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?f the wreck of worlds descending,
Strewed tbjrearth and air and .sea,- ?
If ttj8jwdadj?oos world were ending,
- ^LoT^-and ybo were^close to me,
T??^rNi^T??n?f "be ?rraadT^ear/~
; And f^ould-aot w^p^l-KnowvT ^
That tbf?oal: scene was played, dear, -r % j
f~And the actors called to go. ? 3r:
If your arms were close.arpand me,
And y oar hafr just brushing mine, *r;
' Thea should burning worlds surround me,
. . ^f^>tt?IbTB ia every breath,
And the rapture oifyoarJris3?dear,"<
" Making -ecstasy of death. > v
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A BEVOLTFTIONARY RE
MINISCENCE. ^ I
2Z CLARENCE MOWBRAY.
?ie following story was told, a nnrn*
" ary ;. soldier, to hip children anA-grand
cns^^'^1^6j'|atar??nd ira jgjesti ve
: board pi* a TBanksgiving dinner.} vThe
rwrjter;-then quite a youth, was^present
^^o^h^not as a relative?and heard
rt^anebtreasured-it up in^is,. memory,
. &?'if?w'giv?s it to the publi?es' near
?y^asr-'btt eau r^ewbey,Tw^c*language
f veteran; sop pressing only the
ujes^pf-the parties introduced, which
various reasons- be does not wish
estate: . .
19th of April, 1775, (began the
narrator*) was ? day long to be
ot only by myself, but
tj -pXiivho. take a pride in our glorious
?ssfeutions. The ever-to-be-rerbember
cd TOornliig tJawned bright and beauti
. ful, the^sj^riging iu calm .glory, as if;
' itiw?r.?T^^^witt??ss the bloody open
ing^f^a^^feat drama, upon which
tbe eyes df> the whole civilized world
weco^ instinctively turned, and whose
^3?rn^scenes have left us a. free and
ip^er^deni^tsont ' -*
?^as^afcthat time about two-and
tweatyvyears ofage.and was in the em
ploj^tc^Mr. i S^-j-^.^of .liiocoln; as a
farju^bairdf ? bad gone down to the
field alone, about the usual hour ; but
ha^^ot i been , there long, when Mr.
^jcg^came hurrying <?own, and, iu an
excited tone, said :
*Dav?d7 there are great things going
on ; and the time has now arrived when
we must either take a bold stand and
. defend oar rights with bur lives, or
tamely submit like cowards to British
oppression^
I asked him what he meant, and he.]
replieidii . ?
. messenger has just passed by
It?re, oa'liisiw?y to alarm the country,
wbo says that a large- body of British
troops, on their march from Boston to
Concord,, passed through Lexington
early this Eor?iDff? a.ad, without- provo
cation^ -^ni-^paim^S^SJ^' a?rh-citi- ?
. 2ensr- tii?og and wounding qui te. a |
namBer.'
He furthur said that great alarm pre- j
vailed throughout the country round
; about?that the bells had been roog and
the drums beat to arms?that men were
everywhere leaving their work and har
rying to. the field of action?and asked
raeif I %?s willing to take a part in the
coming struggle.
? *Yes,' I replied; *if matters have
H come to such a pass, I would- rather be
on the field of battle than here."
e ,.*^en^ quit your work at once/ho
said; 'take your gun, and go-and do
yout^uty : for if yon Jeel as I do, you
would- mack rather d? a freeman than
live a slave/
Accordingly lieft the field, and hur
Bied jo . tne- house, where I equipped
myself ?Vwe?l as I could, only being
delayed some half an hour in running a
few^xtra bullets, my powder horn hov
?ng fortunately been filled a few days
before. - Then putting up some provis
ions, for I did notinow when I should |
return, I'bade Mr. and his fami- i
?y -goodrbye, and told them, if they j
Sever, saw nie again, I hoped at least j
tneylwontd bear a good account of me. ]
- I had not " gone far, when I met a ;
horseman, riding at full speed. I ask
ed bi?n the news, and he sung out with- j
wont stopping his horse: j
-'A. large body of British troops, after |
shooting down several men in Lexing- j
ton^ -iave marched upon Concord, to j
?iestr?y the town. Hurry on, for every
man is wanted !' j
He -said something more but this was
all. I caught?for his horse, being on
tie'run, "had carried him-beyond my
hearing. ' ^
X ?en struck across the fields to the
- Concord road running most of the way ;
I and when I came in sight of the road, I
saw .many .persons harrying up from
i every direction, each man bringing with
i Bim^his' gun and whatever else he
f . thought needful?sometimes alone, like
my^lf~bu^- mostly in parties of two,
tbree> andfour?seldom more,
j Soon after I got into the Concord
k road, I met ai couple of men partially
L ^^iforined, hurrying towards Lexing
ton. I stopped and asked them the
news; and one replied, very excitedly :
I^eadfd times, friend ! dreadful
times ! A &xge body of British infantry
and grenadiers have marched on to Con- j
cordrto destroy the place, which they
are doingr^t this minnte.'
- 'Th?a^by are you not there to de
fend it ^-inquired I.
*Becauae the citizens and militia are
-
at present too few to cope with the
British ; and ' we, with many others,
have been dispatched by ColoDel B*^,
to act as scouts, alarm the country and
get fall reports of the doings below/
I then asked them if they thought I
could be of any service at Concord; and
they answered that ? had better go and
see for mys?lfy *bat that everybody was
greatly alarmed, and so far there was
no unity of action.
