The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, March 11, 1879, Image 1
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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,
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