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TIII-WEEKLY__ EION'WINNSBIORO. S. C. S ATrURDA Y, JANUARY 4. 18' IVOL. 2 O 4
WASHINGTON ALLSTON.
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.BRiNrScrN OF TIMl GRHAT.
EST AMT ERICAN ARTIST.
A Sketch of the Life of a Nativo gou'h
Carolinian Wi-o A -i ved Fam-) fo.
Himself and Did Honor to His State.
( Boston Letter io S m P'noiwo (Aill.I
Until within two yoars a.go there
ptood, in a condition of tumblo .down
odecay, yet rich in rocoliltions and
historic associations, an old liouse
with an annex, on a goo.ly piece of
land at the cornor of M.tgazine and
Auburn streetst in that part of
classic Cambridge called Cain
bridgeport. A fine block of brick
houses, known as "Allston Terrace,"
stands on the sito of tie dwelling
hQuse and studio of Washington
Allston, who "w.is one of the high
est products of American civiliza
tion and E'ropean culture coin
binod." Hq was th intit uto friend
of Samner and Irv'mg, Coleridge
and Wordsworth, Taorwald.se and
WOst, Longfello,v and C:nning,
aud many others. of thi foremost
mn16 of his aga. I his last volume
of "Artist Bioprap!iies," Mr. Sweet
sar pleastntly givos the inw.ardness
of the life of V shin-ton Allston,
'ne of the fo%v famous artists
America h t produced. One cain >t
cinvorse wit'i any of the first
ftmilies of (Iinbi iJ:a withou
boing remninlu- in som way of the
life of Alls:on in C.unbridre. Birn
,on a long, narrow strip of land, in
the district of Waccam,w, in South
Ctrolinp, Allston came of a 'wealtihy
baronial family. Toe Allston chil
dren all distinguish0d themselves.
Among others, J'.)Saph B. Allston,
of Baltimore, and lace of the Con
federate army, a gentleman faimnnis
for his ringing war poetry, is a
grand-nephew of the artist; and
Govern r Jo eph Alinton, of Sont I
WO Carohina, who married Tnoudo-iia,
i('ughter of Aaron Burr, was thi
V1n of the pain tvr's gre It-uni.e,
Col. Wi. Allston. Washinvon
Allston was born on the B.oik.
Green domain, twenky-two u:!os
above Georgetown, in 1779. A fUor
coming to 0ambridge, a f tvorit'
resort of the youn CJ uolinian was
the mansion of Judge Fr%nis D.n.,
tile Clief Justice of M ks ichu iotts
and ex-111inister to lsila. Tho
l >use was iit. tel on "D) .oil HI'l."
His house Was aim>.st a h> -11 to
muany of tio sta lents at the col
lgo (which Allston atteadl at
this time), especially thosu from the
Southern and Middle S,,ttjs.
Among his classm ttes waro L nnnel
19.aw, a profonnl juri'; Josupn
8. Buckmninster, a colebrate
Unitarian divine and shoar, and
Timothy Flint, famous for his
writings about the Misiissippi
Valley and the far West. While in
Europe Mr. AIl]t m, painted between
forty and fift piictLures, of which
by far the greater number have
disappeared. The choicost of his
works after returning to America
are now possesso I in) Boston-some
in tihe Museum of Fine Arts, and
others in the hands of the Dana and
other elder families. But wvith all
his talent, both as a painter and a
poet, Aliston illusItratedl tile
MIsTAKES OF AN AnTIST.
If he had devoted to his profession
all the time which was wasted on
dilettante diversions, and had
avoided that colossal rock of offence,
the "Blolshazazr's Feast," he might
have gathered about him the flower
of American youth, and fonadeil a
new and noble school of WVestern
art, prolific in illustrious wvorks,
and adding a Florentine or Venetian
elegance to the martial glories of
the Republic. Herein be failed,
through lack of victory--compelling
effort,.and left but as many pictures
as could 1ill a large drawing%room,
while Amuerican art still remains
without a head, and becomes an
appanage of Paris. His magical
coloring attracted much attention.
Even in R'ome, Italian artists call
him the American Titian. His
marvelous carnations were never
oven imitated. In his "American
Notes," Dickens says that " Wash-~
ing Allston, the painter (who wrote
'Monaidi'), is a fine specimen of
' glorious old genius," Grat tans, in
his ."Oivilized America," -calls
* Allston "the foremost of American
painters." Yttitis aslingular faot
that the present generation of the
city of Cambridge is hantly oon-.