After this I did not berry as before,
bat walked on qaickly, keeping a sharp
look-out, and wondering to myself- how J
the'-affatr was going to terminate. I
:, Not thinking it exactly prudent to
approach the village by the road, and !
not caring to be mixed up with other
parties%JI once more turned off -into the !
fields, and, taking a kind of roundabout
course, ascended some high ground, I
whence I could get a partial view of the i
place, and form some idea of what was
going on. ^
*"~It"*was little I could se?, however, j
save a dense smoke, rising from the
center of the place, and here and there
a glimpse of British soldiers, and some
of our own volunteers, as they marched
in companies to take different positions.
Tn an open lot, just back of the vil
lage, stood quite a collection of women
and children ;' and on what is now call
ed Burying-ground Hill, were a number
of British officers, apparently surveying
the place through their glasses ; while,
fron>every direction. I could see citi
zens hurrying up; but more in bodies
than before; to join their countrymen,
and,, if necessary, assist in repelling the
inyad?rs. ~
thus stood looking, I heard the
.report of guns, but apparently only
^some-three or four. ?
; Next T heard a single discharge, and
then what appeared to be a volley,
i This was followed by loud cries; and'
Another y<>Heyy:and?for-..a few minutes
by rapid and continual-discharges, by
which I knew that an action bad fairly
commenced on both sides.
While"! stood hesitating, not know
ing in what manner it was best for me
tp act, the firing ceased; and soon after,,
?o my gr?at'joy, ? saw the bead of tbe>
column bf^Britisfi infantry filing down
the road. fT "
I now hurried round to the rear of
the evacuating forces,?and, on entering
the village, found some hundreds'of our
men collected on the common, almost
w/i^oqj order, companies apparently
being disbanded, and the greatest ex
cUemeofcand indignation prevailing.
Some half a dozen or more had been
killed ^and wounded on both sides, and a
considerable amount of property had
been destroyed by the enemy ; but the
latter, having suddenly become alarmed
at the .determined action and the rapid
ly increasing numbers *of the citizens,
had beat a full 'retreat, leaving two of
their dead, where they bad fallen, and
were now -filing down the road in 6ne
military order, with strong fianktng
parties thrown, out on cither - side*, their
-splendid uniforms and burnished arms
glittering in the bright sunshine and
mrikfng an imposing show."
But thinking only of their dastardly
and wanton acts, and that they were
only vulnerable men like themselves,
the excited crowd speedily resolved to
follow and barrais them.
*Let us have revenge V cried one:
'revenge for our comrades, shot down
in cold blood "
""'Aye, let us follow and shoot them
down "in the same way 1' exclaimed an
other.
Wbo.is to lead us?' asked.a third..
*We' .want no l?ad?r IV. shouted'./ a
fourth. 'Let every man do his duty by
himself, and shoot the scoundrels wher
ever he can reach them ' - -
With this the people set up a wild
shout of approval ; and immediately the.
crowd began to scatter, most of them
taking the direction of the retreating
army, I following with the majority. ?
On .coming up within bullet range, o?
the. rear guard, we opened upou them a
general fire, and saw some five or six of
them drop from*the ranks.
Tbey immediately replied with a vol
ley, hitting four of oar party and kill
ing two, one of whom fell dead beside
me. . - :
Upon this we immediately scattered,
leaping1 the fences and taking to the
fields, each man acting for himself.
Loading my gun, I ran forward;
and, getting uuder cover of some bush
es, I selected my man. and fired again
?the others generally acting ia^the
same manner.
Thus, without concert, and without
any regular leader, we began a mode of
warfare best suited to our circumstances
and condition ; and which, during that
long, hot day?and it was uncommonly j
hot for \be season?cost many, a soldier,
the-very flower of the British army, his
life. -
I shall not make an attempt to
give .you a detailed account of that
day's--fight; -In fact, I do not be
lieve that,I .could- if I would; for I
am getting well advanced to years now,
and my memory is beginning to fail
me. " Indeed, so far as I was concern
ed', it would- only be a repetition of load
ing, getting a new position, firing, and
keepi?g out of the way of the flanking
I parties?which did all in their power to
protect the main body?shooting and
! bayonetting the provincials^- wherever
j they could. Our men completely lined
; the way of the retreating army?fired
j from every bush, house, fence, or cov
i ert, and even the open fields?and
j sometimes maintaining a running fight,
I where the harrassed enemy bad a good
j opportunity for pursuit.
From being in the rear, I gradually
made way beyond the head of the ad
vanced column ; and having secreted
myself behind a large rock, 1 was wait
ing for them to come up to a certain
} aim, when suddenly two soldiers, who
j had been thrown forward as sconts, ap
proached me un perceived. The first
intimation I had of their presence was
by two shots, fired at a distance of less
I than twenty yards?one ball passing
through my hat, and the other through
the fleshy part of my left arm, the scar
of which I still retain.
By the time I had got upon my feet,
they were in the act of rushing upon
me with their bayonets, one a couple of
feet or so in advance of the other.
There was no time to be lost ; and tak
ing a rapid sight at the foremost, I
pulled the trigger ; but for some cause,
my gun for the first time that day miss
ed fire.
I was now so situated, with the rock
behind me, that 'it was impossible for
me to escape ; and as my foes came
bounding forward, with loud yells and
bitter curses, I thought my last hour
had come.
As quick as lightning I cocked my
gun again and again pulled the trigger,
with the muzzle almost touching the
breast of the nearest.
