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KKE S?MTKR TTATCHMA3?, Established April, isso. "Bs Just and Fear not-Let all the Ends thou Aims't at, be thy Country's, thy God's, and Truth's." THE TRUE SOUTHRON, Established June, 186k K Consolidated Aug. 2, ISSI.] SUMTER, S. C., TUESDAY, AUGUST 22, 1882. New Serics-Tol. II. No. 4. mmw_----- _: ?ublished ovary Tuosiay, -BY THE 'Jtrnan and Southron Publish* Company, SUMTER, S. C. TEEMS: [Two Dollars per annum-ia advance. ADTXSIISXMRNTS. Square, first insertion................~$l 00 _ 'Subs?quent insertion.................. 50 Contracts for three months, or longer will made at reduced rates. All communications wbich subserve private iterests-will be charged for as advertisements. Obituaries and tributes of respect will be _ for. Marriage notices and notices of deaths pub free. ' For job work or contracts for advertising Idress Watchman and Southron, or apply at Office; to N. G. OSTEEN, Business Manager. ORIGIN OF THE BANJO. o 'way, fiddlel-folks is tired o' hearin' jon a-squawkin'. Ceep silence for yo' betters-don't you, hean the banjo talkin' ? L?out de 'possum's tail, she's g wine to lee ter -ladies, listen ! ibout de ha'r whe t isn't dar, and why de ha'r is missiD' : Den boah dis nigger sing, While be pick upon de string ; De music ob ie banjo Am fit fair anything. "Dar's gwine to bo a oberflow," said Noah, Iookin'solemn fat Koah tuk the "Herald, " an' be read de ribber col a mn J?"so."ie" got his hands to work a-cl'ariu' timber-pa tcb es, tn! 'lowed he's gwine to build a boat to beat ?f~i 'desteamah datchet" Old Koah sent a note, To Bennett 'bout de bote ; Hosed it wnz de fust oshun . Steamah set aflote. Koah kep' a-nailin', an' a-chipgin', an' a-sawin' ; [An* all de wicked neighbors kep' a-laughin' an a-pshawin' ; tot Koah didn't min' 'em-knowin' whut wuz gwine to happen : Ltf forty days an' forty nights de rain it I kep'a-drappin. De PhM?stines and de Jews, Went to nuntin' robber shoes, An' de farmers, kasedey cuddent work, W us babben ob de blues. pKow, Koah hab done cotcbed a lot ob ebry sort o' beas'es >ball de shows a-trabbelin, it beat 'em all to pieces! [had a Morgan colt, an' se ber al head o' Jersey eat tie _drnv 'em 'board de Ark as soon's he leered de thunder rattle. Den be cut loose from sho, An; he close.-up de do, An' be sed to de fust mate Dean tek in any mo. Den seth anoder fall ob rain!-it come so awful hobby, ! Pe ribber riz immejitly, an' busted troo de lebbee; De people all wuz drowned out-' cep' Xoab - an' de critters, An* men he'd hired to work de boat-au' one to? mix de bitters. De man what kept de bar, Wuz de bizziest man in dar, Dey didn't eben gib him time To take a bref ob a'r. De Ark she kep' a-sailin', an' a-sailin', an' a-satiin' ; De lion got bis dander np, an' like to bruk, de palin' De sarpints hissed-de painters yelled-tell, what wid all de fossin', Yon c'u'da't hardly heah de mate a-bossin' 'roan* an' cussin. De.camels bofe got sick, An* de ice-bags dey was tiek ; Fader Neptune seem'd detarmin'd Farter send 'em ter "old Nick." Kow, Ham, de only nigger whut wuz runnin' on de packet, Got lonesome in de barber-shop an' c'u'dn't stan' de racket ; An' so, for to amuse he-se'f, be steamed some wood an' bent it, An' soan he bad a bonjo made-de fust dat wnz invented. He stopp'd de cracks wid glue, An' be painted ob it bine, (Old Barnomn's got dat same wun An' it's des as good as new) He wet de ledder, stretched it on ; made bridge; an' screws, an' apron ; An' fitted in a proper neck-'twuz berry long and tap'rin' ; He tuk some tin, an' twisted bim a thimble for to ring it j An' den de mighty question riz : how wuz he gwine to string it? Den he lade de banjo down, An' be walk de place aroun', An' be nebber stopt a minnit Tell de 'possums cage he foun'. De 'possum had as fine a tail as dis dat I's a-singin' ; De ha'rs so long, and thick, and strong-des fit for banjo-stringin' ; Dat nigger shaved 'em off as short as wash? day-dinner graces ; An' sorted ob 'em by de size, from little E's to bases. He spun 'em on a wheel, Den he woun' 'em on a reel, An' he nebber stopt a fizin' 'em -?-Tser eat a single meal. He strung ber, toned ber, struck a jig-twuz "Nobber min' de wedder" She soon' like forty-lebben bands a-piayin7 all togedder ; Some went to pattin'; some to dancin'; Noah called de figgers An' Ham he sot an' knocked de tune de hap? piest ob niggers 1 De peepal dane'd dat nite, Cl'ar onto broad-day lite, Dem strings dey nebber slacken'd, Fur Ham bad made 'em right. Kow, sance dat time-it's mighty strange dere's not de slightes' sho win' Oh any ha'r at all upon de 'possum's tail a-growing' ; An* cori's, too-dat nigger's ways ; bis peo? ple nebber los' em For whar ye finds de nigger-dar's de banjo an' de 'possum ! De 'possums good ter eat, An' de banjo music's sweet, An' de nigger am a pusson whut Am berry hard ter beat. Don't try to lengthen your days by cutting ?hort your night's rest ; it is poor economy. SALT WATER PISHING. 