.acious of the fact tht tlhis sapse
a century. Allston, lik Cme
h ad his faults. M k 161f%d% of
this, he had a violent dislike to
President Jackson, and onfo do
elined to paint a bittle in whi-i he
commanded, in terms almost of
anger. Governor Hinilton, of
South Carolina, inducud G3vornor
Everett, of MasFw ichuet, to
attempt his good olices in softening
the obdurate painfer, but in vain.
Governor R. F. W. Allston sover-d
tiies aSkeI his famous kiusmil to
paint lim a picture. but tho on!y
answer would he, "R,bott, I must
p) fint for monloy," asM if the( i,ltu. of
takin moue.- from a i eliLt.v w0 :t?3
qnite out of the rtt tell oft p-Issiility.
The now wing of the Art Mu.isumn,
erected in 1878, contains the
so-called Allston room, devote1 to
some of the great artist's pictures,
and to others by the same artist
loaned by their owners and the
Anthonmain. All-iton n ireied- a
Miss Ann. Clhanning, a gr ind
daughter of William Ellery, a signer
of the Declaration of Inlopendenlco.
In 1830, the master married again.
His second wife was a cousin of the
first, and her father was, Francis
D.mt, the Cief Justiro -of M ;ssa
chusctt,i, who m Lrricd Miss Eliza,
both EHllery ; and one of zi r brom
ers was Ric!i ird H. D in L, the
poet, and the oldest faiumus pot
now living in th- ioantry.
A TRAP FOR TiU U.w.RY -How IT
Is WORKED.-NOt long agI we coi
nonte.1 upon and w trio I tie po spie
a.oin.it buin entrappe.l by a ciren
lar puiportin,g to be is-ued by
"1. P. Joi..4 & Co., d -de 1e in
di:unon1, W ithos a jewelry, 868
Broawlw y, New Yj k, copi,s of
Which h.!ve been iuaied to large
numbers of people in this section
of North 0 Lrolin L. This i-cul u
recites that the send ,rs a oi t io
ag:nts of a lotery wi.ch tie
circular describas. "I enc.oe you
a ticket, whiu-il is go()o I for any onle
of the drawings, with ta ns under
stan. ling. that I wili arralge it so
that you w.1l draw a large piiz.3, if
you Vill agr(o to act as agent for
the sale of tickets. I am su thi:tt
if a large priz. was drawn in your
State an- shown around, th &t
thiousluils of tickets cou.d be sold."
The New York Sun expose this
steal, fully and effectually. It
shows that when the person ad
dressed responds to the letter he
receives a ticket, and suoct:y
there.ifter notification that his
ticket 1h ts lrawn a wac1'' au ch i
worth $303, Wiic) will ' 3 B siped
ulponl receipt of $3, willo-1 i- n0cs
S.try tO [) Ly GXP a_41. H*4 iS C.i
C Lt inl thi in i.-Lt ,. If ' m l is
s11S iCi M-s Al I WAt I t u g >> i 4.3m
(. 0. D., a-i I so W.UO.1, iu r0!eiV,2
the following:
"DE.\R SiR-Your let'er of-- -
instant recevel. I send no goo.ls
C. O. D. Y m are entiLle;l to the
prize upm .h p.vinant of $3 as
stated. If tao amount is not re
ceived in fift-en d tys ymaur wA,tch
and ciin will be do I-tir i 1 ,)rfoi,3
an.l pat wit'i the uneLi no i prizos."
ff, however, h vir .1 .ly sn Is
tli $3 ask I fi.e, he cit'ir never
hears fro,n it as eini or recsivos- a
watch worth its enect weight in
brass.- (hmarloute Obser~ver.
NARaOW EsCAPA Fato)M FI i.
Notwithstanding several d .ys have
elapsed since its occurrouce, we
deem it proper to refer to the fact,
if for no other purpose than to
record an act of her~ois:n on the
part of a colored firem-mn. About
10 o'clock, a. mn., on the 19th nltimno,
the roof of the court-house was
discovered to be on fiee, it having
been ignited by sparks from one of
the chimneys of the buildling. The
alarm wals given an.l the fire
comnpanies wvere promptly on hand,
though before their arrival a lad deor
had been raised against the wall.