This time, thank heaven I the piece
did its duty, and lodged the contents in
the very heart of my foe, who fell
back dead, without even a groan
The next moment the bayonet of his
companion passed through my side,
with so much force as to drive me back
against the rock, inflicting a severe and
dangerous wound, and holding me com
pletely in his power.
For a few moments f struggled to
extricate myself, but rapidly grew weak
and faint ; when^finding me sinking to
the earth, the soldier withdrew .his
weapon and made another quick thrust.
In his haste he missed me nearly
altogether, ..but passed "his bayonet
through, my clothes, where it became
momentarily entangled.
Throwing down my gun and seizing
his, I now feebly ^attempted to foil his
fell intent-;. ' but being the stronger of
the two, and himself no wounded, he
fairly tore the weapon from nay grasp.
As, fairly foaming with' wrath, he
drew back For the-fatal lunge; a bullet
passed through bis bead, and he fell
dead at my very side I had only time
to see a friendly form hurrying up to
me, when I fainted and knew no more.
When I recovered consciousness. I
found myself lying upon a bed, in the
house of a Samaritan, and learned that
the British-had been met at Lexington
by a large reinforcement, and had ef
fect their retreat to Cbarlestown, being
followed to the very Neck by some of
our men, and suffering continual losses
all the way.
I also learned that my good host was
the friend who bad-so providentially
come to my rescue. Being a little dis
tance behind me, he had heard' the
firing,' and had hurried up just in time
to save me. Taking up my apparently
lifeless form, he had borne me back
and secreted me in some bushes, stand
ing gourd by me till the enemy had
passed; and then, with the aid of some
friends, had carried me Jo his own
house, about half a mile distant.
Here under the best of ear?, I re
mained for several weeks ; and just as Irj
had once more begun to get abroad in
the fresh air news came of the glorious
battle of Bunker's Hill, and. filled me
with new vigor and life.
A few days after, though still far
from complete recovery, I joined the j
army at Cambridge, and once more took
an active part in that great' and right
eous contest, whose glorious results, my
children, we all now enjoy
A Too, Too Young Man.
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His face is narrow, his heAd is thick,
His tongue keeps up a clacketj click,
He attends to all business bat bis own,
Is a n uisaDce abroad and a pest at home.
Curiosities of. Animal Life.
Sharks usually turn on their side to
eat. - -
In animals the arms and legs are of
the same length.
Fishes have been taught to come when
called by their n-ames.
A female spider will suffer death be
fore she will forsake her eggs.
The raz^"^sb-,-4iK>.ugh it lives in salt
water, seems to abhor salt! - ?d
The ancients believed that the lynx I
could see through stone walls.
The tusks'of a full-grown elephant
sometimes .are ten feet long!
The white shark sometimes attains
the enormous .weight of ten thousand
pounds.
Snails have been put in boiling water
and have survived the terrible ordeal.
Kaemper says he once saw a byena
which had put to flight two lions.
An elephant does nottttain his full
growth until he is sixteen or eighteen
years old.
Elephants have been known to live
four hundred years, and it is supposed
whales may live one thousand years.
A snail's head may be cut off and in
a certain time another head will be
formed. At least so says Spallanzi.
The elephant has been known to die
for grief when, in a sudden fit of mad
ness, he has killed his keeper.
Why 1900 is Not a Leap Year.
The year 1900, although it is divisi
ble by four without a remainder, is not
a leap year, and it conies about in this
way: Under the *Ju?iau period' the
solar year was considered to consist of
3G5 days and a quarter of a day ; but
as the actual or civil year could not be
made to include a quarter of a day, an
additional day was inserted in the cal
ender every fourth year to make up for
four lost quarters, and this ?s the 29th
of February. But the Julian method
of intercalation made the year too long
by eleven minutes and ten and one-third
seconds. This put the calender ahead
of solar time one day in 129 years: so
to balance this, in the adjustment of 'he
calender known as the 'Gregorian,' af
ter Pope Gregory XIII. now universally
adopted in Christian countries except
Russia, one of the leap years is dropped
at the close of every century, except
when the figures of the centarial year,
leaving out the two ciphers at the end,
can be divided by four with a remain
der. Thus, 16C0 was a leap year, and
2000 will be, but 1800 and 1900 are
not.
Raw bone-dust lasts about seven years
before it is exhausted. The second
year ils effects on the crop will be as
good as the first. Two hundred pounds
of it to an acre, mixed with an equal
quautity of unleached ashes, will in
crease the yield of wheat from one to
twenty bushels.
Ensilage in the South
Mr. J. C. Stribling, of Anderson
county. S. C, gives the Southern Culti
vator his experience in preserving green
fodder. He says his silo, which proba
bly ft the first ever made in this State,
is located on a hillside convenient to
his barn ; it was first dug out about 7?
feet long, 11J feet deep and 11? feet
wide. At the lower end a doorway
was dug out to a level with five feet of
the bottom, for convenience in entering
the pit through the door ; a temporary
box-work or wall was then built of two
inch piank and stout studding all round
the four sides, with the studs and braces
in <de the pit, so as to leave the outside
j of the temporary wall sixteen feet long
and ten feet wide. The outside of the
temporary wooden wall was smooth and
stood out from the banks of the pit
about nine inches all around perpen die
ular, and there was a stout door fram
ing put in at the doorway to bold the
concrete mortar back and leavean open
ing for the door. After this was done
all was ready to fill io the space be
tween the temporary wooden wall and
the earthen wall of the pit with loose
concrete mortar and cobble stone. The
proportions for a good concrete mortar
that will suit this work is as follows
Waterslaked lime, three parts; hydraui
I ic cement, two parts; sharp sand or
finely broken stone, five parts; the
! mortar was made very thin and poured
in to the depth of six inches, and .'then
cobble stones of any shape or size, from
six inches in diameter down, was rained
or dropped io the mortar as long as it
would take them ; and then more rnor
tar and more stone was continued, unti
the concrete wall was as tall as we wish
ed it ; and after the new wall was com
plete and stood a few days, the wooden
wall was removed and a - concrete floor
about six inches deep was laid in the
bottom of the pit, making the silo com
plete, except a covering to keep the
rain from falling in it.
cost of silo.
