The Orangeburg democrat. (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1879-1881, July 23, 1880, Image 1
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ISl'ULI'AKlil) TO DOlAM. KVIKDSOK
I J ob iPi-'iiatiixg
) The Red Oak Revenue Thugs.
j The Atlanta Constitution reports
f'the beginning of the trial of the Red
Oak revenuo thugs in the United
States Court in that city for the rnur
<ler of a citizen named Jones some
\ weeks since. The testimony was as
tfbllows::
F. .Gr. buttles testified that the last
timo liejsaw Jones living was while
he was running through his planta
tion. Firing of guns attracted his
attention. He saw Jones jump a
fence, .run across a field and fall.
' Saw a posse of men run iuto a fence
.corner and fire on Jones. The firing
was very rapid. He did not see Jones
?fire. A man jumped over the fence
and ran after Jone1 and fired at him
three times. After Jones Toll three
other men got aver the foncc, and all
four went to Jones body.
Jesse Ross-tcstjfied that he saw
.Jones on the 24t)>. When.Jones was
.killed witness was a prisoner in
.charge of- Ren Rolton and a posse of
thirteen men. The witness pointed
out several men in the Court room as
persons belonging to the posse. I
"was going home from Mr. Gates'
when arrested. I had been there to
engage a threshing .machine. I met
the posse and hud passed by them
when Mr. Port bailed mc and asked
me where I was going. I had a gun
in my hand which I had carried with
me to kill any game I might see.
Port took the gun from me and order
ed to go with the posse. I insisted
on going home, but they forced me
to go with them. When I was cap- J
tured two men were with me?one j
was Rattcrce, the other was Jones, \
the -deceased. Rattcrce was unarmed, j
When I was captured they were tlilr- \
ty or forty yards in the rear, and
when they saw me captured they turn
ed out into the woods. The posse
took me to where Ratleree and Jones
had turned out of Lite road and I
heard a rustling in the leaves. Mr.
Bryan then threw up his gun and fired.
In the excitement some one cried out,
don't let that prisoner get away. 1
saw Bolton running toward me wyih
gun raised to st^ke'nW I threw up
my aim and warded the blow oil front
my head. The revenue parly fired
nhout seventeen shots in the direction
of my friends. We advanced about
one hundred yards when I saw Jones
and Ratleree cross the road and enter
Sultlc's field. One of the revenue
party cried out, "Yonder tltey go,
G?d d?m 'em, kill 'em." They
commenced shooting at Jones, who
was running across the field. The
posse ran up to the fence, neatly all
of them firing. As .Junes fell, some
qne cried out, "That got hi in." Jones
then rose, and some one of the posse
took rest on the fence and shot sit him
again. Bob Rjlton, William Rolton
and Bryan then went to where Jones
was, and found him dead. They limn
saw a man about a quarter of a mile
across the field. B?llen loaded his
gun, but Bryan told him not lo (he.
After Jones started to run he never
turned or ti ied to shoot.
Park Woodward, Chief Deputy
Marshal, was introduced and asked
whether or not the posse had a war
rant for William Jones. He said he
could not 6ay without referring to his
books.
?Tames M. Bryan, one of the posse,
for the defense, was introduced. He
was one of the party who killed
Jones. He testified that the posse
was bred into from the woods, and
they bad returned the fire. lie had
not seen Jones jump the fence, hut
saw blood on the fence at the place
Where be supposed Jones had crossed ;
did ftot see any one shoot at Jones
after ho got into the field. The party
left Jones lying in the field about two
xainuscs after the last gun was fired
I did not find any still in operation
in the neighborhood. The party
found the material which bad heen
used for di3lijling. Four or live dis
tilleries recently deserted were found.
The party was hunting stills when it
was attacked. Don't know whether
the party had any warrant. We were
engaged in our regular duty as a rov
Q'uue posse when fired upon.
Ak {lunt, another member of
the party, testified that they were
fired into, soop after they captured
Ross. The party returned the liio.
"We tried to find the parlies who shot
at us. Wc went on about two hun
dred yards when wo were again fired
^nto. Several shots were fired at us.