'Birds to windward,' cried the look? out. 'Ha-r-r-r-d lee/ from the captain. 'Hard lee she is.' 'Why birds if we were fishing? Because the sea birds hover above the schools of fish, feeding on the offal and the smaller fish-just as certain as fate, beneath the swarm of gulls and curlews that hung like a speck of cloud above the water, pulsing up and down, there were running mil? lions of the fish we were after. In a few moments we had come within a lew hundred yards. 'Get your lines out,' shouted the captain, 'we arjbearly on 'em.* Instantly four stout lines of fifty feet length were cast over the bow of the boat and spun out until they were tense. There was no bait used simply squids of ivory, with books at the lower end. The Lucia was flying now, sure enough. The waves curled from her bow and the spray was tossed over us. Captain Pickett was stand? ing erect, the tiller between his legs and his eyes fixed on the water ahead. 'Lighten the foresail a bit.' 'Lighter she is.' A few birds drifted behind the sails ; others followed, until the air was full of them. I saw a flash or so in the water as the boat swept past. ' Every man was tense with expectation. Evan Howell was sitting astraddle of a bench by me, when, suddenly. 'Honey iu the jgourd !\he shrieked, and began pulling hand overhand like mad. 'I'm with you,' cried Jackson. 'Good Lord!' remarked Gordon, and he began to pull. As for me, I felt as if a mule had got his foot tangled in my line and had got to kicking. I yelled some? thing or other a::d pulled. In an in? stant I saw a two foot mackeral wind? ing toward me like a revolving wheel. Jackson's fish flew past the boat like a flash of lightning. Howell's, after fighting every inch of the way to within five feet of the boat suddenly changed his mind and jumped over the ganwals. In less than ten seconds we had four fine fish boxed. The men shook them off and tossed the squids over the bow. Before thirty feet Lad spun out every hook is caught again, and there was the same excitement over, only two fish being landed, however. Out they went again, aud the third time we had them. 'Hard lee ! Hats, gentlemen.' The sails swung over our heads. The boat stopped, turned, poised her? self a moment, and then plunged to? ward the school once more as a point? er following a covey of birds. Right away we were into them again. And the same wild excitement followed. It was better than a horse-race. As fast as the lines were in the water the mackerel caught them. The speed of the boat, the height of the waves, the length of the lines, and the game? ness of the fish made every pull a struggle* full of fun and uncertainty. CIsually all of us had a mackerel on at the same time aud it was a question as to which would land him first. .We tacked once more,' aud made one more rush. Then the school was lost, and we steadied- ourselves for repairs. We had eighteen mackerel-were perfectly drenched with spray-our hands were red with the tugging ind, panting and excited, each man declared that no ten minutes of ?port was ever before filled with so much aest and enjoyment. It was a simple revelation to a land lubber like myself. The morning was filled with just such dashes As soon as we had scattered one school of mackerel, we would sight another swarm of birds md make for them. Whenever tie grimmer of wings showed against the jky, there the Lucia found her way. And at length, when Evan Howell was hugging a claret punch forluuch, _nd his war cry of 'Honey in the jourd' had died out for dinner, we found we had 112 as fine fish as ever fell to mortal hands. Just as we had finished dinner, Captain Pickett discovered, off a joint toward the lighthouse, an enor nous swarm of birds, and predicted :hat they were hovering above a school of blue fish. The Lucia was jeaded toward, them, and went wing i-wing before the wind. It was a nirious sight as we neared the point. There must have been a m?lion gulls. They dipped into the water constant y, coming up loaded with bits of fish. The blue fish move in great numbers, ind cut and slash everything in their vay. With one snap of the jaws they )isect a fish, and, like the pirates that hey are, seattle and murder for the fery fun cfit. The birds hovering ibove pick up the leavings of these wanton foragers. 'You'll have it now,' said Captain Pickett, as our lines went spinning >ver the bow. With these words we lashed into the thick of it, and fast md furious fun it was. 