Excavation - - - $ 8 00
Labor - -- -- -- 18 75
Ten barrels lime ----- 18 50
Cement ----- - - 18 75
Carting stone for wall and
weights. ------ 9 00
Three hundred and fifty feet of
lumber for laying on ensilage 3 50
Carting sand 2 50
Total.$79 00
Capacity of silo 40 to 50 tons.
, The above silo is what I consider
first class one, and cost more than some
that I have seen in use at the North. A
good silo can be dug in a clay knoll on
top of some elevated spot where there is
good clay soil and no danger "of water
springing.in at the sides. My silo is
on a hillside, and it was necessary to
make the wall water tight. In the clay
silo there is no need of putting anything
in the pit except somexough boards to
keep the feed off the clay. My silo was
built by my farm hands, with the help
of one expert, and the price for labor
was given at the regular price for day
labor and hauling, etc.
planting the crop.
I planted my corn for ensilage on 12th
July, on land where I had harvested
small grain the same year, (this gave
me two crops on the same land ) The
rows were about 2J feet wide, and
about three or four grains to the foot in
drill ; the crop was plowed twice with
sweeps, no hoeing was done?the yield
of green fodder per acre, grown as
above, is estimated at from 20 to 40
tons. The corn should be cut immedi
ately after the tassel is out, while the
whole stock is green and in a succulent
condition. It does not make any mater
rial difference whether the weather be
wet or dry while the work is going on,
though that which is put down with
dew on it, or light rain, seems to keep
better than where it is allowed to wilt
I in the sun after cutting.
pitting the fodder.
I My fodder corn was cut and put away
i in sy silo on the 13th and 14th of
LEfr?temberl 6ei?g_a little over two
months from the time"oT^tffliil?gjo^at
of putting away the ensilage. The corn
was cutiwith common knives or hand
sickles and hauled to the silo, where it
was run through a cutting machine run
by steam power, and cut in pieces from
one-half to three-fourth inches long, the
ensilage falliug directly from the ma
chine into the silo. The harvest, cut
ting and storing away of the green food
should all go on continually until the
work be completed. The cut food or
ensilage should not be allowed to stand
24 hours without having more fresh cut
forage put down on top of it, though it
matters not if the work goes on for sev
eral days or a week, if it is continually
going on and tramped well.
In my pit I kept one hand spreading
and tramping ali the while of filling,
! and when we were through cutting all
j hands joined in leveling and tramping
j until the cut food was compact and lev*
j el ; then we put on our two inch plank
[ sawed 2x14 and \\ inches shorter than
j the pit was wide, so as to allow the
j whole mass and cover to sink without
j catching against the wall. These planks
I were placed together, except they did
1 not rub nearer the wall all around than
; i-J- inches. After the whole was cover
j ed with piank we put about 1,500
j pounds of stone to each square yard of
j surface of cover ; these stones were such
j as we picked, off the fields that were in
I our way. When this pit is opened for
i the purpose of feeding, it will be neces
j sary to remove the stone off of one or
j two planks at the time and then cut (it
! will be very tight and weighing from
! 40 to 70 pounds to the cubic foot, the
j difference in weight is owing to the sol
I idity?that cut shortest and weighted
heaviest weighs more per cubic foot,)
and feed it all to the bottom of the pit,
keepiug the edges cut down perpendicu
lar and even with the edge ^f the plank
yet having the weights on it.
I make no attempt at arguing the
question about the value of the new dis
covery, or the advantages and profit of
preserving the green food over that of
drying or curing of forage, as it seems
to me there are butfew intelligent farm
ers who are not willing to concede there
is immense saving in the value of the
food, besides there is no uncertainty
about the weather and getting part, at
least, of the ';rop lost from bad weather.
I have not heard of one failure of a'
silo whore the attempt has been made
on the proper principles; and I have
seen cowb, horses, hogs, sheep, and
even poultry eatiug ensilage, or green
corn, and snow on the ground.
OBSERVATIONS IN FEEDING ENSILAGE.
When we first commenced to feed,
some of the stock ate the eusilagc with
a relish at first, and others did not eat it
well UDtil they had acquired the appe
tite by mixing bran or weal with a .-mall
quantity at first, and gradually increas
ing the ensilage until all my stock;
cows, mules and horses eat it as well as
one could wish. Sometimes they- leave
the dry feed and eat up the ensilage
clean.. About- one cubic foot of average
ensilage makes an average feed for an
average cow or bcrse one day, or would
say that on a moderate good acre of
land there could be grown from 500 to
800 daily rations of excellent forage for
a grown cow or mule. Why can't all
cotton planters raise all the forage they
need if the above figuaes are true ? I
have given the figures below rather than
above the average yield, and my figures
do not come over half way the average
of some of the 'ensilagists' at the North.
