Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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______..___.__ ---.-... - -i- -~-- z - z x ' 'RIWEELYEDTJ( N} INNSBOJ&O. S. G, 'FUES DA Y, FEBRUAR~Y 4,.1879 WVOL.aN.2 SHERMAN IN ATLANTA 1 T o .iMM G R GI r'iiz 1A1'Jv RC OP iIS R-WCEpfOR' RYl 'i GEQICGL4,w$,, The Newspapers Give Him a Welcome, Not Warm, but Dignified--The Peo ple Gather in Crowds to See the Lion of the Day--A 0entle Reminder of the Past--Sherman's Letter De alining to Let the Women and Chl dren Remain in Atlanta. M'Fom the Atlanla Cons4lut] History furnishes few more dra matie episodes tban' the one pro sented by the visit of Gon, Sherman to Atlanta, 8even teen years ago be entered this city at the head of a conquering army, In the near distance the guns of Hood's army boomed sullenly, Flying before the advancing legions, a cloud of women and children hurried from their homes, Breaking now and then through the din of drum and trumpet came the sharp crack of a ride, as soeie man, uddened at the surrender of the city, fired on the victors, and than ended his pro test with his life. Two months afterwards General Sherman loft the city, As he fled from the hills to the south of Atlanta, he turned and saw it enveloped in a cloud of smoke, through which gloamed the f tful d,unes as the old city, repre senting years Qf heroic labor, and hallowed with sacred memories, was Imlting into aphes, Hardly had the hoof ring of his horses died away before the work of desolation and de.trtttion was completed, A mass of ruins marked the place where Atlanta had stood, A horrible ex-. panse of charred an-1 blackened wrecks stretched over these hills, And the dre.d gloom was broken only by the call of the sentry or th rutsble of the army wagon. Yeaterday, fAp. Sherman returned to the Aene of this destruction and disaster, and-looked upon the an.. nwer that our people had made to Ms-t'oroh, A proud city, prosper ous almost beyond compare, throb bing with vigor and strength, and xapturous with the thrill of growth and expansion, stands before him. A people brave enough to bury their hatreds in the ruins his hands have made, and wise enough to turn their passions towards recuperation rather than revenge, give him cleco rous greetings. In this now aity- , in this new hife,,-in this metropolis, planted amid the rakings of ash heaps, his heart must kindle with admiration for the people who, ris ing fro;n beite:ith his horses' hoofs, t Atanohed their b'eed ng wounds, closed up their shattored ranks, and bent their unused hapnds to the - labor of rehabilitation. %_-.give oen, Sherman welcome to this pity_., We point him to At lanta. as a fair slample of the readi.. ness. with whigh the . South has recovered from the des6lation of a war that was cruel beyond prece dent-as an evidence that our peo,. pIe, brave enough to die in opposing llS invasion, have been brave enough to give themselves manfully. to repairing the disasters that were scattered from his hands. ZIHEUMAN'S AnRIvAT,. Geon, Sherman reaohcd the city on the 12.54 train on yesterday, He 'was expeeted on Wednesday, but switched off at Dalton and went down the Solma, flomue and Dalton Railroald, A foolish rumor that he had' a purpose in not -Jetting the1 people know when he was coming was ahp~ost too absitrd to mention. A large crowd collected along the sidewalks to see the general of -the ar~y, .The depot was coimfortably Alled, mostly with white people. A soi't Qf light, good'humor pervaded the orowd, spiced up with curiofity 1 t;o see the ndan who barned Atlanta Th'ere Nras'no per'ceptible indigna tion or feeling of prejudice. In most of the plumps of tallkers there were jokes fyg' to ah'd fro. One man propAb4tp Dpayor Oal4goun to go uanclfl jhie'freedom of the city to ~~ Geye'n 8bserman. ~'He made too 4-d ee With it,"' said an obj~eotor, "hon hq'wM bore before." Anoth-. *~ e' goL14,iej goo -humnordly pfro, gd procession of *idows n inu iwith'bynobes of Vine:. kindi jug in their hand&, be app It. - * to4'wMt o :tbhk~itgIsdt1:* ffer to facilitat?ate work, As the train rolled'in 1 