'Pull them out quick or they'll pull rou in,' shouted Evau Howell, and he vas just about right. The fish flew at the squids fiercely, j md when hung, pulled even stronger han mackerel. As the lines were oosed and thrown over a fish, would ?ieze them before they were drawn ant and start off for the Bermudas. ?Liid it took muscle to stop them, in hat rolling sea, from the flying boat, ^or ten minutes the shouts and trnggles were continuous, and hen the bottom of the boat was :overed with fish and four strain d and tired men were content to part :ompany with the school as it wheel? ed to windward. Finding them near he shore, however, the captain aid he would fight them awhile on hort tack?. Ile whirled into them nd we went to work* Then followed he most exciting part of the day's rork. The waves were very high, nd we were in close quarters, but he boat flew in and out like one pos essed. The Captain, quite as excited s we were, threw her about as if she vere a part of him. At every turn j he shipped a sea that drenched and trangled every mao in the boat-but e: a a t( is si ir j< s! w la it ti RI lc w al it a? li; w tn D< w B pl J. bt cr work went on, until the cutting lines had drawn the blood from more than one finger, and Jackson, who had put on a pair of kid gloves, had them hanging in shreds. We quit count? ing aller we had reached 20S fish, but could have made it twice as many. [Correspondence of the Atlanta Con? stitution* BILL ARR On Mr. Stephens and the Colored Vote. Peace and prosperity now go hand ic hand. The smiles of Providence are upon us, and at no time since the war bas the prospect seemed so bright, so surely hopeful of good to the masses of the people. Until recently the corn crop was in some peril from the usual July drought, but that danger has pass? ed and now it looks like our State will bave a surplus of grain, and the great West will have to hunt another market. Everything and everyboSy wears a look )f contentment. Food and clothing will be cheap enough this winter to be within the reach of the poor, and honest [abor will meet with a good reward. Grovernor Stephens will go into office ander good auspices, and I hope his idministratiou will be as prosperous and peaceable as his election will be unani? mous. I don't suppose that he will lave even the shadow of opposition. I ised to think he could die like any )ther invalid, but I don I know about t. I'm very dubious and have made ap my mind to see him rolling around 0 the governor's chair for a third term md maybe longer. They say that ivhen old Father Time is going on his 'rand rounds with his scythe blade he ooks at him and skips him because he .hioks he is as good? as dead already, md hates to dull his blade on a skeleton. 1 man told me last week that a Mis? souri man went to see him not long ago, md soon after he was introduced he idled out at the door in great alarm, vhispering to his friend: "For the cord's sake let me get out of here-Fm ifraid he will die before I can get down he stairs." It looks like he has taken i new lease on life. Candler says that ie gave him out half a dozen times io Washington, and made notes of his last llness so that he could write it up for he Constitution. He said that the Georgia members went to his bedside ?very day, and as they would be whis? king to each other mournfully Mr. Stephens would suddenly turn over and aise up on one elbow, and with his uminous eyes all atrc, say, 'What are rou gentleman whispering about Y Af er they told him he would give his >wn opinion on the subject, and then urn over and die again. Mr. Stephens will make a good gov ?rnor, for he has every qualification for he office. He belongs to no ring or set >r combination. He has been toting tis own skillet all his life, and is under io obligations except to the people-the thole people. If he is vain he has a ?ight to he, for he has made himself vhat he is by dilligeuce and study. Dh at is the only kind of vanity that is Reusable in anybody. Men who, ike General Grant and President Arthur, are the creatures of accidents ind circumstances, have no right to be rain, and much less to be proud. Sanity is the love of admiration, and here is no harm in it if a man has done omething worthy of admiration. We ught to praise those who deserve t, for we are ail like children and need ocouragement as a stimulus. But anity without works or merit is like a roman who is vain of her beauty-a hing she had no hand in creating. My greatest hope of Mr, Stephen's ,d ministration is in a quietus of the legro's political ambition. For sixteen ears the public peace has been disturb d at every election hy unscrupulous loliticians fighting along the color linc or the colored vote. lt has kept up discord among the rhites and resulted in no good to the legro. They have