The objection to ensilage at the North
is that it comes in when they are the
busiest with their other crops. This
we can control?we have four months to
choose from?we can plant our corn and
peas so they will come in when we can
best attend to this work, and then we
can put away our forage wet or dry,
with a certaioty, regardless of the
weather'. With ensilage and cotton
seed meal we can raise beef, mutton and
pork enough for all our uses.
TEE FADElTjACKET OF GRAY..
Dedicated to the Ladies Memorial A s so
c'a,"on of Atlanta*
BY SMITH CLAYTON.
The neigh of the iron horse and the
song of the spindle mingle merily, and,
on eagle wing, the new South sweeps to
a great and glorious future ; while, in
her weeds with sad face and bowed
heart, the old South bends lovingly
over the sacred ruins of a brave bitter
past. But the South is still the South,
and the grief of the old shall never be
forgotten in the grandeur of the new,
for between the two there hang:? a sweet
memorial which binds our hearts to the
past, e'en while our^ bauds build the
future.
?The_Faded Jacket of Gray! The
violets' breath is not swect~r .than the
memories by which it is hallowed?the
shivering stars are not more splendid
than the glory amid which it was fold
ed ! Bring it forth to-day*. With gentle
hearts in gentle bands smooth out the
precious folds ! A thing inanimate, it
yet speaks with most eloquent tongue;
Its soiled front tells of the dust of righ
teous battle, and its ragged edges voice
the cruel scars of vanquished veterans.
It tells the solemn but grand story of
thousands of bright swords which sprang
from their scabbards at the call of doty.
It tells ef the fiery charge?the stub
born 6ght?the bleeding h^ro?the
dead patriot?the adroit retreat?the
muffled drum?the sable plume nodding
above these Godlike men who gave,
and gladly gave, all that is best in life
(save honor,) and life itself, for liberty !
Every button has its memory, both dark
and bright;a every seam images some
patriot's darrag deed ; its very silence
is the pathos of the honored dead !
In this land of the South, the Faded
Jacket of Gray is a common heritage
freighted with a common woe It
hangs alike in the but on the hillside
and in the mansion of the city. In
many, alas 1 how many homes is it
hung upon the vacant chair, never
more to grace the form which long ago
filled a Southern soldier's grave ! Its
rustle is the orphans' plaintive cry, aod
o'er its blessing and its blight is breath
ed the widow's prayer !
Faded and worn ! Yes, but the
gaudiest hue which tints the arch of
Heaven is not more bright than this
same dim shade which dims our eyes
to-day, and the tooth of Time but
makes nearer and dearer the good and
true which its newness proudly decked.
?-QH and tbreadbear! What matter?
Hooor wof? it, -L?f'?kJelded it away,
Grief stands sentinel ! Sa^rswe^-i-gyjn-^
bol?old but still young, worn and yet
new, you live in the glory of a grand
principle immortal as the wb&e-wiogcd
seraphs which circle the Great White
Throne!
Look at it, and the majestic form of
Jackson rises to view ; Look at it and
the calm noble face of Lee peers kindly
upon you from amongst the buttons and
the braid ; Mother, look at it, and the
pale face of your dear son comes back
from a soldier's grave ; Son gaze upon
it, and the honored form of your dead
father seems to rise from the earth ;
Wife, look upon it, and the fond bus
band who exchanged it for a shroud is
once more before you ; Sister, look at
it, and once again you seem to see the
gentle face of your loved and long lost
brother ! Ob, murdered Hope ! oh,
blessed Memory ! Be th?y liv?ag or
dead, all honor to the men who wore
the Faded Jacket of Gray. Palsied be
the hand that would strike a single star
from the crown of their ever brighten
ing fame !
"Nor braver for a brighter hand,
Nor brighter land had a case more grand,
Nor'cause a chief Like Lee !"
Transit of Venus.
Venus is now receiving a good deal of
attention from Jupiter, so they say, and
they have an appointment to meet some
time this month. Venus will be, in the
summer, a beautiful telescopic object,
exhibiting the phase of a cresent moon
and shining with extraordinary spleu
dor. She is now swinging around on
this side of the sun, preparatory to her
transit across his disc in December,
which is one of the most important of
all astronomical events, and for the ob
servation of which various governments
bave already begun to prepare expedi
tions. The astronomers have been pre
paring, for it for twenty years, as it will
be the last transit of Venus before the
year 2004.
Mr. S M. Shoemaker, of Baltimore,
at a New Jersey cattle sale paid ?3,550
for one cow, three years old.
Dr. Lawrence Washington, the grand
nephew and nearest relative of George
Washington, is a farmer and a fruit
-grower near Denison, Texas.
I Northern and Sonthern Troops in
the Late War,
The following clippings, which were
handed us .a few days ago by Mr. Jos.
Nettles, who is now on a visit to his
relatives iu this County, will no doubt
prove interesting to most of our readers.
He says that he has found them quite
useful for reference in settling argu
ments arising with persons disposed to
duscuss the late war from sectional
stand-points We do not know, but
presume the figures are correct :
{From the Missouri Republican.-}
Troops Furnished by the Several
States. During the Civil War.
Independence, Mo , March 2.
Fd?or Republican?Will you kindly
publish in 'The Old Reliable' the num
j ber of troops furnished the federal gov
I ernment by each of the several States,
I and oblige an old subscriber? Several
of us have disputed about the matter,
and have ?%reed to leave it to you.
Respectfully,
A Subscriber.
The report of the provost-raarshal
generai in 1866 gives the following
figures :
' States. Troops Furnished. Negroes.