This ladder Jacked soveral feet of
reaching the omaves of roof, but
nothing daunted,. Isaac Wright,
a member of the colored fire
company, asc6nded to the top -
most round, and grasping the
shingles, sprang to the roof, when
the work of subdui ng the flames,
which had miade but little headway,
was an easy task, The act of Isaac
was witnessed with breathless anxie
ty, when it was known by every one
present that the least mischance
would dash him to the groUnd. But
for his daring, the court house
mnight have been destroyed, anid a
serions conflagration of other
buildings also :resulted. It wonid
be an act af simple justice for the
Couny Oommaisioners to bmake a
substantial recognition of . .saac'sa
bravery.--YorkvoWe Enaquirer.
Comprehensive-A. egapiuys of
settless, ian ialg their new town,
oalledl it Dictionary, .because, as
they said,. "that's the Tonly place
where pe4, pgoApetity aid happl*
ness ar found.
OBNAron TrmuanAN,
The Attompt Making to Run 'ita for
Governor of Ohio as a St.p to the 0
Pe-l.e.lncy.
WX9IHNGTO, December 29.-It is i
soid that Senator ' Thurm-in, soon i
after the reassembling of Congress,
will make a spoeoh on the finances,
tAking the oune course he (lid in <
Ohio ond advocating the replacing i
of national b:uk notes with green- i
bmcks i-nd prohibititig the fartheor I
iss e f ' o a , th I)part. o' tleanks.
Ar. ISwit Says n conversation tlit t
if Mr- Tirium in itikes s.t-h a
Npccii h will IAWO in the I >U!i"
by speaking in favoe,of the b inks.
Hie says that if the Domocrats comn
mit themselves to th TlurmAn idea
L
and it becomAs a part of their prin
ciples. thon he shall feel compell ed t
to bid g o 1 by to the Democratic I
party. He says he does not intend
.to make but one speech more in n
Congress and that speeci will be in a
fivor of mnaintaining the present 8
national bank system. He says that c
it is the best th-tt ever was devised a
and th it it ought to be perpetuated. I
In answer to a question as to wheth- f
er he li.d any interesk in any nation. N
al bonk, beanswored that he did not n
o vii a dollar's worth of stock in c
any b ink and never was intoreAted in c,
one further tm .n as a depositor or 3
borrower. He said he could speak c:
without exciting the charge that 3
he was improperly interested. As p
for Thurm i, his friends were a lit.- e
tie too quick in denying the fact a
that thoy inten-1-d tb try to put C
him in the field for Governor of
P
hio. Tie te - pt is being ma:de V
ove. y day, but ihus far the Senator b
dooiind-i to conment, but his friends p
wi.l contin ie t eir efforts. Taey t
n0w .:y openly that if he resigns
ir i tha SenAe, mnakes the canvass 'I
) (ovta ir -n. I is elected, it. u
w 11 a c tro nwm the nominition f r %
Pra,de . in the next Nation.d Con- e
ea1iol, vn I thIZV si-i a coarse is 6
th3 oly t:ing that will secure such t
action beyond peradventure. The N
011hiepublicans are now' talkingn
about Oineral Garfield as the Re- a
publican candidate. 'With Thur- t
-nan on one si.le an I G%riel on the r
oier the campaign vould be one of a
the most remarkable and exciting b
that ovor (,oerre-I in any state. L
U ,rfield woolil be much stroiger a
tha: C,ir.s 3Postar, as the latter is t
not much of a spakor, wlil the 0
f'meur is one of the strongest pub- t
im speakers in the country. The b
P osident thinks that Garfield n
woaid be. tie stronger candid,ite, a
aid he is, -therefore, in favor of himi t
as againsf. Foster or anybody else. r
Garfield, however, before he was 3
thought of as a candidate, express- E
ed himself favorable t0 Foster, but r
in too :xigency of Thurman's noni- s
nation it woul1d be necessary for the '
strongest ROpUbliCaI to be nomina- t
ted, and Foiter wonl.l have ,to give .
w.y. G rele't dis:riet is so Iuch
attclied to bim that he could, no
doubt, return to Congress after
serving a term a, Governor.
THmE ELEcTRIo SwreH. -An elec..
tic swvitch signal has been invented
whmich promises to be very effectual.
By an ingenions piece or mechanism
a danger signal is displayed exactly
sitmilar to the section signal, if a
swvitch is not locked. No matter ~
whether it be closed or not, it
must be looked, else tihe train will
be brougvht to a standstill if orders.
are followved aind the signal is ob
served. Spring are used, andi all is
conniected with the batte?y, and if
tihe switch is not looked is thrown
off a handle, which breaks the cir
cnit and at tihe same time, by a
wire, shuts it, so that no magnetism
can remain in the magnet of the
sig~nal. Thme spring throws the'
circuit breaker out of connection,'
likewise showing tihe danger signal.1
By using this simple co:ivne
there can be no accidents 'from a:
Imisplaced switch. Only one cell of"
batteries is used on a section of a
mile and no .local batteries. The'
exeneby this method of signalling'
is very ariiall, costing very little,
indeed, after it has been established.