. "We charged in the direction of the
firing and shot as wc went. 1 saw
Jopcs running across tho field. There
I was filing after wc got into the field.
j Ho was running and not trying to
shoot. About tho time Jones fell
Port ordered us to stop firing and
save our ammunition. Jones fell
once, then roso and soon fell again.
Can't say whether he was fired on af
ter ho fell or not.
Freeland another of the party testi
fied to the same elFect.
A. W. Port testified to the main
facts as related by t he other members
of the party. He was in charge of
the parly. He ordered the party to
cense firing after Jones fell the sec
jond time. Jones fell again and didn't
j rise.
! Witness said he left Atlanta on the
night before the killing with the reve
nue parly engaged in it; went to Red
Oak ; searched for stills that night,
and thinks armed men were watching
Ithe party; about sunrise saw four
armed men watching them ; going
along the road they met Ross, and
just after meeting him were fired into ?
from the bushes; they were tired into
again soon afterwards. Witness said j
Jones fell three or four times after
crossing the fence. He ordered the
men to cease firing when Jones fell.
The attack on the paity was quite un
expected.
The party had no warrant for the
arrest of Ross, and no evidence that:
be bad been connected with any illicit !
stilling.
Col. Spencer?Was Ross disturb
ing your party when you ..arrested
him ?
Witness?No, sir.
On Which Side?
A correspondent writes to the .Phil
adelpbla pCimv8^ov an answer to that
question which has long puzzled the j
beaux?on which side should a gen-;
lleinan ride when escorting a lady on j
horse back : Tbc editor sa) s :'lJ*his
is a point on which usage is cot
sharply defined. .It was formerly the
general custom for the man to ride
ou the olf side of tbu lady, for the rea !
son that he could thus bring bis horse
much closer to hers without incon
venience to hef, ami wctild avoid the
danger of entangling his stirrup or
spur in her habit. The shorter and
less voluminous skirts now worn j
makes this last consideration of less^
importance. Though a man riding j
on a lady's left,must still keep a re
spectful distance, there is a very
strong argument in favor of Ulis po
sition, that be has his right hand to- i
ward her, disengaged and ready to
aid her in case of au accident, to
catch her bridle, or herself should she
fall 01 her saddle-girth slip. And
this is not all. It is probable that I
the custom of riding on the lady's
right really arose lrom lue fact that
in England you take Lhc left of the
road, and the man should always be j
next the passers-by. Rut with us
tlie law of the toad is .reversed, and
the man .should the re lb re ride upon
the near side, that he may be between
his companion and those whom they
may meet. The practical arrange
ments seem thus infavor of the near
side, and it will be found that custom
lends increasingly in that direction.
A Morning Star of Memory.
The Chicago Tinus relates a sad
but beautiful incident of woman's de
votion. In the fashionable west di
j vision of the city there lived a young
couple who were engaged to be mnr
|ried, but ere the ceremony had been
! performed the gentleman was taken
down with that most loathsome of
j diseases, smallpox, and was conveyed
to the pest-house. Thither the young
lady followed, and there sho nursed
him back to life but not to one of its
; greatest blessings. The case devel
oped into the dreadful typo known as
j "confluent," and when the young
lover aroee from his couch he realized
the doom of desolation entailed upon
him?he was stricken blind. And
now, says the Times, while the warm
. sun is waking into vernal beauty
.park and boulevard, and while tire
I shade trees are throwing out their
I umbrageous loveliness, a stalwart
man, erect and stately still, although
destitute of vision and with a face
scarred by that fell malady, may be
[ seen walking slowly amid the bean
i ties of the summer lime, and by Ida
side a young girl, upon whom he
! lenns for guidance, and who is to him
"the morning star of memory" that
cannot fade or die until the last
dread summons make even such sub
lime devotion vain to preserve a life
that must be, without such solace,
worthless and desolate beyond ex
pression.
The Rev, Dr. Diller's Death.
Before tho fire broke out on the
Scawanhaka, two striking figures had
attracted tlie attention of many pas
sengers. One was a venerable man
of 70, siver-haired, portly, with gray
whiskers and a good-humored, pleas
ant faco. Although he weighed full
three hundred pounds, he was feeble,
and the object of alfeclionato atten
tion from the lady who accompanied
him. Tho man was ;he Rev. Dr.