Connecticut. 57,370 1.764
Maine. 72,114 104
Massachusetts.~.152,048 3,966
New Hampshire. 34,629 125
Rhode Island.*.. 23,698 1,837
Vermont. 35,262 120
Total New England.375,131 7,916
New Jersey. 81,010 1,185
New York.467,047 4,125
Pennsylvania...366.107 8,612
Total Middle States.914,164 13,922
Colorado Ten. 4,903 95
Dakota Ter.... 4,837
Illionis.259,-147. 1,811
Indiana..'.197,147 1,537
Iowa. 76,309 440
Kansas. 20,151 . 2,080
Michigan. 89,372 ' 1,387
Minnesota. 25,052 104
Nebraska. 3.157
New Mexico Ter. 6,561
Ohio...:.319,659 5,092
Wisconsin. 96,424 165
Total Wst'n states, ter. 1,098,038 12,711
California. 15,725
Nevada . 1,080
Oregon.'.. 1.810 ....
Washington Ter. 964
Total Pacific Stales. 19,579- ..
Delaware. 13,670 954
District of Columbia. 16,872 3,262
Kentuckv . 79,025 23,703
Maryland . 50.310 8,713
Missouri.109,111 8.344
West Virginia...... 32,068 196
Total Border State?.301,062 ^43,184
-Alabama. 2,576 4,969
Arkansas. 8,289 5,526
Florida. 1,290 1,044
Louisiana. 5,224 3,48?
North Carolina.'. 2,156 5,035
South Carolina..'. 5,462
Tennessee. 31,092 . 20,133
Texas. 1,965 47
Southern States...... 54,137 63,571
Indian natioc. 3,530
?Colored troops. 93,441
fGrand total...-.2,S59,133 173,0"7?
At large. 733
Not accounted for. 5,083
Officers. - 7,122
Total. 186,017
*This gives colored troops enlisted in states
in rebellion ; of the grand total of negroes set
down in the second column 92,576 are includ
ed in the first column reported as troops by
the several states.
fThis is the aggregate of troops furnished
for all periods of service from three months to
three years time. Reduced to a uniform three
years standard the whole number of troops
enlisted amounted to 2,320,272.
The largest per cent, in porportio'n to
population furnished by any State was
18.8 by Kansas, and the lowest by any
thoroughly loyal State, leaving out ofi
the calculation the Pacific slope, was
10.6 by New Hampshire. Oregon's
contribution amounted to only 3.4 and
California's to only 4.1.
ITumbor of Confederate Troops.
[From the Cfdc?go Inter-Ocean.]
It has been impossible to obtain-what
could be called exact statistics of the
rebel force, except as given in McPher
son's 'History of the Rebellion,' as
follows :
Alabama.40,00.0
Florida.....:. 4,000
Georgia...^.54,006
Louisiana.35,000
^dtsiPpj^..40,000
North Carolina^r^.-..-.-.25,000
South Carolina._ .25,000
Missouri.^.35,000
Texas.2S,000 i
Tennessee.34,0001
Virginia.103,000 '
Arkansas.28'000
Kentucky.:....:20,000
Maryland........ 20,000
Total.:.493,000
It is'stated by the same authority that
'the estimate of Maryland must be
excessive.' General Bedeau says in bis
'Military History of Ulysus S. Grant'
(volume iii., page 639,) that May 26.
the last organized rebel forced dissap
peared from the territory of the United
States. Every man who had borne
arms against the Government was a
prisoner. One hundred and seventy-four
I thousand two hundred and twenty-three
rebel prisoners were paroled.'
No Cure for Liars
A Michigander who took in the-White
Sulphur Spiing of Virginia on a recent
trip, one day approached an aged
negro who was loitering on the street,
j ?od confidentially informed him that he
j had come to the springs to be cured of
i ly'Dg> ;iud be asked the old man's opin
! ion of the chances for a cure,
j - 'How long has you bio in de habit of
j lyin, sah V was the honest query,
j 'About fifty years.'
'Lyin' all dc time V
j 'Right along, day after day.
! 'Rig lies P
j 'Yes?the worst old whoppers you
j ever heard. Give me your honest opin
! ion now, as to whether a course of ba?hs
! will help me.'
i 'Wall, sah,' said the old negro, as
j he scratched his head, 'pears to me dat
! if you kin git de water hot 'nuffit might
help you some, but de trubble is dat in
sweatin' out de lies you may cook de
body, an' my 'sperieucc wid white men
am dat I kin git 'long better wid a well
man who "lies dan wid a parbilcd man
who tells dc truf. '
.<<9-k--?
The growing custom of wearing
mourning for a deceased sweetheart
should be discouraged. When half a
dozen different girls suddenly appear in
black at a young man's funeral, the
situation is cinbarrasing.
T?e ?iate juormai institute.
At the recent meeting of the State
Board of Examiners... Columbia was
chosen as the place of holding both the
white and colored Normal Institutes
?the former in July and the latter in
August. In many respects the selec
tion was wise. The objection raised to
Columbia has been the heat in mid
sommer ; but those who tried both
Spartanburg and Greenville, know
that when Old Sol begins to put in his"
work with vigor, there is no cool place
in the State of South Carolina above
ground unless it be on the Islands.
Otherwise, Columbia is centrally lo
cated. It has the advantages of the
University buildings and of any num
ber of boarding houses; while trans
portation to and from the Institute
should be cheap and easily obtained.