been brought up ike sheep and the hypocrisy of the white aan who made the purchase was more isgusting than the stupidity of the icgro. Just after the war the carpet laggers promised him forty acres and a a ule and they have been fooled with iromises ever since. Mr. Stephens nderstand8 the negro and his relations 0 the white race. Mr. Stephens is a * ^osopher and a student of history, and nows that one race has got to be ubordinate to the other. There is no ompromise, no social equality and no cliiical equality except on paper, 'here is just as much here as at the forth and no more. Whitaker and 'lipper were fair experiments and lilcd--what next? The happiness of ??e negro ought to be of higher con ideration than his political advance tent, and he is never so happy as rhen in friendly relations to the white ian, and feeling his dependence upon im. How we ail do admire the cheerT il, humble, old-fashioned darkey ! >ld Mack Richardson, of Rome, the ing of the draymen, is a model of a good [tizen, and everybody respects him, nd everybody would defend him if he ere imposed upon ; but this new gen ration that loaf around town and curse nd drink, and carry pistols, and bluster round at all the elections are a curse ) the country. Mr. Ei??'s great mind 1 disturbed now as he iingers on the iore of eternity, because he cau't once tore address tbe people upon this sub- j j ?ct-this great danger-this playiug j f luttlecoek with the negro vote. He }, ants to leave words cf warning as his j ^ ist legacy. But Mr. Stephens knows j f all, aud I feel sure will rebuke all j p tne-servers, all hypocrites. Georgia j 0 mst take the leuu in scttliug this prob- ! f? im between the races, regardless of j ? hat the North may say or do. Peace i home is better thau office at Wash igton. It is time that statesman and sages slivered themselves of the truth bold \ fearlessly, and the whole nation will steu to Mr. Stephens on this subject tth more respect than to any living ian. Mr. Hill was aggressive and obie in his utterances, but Mr. Hill as bitter and made enemies. Joe rown is smart and philosophic, and j ii ays with the people like Tally rand. ^ oe Brown is personally a great success, '] it somehow there is an idea that the w ced is peculiar. Joe Brown first, his | c< Si statc next, and last of all bis country. Joe Brown bas boxed the compass and may box it again if he lives, and as often as he ascends a step higher on thc ladder, the people look np and wonder what he will do next. But Mr, Ste? phens has been the same conservative holdbacker all thc time. Some break upon the wagon, moving along a bee line of his own, thoughtful, critical and always national in his views. There is no statesman south - for whom the north has more respect, and so we look forward to him to shape a policy concerning the negro race tbat will be the beginning of a lasting peace. I have thought that this problem would work out its own solution for I have abundant faith in our race and people when a great emergency comes, hui; great resulte come from great exertions, and my good friend Judge Branham told me not long ago that his greatest anxiety was an apprehension that selfish politicians would yet bring this country to a conflict of races. All that the ne gro really wants is to be let al? De. Let him vote if he wants to, but if let alone he will pursue his natural instinct and stay at home and work. Physical labor is his nature, his destiny aod nothing else fits him or will make him happy. What is Glucose ? Glucose is the sugar of the futuree. Oppose it as you will, it is daily in creasing in importance and in the num ber of its uses. In climates where the sugar-cane will not grow, and in coun tries where the sogar-beet can not be cultivated with profit, there is a wide field for glucose. Wherever corn, grain, or potatoes thrive, glucose fae tories will flourish. Glucose differs as much from caoe sugar as tallow from lard, or butter from oleomargarine. Both kinds of sugar are sweet, although in a very different degree, and for many purposes one can be substitu ted for the other without the cousumer being aware of the fact. The manufacturers limit the term 'glucose' to the thick syrup which neither solidifies nor crystallises on long standing. The same substance in a solid state is called 'grape sugar,' but there is no chemical difference between the two. The name 'grape sugar' owes its origin to thc fact that a kind of sugar found in grapes and other sweet fruits has the same chemical com? position as that made from starch by methods that we shall presently de? scribe. This real grape sugar is often seen as an incrustation on raisins and ogs. Honey also contains grape sugar and it was there it was first discovered by