Jacob William Dillcr, rector emeritus
of St. Luke's Episcopal Church, Clin
ton avenue, Brooklyn. The lad.) wan
bis daughter, Lillio Diller. Even
while the other passengers were in in
tense alarm for their owji safety,
their attention was riveted by the de
voledness of the brave woman, whom
not even the flames could drive from j
the post of filial duty. Dr. billet' had
been for some time suffering from |
softening of the brain, and the whirl j
of excitement on the boat seemed to
havo dazed. Although .Miss Diller
had placed a life preserver about him, i
ho clung with frantic grasp to one of
the posts, and his daughter's entreat
ics could not move him. With eyes
fixed in almost vacant stare upon the
terrible scene, and regardless of the
fact that the flames were creeping to
ward him, he hugged his support.
Gr-dually all in the vicinity had fled
to some place of safety, and the two
were left alone near the cracking lim- j
hers, now enveloped in the smoke and
hid from view, and now set out in i
strong relief by the hack-ground of j
fiio. The sparks begad to fall j
near them, nud again and again Miss |
Diller entreated her father to leave
the spot. ???Save my father ! Save him !
Oh, save him !'' she cried. Persons
in the water culled to her to leap and
save herself. .Fiual[y the flames en
veloped the.unfortunate,pair, -and it
was only then, when her father's hair
and clothes were burning, ami her |
own dress bail taken fire, that she
gave an embrace and a parting kiss !
to her father., and with "Good bye" J
upon her lips, fell senseless into tho |
water.?-Among thotle who ^witnessed
the dreadful scene was Mr. Mitchell
Cooke of 58 Broadway, lie had
been among those who urged Miss
.Diller to jump into the water, and as
he w?3 an export swimmer, and had'
two life preservers, >he was ready to
render her assistance. As she rose j
to the surface he grasped ncr stream
ing hair, and bore her to the shore at
the moment when the fierce flames
had overtaken her father. Despite ;
her heroic efforts to save him, the tire!
soon hid him from the view of the
spectators. Miss Diller did not sec j
him die., She was taken to Randall's
Island, where she was found lo be
temporarily, if not i ermanently, j
blinded by the heat. Her face and j
neck were severely burned, but her
life will be saved.
The .S>anville Tragedy.
The tragic death of Miss MaLtie i
DeJarnette in a bangio in Danville, I
Va., reported by telegraph and pub
lished a few days ago, recalled to
several persons the fact that she lived |
in Charlotte four months age. She
drifted 'here, a 3'oung girl timid and
retiring, in search of work, ami ap
plied to a lady who -kindly offered '
lo assist her in every way. She had
beeu living with a family here, she
said, but was unable to do the work
required of a hired servant. The lady
offered to give her sewing and kept
her in the bouse for a week or longer,
but the employment was temporary
and she left lo go to live with another
family. Her health was poor and it
gradually grew worse. Finally, she
left, saying that she was going home.
This was the last that was heard of
her until the news of her death was
received. Jt is supposed she went
directly to Danville, and in despair
leaped into the whirlpool of vice,
where her life was ended under cir
cumstances the most tragical and
' painful.? Charlotte Observer.
He stood twirling his bat in bis
hand in the hallway. It was about
lime for the morning stars to begin
their song together. "Well," and he
I moved one step nearer the door.
**\Vell," she replied, as she stepped
' toward the door also. "Well, I?1
!?must be going. If?" "That's
j right, John, if," and she leaned bcr
head on his shoulder, "if?you havo
- -any?conundrums?to?ask?ask
them now." He was measured for a
new plug hat and a pair of kid gloves
thai samo day.
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A Letter from tho Hub.'
Newton Cb$tk:-:, Mass.,
-. , July, 1880.
Editor Oran(jdna\j pttnocrnt:
Would you likjj-a low notes from
tho Hub? Leaving Ornngcburg by
fast express on the night of the 25th
ult., wo rolled rapidty^as we supposed
from hot weather; to where cooling
breezes would fanv^j^s' heated brow; ;
but in this as in too many human ex
pectations only to ,60 disappointed,
for the thermometer lias ranged in
tho nineties and 3onTOtimcs above a
hundred neat ly ull the time since we
came North. SigJfSfaif drouth appear
all tho way through to Massachusetts.
