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EMPSON MILUS. ?Htcr Hipp Lo YOL. ?. LAI KENS C. LIM S. C., WEDNESDAY, JULY 28, 1886. big job of Clothing _Baltimore Fir?. JOHNSON'S ISLAND. A PKS nen KB OF THU UUKAT \OUTII. v.n\ l*ftiH02V. The Pirate of l.nko Brie-Thc Seizure nf n Lake Steamer >>> n llnnd oft'oiifbilcrMe s?, ni? pathi/.ert-Tlio Failure or Their l'luus- Tin Chief ?>r Hu- 4 rvw , Bte, (Kr.m th? Atlanta Constitution.) Johnson's island, now an historio spot, lies four miles from tho city of Sandusky, Ohio, in tho midst of as beautiful ?1 shoot of witter as cnn bo found ou tho lake?. Soon across tho blue waves, ila green slopes roliovcd by thc piles < f white limestone, it prcsohts a lovely pie ture. Thc highest is porhaps fifty feel above tho wator level, und is near the center of .the island, which is ono mile long, 11 half wide, and contains 800 acres. In tho days long sh\co departed, it vois covered with 11 magnificent growth of oak and ample, und was a favorite resort of thc Indians, who thou thronged all the lake shore. The waters which wash its shores wore alive with Mack bass, pickerel and perch, and continue so to this day. Tho soil is full of Indian relics, and in one comer is un old Indian burying ground. Many weird legend.; ol' Indians' ghosts are still extant, and would bear telling. I'm- years thc island was owned by one Bull, and it was called aller him. The first Olistom-houso for this port was located on tho island nt one lime, and tho foundations aro stUl to bo seen. Ju 1852, P. ?.Johnson bought UK* proper ty, and still owns it. lu 18G1 ll depot for Confederate prisoners was wanted, and tho government leased tho island, which at once sprang into notoriety ns Johnson's Island. At that time but lit tle of it WHS under cultivation, and thc improvements were of tho mod primi tive diameter. \V. T. West, of this city, was awarded tho contract for build ing quarters for prisoners and guards, and from that time, until the close of the war, it was tho scono of constant activity. January 1, 1802, Company A, of Hoffman's Battalion, took possession for tho government; Inter Companies B, C and 1), same battalion, \v< n? added, und in IHM six misccllniu otis ci iinpnnics. The virolo was erected into ono hundred and twenty-eighth ( ). V. I., in thu lattor part of 1803. Tho tirst posl commander was Major W. S. Pierson, afterward brevet brigadier gi lierai. Uolouol Chas. W. Hill, (uncial Tarry nial .Major Leo were successively his successors. The troops on the island were enlisted spe cially for this particular service, ami some, of thom moved Hu ir families to the prison, and soon a school 110uso and church were oreeb d. April 0,18G2, thc llrst installment <>f prisouors nrvivod, Thcso men wore nearly all privates, but us ?he great se curity of the prison became known, only ofUccrs woro SO?t to the island. I'min the first arrival until tie- close of the war there was n constantly \ar\ ing num ber of Confederates on tho islnu I. Some times as high ns .'bunn wero und rguard, the total number confined aggregating 15,000. Many died, and soon iittlocomo tery of son". : lou graves was cntublished in a beautiful grovo on the ea'o i n end of th?! islntComrades of thc deceased whiled away days in carving lab?rate wooden head boards for their dead com nidcs, and some of them, executed with ordinary pocket cutlery, .-.till IN main ex quisite examples of nina tour talent. For some rcimoii, the defenders of a lost cans?' havo never, with two or (bree ex ceptions, given tho nineo nny attention, und but for tin- kindness of the < ?. A. lt. Post, tho lonely burying spot would bc lost in a mass of undergrowth. As Canada Ulled up with Southern sympathizers, it was deemed best to bring additional troops to thc island, und to erect, strong fortifications, tho ruins of which still roniniu in almost perfect Condition. Kveil thc magazines of thc forts are in such a state of pre servation us to admit of minute explora tion. From time to timo rumors of an attack 'rom tho Canadian shore were heard, it was said that n strong lore, would conic from Canada, release tho prisoners, and seizing tho ammunition and cannon of tho forts, form an invad ing army to burn Toledo, Sandusky, Cleveland and thc lake ports. Thc warship Michigan was put on guard and every precaution taken to prevent surprise. TUE ri it A rr; or LAKJi anns. Thal there was a good foundation for the variouii rumors, was subsequently proven hythe capture und execution of John Beal!, 101m times spelled Beale. He was beni in Virginia, being a nativo of Jefferson county, which was in tho fnmous Shenandoah Valley. Charles town, where .lohn Brown was executed, is the county seat, lb- was a large land owner, and possessed o? a classical edu cation obtained at tho University ol Virginia. At the breaking out of thc Mir he organised C.Company, Second