bh6?ian called, out g he4-hlI.s e~ 'Jjo g~n will be gone4n )oZty mintes I 4 . t 4'(etidept 31ack and two or three officers vent to the back of the train. A ather pretty iady was standing on he rear platform. Almost imme liately she was joined by a tall gen blom with deadish brown and gray whiskers and thin face. S iad Gen. Ruger, forgetting his military ro orye : "There he is." The gentle man raised his hat with a quick and not ungraceful motion, and said : "Why, how are you. Augur ?".boinn evidently pleased to see the gentle man alluded to. Ile caino dowr the steps rapidly, shook tljo handt of the officers cordially, and thr saying, "General, won't you talc care of the girls?" started out of the depot with Gen. Rgger. Ther< was qo excitement and no demon stration. The people were crious to see Gen. Sherman, but made nc ruei at all. A sort of pathway wai oppned for the party, and the peo ple stood alongside, looking or quietly and keeping up a pubduec run of comment. Upon reaching the I imnball House, Gen, Sherman registered, "W. T, Sherman, Mr. Tottillot 'Miss Li uie Sherman and Miss E.lie Sherman." Gen, Van Vliol and Mrs. Van Vliet registored be. low those nanQfs, He expresse/l wonder at the magnitude of tht hotel and the finenpss of its apq pointments, and at tho general thrifty look of th)) eity. He waE assigned to the brilliant parlora and went almost immediately to his room. The programnimo of the evening was a simple but pleasant one After a dinner, served in an inini table style, a number of carriages called at the front of the hotel, and Gen. Sherman and his party wort taken on a ride through the city. They went through the principal streets, and Gen. Sherian %wac shown all the points of interest, especially those involving the battles in and around the citp, Tie noted with interests the use to which the buildings ho formerly occupied was now put-it being the girls high school. The general expressed great admiration at the pluck and energy shown by Atlanta, and the marvellous recuperations evidenced by her growth. He was astonished to find in the South the brightness and thrift of the North arn cities. He was very much pleased with his ride. Colonel W. 0. bMorrill, Colonel Buck, md some other gentlemen, otably some of the officers of he barracks were in the company hat took the ride. After driving ibout the city, the party went to the barracks and witnessed the iress-parade of the trcops. Lho company returned about darl;, td after supper prepared for L grand comnplimuontary ball iven by the officers of the post. I modest reporter attempted to ,nterview the General, but was -epulsed with stately dignity. The aeneral did not like to talk on any mubject except the general thrift of ~he city, and this was the theme on vhich he had already been heard ~romn, From all parts of the counmtry rc orts co of the immense saldes and neroasing demand for that pop ular mewing machine, The 01(d and H elia, mle "Standard," Ithe price of which the proprietora reduced to $20, includ ng all the attacenta:d, and at once pecured for them a popularity among ~he people, far beyond that~ ever yet attained by any other machine at any price, thme consequence of whioh is igenta are leai inig the old high prised nachines, and sceking territory for ~he "Standard." Knowing frm ex erienmce that with the best goods at ~he lowest price' they camn outsell all )thIer maclhI ines, where thme superior inality and low price Is mado known, L'his splendid maghine combines mall he improvements. Is far ahead of' all there in beauty and durability of its sork, ease of management, light run mingf anid certainmty of oprato,is nd pnsound prhiuc 3ple, with )ositive working parts all steel, and ejn be safel yput dgwna as the very >erfeetion of a serviceable shuttle louble thread sewing machi mne, in very particular, that.will outlast any machine, and at at price far below any ather,. It 1s thoroughly warranted 'or five years. Kepp in order free of harge. And sent to any part of the ountry for examination by theo ens omer before pant of the bill, We man predict as- laWfeman~d