Through North Carolina, cotton
and corn were small and suffering fcr
rain?the former 'disappears-soon af
ter you pass the linoof Virginia, and
corn and tobacco seem to be the lead
ing products. I faj^to*sce who:ein
cither of these is a better agricultural
State than 8011th Carolina. The dif
ference in the marker forspring vege
tables is very grea^jbetween South
Carolina and Massachusetts. It really
seems a little strange to be ca'.ing old
potatoes in'July when wo had been
using new Irish r^2$l(Oe<a since eatly
in May. On our way wVspent the
Sabbath in New York* stopping at
the AstorTIousej L.wJ>lcb is now kept
on the European plan, and from its
central location and. nearness io all
the means of ramd||fransit atfords
very convenient hdftri^iuartcrs for bus- j
incss or sightseeing1; Sunday motu- 1
ing we took tho horse cars three or j
four miles up town" to Dr. John Hall's
Presbyterian Chnrc.h. - Wo heard a
good sermon?thouglLnol so lortun
alc as to hear that distinguished di
vine, he having just left on his vaca
tion to Europe. ?Tho ^congregation I
is large and wealthy and pays the!
pastor a salary oftfffcecn thousand I
dollars.a yea-. AVcuUfeik an O-'angc-1
burg divine could get\a1ong comfort- ,
ably on half that stim annually. The
arrangement for ventilation, warming
and cooling the audience? roomy-is we
presume,,peculiar tAth's house alone.
I n foe" co n?V^in'exwo^arge Vi rcular
fans propelled by steam forcing a
fresh supply of heated air for winter,
and the sume machinery forces a sup
ply of air cooled by passing through I
watery vapor during the summer.]
The morning we worshipped there the j
thermometer indicated 100 degrees!
outside, but inside it was very pleas
ant, a cooling breeze passing all'
the while through the audience room.
At night we.heard an instructive ser
mon in the old St. John Street
Church, in the lower part of the city,
built by contribution sent over by
Mr. Wesley himself. This is kept a*
one of the old landmarks of Method
ism in.'Jsew "York. The congregation
was made up of strangers like myself
and citizens who come from the cel
lars and attics of this part of the city.
What a contrast to the morning !
In the "Hub" itself there is nothing
exciting just now. As the warm!
weather approaches the last of-Juuc
then come the school anniversaries,
exhibitions and college commence-j
menls, diplomas and honorary degrees
are the order of the day. The fourth
of July, with its civic celebrations,
orations, Chi* ese crackers and pyro
technic displays ftt night being over,
the people are off for the bca shore
and mountain resorts in quest of a j
cooler temperature. Just think of it,
blankets during the night and fires
in the sitting 100m morning and even
ing on Mount Washington. eBusiness
is usually dull during the hot season
?but the merchants have had a live
ly time the past year. The political
pot has scarcely begun to boil yet,
but the fires are .being kindled up.
It is generally concecded that both
parties have put forward their strong
est candidates. Gen. Hancock, one
of the candidates for President, is
said to bo a grandson of John Han
cock of Revolutionary lame. The
old Hancock mansion in our boyhood
stood on Bcacont street near the
I State House and was the object of
I both curiosity and veneration; so
much so that when the site wus pur
chased for a more expensive residence
the old stone house was takon down
1 and set up in another placo a perfect
' fac-simile of its former self. We nrc
now enjoying a little quiet for res',
and study which we find bul little
time to do in Orangeburg, and in due
season hope to return South.
Yours very truly,
K. Cook.
Sunscnm; for the Ouanukmjre
Demochat.
Looks Like Winning.
It is often said that platforms
moan nothing ; but, in the present in
stance, it happen*' that the National
platforms represent pretty accurately
the spirit of the two -parties. The
Republican platform looks backward,
the Democratic platform looks ahead, i
The Republican platform deals in j
and appeals to old and mischievous!
sectional issues, the Democratic plat-j
form, though not perfect, is yet thor
oughly national and not sectional in j
its spirit. The Republican platform
favors or encourages monopolies ; the
Democratic platform favors taxpay
ers?tho people.