O. V, hf which lateif became a pari ol Stone wall Jackson's famous brigade. During tho totter part of 180! all thc cities on Lake Brio were greatly ngi tnted. Tie streets wero patrolled, nnd every possible precaution taken against un invasion from tho North. Tho whole border wu? convulsed, Ohio hud sent thousands of soldiers moro than her quota to thc front, and none wero left to guard lier unprotected lake front. lt seamed a practicable scheme to scud an expedition from Canada to batter down thc lake port?, and spread destruction throughout north Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania and New York. Jacob Thompson was in Canuda, and to his fortilo brain all sorts of plots were charged. Thc only war vessel on thc lakes waa tho .Michigan, carrying eighteen guns. Ber regular station and winter qtt&rte?fl have always been ai thc ?lort Of Brie, lt was agreed that if she woro captured a very small body of men could with but little difficulty ravage tho frontier. In tho curly part of Sop tambor, 180-4, sho was lying between Johnson's Island nud Sandusky. The air was usually full of rumors at this timo. The Knight? of tho (leiden Ott? clo, tn Indiana, woro reported to bo in tile plot to soi?.o tho island. Many citi zens of Sandusky woro susjiootod. Natur ally tho prison inland waa tho center of all thought. A steamer could cross from Canada in ft few hours. Ia winter tho ice formed -- 1 H ? ???IM? sufficiently strong to allow an army to marun from Sandusky to tho island. Tho ? joly September (lays dragged slow ly along, full of fear and trembling. The L?th proved to bo tho day of fate. 'Tho Philo Parsons, a passenger steamer ply ing hotwcoil Sandusky mid Detroit, ' topping ul Put-iii-liny," loft Detroit car I iv in tho morning. Tho first ?top on thc Detroit river MUS at Sandwich, a siiiiill Canadian town. Hero a quar tet of men came on. At Maldon, a short distance further down, a score more boarded the steamer. Several of the mon carried largo valises, but tho most <. tu ipioUOUfl piece of baggage was ii gr< nt old-fashioned trunk, secured with rofies mid seemingly very heavy. Still there was nothing at all suspicious about eith er tho men or their traps. At ot hov points down tho river passengers woco taken up until when tho Parsons name to tho dock nt Kelly's Island, some fotU Icon mile.*) from Sandusky and ten mik s from thc i sil : 11 n 1, she had an unusually largo passenger list. Tho dork happen ed to be in charge of thc boat, tho cap tain being off for the day. When thc boat bad got clear of tho island, and was fully on ber way to Sandusky, four men stepped up to the clerk, and at the point of revolvers compelled his surrender. Tho trunk was burst open and relieved of its load of revolvers and bowie knives. The boat carried no armament, and had but a few hands to work her, and the task of scouring possession was trilling. Under tho direction of tho leader of the conspirators, they cruised about idly for some time, then put into Middle Bass Island. As she lay here tin? Island ?UCOU, passenger packet, plying between tho islands and Sandusky, ran alongside, and threw out a plank to discharge her passengers. Instantly she was seized hy tho plotters, who tired volley after vol ley, but did no damage. Captain Orr, of tho Queen, attempted to cast oft tho rope, but was prevented. The engineer refused to obey the orders of the cap tors, and received a severe wound in the check, from a revolver tired by some un known party. Tho passengers, includ ing fifty one hundred day men, on their way to Toledo to bo mustered out, were put in thc hold. Captain Orr was oloso iv questioned ns to tho situation in San dusky, tho numbers of strangers in tho city, and tho excitement existing, but ho absolutely refused to talk. The number of people on board was too great, and it was decided to put the wolmai and children ashore, together with tho ono hundred day nu n, who were, paroled. Tho QuCOll was then taken several miles out to sea und sunk. From the unsettled conduct of tho raiders it was evident to Captain Orr that some part of tho plan bad miscarried, Tho man in command was Heall. His appearance was such as to excite remark, moro espe cially as his followers were a particularly mean looking sot. This was strikingly Ibu caso in the person of .lohn Purley, who was second in command. Tho fol lowing programme is outlined from u document ill tho Confederate archives, prepared by Jacob Thompson. * * Heall was to lead tho water part of thc Bohemo while a man named Cole had ohnrgo o? tho land end. Colo was to either overpower tho officers of tin .Michigan, or to throw thom oft* theil guard. At a given signal Heall was tc steam rapidly in and capture tho ship. A cannon hall sent screaming aorosi tho i-lan I was to l>o tho signal for tin ?3,000 prisoners to rise and ovorpowoi their guards. Sandusky was to be