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'1'lt - EEI(1,y L'Dll.[(.N, WINNSBOIRO, S. C. ITUE DAY, MARCH 11,1879 iYOL.NO For ''nr NEWS AND HLIALD. 2'6 nAT2'LB o1 JIG I HORN. The in on had qu.rtorod lately, and in sour tern skies hung low, Her te!t light though pale and dim lod Custer's stealthy toe. The stillness around that night bivottao,. trhere slept tho truo'0id good, Save w.iore s.nne sh-woli's weird shriok O A1LA up her tainished brood, Unbr.,u l>asso,l, tiht the stars grow sultil lilt eyes in tho brow o'1 morn Timo l3st tuat broke to cheer the soul of tito hero of Big llorn. The ci:up this ingt was pitohed above the valley and its glen, Whore slept ,ho last sweet sleep of earth thuao bravo three hundred men. Tho savage spy, with- stei'ltlifaotei, in the moonlight's flo dlo glare, Had markedl the spot whtore sleeping lay the "uniettain with long hair"' On his linger-en.is lie outating stood till alil wats toldi around, Three uudred men as bravo as he lay sleeping on the ground. ''We are three to one," the savago said, "and behind our rocks at o live, The pale f:te brave that meets us thore will u'or uonte back alive. In the pale gray light. of the friendly moon, while the river rolls between, I'll go and tell im saentu brave what I this night havo sen." He hardly turned to leave the spot when, waking froi his dreams, Brave Custer saw his savage form through the mnoonlight's littul beams. "H1o) orderly, rouse these sleeping mon 1hol bugler, wind your horn, There, gunner, ire a signal shot. Lot's make the slumbering morn. Hero, ldeno, mount and move your men you crested ridge around, I'll take take the ford and climb you hill and meet J ou on the ground. No dalliance n:>w, no timo for talk: there's wora ahtad to- day, Make bare your blade and lead your men, be foruulst in the fraf l" "I'll wave my plume from yonder height to cheer your anxious spell, Then mount and charge you villago down, and all will coine out well." His lasteomm.l. .l-and, amounting, rode as calm as morning's breath; At his column's head he cheered his men through the valley tilled with death. le celcer")d and charged while lteno stood, nor moved ht left or right, While his gallant chief f ought, bled and die(d, t.he ft'rerin,:t in the light. Here Custer fought his gray horse troop --the last of all to yelt In mourning set tue Sunl1 this day, while carnago strewed the gold. As he lived, he died a captain true, a ''leader frank and bold;" A thoustud Texan matrons wept when Ct.ster's fate was told, And twice ten thousand prayers were said fromn every holy place Tiat the battle God wouldt keep his soul "rceuescal in pa1ce. Monticeilo, February 26, 1879. CAN A MA. MARRY HIMSE LFY On the 26th of November, 1821, the Rev. Samuel Boatmish, of Oork, being then in holy orders, went to the itouse of a milliner named Ann Lyons, in the city of Cork, and there, in a. place whore he believed there was no witness, performed a ceremony of marriage between himself and a young woman named Isabella Frazer. The ceremony was thatt prescribed in the Book of Common Prayer ; the Rev. Mr. Bem sih officiating for himself. No clergyman was present at the per forinattce of the coentmony of except the Rev. Mr. Beamish himself, nor 'was there, in facet any one present as a formal witness ; but the per formntce of the ceremony was wit nessed by a female named Catherine Coffey,w~ho without the knowledge of thbe contracting parties, aind solely from curiosity, saw it going on thriough a windo'w from an adjoining bac1k yard, thongh she didi not hoar wha)it wats said by either plirty. Isabella Fr'azer gave birth to a son in 1844, and in 1844 the Rev. 8. Beamnish died intestate, It was .then con tended by a brother of tile revorendc gentleman that the mar., i'iage was invalid, and that the boy wvas, therefore, illegitimate, and 'could not succeed to his father'V property. This questioin occupied tile attention of th)e Irish law court for two years, but it was at lengthi andi finally decided thlat the mnarriage was valid in Ireland. BLAINE's LONG LOOK AnEAD.