a little raise North, and it was drinks all round, wvithi rep)eat, until the crowvd were down jolly. It was the night before an election, and the party started up town. There were four of us, and we had not gone half a doz9n squares before we weoro nabbedy policemen who were looking utp voter's to 'coop.' It was tihe practice in those days to seize people, wheth er drunk or sober, lock them up until the polls wvere opened, and then nmarch them to every precinct in control of the party having the 'coop.' This 000op was in the rear of an engine house on Calvor t street. It was part of the game to sup)ply tho prisoners with drug-. god liquor. The next day we wore voted at thirty different places and over and over, it being as much as a man's life was worth to rebel. roe was so badly drugged that ho was carried on two or three rounila, and then the gang said that it was no use trying to vote a dead man any longer, so they shoved-him into a cab and sent him:.to the hosp ital to get him out of the way." "Well, lie died from dissipation.' "Nothing of the kiind. He died' from landanum or some other nO.. on that was forced on him in the coop. He was in a dying condition while he was being voted twenty or thirty timos in Baltimore. The story told by Griswold of his having been on a wook's sproo and being picked up on the street is all a lie. I saw him shoved into the cab myself." "Well, what about the gencral character given to Poe by Griswold and others ?" "I have nothing to say, only that Poe was a great poet, and lie owed me nothing when he died." 'UN WRITT27JN USTOt . General Garlington Denies the 1'retty Story About the Proposed Peace in 1801. A groat deal of unreliable matter is constantly flooding the newspa, pers under this attractive title. A recent article from the New York 8un, which was printed in our col uimns a few days ago, would seem to bolong to this class of doubtful lit oraturo. Gen. A. 0. Garlington, editor of the Greenville )ailyNew8, challenges the whole story in the following mannor, and as he occu pied the position of adjutlnt-gener. al of South Carolina at the time, his statement is worthy of the highest credence The facts contained in an article entitled "Unwritten War Histhry," according to our recollection (and we wore then in a position to know the facts), are not correctly stated. The negotiations which wore begun by Governor Pickens for the sur render to the State of the govern. ment forts and property within its limits, did not fail, as is stated in that article, "on account of the pro aipitate action of South Carolina troops in bombarding Fort Sumter." The negotiations referred to had como to a close sometime befo:e that event, and the attack on Fort Sum ter was hastened by secret informa tion received from Washington that % naval expedition had sailed for the purpose of reinforcing and revictu ding its garrison. Before this in Formation was received, Mr. Fox, issistant secretary of the United States Navy, came to Charleston with peaceful intentions, and by permission of Governor Pickens, visted Major Anderson, accompanied b)y Captain Hartstein, who was then in the service of the State. While in the fort Fox succeeded in having i private interview with Major An lerson, and disclosed to him the purposo and plan of the government bo reinforce him. A letter written y Major Anderson to the war de partment, aftei- Fox had loft Charles bon, and which was intercepted in Lhe mail, gave this information. All bhe facts which came to the knowl ,(ge of the Executive Department it that time showed that Lincoln was seeking to reinforce Sumter by practising deception and artifice. There is no doubt that such a proc lamation, as is referred to in this i irticle, was prepared; but the state - iont that it was withdrawn on ac- f count of the attack on Fort Sumter is erroneous. Our iformation at the time was that during the night: uifter that proclamation wvas prepared, the Washington government sud donly changed its policy, and doe.. termined on coercive measures. This was sometime beforeo tile attack was made on Fort Sumter. The corresp)onden)t wvho gives Mr. Cavis as authority for his facts surely mis understood Mr. Cavis ; if not, Mr. Cavis himself is in error as to the points we have made the subject of comment. OLD aI ON P'OLITICALL DECLINE. "Politicks is gettin' ter be or mnighlty 1po' bizncss," said Old Si as he lighted the lamp. "What makes you tink so 1" "Well, dare's yarn-us sines 'roun dat pints at de conelushin. Now, in my young days only do fust folks of the lain' engaged ini politicks hit wor or perfosshun (den berlongin' ter do leadmn' sitizens." "And isn't it so now ?1" "Well, you jess stan' 'round dose co'ners one day an' see yorseff. I tell yor, now, doro's purty nigh mo' candidates in dis countyr dan dere is tax payers, for or fack I' "Thlat is rather a bad sign for the times." "Dat's do very pint I wuz or flingin' at, Yer see dero's too men ny fokos in dose days dat's huntin' up some way for to keep from wurk. Doy's developin' overyt'ing doy's got, 'ceptin dere mussel. flit's gimme dis offis, an' don gimme dat offls, tell er man joss hoz ter 'flij 'em off'en him wid rocks an' g,Iieksi' "Well, Si, how do,you propo*e to remedy the matter 1' "Dat's or hard quesehin for er nivilum nigger tao anser, u hn it'. time in dis country for do fokos an' when I sez fokes I moons fokes -ter git up up an' 'tend tor dis oflshoidin' bizness for dorsolbs. Wo'so boon 'lowin' do walid-moootin's too much rope in disyore bizness I" "Well, now, give us your pian I" "W'y lot do fokos come out an' say dat doy's gwino ter take or han' in do skirmish-lot 'em choose on good mon an' stan' by 'om toll doy's safely ankorod in dore placos, an' don lot do conmtry hab some res' fum dis hyar brigade or candi dates. Dat's me, now I" "Perhaps that would be a good way to bring matters to a head." "I kno's hit wood. Dero ain't nuffin dem follors 'pisos mo dan ter hoor dat do fokos is or movin' for derselbs. I toll yor dar's goL tor bo loss ob dis hyar markin' time an' whelin' tor do lof' an' do rite, an' [no' strate-forrord marchin' an' a charging ob do onomy befo' tings gits squar' agin 'round hyar I Somebody's got ter blow do trum p)it an' wake do sleopin', or dar'll be inighty ruf' times 'long hyar by. an' by l" And the old man was dead in Barnest.-Atlanta Con8titutiom. Crying is a prime evidence of pain. When the baby is fretful and inclined to "crying-spells," remove bho cause by usirAg Dr. Bull's Baby Syrup. * VEGETINE. REV. J. P. LUDLOW, WRITES: 178 BALTIC STREET, BROOKLYN, N. Y., II. November 14, 1874. Dear ir-From personal benefit received by ts use, as well as from personat knowledge of hose whose cures have seemed almost miranu ous, I can most heartily and sincerely recom riend the N'Vge tio for the complaints which it, 8 claimecd to cure. JAMES P1. LUDLOW, Late Pastor of Cavalry Baptist Church, Sacramento, Cal. VEGETINE. SHE RESTS WELL. SOUTH POLAND, ME., October, 11, 1876. KR.* IT. It. STICVS: Dear sir-I have been slek two years with ,he liver comipla nt, and (luring that time have Aiken a groat- maLy different inedicincs, but, lone of them did me any good. I was restless it nights and had no appetite. Since taking ,he VEGilTINE I rest woll and relIsh my food. Jan recommend the VEGICTINE for what it has lone for me. Yours respectfully MRS. Al-BERT II(ICI. Witness of the above, ilt. GEORGE M. VAUG(JAN Medford, iass. VEGETINE. GOOD FOR THE CHILDREN. BOSTON HOME 14 Tyler Street. I1. 11. R. STSVRNS: 110STON, April, 187O. Dear Sir-We feel that the children in our tome have been greatly benefited by the Voge [ti you have so kindly given uts from time to line, especially those troubled with the scrof Ila. With respect, MRS. N. WORMELL, Matron. VEGE TINE. REV. 0. T. WALKER SAYS: PROVIDENCE, It. ., 10.1 Transit Street. [.T. STIVNN, ESQ: I feel bound to express with m nature the uigh value I place upon your V11I1JNE. My amiily have used it for the last two years. In servous debili it. is invaluable, and I reco nond it to all who nmay need an invigorating, enovating tonic. 0. T. WALKER, formerly Pastor of Bowdoln-squaro Church, Boston, VEGE TINE. NOTHING EQUAL TO IT. soUTH SA LEM, MASS., Nov., 14, 1878. Nin. H. Rt. STasys: Dear sir-I hal c b'on troubled withl serofula, Danker and Liver uomplaint for t,hree years. 14othing ever did ime any Jcod until I comn nenced using the VEGEJTI NE. I an now get. lang along frtrate, and st,ill using thei Vege Line. I consider t,hore is nlothing equal to it or suchl comIllaints. Oaan heart.ily recommend it tO everybody. Yours trua MRS. IzzIE ~. PAOKARD), No. 18, Lagrange Street, south salem, Mass, VEGETINE. RECOMMEND IT HEARTILY. R.TNs:SOUTH BOSTON. Dear air--I have takcn several bott,les of your VEGEITINE. and am convinced it 1s a valuauble remedy for iiyspopsla, Kidneoy Coamplaiant, and aeneral Debilt,y of the system. I can heartily recommlend( It, to all sufferers from t.he above complaints. Yours respectfullly, MuIJs. MUNROCE PARlKBR. Prepared by H. R. STEVENS, Boston, Mass. Vegetine is Sold by all Druggists. oct83-4w JUST RECEIVED. 1 Tierce best aanvassed llams, I Tierce best Lard. 1 Tierco New Rice, Ground Rio Coffee. Gunpowder and Young JIyson Toa, A variety of Craokors and Tea Cakes, lowest priocs, J.M 3AI't Do AdGsefJN1t y T.