I"Punctuality is the Hinge of
Business." In families where Dr
Bull's Cough Syrup is kept, there I,
is nevet a case of absence from!
school or business on ace ount of:
coughs, coldd or sore throat. Price
26 cents.
Thousands of tramps have arrive
ed in the South, to, go into winter
quarters, and aroaiid Atlanta, Ga.,
no householdei- resp'onds to a oalJ
at the door at night, without a shot
Bun in his hand,
by dtkj@s i ito t.e. g?
ass an aue, .
WHAT BBSU M 2ZION lB4NB,
The farmers of South' Carolina,
Mud the townsfolk too, do not
vw.ays realize what resumption
no ins. They see that the price of
yhat they have to sell goes steadily
lown, and that in wages for daily
vork there is a decline. But they
lo not always pause to note the
'elative difference, as it can be seen
n th# following quotations for the
,ew Year's days of 1878 and 1879:
1879. 1878.
'lear rib sideq, per 1b, 4 A 8a9
shoultiers.-.-.-....*..Aa4 6 a7
aartI--------- - - - 61a74 O
'orn, per bu'41h, sackel - 0a7 92475
hagar, yellow C, per lb - 77) 7ja8
H,asseo, . H., per gal. 24a32 2831
folasses, N. 0., per gal. 34a45 45a5
;o1roe, Aio, per lb - . 9al6 17a2i
a4t, per saok. . - . 8 Ma9 85l 1)
tiee, per lb - - - - Ga6 5ja5
tLour, tjuper, per bbl 3.50a.4.75 5 00a 60
The decline here shown is re
iarkable. It is more than the
verage decline in the price of the
outhern staples. And this view is
onfirmed when we look to other
rticles than more bread and meat.
rown sheetings, in the year, have
illen from 12J to 15 per cent,,
,oollen goods 15 per cent., ready.
uide clothing 20 per cent., bleached
ttons 15 per cent., shoes 10 per
ant., agricultural implements 25 to
0 per cent. Besides this, the de
line in the price of butter is from
0 cents a pound to 20 cents a
ounl. poultry (iresse.1) from 20
ants to 17 cents, eggs from 30 cents
dozen to 25 cents. These are
Iarleston prices, not Northern
rices, and if* they teach anything in
i world they teach that money can
j made on cotton at ten cents a
ound, and that we can live in the
.wns on the prices now ruling.
There is one thing to remember
'o get the benefit of low prices we
mat work in the old-fashioned
rays. It will not do to live in the
xpectation of selling cotton at
fteen cents, when it is probable
hat the selling price will be nine.
Ve must practise hard-fisted econo
iy and keep the crib full. Bread
nd meat first, and cotton last I Do
his. and South Carolina will grow
ich, for the statistics before us
how that we can live as cheaply as
efore the war. Pri-its that sold
efore the war for ten cents a yard
oil at five to six. In bleached cot
ons the purchasing power of a bale
f raw cotton is greater than before
he war, and is greater than ever
efore. A pound of raw cotton will
ow buy as much goods as two and
half pounds of cotton would buy
hirty years ago. Hard-pan and
esunption are at the bottom of it.
Ve sell eheaper,but we buy eheaper.
louth Carolina can live and grow
ich. The State can rise more
urely than any new State can rise.
hese are the conditions : Econo
ay, hard work and hard money 1
Vews and (Courier.
DIG LA WYR'W FEU.
There are lawyers and lawyers.
Vhen Daniel ~Webster and Rufus
Jboate were alive, neither of these
minent representatives of the green
iag had the audacity to exact a fee
uinning into the tens of thousands.
ndeed, Mr. Webster thought he
ras on the road to fortune when he
eceived $5,000 for a single case,
,Ithough it was not uncommon for
aimi to take a retainer of $1,000.
tufus. Choate got $6,000 for defend
ng Professor Webster, the Cam
~ridge "gentleman of great prop
irty," who murdered Parkman in
ide the walls of the Medical Col
ege, on North Grove street.
~robably the Massachusetts law
ers who are receiving the largest
ees about this time are the Hon.