-Mr. Blaine made no secret at a very ear'ly stage of the session, whoeo this bill had not passed the House, of his anxiety to have it known, and wel and widely known' o'n ths Pacific coast, thtat he opposed Chinese im migration. He was weaker there in 1878 than in any other Itepublican community not . ruled .byg a. welJ. drilled niachineo. He will AzoVsbe in future. There is a fashion in perfumes jnist as there is in hats and drmesses. In13French high. lif...penetrating odors are proscribed, and pure sower scents are alone permitted, particular one mo4e from 'i 9 certain perfume must abide '''It,' so that her friends may recogtaize h er even without se elpga e~r, WOMEN IN Ch1INA. TJ3e condition of women in China is mpst pitiable ; suffering, privation, contempt., all kinds of misery and degradation seize on her in her crad1e, and accompanying her piti lessly to her tomb. Her very birth is commonly regarded as a humilia. tion and disgrace to the family-an evident sign of the malediction of Heaven. If she is not immediately suffoonted, she is looked upon and treated as a. creature intrinsically despioable, and scarcely belonging to; tho human race. This appears so' inontestablo a fact, that Pan houp$n, celebrated, though a wo. man,.n1ong Chinese writers, ene deavors in her works to humiliate her own sex by reminding them constantly of the inferior rank they occupy in the creation. "When a son is born," she says. "he sleeps on a bed, he is clothed with silk, and plays with pearls ; every one at tendalsto his princely cries. But when a girl ip born she sleeps upon the ground, is meanly wrapped up in's cloth, plays with a tile, and is incapable of acting either virtupus, ly or viciously. She has nothing to think' of but preparing food, making .wine, and not vexing her parents-" Even after marriage her case is not improved. According to expres sions of an old Chinese writer, "the newly married wife should be but a shadow and an echo in the house." She has no right to take. her meals with her husband ; nay, nor even with her male children ; her duty is to servo them at table, to stand by them in silence, help them to drink, and light their pipes. She must eat. alone, and after they have done, and in a corner ; her food is scanty.and coarse, and she would not dare to touch even what is left by her own. sonF. . It may be thought that this -does not well agree with the much-talked-of principles of filial piety; but it must not be forgotten that in China woman counts for nothing ; the law ignores her existence, or notices her merely to load her with fetters, to complete her servitude, and to confirm her legal incapacity. Polygamy is allowed ; and the heartrending jealously and qarrels that thence ensue lead to numerous suic des. A BiG TRADE IN BBAs.-Capt. L. M. Davis, of Rock Hill, who bought the gold dust from L. H. Smart, of Rutherford county, in this State, and found that it was pure brass, came up yesterday to appear against Smart before the mayor. The trial was had at 1 o'clock. It was shown that Smart and one or two others have been practising this fraud quite extensively in South Carolina. The method of proceeding seems to have been to procure from ma chine shops or elsewhere a quantity of brass filings, which were wrap, pod in small papers and sold at the usual price for gold dust. The as sayer, Col. Cowles, gave it as his pinion 'that these filings were calculated to deceive an expert. Tlis gentleman also had in his pos s'e'sion, while the trial was going on, a package of this same stuff, wvhich he had just received from a citizen of Chester by express, being valued at $150, but which in reality is not worth twenty-.five cents.. Smart was of course recommitted to jail to await trial ~by the Inferior Court. It is learned that he at-, tempted to practise the fraud upon several citizens of~ this place, but failed, as they wore not buying gold' at that time. Col. -Cowles is awauit,. ing further returns from South Carolina and is prepared to count thorn out as rapidly as they come in. -Chtarlotte se8rver. . ,A GooD INDoRsEMENT.-It would no doubt be highly amusing, and at the same time astonishing, 'to see a complete list of all the expressive and "powerful" names of the multi tude of short lived medical preparas. tigap placed upon the miarkefj '~rng the past few yddrs as "Miost ivo dera fidi discoveries" and "infallible cures" by u.~scrupulous speculators and adventurerag who, Tecothiking the value of advertising, seek by these means to obtain public favor and popularity for. their doubtful and so of ten entirely oworthleser and et'ei dangerdue pr'eparatlona. And it ig, a genuine pleaLsuefor ud toi comi.. miend~ Dr. .Bull.'