sacket and Toledo, Clovolandand Buffalo wen to sidle i a like fate. Tho prisoners wen to go to Cleveland and from that point sh nliug horses wherever they could dash across the State to Wheeling, W Va. But Cole failed, and so ?lid tho plo to capturo Johnson s Island. Heall a last saw tho ginini was ni? and started fo tho islands. The boat was urged foi ward at a terrific rate. She stopped loni enough to lund her captain and crci and then proceeded to tho Canadiai shore where she was sent to thu bottom Many of tho islanders, fearful that th phd would succeed, had, during tito da\ destroyed much of their property. Th oxoitemcnt which next day followed th exposure of the plot was wonderful, an for tho time overtopped the President!) campaign which was then at white heal Three months later Heall was capture m ar the Suspension Bridge, at Magai Falls, and locked up. ft was disoovere that an attempt was being made to bril tho turnkey, $',000 having boon oficie him to ro'enso Bcall, Tho prisoner wi then placed in confinement at Fo Lafayette. One.I. S. Bra?ly uppcan for Heall at his trial. The defemlai was charged with being a spy; with a tempting to wreck a Lake Shore trail for tho purpose of robbery, and with tl felonious seizure 0? vessels. Heall's il fonso was weak, he admitting very nun that was charged against him. One tho features of the caso was a inanifes from Jefferson Davis, declaring that tl acts ou the border were committed 1 his orders, ami should ho recognized lawful acts of war. Dooli was dec?an guilty, and General Dix approving tl sentenco, tho prisoner was ordered to executed on Governor's Island, tho re dence of the late General Honcoc February 1H, 18(>.r>. Tho night liefe the dav set for his death, Heall wrote touching letter to his brother, in wlii ho claimed that ho was unaware of hr iug committed any erimo against sociel President Lincoln at tho last inonu grunted n respite until February i when tho prisoner was executed, withe showing tho slightest sign of fear. The plot pertaining to the shore v entrusted to Major C. II. Cole, who, t better to conceal his purpose, waa fig big as a Titusville, Pa., oil morchn: His first step was to obtain an introdi timi to tho o?ie.as of tho Michigan. This done, the rest was an easy m ter, na ho was furnished with plenty money hy Thompson, and tho onie were always willing to ?pond a ploow evening after tedious daily lifo ou { steamer. Night after night tlioy gath od in tho parlors of tho West Hou whore they onjoyed, at .Colo's oxpeB the most elegant suma/rs, tho olioic wines and cigars, omi no guests wcro o more loyally entertained. Foi a timo everything wont smoot until ('ole, thinking his plans wore perfectly mode oud so noor Slice? grow careless and in a short timo suspicion of Sandusky per plo nroused and his movement., ?fore oloi watched. When tho 10th of Hoptomlicr ai rh tho officers were once moro invited supper and everything was prepared tl ion?. Tho wine had boOQ ll rugged ami when by this means they hod boon ren dered helpless, a signal had boon arrang ed to notify Heall that the time for the attack laut como and everything was ready. But in the meantime Colo's actions and movements had been so olosoly watched that suspicion had grown into a certainty, and in the very moment of BUCC0S8 lie was arrested by order of the commander of the Michigan. Captain Carter. Among Cole's accomplices in Sandus ky was a woman named "Annie Davis," who was a "most captivating creature." In order that he might mako good his escapo at his examination. Cole impli cated some of the most prominent citi zei < of Sandusky. For some timo Colo was held us a prisoner on board the Michigan. Ib was then removed to the island, where after petitioning a number of times for pardon, ho was transferred to Fort Lafayette. In September, 18(55, ho was granted a role HBO, and is now supposed to bo resident iu Texas. Onto the island there caine during ibs occupancy about 1 ?,000 prisoners, most ?f whom were exchanged, while others took tho oath of aliog"ianco. Two, Car bin and McGraw, wen? shot in retalia tion for executions in th .> South. Nich ols was hung as a despera do and a spy. Duo was shot in an attempt with others to seale thc stockade, with la dders made )f boards taken mun their quarters, pno, by ono of the guards, for getting ?vcr tho "dead line." Two hun.'red and Avon ty died of disease. One, a Union lesertcr, was shot, and six, incl.'iding Major Styles anti Captain Ousmun, for roi using to take the oath. Lieutenants McBride, liohins and Cole, together vith H. H. Estops, a Union deserter, vero also shot. Tho prisoners romain ng September 7, lHli.j, were sent by mlor of tho war department to Fort Liafayctto, and tho island was directly ibandonod as a military post, tho.dis charge of both prisoners' and troops hav ng been constantly going on from tho lurrondor at