We have spoken of the Democratic
platform as an honest and business
like document, and one proof of'his
that though much shorter than that of
the Republicans it contains all that is;
good and pcttinent in all that and a!
great deal more besides.
Finally, it must Ik; admitted that
there is a little brag also in the Dem-:
ocratic plat form, but it is on a point
where the party has a right to boast J
of itself. It "has reduced the public
expenditures forty millions a year," I
say the Democrat?., and they -might:
have added that it <od this against
the sncets and open and covert oppo- j
sition of the Republicans in Congress.
This Democratic boa**is well found-!
cd. They had the .courage to be
unfashionable. From the day .-ihey ,
regained control of the. I louse ol Rep- j
resentalives they have fought for rig-,
id economy, sometimes with poor:
judgment, but courageously and re
gardless of the outcries and- resistance I
of the,Republicans. The ?lobby*has
disappeared fro.m Washington-since
the Democrats -"came .in that lobby ?
which was once so powerful I that'in]
the last House which was under Re
publican rule the Speaker was public
ly presented with a piece of silver as
a testimonial from "the king of the
lobby."
?It wars said by one of* the shrewdest
mca in the -Democratic party some
y_ears,ago. "I Uun'l.bel*'"*0 wo. i)qmp-'
crats will ever win until wc dare to
be Democrats."' Well, the platform
this y ear is a genuinely Democratic
platform ; the parly seems at last to
have turned Democratic. ,It has re
gained its old time -boldness"and di-i
rcctness ; it dares once more to say
what, it means. Who knows? Per
haps it will win. It looks a little that
way just now.?Xriu Yurie Herald.
Ten Miles of Green -Turtles.
Captain J. B. Rogers, owner of j
the schooner James Anderson, that
left Lufktn's slip on the 20lh of June,
for Cclcasieu, encountered a squ II!
oIT Sabine on the 21st, in which (lie
vessel lost her jib nnd broke the cen
tre-bonrd. The rquall seemed to cx- j
tend in a circle of about five miles,
and was very severe. Vessels u few
miles away were entirely out of reach i
of the wind that was pitching the i
Jarnos Anderson about. .For one
half-hour the schooner was in-consid
able damage, but good seamanship '
nnd cool judgment carried her
through safely, and with only tlie |
damage 'mentioned. Oh the Tues
day following, w hen between Sabine
and Calrasicu, the vessel again en
countered had weather. The sea be-!
came very lumpy, and a blow was
imminent, when the schooner suddjn-:
ly entered a field of green turtles,
some of them being as large as an j
ordinal y-sized round-table. Strange]
to say, they worjj all on their backs- ,;
The schooner w-as'lyiug on and ofT,
and from observations it was estitua
that the water covered by these
turtles formed an area of eight miles
in width and ten miles in length.
They wore of all siircs, and not one
being seen in a natural position. The
wntei was literally covered with them.
During the passage among the turtle?'
Spanish tnackarel were leaping high
in the air in every direction, as if de
termined to escape from the sea giv
ing evidence that either the water un
derlie th was in a dreadful commo
tion or sen monsters had conic down
from some strange sea. Cnptatr
Rodgcrs is anxious to have nautical
men explain these odd phenomena of
of the turtles on their bad s and the
j excitement among tho mackerel.
During his nautical career he never
saw nny thing similar to it, nor did
hoover before lay eyes ou as many
turtles anil Spanish mackerel. The
storm that appe nrcd imminent did
j not come, and fair weather and a
I good sea presented themselves alter
the vessel passed through the field of
1 Urtica.? Galveston AYtos.
Another Homicide.
OirSatorday last, a difficulty occur
red on tho farm of Jehu II. Ash more, i
nine miles below l.ho. city, on what is
called the Folk Shoals road. ItJ
seems thut on the afternoon previous
lo die difficulty, a negro iriomari,
named Blassingnme drove the chil
dren of Win. Nelson out of Mr. Ash
more'8 orchard, using abusive lan
guage. .The negro in an passed the
house of Mr. Nelson on her return
home when Mrs. Nelson spoke to her
of her conduct, when she turned
upon Mrs. N., and discharged her
battery of abuse on the mother of the
children. Young Nelson, who was1
there on a visit, heard the abuse.