Lowitz ia 1702. Glucose can be made from any of the carbohydrates, starch, dextrine, cellu? lose, etc., but is, generally prepared from starch- In this country corn starch is used, while abroad potato starch is perferred because it is cheap? er. The uses of glucose are very un m?? rous, although it is seldom sold to the public under its real name ; but under the ideas of 'golden honey/ and even as Vermont maple syrup, its sale is very extensive. It is largely employed by confectioners for making candies, by wine dealers for strengthening wine, by brewers to add body to their beer. Most of the sugars and table syrups contain glucose. . Of seventeen samples tested by the Michigan Board of Health, fifteen contained glucose. Of twenty samples analysed in Chicago, cnly one was unadulterated. Of sam pies obtained from all the leading sugar iealers in Buffalo, but one was found pure. We do not believe that pure glucose is an injurious substance when properly made, but to sell it under the name of cane sugar, when it is but one-third as ?weet, is a fraud ; and to. charge the srice of cane sugar, when it costs but :hree cents a pound to make it, is i swindle. That it pays to make it is evident from the fact that there are more than twenty glucose factories in :his country turning out over one mil? lion pounds per day of grape sugar and glucose.-Prof. Halloclc. O. K. It has been asserted that these letters vere first used by Andrew Jackson, in abbreviation of 'all correct.' One of Old Hickory's" friends, however, comes o the front with the declaration that rom tl close and intimate acquaintance md connection with Jackson during his rhole Presidency from 1829 to 1838, ie knows that Jackson never used such LD expression. He was a very courte ?us and gentlemanly person, and main aioed his millitary habit of devoting all lis epistolary matters upon his secre aries ; that *0. K'. was a popular slang if Jackson's day, which was then attri luted to David Crockett. Still another isserts that this peculiar mark of ap iroval was first officially used by a tatesmao connected with the New York Tty government about 1837 ; and the ntroduction was contemporaneous with he invention of 'pipe-laying' as a po itical fine art. The fact is that neither ?ackson, Crockett nor the aforesaid few York city statesman had anything o do with its origin. The cabalistic etters are authentically traced to Old Ceokuk, pacific Chief of the Sac and rnx Indians, who, when he sold Iowa o the United States Government, signed he deed with the enitials, 'O. K.' ?is co-chief, the fiery Black Hawk, re? used to sell or sign away the right of iis people to the beautiful land ; and ence the Black Hawk war. Old icokuk years ago passed off to the hap? ly hunting ground of the Groat Beyond, ut bis si^n continues to supply a long? ent want in the English Language. wlobc Democrat. llobinson went up to his room the ther afternoon, and noticed that there ras only one match remaining in the ox. 'Now if that shouldn't burn to ight when I come in,' soliquized he, what a fix I should be in.' So he tried ; to see if it was a good one. It was. HER VETO : They were seated on the ofa, where they had been for four mg hours. 'Augustus, do you know rhy you remind me of tho Chioese V So, dearest, why ?' Because you ron't go.' The meeting then adjourn i sine die,-Rochester Express. ] The Death of Senator Hill. A Sad Event for Georgia and the South? ATLANTA, August 16.-Senator B. H. Hill died in this city at 6.15 this morning, from exhaustion occasioned by the ravages of the terrible cancer on the tongue which had prostrated him for many months. He had been unconscious for hours before, and his death was peaceful. At his bedside were gathered Mrs. Hill, his wife, B. H. Hill, Jr., and wife, Dr. R. P. Ridley and wife, Senator Hill's daughter, Charles D. Hill, his son, two nephews of the dying man and Dr. Wright, thc attending surgeon. Four hours before passing away he made a sign for a hypodermic injec? tion of morphine, and it was adminis? tered. No norishmeut had been given him since 9 o'clock yesterday morning. During the early hours of this morning he appeared to be awake and conscious at times, but was un? able to utter a word. The last spoken words of the sufferer were addressed several days since to the Rev. Mr. Evans : "Almost home," murmured the dying man. His last writing was to his wife : 'My dear, I will take whatever nourishment the doctor's think best." There is universal grief in the city. The bells were tolled all the morning, and the Capitol, the Customhouse and all prominent buildings draped in morning. At meetings of the Bar, of the Chamber of Commerce and of the City Council to-day appropriate resolutions of respect were passed. A