The selection of Greenville and Spar
tanburg might have given great advan
tages to teachers iu the upper tiers of
counties, many of whom are already
wide-awake and progressive. Columbia j
is acccessible to many in the lower coun
ties, who will greatly enjoy the facili
ties afforded them.
The first, two Institutes have been
gratifying successes. The third Insti
tute will aim to do still more. By an
act of the Legislature regular courses
will be prescribed, and all persons suc
cessfully passing examinations on this
curriculum will secure permanent cer
tificates as'teachers. This will be a
great convenience, and will doubt
less attract many.
We are pleased to find that the teach
ers and citizens of Columbia are mov
ing in the matter, and have no doubt
that they will succeed in making all
arrangements neccessary to insure a
cheap and pleasant stay to all who
attend the Institute.
maij I t I I i- -
Blue Ridge Scrip Valid.
A decree has beep filed in the Unit*
ed States Circuit Court at Charleston,
.affirming the validity of the Blue Ridge
"scrip, (which amounts to ?1 800"000,):
issued by the State of South Carolina
under the Act of March 2d, 1873. in
exchange for certain bonds of-the Bine
Ridge Railway endorsed bv the Statte
In 1873 the scrip Act was declared un
constitutional and void by the Stae.
Supreme Court, and was subsequent
ly repealed by . the Legislature.
The present decree orders an -ae
scrip in the
a pro
per^^ the
receipt
to compel the!
for its redemption and also
County Treasurer from the collec
tion of taxes iu cases where said scrip
has been tendered and refused. The
plaintiffs are Amos D. Williams and
and E. B. Wesley of New York, whose
claims amount to about ?500,000
advanced to the State upon theseeurity
of Blue R;dge Railway bonds, which
were subsequently surrendered by them
in exchange for scrip. It is under
stood that the officers of the State will
appeal from the decision above referred
to,- and that the case will be revised by
the U. S. Supreme Court. _.
His Wife's Signature.
A few days since a well-dressed
young man entered an express office in
this city and said to the obliging money
clerk, Mr. John Clark, that he wished
to send some money to his wife; that
she lived in Boston in aflat, and that
her mail being sometimes tampered
with he would like to know how to send
it so that it would be absolutely safe.
Mr. Clark replied by showing him the
'advice card* they use in connection
with orders, on which is a clause stating
that if the sender of the money has in
bis possession a signature of the payee
and will paste it on the card the persons
calling for the money can identify them
selves by duplicating the signature.
The gentleman replied that he had lots
of them, and putting his hand in bis
pocket brought out a bundle of let
ters. After examining several iu suc
cession, a broad smile spread over his
countenance and with a half doubtful ex
pression be said . 'Are you a married
man.?" Mr. Clark answered that he was.
^.Well, then, said he, 'look at this/
ha^d?ingjover one of the lettters. Mr.
Clark look^oT??l?^found the cause of the
young man's amuseme-?4>io be that the
letter was signed not witb^h?~iH&'?-l
name but with the endearing substitute
Your Ootsey Tootsey/ and it turned
out that they all were so. Mr. Clark,
then said : 'Well, cut one of them off,
and the agent will cause her to dupli
cate if.' The gentleman, after- some
hesitation, agreed, remarking: 'I'll do
it, but when I get home I will expect
some lively hair pulling.'?Cincinnati
Gazette.
A Nondescript American
Town
Ysleta, Texas, is one of the most
enterpising towns iu the world. The
inhabitants consist of Indians, Mex
icans, and forty white men and six
teen white women. There are half
and quarter-breed Tnuians and half
and quarter-breed Mexicans, and the
women arc from perfect daisies
down to real bed cases. There are
a few white men here who have
married.into both Indian aud Mexi
can families, who are rich and walk
around at their leisure, drink their
El paso wine and cat grapes. Every
acre of land is in cultivation or sub
ject to cultivation by irrigation. The
Rio Grande is one mile wide at this
place. There are ail kinds of sum
mer, fall and winter peaches, apples
and apricots. The houses are built
of adobe?, nicely plastered, and are
as comfortable as brick houses. The
town is as quiet and peaceable as any
place anywhere.?El Paso Times.
A colored child in Anderson County
about six years old was literally roasted
to death last week. The children were
left alone at the house while the mother
was in the field at work, and by some
means the child's clothes caught on
fire. When the mother reached home
the child was dead in the yard, although
only a short distance away, so rapid
was the work of the flames.
xxews ana ?orusbip.
-o-? - -
Mr. .B. W. Timmerman, who lived
ih the Pleasant Lan? section of Edge-:
field County, has found on his farm a
nugget of gold which he says is worth
about $300. . :
The Columbia & Greenville Railroad*
has changed the running of its trains sd.
as to make the line,.from Colombia to;
Walhalla the main Hoe, and all trains
low run through between these points;^
The people about &inety-Six acft^
struggling to bring Red.Rust-Proof Oats
to perfection. They say as soon as fhejr ? i
can develop a variety wiin a good tap" ,
root, then their fortune will be made. ^
At the session of the G?nerait Con-*
ference of the Methodist Episcopal r"
Church, the Revival Committeerecom- r
mended the prohibition of promiscuous*
dancing either in private or public tfr
visiting the theatre, opera or circus, j. j
The wheat fields in many localities' :
are red with rust, but as it is only on
the blade the hope is generally express
ed that little damage will be d?net>y fc*
?Anderson Intelligencer. .0 ?