for them n this setton as in other.,; Fantilies lesiring the best maehie maninfactured hould write direct to the faotory. And enterprJsingjpersons wishig to eize thechftneealnould apply for so lesirale *agen. See advertise, nentIt ia,otlie paI of this papeor. Address, 8tandar Machine Co,~ Cor. ~ra4(wy pg Ointon Place, No * Pay .'ye~abscriptdon .t the himK um HWmao. - Q2 -H LF4L,fj' 'O TJ[E .XFOJc VfYr. How Justice Was Adminiatnred in the Good Old Timou In Virginia. An "Old Doctor" contributes t: the Charlottcsvilo (Va.) (hronicl the following ap using story : "In colonial times, when Colonel Archibald Cary was a magistrate, living at Williamsburg, a man who was much disliked by his neighlbo s on account of his vindictiveness and general meanness cmr lp befoi o the old Colonol, and infoFinod iiin thtat. his neighbor, John Brown, had yiolatedc the gano law by killing a deer before the 1st of Septeminur. Now, although Brown was a good, honest, poor man, much esteemed by his acquaintrnces, E squire Cary was boniid to issue a warrant for his arrest, and when Brown ap peared before him b' confessed th:,t he had killed the de -, knowing at the time that he w violating the law, but that his wi had a great longing for venison, and knowing that deer daily freqt}ented his corn.. field, shte gave him no peace. He had boggc her to, wait a little whilo, till the Jst lof ' Septembr, but she vowed sho could not wait. So he killed the door. The old magistrato, seeming 'ull of col passion, said: "'Brown, the law is explicit' you will have to pay the fine, whlichi is ?5.' . "'Lord bless your heart, Colonel Cary,' said Brown, 'all I havo on earth would not sell f 4 ?5.' " Well, then,' said 1ltho Justice, turning to the law i rending, without paying strict ( ntion to punctuation or the oxa4 t position of the words, 'Wboever s alt he guif.y of shooting, snaring, 'apping. or in any way killing a cor within this, Ilis Majesty's Colo ly of Vir ginia, at any time betw pn the 1st of ay and the 1st of 'September, shall pay a fine of ?5, and if ho is tuble to do this, the punishment shall be award ed by thirty-nine lushes on the bare back, well laid on, one-half to be given to the i1foxinau t, and the other half to the ring.' 'Mr. Constable,' said his I-onor, 'as we Are enjoined to do justice and love mercy,' and whore an odd amount, which is not capah)lo of an equal division is to be divide:1, between a jrich mnan and a poor imn, I always I give the poor man the larger share; you wvill, therefore give the inform ant in this cnse the twenty laahes, whenever you catch his Majesty, the King, in this cQlony, yo9 will give him the nineteen," So the majesty of law was maintained, much to the satisfaction of all who know the odious informant," A FuENcu PAPER's JorE.-A young and rich American lady, with her three children, boarded one of the iississipui steamboats which have the dangerous habit of enjoying a little racing when a couple of them are careering up antd down the stream. "Catai, Iwill make the 4.rip) wit yo onone condition-give me your word that you will not race." They start, After half an hour another steainer begins to overhaul the first. The lady rushes franti eally to the captamn. "Captain, d'ye see ? d'ye see ?" "Yes, madam." "And will yon endure ? Will you allow'her to give you thme go by? No I Impossible I You will at let try." "Heavens I madam," replied the captain, coldly, "1 don't race, b'ut if I did I have no more wood to pile on and show her our heels, unless" "Quick I quick I What is iti" "Unless I burn one of your children." "Very well, captain," she cries, straining over the railing and look igwdly at the advancing steamer; "hurry up I Burn th~e biggest I",~ Paris Figaro. A Washington disyatch says that the fact that General Gordon has been in conversation with Mr. Conk sling on one or neore occas0ions late ly, has given rise to a report that a truce has, boeen made b)etwoon thtam. We will see how Senator Gordon votes on the Neow York appointments before we decide whether he has gone into copart norship with the venomnous Vonk li1g -The saying "thie is irpoy" is b"eBt illugtrated by the 'promipt actiorfA. Bgl's.Cough Syrup in all oases of coughs, colds, o, Prico 25'cenits 4l )bottle, A). ,rn$ghsts keep it. ANAGmD LrON'S DRATL. Parker, the King of the Menagerie, Who Killed His Man Many Years L Trmm the .Jnasi'lc ( Wis. ) Gazelle. I "Parker" is de;td. The old lion, who sonson after season has beenl gazed upon by hundreds and thou sands, is no more. Ycstor4ay after noon ho breathed his laist, old age and its inirmities having weakened him so that death had an oasy victory over him, 1e0 was ft very largo animal and was among the first performing lions ever exhilbit. edI iln this conutry, lie was amnong the first ver tamed by Crocket, who conceived the idea that lions could be made to submit to the rule of mau, an idea which was sneered at by even his friends. Crocket. how over, insisted on making the trial, and in spite of the warnings of frioncd$ ontored the cage occupied by "Parker" and other lions. 'Parker" pounced upon him and a fierce struggle ensued, but Crockot came forth as conqueror. The lion got his revenge on man, however, and in 1862 he broke from his cage in Astley's Amphitheatro in Lon don, where he was on exhibition, and pouncing upon . Jarvoy, who was Crocket's assistant, seized the poor man's throat with his fangs and isticled the life-blood from his victim. Not content with having killed his keeper, he tossed his limp and lifoless body to and fro, as a eat would a dead mouse, When Crockot appeared on the scene "Parier" was still infuriated by the taste of huma:n blood, and a fierce struggle ensued. Crocket pro cured blankets and, saturating them with spirits, fastened them to the Qnd of long poles and set fire to thelm. J3y thrusting these hot flames into the very face of the lion, the animal was frightened and made to skulk back into his cell, where he was secured. "Parker" was afterward safely housed in the zoological garden at London, where he was visited by hundreds, The lion was brought. to this country in 1863 in connection with the European Circus, and at the sale of that concern in 1872 was pur elased by MrIt Robbins, who has owned hun since. "jarker" has felt the inrimlnities of age for some mouths, and it ias beel with some dificulty, toward the last of the s eason. that he could mount the cage, on top of which he was always posed during the street parades. For the past few weeks he has grown feebler, and though appetite kept good the food did not seem to strengthen him, and, worn out, he at last olosod his record. NE P ETIRINo "CARPF1M-BAo"SEN ATORS.-The four "carpet- baggers" who retire on March 4, namely : Speorr, of Ahbami, Patterson, of South Carolina, Dorsey, of Arkan w1s, aind Conover, of F lorida, appear to take' matters easy, Their exit leaves only one "earpetbagger" in tihe Seniate-Kollogg,, of Louisiana. He, with, 1Brutce, tihecolored Senator from Mississippi, wvill b) the only two Republicans left of the thlirty two Senators from thlo Southerln States. i.nmce will go out in 1881, and unless there is a shaki.ng up wich will se.cure to the colored citir.on the same rights accorded to his wvhite fellow.-citizen, he will be the last of his race that will beoa member of the Senate iln our dlay. Patterson taliks of settling in Northern Texas with his two sons5, nowv young igen. Spencer owns one-third of a gold mine in the Black Hills, and is to mailnge the mine on his retirement 91om tile Senate. Conover ran for thue House at the last election but was counted out, and is going to contest. Dorsoy owns a ranchzo in Newv Mexico, stocked with 40,000 head of cattle, but wvill retainl his resi dence in Arkansas. Dorsey, Conover and Spender are all under forty, and their wives are singularly beapiti ful wvomen. The wicks of kerosene lamps should be changda frequently, or, if not too short, washed ini strong, hlot soap suds, wjih sogne ammonia in the rinsing water. We think tihe trouble with p)oor light from kerosene lamps probaly arises from the wicks being full of the sediment or refuso zmtter which com1os from the oil, and that impedes the fr'ee