. .Cough. - yrup - as one of f the few really deserving medicitleg offered to tl'publio. Xts adoptioli by many of our intelli--' gent ph ieians iSx due only to its~ tea lvo i anid bbrit* aid byeps EAdf'f ~nli&itsidekaM& "is"the standar household romer1y.".. Xah;D. a, Y1ems POLITICAL NOTBB. Alex Stephens hasn't died in two months. Elihu Washburne is the compro mise candidate of the Republicans for the presidency. The Chicago Tribune say s the two tickets will be Grant and Wheeler and Tilden i ud Hendricks. Ben Butler says he loaves Con gross forever. How can Congress get along without the Essex states man? Senator John A. Logan eats two Confederate brigadiers for break fast every day. This gives him such a strong voice. Well posted parties den that McClellan is Tilden's alternate. Uncle Sani is for himself, first, last and all the time. The New York Sun says that Burnsido began the quarrel with Conkling. Conkling succeeded in killing the nomination of Burnside's friend. At the recent all night session of the Senate, it is charged that all the Senators ran off to bed except those that were too tight to go. They say that Hayes has not given a public dinner at his own expense since he has been Presi dent. He is making money out of the office. India is a bad place for a man that drinks as much blue-nose as Grant does. He had better hie him back to Washington. The Washington Republican thinks that Rainey will still get political recognition and an office in South Carolina. In a pig's horn. Hamnlin, of Maine, Howe, of Wis-. consin, and MoCreery, of Ken - tucky, wear the old style -swallow tail coat. Hanilin will sport his solus in. the next Congress. When Corbin heard the result of the vote he exclaime.a, "The Re publican party has gone :to h-11." This beitg the case, Corbin can prosecute his claim in tl}q nether world. The Pacific Coast ' Republican Senators did not vote in the Butler Corbin case, and now they are accused off trading off their votes for Southern support to the Chinese bill. Bruce, the taffy colored Senator from Mississippi, says he wants the gossips to let himself and his wife alone. They are very happy with out social recognition. The attorney-general has just decided that Congressmen have the franking privilege from the 4th of March, notwithstanding they may not be sworn in until December. Some anonymous scribbler having attacked Speaker Randall's integri ty, several Republican Congressmen took occasion to bear testimony to his high probity. John J. Patterson is trying to have the extradition laws of Penn sylvania rep,ealed. His brother is chief 'lobbyist of. the bill. John wants a safe retreat from South Carolina justice. Hon. H. W. flilliard, of Georgia, the only old line Whig left in office, is in danger. Some President stealer wants the Brazil mission, and they say that Hilliard may as well pack up at once. .The clergymen of the Pacifle Ooast, headed by Bishop Kip and the Rev. Dr. Scott, petitioned the President to sign the Chinese bill. The said that Chinese imimigra... gration had a strong tendency to debase the morals of California. Senator McCreery, of Kentucky, retired from public life on the 4th of March. He is seventy years old and is the laziest and most eloquent Senatot' at Washington. His idea of happiness is to sit In the shade in summer and watch little negroes play marbles. The wives of Logan, of Illinois, and Felton, of Georgia, seem to be the architects of their respective husbands' political fortunes. .h former cajoles legislators. The latter slings ink ait newspaper men. She:recently, also, called Gordon a Senatial blatherskite. Uaninibaliai1in called on Rayes once-to protest agAinst the South,~ er oiy h gresiden't dilated the end with usaM rhetorical Iourish, "We will carry five Souther'n States by it." -"Yew cahnt ker a damned taown,'"interruptled the old Cartha g ia n a rage, and he~ slapped .on his stoye-.pipe and left. He hasn't been haak slsia X E W OP TIrR DAY. General Sherman has returned to Washington from his Southern trip. Jefferson's home, Monticello, Vir ginia, is to be sold at auction on the 20th instant. The Hon. Elihu Burritt, the dis tinguished philanthropist, reformer and philologist, is dead. The electric light, it is announced has proved a great failure in the great London fish market at Bill. ingagate. In the English House of Com mons last week a motion in favor of female suffrage was rejected by a vote of 217 to 108. In the United States Court at New Orleans last week the jury in the Natchitoches cases rendered a verdict of acquittal. The late Jim Fisk's $100,000 opera glass, set with diamonds, is the first prize in a lottery at the Orthodox Hebrew Fair in Boston. The Minnesota Legislature, after a hard struggle, has been unable to reduce the legal rate of interest in their Stau a bolow ten per ceotun. The "-ow of Bayard Taylor arriv, ed in New York last week on board the herder. The remains of her husband are expected to arrive this week on the Gellert. The Detroit lFree Press, the lead ing Democratic newspaper in Mich igan, supports the fusion ticket nominated by the Democrats and Greenbackers, but denounces the Greenback platform upon which the candidates stand. At Philadelphia last week, John Scott was surprised in the act of burglary and pursued by Policeman Robert Cave. The burglar turned