Appomattox. TUB roNKi-.nr.itATr. I IIKASI IIK. in Interesting Kvcnl Thal Followed Hie Pall <)f ll iel.mut.,I. l-'rorn an Art'flo by Qsn. Iv-kt? in Auiont Bivouac on thc F .Ul ot Ktclt'comi.) lt was determined that we should re ni?e our mareil that night for Washing on. Ga., om- or two days' march dis ant, ami orders wen* issued by General dreckinridge that wo move at midnight. Vbout 10 o'clock I received a message rom General Brockinridge that be do li red to seo mo imraciliately. I went t<> lis quarters, and ha Informed ino that he treasure which had boon brought rom Richmond was at tho railroad sta ion, and that it was necessary to pro ido for its removal aud transportation. Ho instructed mo to procure a sufficient mmber of wagons to remove it, and to lotaila guard of fifty nu n under ti Held dllcor for its protection. Ho further in formed mo that there was between $500, KKO and $000,000 in specie ho did not ?now tho exact amount-tho greater part mid. 1 must, ho said, personally supor litcnd its transfer from tho cars to tho vagons. This was not a very agreeable luty. I represented that if no one know IVit what sum of money was then-, it vould bo rather un unpleasant 'esponsibiUty to impose on tho party ,vho was to biko charge of it. 1 would nive no opportunity to count it, nor jossiblo means of ascertaining whether lu; entire amount was turned over to ne. He responded that all that had icen considered, and bade me proceed :o obey tho order. 1 detailed titty jocked nen as guard, and put them under com mand of Colonel Theopllilus Ste. le and [our of my best subalterns. I obtained ox wagons, and, proceeding to tho sta lion, began tit ?mee the task of removing be treasure. It was in charge of some of the former Treasury clerks, and was packed in noncy belts, shot bags, a few .small iron .bests, and till sorts td boxes, some of hem of tho frailest description. In this limpe 1 found it loaded in opon box cars. I stationed sentries ut the doors, and, rummaging through the cars by the faint light of ti few tallow candles, gtitb yrod up all that was shown me, or al' lint I could timi. Hat her mort- than an lour was consumed in making tho trails tor from tho cars to the wagons, and liter the latter had been started ol? and ititi gotten half a mile away, Lieut, .lohn ll. Cole, ono of the officers of thu guard, rodo up to nie with a pine box, which nay have held $2,000 or $3,000 in gobi, JU the pommel of his saddle. Ht: had remained after tho others had loft, and, ferreting about in a oar which wc thought ive hud thoroughly searched, hail dis covered this box stuck in a corner and jloaely covered up with a piece of smok ing. On tho next day, General Breckin ridgo directed mo to increase- the guard to '200 men and take charge of it in per ion. I suggested that instead of compos ing it ontircly of men from my brigade, it should be constituted of details from di five. I thought, this tho best plan to illay any little feeling of jealousy that might arise, and insuro n moro perfect vigilance, as 1 felt persuaded that those letnils would all carefully watch each other. My suggestion wa? adopted, Nearly tho entire guard wa? kept con stantly on duty, day and night, anti a majority of tho whole escort was gener ally about tho wagons at every halt, slosely inspecting the guard. At the Savannah Hiver, Mr. Davis or dered that tho silver coin, amounting to imo hundred anti eight or ten thousand dollars, Oo paid to tho troops in partial iliseharge of the arrears of pay duo them. The Quartermasters of the several brig uh-., woro engaged during the entire Dight in counting out tho money, ami a throng of soldiers surrounded tho little oab'ii where they woro dividing "tho pilo" into their respectivo quotas until i-arly dawn. Tho sight of so much money seamed to banish sloop. My brigndo re ceived $32 per capita, offlcora and men sharing alike. General Hrockinrido was Eaul that s..m, and, for the purpose, was orne on tho roll of tho brigade. On tho next doy, at Washington, I turned ovor tho residue of tho treasure to M r. M. H. Clio ko, acting Treasurer of the Confederate States, and experienced a fooling of great relief. St, Niclwla* tells of a dog thal eau count. Hut it can't equal a cst in running np a column.