-Went out and ordered her to leave the
premises. .She look her revenge with
her tongue on young.Nelson, which he
resented by striking ber Several times
The colored woman unfolded the mat
ter to her husband, who spoke of tak
ing out a warrant against Nelson.
On Saturday morning, while tbeNel
son family were albreakfast, a color
er man named Blassingnme, the hus
band .vfv.Jic woman above named;
came to the door with a large hickory
stick, and qpened an young -Nclsfln >
with angry abuse. IIc'Av-aa'.toid 'to
go away by Mrs."and tyoung Nelson, ?
when he replied lha'. one or '.he other
of them had to die, TIo entered and
struck Nelson on the head, which
.caused the blood lo flow. Mr. Nel
son rose quickly from his scat, and
as Blassingame was . pre.pa:ing fer r.
second attack, Nelson drew a pktol
and shot the negro in the heart. -The
negro left the boose, ?and -After "walk-,
ing some &kU-a-ns?,'.felr] dead, Jf.fter
break fast,-Mr. Kelson left the place
to return again as he told them. Jt
is said that Blassingame told his wile
before leaving home, that should be
be killed, what place he desired lo be
buried-in. JLri 'meanest was held over
the ho'dy of Blassingame by Coroner
McBee, when several witnesses were
were examined, including Dr. Snow,
who examined the wounds. The
after hcnrin;:_n]J Ui^f;uikiJu]allC-rjH|
returned a verdveL that the ? deceased
came to his death, from a gun-shot
wound feloniously inflicted by Frank
Nelson. We forbear further com
ments, as the easr. will undego legal
investigation.? GrcenviUe Rnt<rprise*
If the details of a ?ecent so cnlicd
"affair of honor" in South Caiolina
which huve reached us by telegraph
even approximate the truth, the kill
ing of Colonel Shannon was a crime
the heiuousness of which must fix it
somewhere b tween assassination and
cold-blooded, deliberate murder. It
-appears that the murdered man ban
been conspicuous in exposing a fraud
and for this be was cballehged to
mortal combat. lie, 'had courage
enough to refuse on the groui.d that
the con ten plated crime was in viola
tion of the laws of his Stale and of
his own code of morals. Lie was
thereupon posted as a coward and
pursued with.epithets which came to
bis ears at every corner and were
borne to him by his friends. lie was
an old man with a dependent family
?a man of nerve and of unquestioned
courage?but at the, last driven to
desperation by the cool and cunning
tactics of his enemies, challenged one
of them and was murdered. What a
comment upon our society and our
civilisation that such a crime as this
should originate and be carried out
in any Southern community.
Hero was a man courageous enough
in the first instance to refuse t.i be
come a party to a great crime, but he
found himself pursued by tactics j
which could scarcely be resisted and !
the fact that he could find no rcdrcso
and no escape from the systcmalic
.pursuit of bis enemy is iu evidence
I that the ^public sentiment of Sonth
i ern communities is still demoralized
? with respect lo the species of assas
sination whiehis the result of duelling
and this public sentiment must bo
changed ; it must be brought to ac
knowledge the fact there is neither
, honor nor courage in assassination
and cold-blooded murder, it must I e
brought to understand that ? the true
chivalry of civilization stands aghast
in the presence of such crivacav
j Mow long will the people of the
l South allow themselves, their society
and their civilization to he misrepre
sented by assassins and murderers
und rulllans??Atlanta Constitution'
One of the ariginat tea stamps,
I which caused the rumpus a con try ago,
j is advertised for sale by a London
firm.
An "Affair of Honor."
Political Straws.
The negroes of Atlanta are organ
;ng 'Hancock clubs.
The SClaphvillo Tribune says that
Hob Toombs-has corns-haul: ,Jato the
Union and will vote JOr'-dTIaneoek.
v
The Republicans having a vulner
able candidate, while the-Democrat*;
lender is i:buv<j reproach, the Repub
licans call for c campaign with "no
discussicn of personal merits.