upon the offer and stabbed him fatally, but was subsequently arrest ed. No arrests have yet been made of the county judges recently indicted in Judge Rives' Court. Judge W. J. Robertson, of Chailottseville, and Gen. Bradley T. Johnson, of Rich mond, have been retained to assist the attorney -general in the case before the United States Supreme Court. John E. Poindexter, who shot and killed young Curtis at Richmond on Monday last, had an examination before Police Justice White, Friday afternoon, and was sent on to the grand jury of the Hustings Court for indictment. Bail was refused and the prisoner committed to jail. The Revolutionary party in Hayti still threatens the overthrow of the present administration. The whole northern portion of the Republic may be said to be already in arms. The President thinks, however, that with the force at his command in the south he will be able to save his government. The Greenbeck Club Convention, at Chicago, adjourned last Wednes. day night- The attendanice was small, only one hundred and fiftg delegates being present to represent the six hundred and twenty clubs said to be in existence. The pro. ceedings attracted no attention. The Democratic members of the House will hold their caucus on the 154h or 17th iDEtant. The Republic anis and Greenb ackers will also have caucuses. The friends of Mr. Wad,. dell, of North Carolina, say that he has the~ entire support of his Ste delegation in Congress for the secretaryship of the Senate, and will have additional strength ini other quarters. TilE MEXICAN VETERANs.-The bill in regard to the Mexican veterans, approved February 19,1is as follows: AN ACT for the .payment, to the officers and soldiers of the Mexican war, of the three mon .Is' extra pay provided for by the" act of July 19, 1848. Bie it enacged by the Senate and House of Depresentatives of the United States of America in Con gress assembled, That the secretary of the treasury be, and hes is hereby, directed, out of any moneys in the treasury not otherwise appropri-. ated, to pay. to the offRcers and soldiers "engaged in. the Mxilitary service of the United, Stats in the war with Mexico, 'add who served out the termn f their engagement or were honorab~ly discharged"' the three months2 extra pay provided for by the et,ofJuly 19, 1848, and the lhmitafions contained in said set, in all cases 'Upon the presenfation of satisfactot'f e'vide e that said extra com pensdiAn.,a not been previously received :' yt ~ ided 3hat thie provisiotso s half include also the officers, petty offi cers, seemed, and marines o the United States navy, the revenue marine service and the officers and soldiers of the United States army employed in the prosecution of said war. Approved February 16, 1879. The Griffin News tells fis "'possum story" on two dar -iA who were riding from a field a,'m a hard day's work. It says : "Ti' y began to talk about the things good to eat. 'What do you say to dis I' said one ; 'take a good fat 'possum -pah bile him-put him in ole fashion Dutch oving-roas' him brown' --the other darkey's eyes rolling and mouth watering as the description went on-'sarve him up with coon graby'- 'Shut yo' mouf, you niggah ; I'll fall right offn' dis hosr.'" CHEESE ! C HE ESE ! CHEES E LLBS. Choice Factory Cheese 'J O 0 As low as the lowest. oet 17 U. G. DESPORTES. THE BAY STATE "Standard Screw" Shoes will always give SATISFACTION. J. M. BEATY & CO. JUST RECEIVED. HAMS --Uncanvassed Sugar-Cured. Canned Goods-Tomatoes, Peach es, Salmon, Sardines, Pickles, &o. Teas-Gunpowder and Young Hyson. J. M. BEATY & 00. moh 1 LIVES ARE OFTEN LOST BY the use of cheap Kerosene. Get one of our safety Lamps in which even the most dangorous oil is safe. $20,000 Saved Yearly to Fairfield, When our farmers learn to purchase ('hemioals and make their own fertilizers. Call and get a book teliag how it can be done. doe 28 McMASTER & B,IL. JUST RECEIVED. JANOS Bitter Water, Yeast Cakes, Bull's Cough Syrup, German Syrup, Rat Exterminator, Gum Opium, Hepatic Compound. -A,so several Stewart Sewing Mrohines, being the "improved Singer," for which we ure agents. mch 4 MOMASTER & BRIus. REMOVAL. A BOUT the 15th of.4arch we pro 11 pose to remove our stock 'of goods to the store now occupied by J. M. Beaty & Co., where we will be pleased to see all our former friends ard customers.. Previous to that event we will sell at BOTTOM FIGURES, to avoid unnecessarytobei moving.eevdarytobei Jus reeivd alot of fine un. canvassed hams. Also, Plows ! Plows!! Plows I! J. F. MoMASTER & C0. FIFTY PAIRS FINE WINTER CASSIMERE PANTS I WT COST F~ORt CISI These OOds. are of nice ei-too and good styles. Oall early and gla bargain. MoMASTER-& BRICEC, febh 2"i