* 00 Columbia Businoe Carde. E ADqUARTERS for oheapest Gro. ceries and Hardwaro in Columbia to bo found at the old reliable house of LORICK & LOWHANCE. _ IX'S, Portraits, Photographs, Store. .L4osoopos, &o. All old piotures copied. Art Gallory litilding, 1241 Main Street, Columbia, S. C. Visitors aro cordially invited to oall and examino. OlARLES ELIAS,formorly of Camdon, has moved to Columbia, an I opened a large stook, of Dry Goods and Notions, Poots, Shoes, Trunks and Valises, Satia. faction guaranteod. R ECKLING'S GALLERY--Opposite the Wheeler Hotwo. Portraits, Photographs, A mbrotypos and Ferrotypes finished in the latost style of the art Old plotures copied and onlarged to any size. W. A. IEOKLING, Proprietor. ERCKS & DAVIS, importers and Ddealers in Watolices, Clocks,Jowelry, Silver and Plated Waro, House Fornish.. ing Goods, &. N. 11. -Watches and jew. elry repaired. Coluimbia, S. C. oet S7-y TOWN ORDINANCE. AN ORDINANCE TO RAIPM SUPPLIEs Pon THP MUNICIPAL YEAR 1878- 79, B IT ENACTED AND ORDAINED, JLJby the Intendant and Wardons of the Town of Winnsboro, S. C., in Coun. oil met., that 1. For the purpose of raising supplies for tho year commencing the first of April, 1878, and ending the first of April, 1879, a tax for the sums and Ina the man. nor hereinafter mentioned shall be raised and paid into the treasury of the said town for the use and service thereof, that is to say: two and one half mills ad valo rem upon overy dollar of the value of all the real and personal property within the corporate limits of the said Town of Winnsboro; throo dollars to be paid by every male inhabitants of said town, be-. tween the ages of eighteen and forty-five years, in liou of working upon the stroots of said town; and three per cout, upon the amount of' all sales at anuotion. 2. All taxes assessod and payable under this Ordinance shall be paid in the following kinds of funds and no other: Gold and silver cola, United States Currency and National Bank Notes. 3. All taxes assessed hernin shall be due and payable betwoon the first day of October, 1878, and the thirtieth day of November, 1878, inclusive; and all taxes remaining due and unpaid on the first day of December, 1878, shall be collooted by distress or otherwise, as now pro. scribed by law, together with all legal costs, 4. All persons holding property in the corporato limits of the said Town of Winnsboro, are required between the first day of August, 1878, and the six. toonth day of Septembor. 1878, to make a sworn return of said property for taxa tion, to the Town Glork, and the tinid rown Clerk is hereby required, whoit property-holders fail or reluse to make said sworn return, to add fifty per con tum to the return of the previous muniv. ipal year. Done in Counoil this the thir. L. R. ty-first day of July, A. 1)., 1878, under the Corporate Sal of the said Town Counoil. JAS, A. B3RICE, Attest: Intendant, WU N. CHANDLER, Clerk, THE PAPER TO TAKE. LONG ESTABLISHED, ENTERPRISING I RELIADLE I THE CHTRONICLE & SENTINEL, (Established 1785,) THlE CONSTITUTIONALIST, (Established 1799.) Two PAPERS CONSOLIDATED March 18, 1877 r1HE CHRONICLE & CONSTITUTION .L AL,IST, (Daily, Tri-Weekly and Week. ly,) the only morning papeor published in the oIty of Augusta, and the only paper receiving thetelographie dispatches of the New York Assoelated Press, The only morning paper published in Eastern Georgia and Western South Carolina, Offers greater advantages to advortisera than any paprn the South. The Chroniolo & Constitutionalist Is Democratic in politics, but perfectly in. dependent in its comments upqn men and measures. Its opinions upon~ all important matters are fearlessly express. ed, and resolutely mnaintai nodt, . urine the.coming winter speeial correspon<tonts in Washington, Atlanta, and Columbile willkeel) our readera, fully informed 6f the proceedings of Congress and of the Legislat,ure, of Gecorgi a and South Caro. lina. Its Commercial Reports aire eay'e. fully compiled, and are full and accurate. Now is the time to subsoribe. Daily, $10 per annum ; TIri-Wookly, $5i Weekly (a mammoth sheeot) *2, cash In advance. Each edition sont free of post. ege, Address WALSH & WRIGHT, july 14-tf Managers, EXAMINATION 0OF TE3ACHE1RJ N OTIOE is hereby given that the ox. amination of app leants to tench in the Free Schools of Fairfield 'oonsty will commence on Saturday, th day of October next, and be ogu the. sueceeding $aturd , t-~ 6, All persons desirnag o4rti doates rr notl. fteA to appear in person beftoy ,tl ~ord of Examiners at th times in ~t4 he examinationi 1l1 be oonduo , kIri. ting, at the Mount Zion Instituto rotms, and .iill bekin ptoojsely,a alQ .o'41ppk,*a,