A brother of tkcttate^Vi C. Btyaht
who him always been a strong . Re
publican, says he shall vole for Han
cock. Has anybody beard of a Dem
ocrat who will vote tor Gar.field?
Hancock was the fust Union gen
eral to enter a battle in his uniform.
11?. said he desired the enemy to-knoiv
that his.men had a 'commander,, ?arfd
thai this commander was nt;?lic: right
place.
SP.qpiibKcan , papcrsinrHst, :iilmo*u
pileo'.vsly, that *'it is the samc-'o'xi
cause tjo be fought over!" 'Feforctltc
end of the campaign they Will'honest
ly believe that Hancock is a "rebel
brigadier."
ExiDis'rict-Attorney -E. II. Lath?
rop, one of the loading ?Bubler-'-toen???!
Massachusetts, has written'a ' letter
?resigning bis membership of tho'But
ler -State central ?''committee. IJJe
fights with -TIcncock.
**If the; Gat field boom ?oennot U*o
held together except by assessing1 IAre
.poorlyjpaid woman clerks in tbo ?&e
.pa-vUneiits at 'Washington, and IhhAt
ing at' dismissal in case -JGnocmiptVy
inent the-said boom is n6t wt5i th ssav
In a moment of honest en'tlMisiasm,
John W.'Forney telegraphed ' to. Han
cock, -"You will be elected," and 'his
Republican brethren of the press have
bulldozed the old fellow to the point
of wishing she had never .hoard of
Hancock.
-Gen. Franklin a'Philitlelpbia .rpa
PSr^M?^Ttho aulhohl'v of Senator ?
JIvallay>, has pledged sj^OffO . us
Con^ecfteutts share ob"tile" ^JOO'.OTX) "*
needed to-?pu??Hanc/w^K along. G?U.
'?Franklin ks apr?tKren\iy gathering up
the party reins into biehands.
Buchanan, the last -Democratic
President, was..from Pennsylvania
atid nominated -at 'Cincinnati. The
next will be Hancock, of the-sanie
State, and placed before the country
as the Democratic nominee in the
same city. "History repeats itsoif."
The Boston Traveller begs the Re
publicans not to "strike at the tail ef
the ticket," as that "endangers Gwr
fieli." The Republicans who have
struck hardest at-the tail of their own
ticket are Hayes and John Sherman,
who pronounced Arthur a corruplion
ist n'-d removed him from the New
York Custom House.
It is one of-the significant features
of the campaign tint such men as
-Charles Francis Adams, Lyman
Trutnbull, -David A. Wells, Judge
Hoadley, David Davis, Gen. John M.
Palmer, B. Grutz iSrown. cx-Govev
nor Curlin?all prominent Republi
cans until 1872?arc among the most
active champions of Hancock and
Democracy.
Imagine Her Fee-Hngs.
A Detroit belle some time siiroc
received by oppress from an Kaslerti
.city a'-very handsomclooking umbrel
la, and she had it out the other day
for the first time. Taking a Wood*
ward avenue car for a short ride. sd?n
reached the hnnd'e of tile umbrella
up to pull the hell-simp when she de
sired to get off. She pulling down, the
umbrella began lo lengthen, an-5 lier
feelings may be imagined wbon -ehe
found the umbrelly in her'hands and
a sword cane.arrangement about two
feet long-dangling In the strap Jabove
her head. This new idea in umbrella
handles didn't seem to Stride her"fcCV
orably, and as the car balled she left
both pot lions beh|hd her, and seem
ed a good deal couCuacri Vuen a man
called after her:
"Can't never depend upon 'them
things in a row. You'd bulter,gOt -a
Derringer I"? Coin mWa IirgiUev.
Young men ghotijd never lose pres
ence of iniud in a trying situation*
Wbjn you take the girl you love to a
picnic, and you wander away together
to commune with nature, and she sud
denly cxelaituo: "Oh, George,
there's an ant down my back I" don't
staud still with your mouth wide
open ; douT faint j don't go for tho
girl's mother ?> go for the ant.