3aleb Cushing and General B. F.
)utler. Both these men have big
>rains and their ideas are large ; no
nonsense about these men. Mr.
Jushing last year received a fee
bmounting in the aggregate to
100,000 for.some work he did for
Cnhan gentleman, and ho expects
o realize as much more from the
am. source in the eonrse of the
ext twelve months. The basis of
~his plethorickness is located in the
sland of Cuba, and pertains to some
istates that were sequestered by the
Ipanish Government In the early
part of the insurrectionary perio.
r. Cushing is estimated as worth
p2,000,000.
General Butler's $145,000 fee in
the Farragut prize oases came hon-.
istly, it appear., but, he happened to
uave brains -enough to. Maake the
haul. A few days ago the General
net the Boston City Hall' agog by a
bill whIeh he sent in~ for servib,es
rendered as.counsel In the tbatter
~dain eurredl y the)st~
WM - d xneidegtdt'4v
*wai~ 6f' 8 udbury River 5
Ben, who Is Interested in a mill
located on the borders of Concord
River, got the idea Into his head
that perhaps much of the Sudbury
River water that the thirsty Bos
tonians would drink might be neeesw
sary to run the machinery of his
cartridge factory on the Concord
River, (which is supplied in part
from a spur of the Sudbury stream),
and so he accordingly placed himo
self in a position to get damages.
It was expected that the diversion
of water would cost the city mil-,
lions of dollars, but the total bill
will be about half a million. The
cases for damages were referred to
a commission, but the city appealed
from their award by advice of Gene,
ral Butler, who, it appears, had
managed to act as special attorney
for the city in the matter. After
some controversy. the city agreed to
settle with the claimanto, having in
the outasnt settled with the General
for $50,000. And now judge of the
feelings of the city upon having
received from Butler a little bill of
$25,000 for professional services.
The city paid the General $5,000 as
a retainer. General Butler does
not spend his time in fooling.-.
Boston Letter.
riw 0. 0. AND 4, R4xJ%QoAD.
The report of the President of
the 0. C. & A. R. R. reveals the
fact that the earnings of that road
fell short of meeting the interest due
on the bonded debt of the com
pany by about $3,032, which, with
the interest due on the foating
debt, $13,500 interest to the city of
Augtsta, by contract $7,000, and
taxation $16,300, exhibits a ded,
piency of some $44,013 in meeting
current expenses. Yet in tha face
of such facts, the bon h .hive ad-,
vanced from $75 to $85, which een
only be explained on. the ground
that the road will be better man.
aged since it has passed into the
bands of the Richmond and Danville
Railroad Company. There Is a
strong convietion that the road will
now be run in the interest of the
stockholders, and not made subser.
vient to the interest of the officers
and thait of other roads, as when
under the control of the Wilming.
ton and Columbia Railroad Com
pany. This belief is strengthened
by the fact that the last three
months show increased earnings of
about $33,000 over the correspond
ing dates of the last year. The
expenditures were lessened under
the rigid rules adopted, about $21,
000, which it is condently believed
will be further reduced the incoming
year. Yet it must be admitted that
the salary of the President should
have been reduced from $4,000 to
at least $3,000, the amount given to
the President be'ore the war,
especially as all the expenses of
living are reduced to the ante-war
prices. Railroads ought to be run
on the most economic principles, as
though they were private and
individual interest, but the mis-.
fortune is the salaries of most of
the high officials are too exorbitant,
They feel as though the coi-poration
must pay them high salaries, and
the se&le of pruning, if adopted,
must begin with the day laborer,
A reduction should be made fromn
the President down to the day
laborer, as all salaries have been
too high under former inflated
prices. The salaries paid to railroad
offieiale should -be graduated on a
scale in accordance with 'salaries
paid in other pursuits of lhfe. There
peed be no fear of the resignation
of any one unless the reduction
should be reduced below the
average wages of other occepations,
We do not intend any- reflection on
Col. Palmer, the President, as he
undoul te1ly managed the road well,
conside ri ig the diffiqulties in the
way of his independent management,.
The bonded of the company is
about $2,500,000, which at 7 per
cent. will require about $176,000
net earnings, which the road can be
made easily to yield, and thus
secure the bonds as a safe invest.
ment beyond a doubt,-Bouthe,
Home.
In 1877 there were 8,140. .iale.
and 522 female. drowne4 in inland
waters in England , and Wales,
1,428 lives bdng. lost in rivers and
running watevt'87 ild qanals ,and
r602 inlks f ,