-Tera* Si?tiny?. And many peo ple have seen a snake thal is an adder. ALL ABOUT TUB CROPS. The <;ro|iH in iln> Htnn?, the Coll?n Crop, mid tin- Crops lu I he United rOnte*. Tho State Department of Agriculture has received 257 sp?cial reports, cover ing every county iu tho Stat?', on thu condition of tho crops, and furnishes tile following summary of these reports: COTTON. The unfavorable seasons in Juno and July retarded tho growth of cotton. The excessive rains caused vigorous growth of grass, and tire crop was greatly in jured in removing it. Tho reports of August 1st show that the plant is small and poorly fruited. A slight improve ment is noticed on some of tho red clay lands over condition on July 1st, hut on light, gray Bandy soils tho condition is reported lower than for Hie previous month. lu sonic localities tho crop lins suffered for rain. The reports, with few exceptions, arc unfavorable. The correspondents generally concur in tho opinion that a larger yield than is now anticipated will bo realized if ihe fall is late. The condition on tho 1st of August is: In upper Carolina, (52; middle Carolina, G6; lower Carolina, 73. Average for thc State, 07. CO KN. Upland corn, whore it luis been well worked and fertilized, is reported in tine Condition, but in sonic sections the crop Oil sandy lands has been injured by ex cessive rains. In many places tho crop on bottoms was totally destroyed by tho spring tloods, and only a part of these lands was replanted. The condition is reported in upper Carolina at 65; middle Carolina, 71; lower Carolina, 83. Average for the Ktato, 71. RICE. Tho reports on thc condition of rice are generally favorable, except where it ha .' boon injured by thu freshets. In Geort/otown county, one of the corre spond? 'Hts estimates that one-half of the crop inc ? been destroyed. Thc condition ia report? "d at 84. OTHER CROPS. The cond ition of tho other crops is reported as ,'ollows: Sorghum, 85; su gar cane, 85); peas, 80; Irish potatoes, Ol, and sweet. .potatoes, 01. ( ott. ni In OH* --'ililli. Tho following is tho New Orleans Na tional Cotton KxC'hiuige ero]) report for the month of Julyr Rotures have becit Complete from all parts in the belt and our revision of tho acreage, based on county reports, is com plete. Much field wo rk bas been accom plished during the month of July, re sulting, however, in tho ttbandonmont of some lands, which were beyond re demption, and tho thinn wig out in vari ous localities of stands fr? un cleaning up, but from present indications this aban donment is not calculated to alter our acreage basis. Uerhaps no season lias shown to a greater extent than this tho advantages of thorough cultivation, for when: this has been tho case the difference in the outlook of tho crop is very marked. Glancing over tho bolt, wo find that the two Carolinas have continued on til?! downward scale. Alabama bas made considorablo improvement. Georgia, Mississippi, Louisiana and Tennessee show some advance, while Arkansas has added greatly to her former good condi tion. Texas, however, has just about held her own and fears aro expressed in this lal ter State of a threatened drought. In sonic localities worms are mentioned. The built of the crop cast of tho Mis sissippi is, however, backward, ami then fore dependent upon favoroblo con ditions from now on for the maintenance of prosonl prospects. Tho condition of tho crop by States is as follows: Virginia, KO per cent.; North Carolina, 7(5; South Carolina, 71; Geor gia, KO; Florida, 84; Alabama, 82; Ten nessee, 01; Arkansas, ?7; Mississippi, SI; Louisiana, 82; Texas, 08. The aver age for the belt is 85.4, against Kl.5 last month and ?I7 last year. Crop Reports from Washington. Spring wheat returns at tho Depart ment of Agriculture for August I show au improvomont in tho condition in Iowa. A small decline in Wisconsin and Nebraska, ami a heavy reduction in 1 'akota. The causes of deterioration aro drought and chinch bugs. Heat has boon excessive in many ?listrichs that havo produced a fair yield notwithstanding. Thc harvest is two weeks earlior than usual, and tho quality usually good ex cept in sections where a heavy loss from blight has occurred. The general avorogo of condition is reduced from 83.2 to 80.1. At tho timo of harvest last year Kw. average was 80. Part of thc loss hist season occurred after August 1. As tho present harvest is al ready nearly over, with improving meteorological conditions the final esti mate cannot bo much further reduced. Tho present average is ninety-seven for Iowa, instead of ninety last month. No less than twenty-live counties, each pro ducing from two hundred thousand to i ono million bushels, report tho condi tion at ono hundred or over. In Min nesota there is an incrensu from seventy eight to eighty. Tho reduotion in Wis consin is from sovonty-tlvo to seventy two; in Nebraska from eighty-three to eighty-two, and in Dakota from eighty five to sixty-two. Winter wheat previ ously harvested not reported this month. COTTON. The cotton crop bas sulforetl from wet weather in all tho States east of the Mis sissippi and in Louisiana. Tho average condition luis boen rodticetl from eighty six to ?'iglity-ono. The avorag?i for Virginia is seventy five, North Carolina seventy-four, South Car..lina sixty-Rovon, (loorgia eighty, Florida eighty-six, Alabama seventy seven, Mississippi soventy-nino, Louisi ana sovonty-flvo, Texas eighty-eight, Ar kansas nim-ty-six, Tennessee ninety-five. There has been slight