great mass meeting to express the deep feeling of the community at his ieath will be held to-morrow in the Capitol. The Bar and the city each de? sire to conduct the funeral. Sergeant it-Arms, Bright, of the United States Senate, and a committee of Senators, ire expected to arrive here on Satur? day to attend the obsequies. The funeral services will be held at the First Methodist Church of Atlanta on Saturday afternoon, and a large atten lance of State officers and members )f the Legislature will be had. Gov? ernor Colquitt has issued a proclama? tion closing the State-House on the lay of the funeral, and ordering the Capitol to be draped in mourning. The dead Senator's family are con? sidering a proposition that the body ie in state in the Capitol building. Senator Hill's life was insured for ?10,000. He leaves a will by which lis widow is provided for. Tele? grams are being received from all juarters of the Union, expressing the .egret and condolence of prominent j nen. The successor of the dead states nan in the United States Senate will probably not be appointed by the jovernor as the Legislature will meet m November 1. THE WASHINGTON DELEGATION. WASHINGTON, Aug. 16-Senators jamar, Morgan, Beck and Saulsbury, iccompaoied by Col. Sneed, assistant mstmaster of the Senate, and Mr. )alton, superintendent of the Senate biding room, will leave to-morrow norning for Atlanta, Ga., to attend he funeral of Senator Hill. The South front to the Senate Chamber vas draped in mourniug to-day and he flag over the Senate was placed it half-mast, in which position it will emain until after the funeral. Paste this up for Reference. Nearly every person knows what to lo in case of injury or sudden sickness, ?ut it often happens that under the ex itement attending such circumstances hey become confused and forget all hey know about it. The following uggestioos might be pasted up on the nside of the closet or book-case door ?here they could be referred to prompt For stomach cramps, ginger ale, or lalf teaspoonful of the tincture of glu? ier in a half glass of water in which ? easpoonful of soda has been dissolved Swallowing saliva often relieves sour tomach. Hot, dry flannel, applied as hot as lossible for neuralgia. Whooping-cough paroxysms are re ieved by breathing the fumes of tur lentine or carbolic acid. For cold in the head, nothing is bet? er than powered borax snuffed up thc ostrils. A strong solution of bicarbonate of oda (baking soda) taken frequently is reliable remedy for diarrheal troubles, particularly those arising from acidity of he stomach. A standing antidote for poison by ew, poison-oak, ivy, etc., is to take a andful of quicklime, dissolve in water, it it stand half an hour, theo paint the oisoned parts with it. Three or four pplications will never fail to cure the mst aggravated cases. If children do not thrive on fresh lilk it should be boiled. Powdered rosin is the best thing to top bleeding from cuts. After the owder is spriukled on, wrap the wound rith a soft cotton cloth. As soon as the round begins to feel feverish, keep the loth wet with cold water. For burns, sweet oil and cotton arc ie standard remedies. If they are not t hand sprinkle the burned part with our, and wrap loosely with a soft loth. Don't remove the dressing until je inflammation subsides, as it will reak the new skin that is forming. For nose-bleeding, bathe the face Dd neck with cold water. If an artery is severed, tie a small 3rd or handkerchief tightly above it. Ix. Bad breath may be cured by taking teaspoonful of the following mixture iree hours after eating : Chlorate of otassa; two drachips ; sweetened water, mr ounces. Wash the mouth occa onally with the same mixture and thc reata will become as sweet as an in mt's. Nothing is so contagious as entbu asm ; it is the real allegory of the ite of Orpheus ; it moves stones; it j a rms brutes. Enthusiasm is the snius of sincerity a^d truth accom lishes no victo. ' "Girls of the Period. A very suggestive discussion was re? cently awakened in the Philadelphia Times by a young man who wrote in condemnation of the girls of the period as having 'a smattering of French/ and ability to 'claw the piano' and to 'daub placques/ but incompetent to 'bake bread and broil a beefsteak/ A young lady affirms in reply : 'I consider myself a fair specimen of the average American girl, and feel in? dignaot that we should be classed with parlor ornaments and Chinese dolls. I have had a college education and a frightful smattering of French, can claw the piano aud daub placques, but can also safely assert that I can bake bread and broil a beefsteak in a manner that even fastidious '5' could hardly find fault with; can keep house, and make my own dresses. I not only can, bu* do. and still find time to keep up my other 'accomplishments/ as they are called. And among my whole circle of girl friends ? cannot recall one who bas not had inore or less of a practical edu? cation, and who would not make a sen? sible wife and housekeeper/ She then turns the tables upon the complainig youth in this manner. 