A solitary Confederate soldier's, grtv? s
in Abbeville was decorated on Memo
rial Day. A lone. cedar on tbe slop?
near Dr. Marshall's marks the spot^ ?-*
poor Confederate soldier landed at. this-"/
place, near the close of the war, .crazy^..
with smallpox, and. died in the pest-V; :
bouse. He could not tell his name*^
and .did not even know where, he was*.
Queen Victoria is about to marry oS?
her only unmarried daughter/"Report^ *
says that a husband has been found for
her in the person of the eldest son of .;
the Landgrave of Hesse. It was stated .
some time ago that the Princess Beat
rice never intended to marry, 'hat ,tt^
seems that she has changed uer"mi?d bjrV
her mother has changed it for her. " * "' r
Captain Bauebettee. of the. etea_ ?c ~
Mississippi, from LiverpoolV?priT^O^
with 588 passengers, whicfi arrived at"
Quebec, May l?, reports'meeting enqr-^,;
mous fields and hum-mocks' of ]?c? be-.''
yond anything he btfdjknown Jn
years* experience. Theice wasmet in
lattitude 44, longitude' 49, just aflter^'
getting into collision with th? "Nor#?
gian bark Dronningeii. The steamer
had two holes stove in her port bowaifd^ "
was jammed in the ice the best part of
two weeks.
B. H. Hill, Jr., telegraphs' frotn "
Eureka Springs to the At??nt? Y^sft- -!
tution, under date of May 1*3 : (Fatff?r?
wound is apparently healthy ?nof heal- J
ing slowly. His appetite is g?o^1??l\...
an injury to bis left jaw \mnG*ynvent?*'
him from chewing any solid food." His
Sulaer temj)erature,j^jgestion and geo"
are br%U and hcpefuL Dr.. Wn^?
wlc has been witb-biro since Ute^ftrst: :
operation, expresses himself as "?nc?lnr^ ?|
aged.' .y.^rr ^-g
A bill reeontly intr?doce^iut?' tbe \
Senate for the purpose "cf permitting" r
Confederate soldiers and sympathizers
to enter the Union army was defeated?
by the vote of Mahone, Think of ta!s.r>
A Rebel Brigadier, now- occupying --
front pew in tbe Federal Syimgogu^*^
deliberately casting a stigma tfpon -tbe -;'
very men whose valor**gave bini ^roini^
nence and fame 1 Can imagination con-' e
ceive of any greater piece of scoundrel*" ?
ism ? . : : ri& - x?
Tbe excitement caused bv the^sassf-* f*
nation of Lord Cavendish is by u6
means subsiding. Throughout all Ir?r^f
land, and-from branches of tlie^Land^
League in America, come^jl^est^^^ie^L^
nunciations of this st3ptd7 cowardly act.ss
The assassins have sot yet been dis*
covered, although large rewards haro' ^
been offered for them. The last official
act of Lord Cavendish was an order re* \
leasing almost all the Irish suspects*
from jail Jt was an ancestor of Jnr??'*
Cavendish who slew the famous Eng-""?
lish rebel, Wat Tyler, and thus won f5
his kuightship huudreds of years ago. T
A new machine bas been invented^' '
which will manufacture ice from water*
in twenty minutes at little expense. :?-n^~
the older processes great pressure was^*;
required to liquifftlie gases used.7 Tfie"-*'
new method employs a solution of- anr^-;
monia in.glycerlue. The latter absorbs?g?
several hlftkired times its volume wither
out pressure. By passing into a Tacn~~^*
um the ammonia is set free- and pr??*??j
duces intense cold. Reversing the pro-- ; -
cess, the ammonia is easily reabsorbedt ; 5
The day is not distant when every small5; 7
town can manufacture its own jce-a^a^ *^
minimum cost. " - A
"~Tbe"se*sToT^^
dist Conference in Nashville," Tcnu?s^""""'
see. is the most important thathasueenr
held in this^denomination for many years;^
Many importnnt ecclesiastical questibns'
are before it. Up to this time tire lead- . '
ing act of the Conference has been the "
election of live new Bishops, as follows f ?
Dr. Alpheus W. Wilson, of the Balti
more, Uonference, and for the past few*1^
years Missionary Secretary of th?" '
Church, witb headquarters at Nashville,"- I
was' elected on the first ballot. " and^'
afterwards Dr. J. C. Cranberry, Profes? ^
sor in Vandcrbilt"Univcrsity, but'dcle*"3^
gate from the Virginia Conference ; Dr<.35
?tticus G. Haygood, of Georgia
Rev. B. R. HargravOi of Tennessee^
and Dr. Linus Parker, of ,New Orleans:* ?
The Conference will sit for some time*
yet, and pass upon a number of ques-,
tions touching the discipline and order j
of the Church, including temperance, '
dancing and other amusements. "
The Clyde Syndicate is roakin^jts "
power felt where it controls all the roads
running through a country. Mr. Hani- _
mett of the Piedmont factory, ten miles
below Greenville, and on the G. & O.
Road, is hauling his manufactured
goods to Greenville on wagons, because
it is cheaper than by rail. Mr. Man
ning who has been buying cotton at this
place for Clifton factory is now sending
it by wagon trains, seven or eight miles,
to the factory, because he finds it cheap
er than" to ship on the Air-Line. The
Baptist Convention in Greenville last
week in passing the usual complimenta
ry resolutions at-the close of their ses
sion, excepted the Clyde system of
roads, as not showing the same courtesy
extended by other roads. Now all this
shows that a strong corporate monopoly
is not given to granting favors where,
there is no return in actual cash. It itv^
elso evident that competition in rail-/
roads is what the people actually need.
Carolina Spartan, ,