passage of the kerosene through the wick. Sernator Morton hadl thp first look at tihe eleotin :despa'tches furnished by the Weostern Unioin Telegraph- Company, andcarefully removddl all tht-treVealed ]epubil.. en.n ranealitv. POLITICAL NOTIC. Gen. Gordon sta,ds. by .oyernor Colquitt. When it comes to S9nators, Oon - necticut is not very strongly repre sentod, but no Stato can 'show a more reliable article of murderer. the Senate Finance Oamnittee has decided in favor of reducing the tax on tobacco from twenty-four. to twenty cents per pound. The bill will scarcely pass this sessiopn. The largest domand for the new silver dollars during the first. half of this month, came from Oharleston -$12,000. The next largest was. from Columbns, Georgia-$10, 000. No other city took more than $,000. The election of John A. Logan to the Senate from Illinois,- brings the. whiskey ring to the front again. All that is now needed is the election of Boss Keyes in Wisconsin and a third term of our old comgmander. If John Sherman expects to run for President next year, he will hardly be foolish enough to rely much on New York. Senator Conk-. ling is the party in New York, and Conkling is not much of a Sherman, man himself. Is it a mere coincidence that, tha man who knows more aboust the. forgery of the Louisiana elepborali certificate than anybody ,else, but, will not open his mouth to tell, is. ra confldentiil clerk in the, Treasury. Department under John, Sherman ? Southern Legislatures continue, to exhibit their hostility to. the. Union. The Arkansas. Senata-. ilmost unanimously. Democratic ins refused by a vote two to one to. 'emovo the portrai,ts of Grant and Gincoln and hang in their. p,es in ts hall the portraits. of Lee and. rackson. One of Alex. Steplens' oldesb. !onstituents, speaking of the veter in statesman's oft, expressed desir. Lo die in the harness, says if heshadl. i. mule that hadn't pulled a pound in i'teen years, nnd had worn out the ureeching pulling backwards, whila oing up bill, "that 'ore mile night find soinebo.dy elsea' harnesB to die in." It must be a little discouraging for the Cicinnati Comnerciai to havo.to fall back upon Blaigo for a Presidential candidate as the best that can be done to beat Grant. That paper opposed Blaine in 1879, when there were three or four.. prominent candidates it preferred, but the truly good men who walt to be President seem to hs,yq gonq into obscurity. The remarkable talent of Mr. Q. H. Platt, who has been eleot@d Senator in Connecticut, is surrmed up in a dispatch from Hartford, which says that he "can unify and solidify the entire Republican party, in the State." The present crisis demands so many men of this kind that they don't find it very difficult, to elbow tho statesmen to the rean~ It is tplegraphed from Washing. ton that Pitkin and his friends ext press themselves as quite confident that he will be reinstated United States Marshal of Louisiana. It is also telegraphed that Hayes and his friends express thornseln ves as quite confident that nothing of the kind will happen. Such exact statements n a thoese of an important case will do; much tg inake the country feel easy. Iowa's WALLED LAKs.--The greats, eat wonder in the State of Iowa in what is called the M'walled lake," in Wright county, twelve miles nortz of the Dubuque and Pacifie railway and 1150 miles west of Dubuquq city. The lake is from two to three feet higher than the 0arth's surface. In some places thp wall ig ten feet high, fifteen feet wide at, the bottom, and fjve jida ga top, Another fact is the sige of 'the stones used in *comstrucf49;, the whole of thenm varying in wmight from three $ptis dowg $4 1.00 popndls. Thorp~ is an abund eo of stopes in Wright county, bu surroundin)g the Ilge t6 the exIMnt of five or ten miIys Allere ai gone. It is a little ag1)s1t4%in such journals as tho ]; I1erakt, Boston avons ville (ourgir tours n'J .Ai niedl that th4 lfew 'bd Ser "su b6r ed the3 gell t eleeort fokcoV n 1Mol'W '~Ist, te - idokeiridgde tiek6 to hardly ned6hnt-y to uAypthatteth1 or B3ellfor''Brockenrideh~ t~i f9~ thbTesid. ,,186.