advance in Arkan sas. Tho decline is heavy in tlie Caro linas. CORN. Thoro has been a hoavy ?looreaso in tho condition of corn since July 1. Tho avorngo, whioh was then ninety-five, is minced to oighty-one. Tho heaviost declino is in illinois, Wisconsin anti States west of tho Mississippi. In the i 'a t i i ii and M iddle States tho condition is well maintained. It indicates a crop not much exceeding tweenty-two bushels per aero, though futuro conditions may increase or decrease on til?; ultimate j yield. MINOK CHOPS. Tho average o? spring rye is eighty-1 eight. There has hoon no material declino in oats, tho average hoing eighty-seven. Harley luis maintained its condition, and nearly an average crop is assured. Tho condition of buckwheat averages ninety-four ; tobacco eighty-two; pota toes oighty-oight. TIIK l'A .MO I s "lil.? K LA Vi Something About fi.i Viiolcnl Knnrlnionln of oi?l Connecticut. (From thc Uoston Kee>r.l ) These laws were enacted by the poo plc of the "Dominion of New Haven," and became known as the Hine Laws bo I cause they were printed on blllO paper. I Thev were as follows: Tim Govornor and Magistrates con vened in General Assembly are tho su premo power under God ol' this indo I poudont dominion. From the determi nation of the Assembly no appeal shall bc taken. No one shall he a freeman or have a vote unless he is converter1 md member of one of thc churches a owed in Hie dominion. Kaeh freeman shall swear by Hie blessed God to bear true allegiance to this dominion, and that Jesus is tho only king. No dissenter from thc essential wor ship of this dominion shall bc allowed to give a voto for electing of magistrates or any other ofllcor. No food or lodging shall la; offered to a heretic. No one shall cross a river on the Sab bath but authorized clergymen. No ono shall travel, cook victuals, make beds, sweep houses, cat hair Ol' shave on the Sabbath day. No one shall kiss his or her children on the Sabbath or fasting days. Tho Sabbath day shall begin at sunset Saturday. Whoever wears (dotic s trimmed wit!, gold, silvia- or bone lace above 1 shilling per yard shall bo presented by the Grand Jurors, and thc Selectmen shall tax the estate cu???. Whoever brings cards or dice into the dominion shall pay a lino of .<-'".. No ono shall eat mince pies, dance, play cards, or play any instrument of music except thc drum, trumpet or jews harp. No gospel minister shall join people ? in marriage. Thc magistrate may join! them in marriage, ns ho may do it with less scandal to Christ's Church. When peoplo refuse their children convenient marriages, tho magistrate shall determino tin- point. A man who strikes his wile shall be tined XK). A woman who strikes her husband shall bo punished as tin; law directs. No man shall court a maid in person or by lotter without obtaining tho con sent of her parents; JC5 penalty for the first offense; .Clo for tin second, and for tho third, imprisonment during Hie pleasure of the ( dint. O ol ll/i m n Itoufs, Thc roofs of New York are very inter esting. Much that would never have been suspected by a stranger in thc streets goes on upon thc aerial platforms above the heads of the masses. Prom thc Brooklyn brid?e I have seen that topmost stratum of the city fairly alive with people on a line autumn evening. On one roof were to be seen sonic shop girls waltzing to the music of a concer tina in thc hands of a young man scated on tin; raised wall top between that house and tho next. On another was a merry party of children filling tho upper air with the melody of their singing. ( Iver Minder were two lovers, hand Ul hand, ta'.king earnestly, and so in ono plata; after another were to bc seen per sons wiser than their fellows, socking the quid and comparatively pun. air above tho uproar and stagnant asnios phoro of the lower stories and tho streets. A year or two ago being invited to dine with some Cubans 1 had mot in their own land, 1 went to their address in tho neighborhood of tho Central Park, and was show n up by the servant -where do you suppose? To the roof. Thc Cubans understand tho scionco of taking every advantage of tho open air. If they do not do SO Oil their native isle tiley woidd all cook, like so many loaves in a baker's oven. I fo ind tho roof whore this family had gathered a place unique among tho housetops of New York. An iron frame work enclosed the great sheet of tin, and from its posts was hung a pretty aw ning of blue and white striped canvas. In hanging bas kets and in great pots were broad leaved tropic plants, and two or three birds in pretty cages swung among the Howers. A completo set of furniture all of cam or wicker work, except tho table, com pleted tho appointments. Thoro "<TC rockers and easy chairs and settees of split cane in w hich to loll and lounge and read and sew. There, in a delight ful breeze that kept the. ribbons of the lathes all a fluttering, was eaten a dinner that I would not have exchanged for any that was served in any hot and stilly dinning room in tho city on that night. What H m Hanging on nu Leg, "Say, mister!" exclaimed a newsboy, os he stood on the shady side of Third street and addressed a well-dressed young man who passed along the street; "(lore's something hanging to vine log!" The young man stopped. With his cane he brushed down ins trousers. Not find ing the expected article, a tincad, or Something of a similar diameter, he nervously drew Ins hand over thc gar ment and eyed tho trousois' leg very suspiciously. "ls it still there, my boy?" askod tho young man. "Bet yuro Ufo it is, don't you see it hanging to yuro leg?" "No," replied the young man; "what is it?" "Why, it's yuro foot; ain't that hanging to yuro leg?" St. Paul Globe. Uaiitr I,nw. It is unlawful for any person in this State between the first day of April and thc Ural day of November to Catch, kill or in juro or pursue with such Intent, orto sci or expose for sale any wild turkey, purl ridge, dove, woodcock or pheasant. 1'inc or imprisonment for violation. Tho deer season opens on tho first of \ .September. lt r.< <>l.l,i;< TIONH OF Mil. TILDEN. , li\ Ito Wn? Not Popular in South I'nrollnii Borne Kai ls Vboul the Oamualgo of HsvMily* Six. (I-. W. I), ni Tlii> Sunday News.) Tho "Hage of Gramnierey Park" was nola favorite in South Carolina. In deed, so far as there was any feeling on the subject, it was one of distrust and aversion. This was due to the manner in which South Carolina was treated by Rlr. Tilden in the campaign of 187(1. Mr. Tilden had no expectation whatever that this State could be carried by tho Democrats, and was averse to tho straightout movement. There were electoral votes enough in sight, ho thought, to make him President, with out any help frmn ?South Carolina, and thoro is good authority for saying that Mr. Tilden had no doubt of the result, "if South Carolina wotdd only keep quiet." But South Carolina determined to make an heroic effort to throw off thc political .yoke, and what, in thc begin ling scorned impossible was, iu a short time, well within the hounds of proba bility. lt should have been evident to every dispassionate observer that noth ing was beyond thc reach of the white people of South Carolina, united as they were, and animated with ono parp?se and one hope. Nevertheless, Mr. Til den gave the South Carolina Democracy thu cold shoulder. This caused consid erable irritation in the State, and engcu dered tho idea of voting for Hayes and [lampton. By this plan a considerable number ol' colored votes was obtained for General Hampton, the Democratic candidate for Governor, in exchange for white votes for the Republican candi date [or Prosident. The Democracy of tho State felt that they were deserted by the leaders of tin; National Democracy, and made thc best bargain they could on their own account. Towards the end of thc canvass Air. Tilden seemed to realize that ho had made a mistake, and promised to con tribute thc enormous sum of 85,000 to tho Democratic campaign fund. A draft for ! his amount was accordingly made, and was discounted by one of thc Charleston banks. Mr. Tilden, how ever, failed to provide for the draft, and it was ultimately paid out of money raised il) South Carolina. This story concerning tho draft and its fate comos to mo from an unimpeachable source. lt will bo remembered that General I lampton was elected by a majority of 1,1:11, while Colonel Simpson, the can didate for Licutenant-Governor, had a majority of only 180, Thc majority for thc Mopublicau electors in this State was Shit, It is very evident from these fig ures that tho electoral vote of South Carolina could have been secured by Mr. Tilden, if ho had sustained thc Democracy of tho State iu their efforts, and had given them, in tire canvass, thc ibtauce they desired, and to which they were entitled. But ho did not realize this fact until too late. After tia-election it was proposed to buy one of tho Republican electors. Thc whole history of thc negotiations will probably never bo known, but it ii i ins to bo reasonably certain that one of tho lol offered to east his vote for Til den and Hendricks for the sum of $50, 000. Uno of Mr. Tilden's agents came to Sont!) Carolina to look over tko Held and ascertained thal this could bo ac complished, bul tho money was not forthcoming. Mr. Tilden relied upon Oregon, and lol South Carolina go. The Republicans heard, in some way, of thc negotiations which were in progress and were considerably alarmed. lt is said that, when tho (doctoral College met, one "l tho Republican electors took a pistol from his pocket and announced, willi an oath, that he would blow out the brains of any elector who ventured to vote for any other persons than Hayes and Wheeler. C. C. Bowen was credited with this oxploit. At all events, thc doctoral votes of South Carolina were given to th?: Republican candidates. Mr. Tilden, as I luve shown, literally threw away the election. South Caroli na's electoral votes would have given him n majority, without tho vote of Louisiana and Florida of which ho was robbed by tho Returning Boards. Be <i les this, ho earned tho ill-will aud dis like ol' thc people of South Carolina by his attitude towards them at tho time of their succc&sful struggle for deliverance from Radical misrule. The feeling of tho pcoplo was well expressed, four years later, by Gen. dames Connor, who w is in tho thick of tho political battle of 187(5. When tho effort was made to foist Tilden upon tho Democracy in 1880, General Connor said openly that it was bi to r to bo beaten with Bayard than to win with Tilden. There was never any doubt of Mr. Til di n's ability, especially in money-mak ing, but in South Carolina ho had but few enthusiastic admirers, for the rea sons I have gi von. There was always an iden thal Tilden lacked nerve in a politi cal crisis, ls it to bc supposed for a moment that Hancock would have al lowed himself to bc defrauded of tho Presidency as Mr. Tilden was? Not a bit nf it. General Hancock would havo opposed any compromise of any sort, and would have appealed, if necessary, to tho people of tho country to placo him in tho ofilco to which he had huon elected, lt was the conviction that Mr. Tilden lacked courage that made South ern members of Congress willing to acquiesce in the Light to Seven Electoral Commission Hill, There was hope for South Caroona and Louisiana upon tho installation of Mr. Haves, and tho two States mado tho most of tho situation. Much, too, as Mr. Hayes has been abused, it should bo remember? d that it was during his term of office thai tho Southern States began in earnest their recovery from tho ills and losses of the civil war. There was little room for improvement during tho Grant era. When King Stork gave placo to King Log there was assurance of peace and order, and ..ho Southorn State.- moved forward with a rapidity which w as surprising to even their own people. - ? * -- Ileum 11, nhlr Mortality. Within 10 months all thc Democratic Candidates for tho Presidency since, th^ Wftr'' With the exception of Cleveland., nftv?dicd' Qen. McClellan died Oct, Wft." 1889. (Jen. Hancock died V'eU 10, 1880.' Horatio Seymour died 1-Yli. 12, 1H80. Samuel Jonw Tilden died Aug. 4, 1880. And T Hendricks died Nov. 25, 1885. There RM two Democrats living who have been candidates for the Vice Presi dency IVndlcton and Knglish. In a CbewiBg-GUlU Factory. A diiy or two ugo my wayward foot carried my l)ody into tito Buburba und to a chewing-gum factory. Thoro I got Borne idea of an industry that thrives on penny sales and the remorseless energy of American jaws. In the place I saw lialf a dozen huge blocks of niarbly gum, or petroleum wax. Each weighed about one hundred pounds, and was almost like pure pcntolican stone, dear to tho old sculptor's eye and hand. And it waa absolutely clean and odorless. A few weeks ago tho stuff lav in ono of thc hugo tanks near tho oil wells of Penn sylvania, a dirty, greenish brown fluid with the consistency of bad mud aud tho smell of a glue-factory. Then it waa cnido oil, but since that it had been in a turmoil and through "stirring times" and chemical processes. From it had been extracted a lot of kerosene, almost ns much naphtha, not a little benzine, plenty of tar and a lot of valuable, but technically named, affairs that aro out of reach. Anyway, the gum wax was left, aud it was it that I saw, clean as an ideal farmer's bed-chamber, aud as orderless as a civil service reformer's record. I3c foro it became tho chewing-gum of our friends it had to bo melted, flavored, sweetened and "put up" in fanciful array. Then the ono hundred pound block would appear in live thousand penny cakes, and 1 am told that five hundred of those one hundred pound blocks arc used in each week of tho his tory of Columbia, "thc gem of tho ocean," etc. It's tough-tho fact, not thc gum.-Cleveland Plniudealer. Lconomy in Or<*HM. What glorious creatures sensible women aro iu times when business is dull and tho times are hard! How the dear things will scrimp and reduce their expenses to thc minimum that their overworked husbands I may not bo deprived of their pleasures and recreations. An article in a New York paper, showing that a lady can dress well on !f:5.ri0 a year, has brought out letters to that paper from several fair ones who de clare that it is no trick at all to dress on thal amount; that any lady can dress well for much less money. That's tho way to talk. Let economy bc your watchword, ladies. We men can stand it. THE LAURENS BAR. JOHN 0. HASKELL, N. 1$. WAL, Columbia, S. C. Laurens, S. C. 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