'And now, putting the shoe on the other foot, where are to be-found the young men worthy of such girls ? Our rising generation of youths certainly does not come up to the standard. Smok? ing, drinking, cards, clubs, fast horses, and late hours fill their records ; conse? quently they cannot afford wives. Of course it is all laid at our door. We are extravagant, idle, helpless specimens of humanity ; but for all that, when the young man of to-day is ready to lay aside his own senseless and extravagant habits, to economise and lay up savings for a future home of his own, he can look around him and find in abundance sen? sible, worthy girls, whose greatest am? bition would be in. making themselves mistress of bis home and heart/ Another young man takes off*the first writer in the following words : 'it would seem from his communica? tion that it is not so much a wife as a cook of which he has been in search, and the lamentable failure of his efforts to find the latter bas resulted primarily from his inability to determine tho pre? cise character of the priceless jewel for which his heart longed. Hence he bas been looking around in parlors and drawing-rooms for what he rgarded as the one thing needful, when in fact liss investigations should have been confined exclusively to the kitchens/ And possibly he is not far out of the way when he adds that, 'only an idiot of the most pronounced type would as? sume to judge of the intellecual and do? mestic attainments of the young ladies of our city by the confessedly inferior specimens of the sex to whom your cor? respondent bas been devoting his atten? tions/ The subject is pre-eminently one that has two sides. There ought to be many more marriages than there are ; and it ought not to be so difficult for young people to marry as it is. But this is too large a matter to treat here, and we simply give the above as sug? gestive to thoughtful minds. Perhaps when some of them have thought, we may hear from them. A Texas Wife. The best natured woman in the United States lives in Austin. She has been married a number of years tc a man named Ferguson, but she and ber husband have Laver had a quarrel yet, and he has frequently boasted that it is utterly impossible to make her an? gry. Ferguson made several desperate attempts to see if he could exasperate her to look cross or scowl at him, mere? ly to gratify his curiosity, but the more outrageous he acted, the more affable and loving she behaved. Last week he was talking to a friend about what a hard time he had trying to find out if his wife had a temper. The ?rieud offered to bec ?50 that if Ferguson were to go home drunk, raise a rt^v and pull the table-cloth full of dishes off of the table, she would show some signs of annoyance. Ferguson said he didn't wan't to rob a friend of bis money, for he knew he would win ; but they at last made the bet of ?50, tbe friend to bide in the front yard and watch the proceedings of the convention through the window. Ferguson came home late, and ap? parently fighting drunk. She met him at the gate, kissed him, and assisted bis tottering steps to the house. He sat down hardin the middle ofjthe floor, ind howled out : .Confound your ugly picture, what lid you mean by pulling that chair from jnder me?" ?Oh, I hope you didn't hurt yourself, [t was my awkwardness, but I'll try ind not do it again/ and she helped jim to his feet, although she had noth ng in the world to do with his falling He then sat down on the sofa, and ?liding off on the floor, abused her like t pick-pocket for lifting up the other md of thc sofa, all of which she took rood naturedly, and finally she led bim o the supper table. He threw a plate it her, but she did as if she had not loticed it, and asked bim if he would ake tea or coffee. Then the brute leizcd the table-cloth and sat down on be floor pulliug the dishes and every hing else over with him, in one grand ?rash. What did this noble woman do? Do rou suppose she grumbled and talked .bom going home to her ma, ^~ that she iat down and cried like a fool, or that he sulked and pouted ? Not a bit of t. With a pleasant smile, she said : Why George, that's a uew idea, ain't t? We have been married ten years, iud have never yet cat our supper on he floor. Wou't it bc fun-just like hose picnics we used to go to before ve got married,' and then this angelic roman deliberately sat down on tbe loor along side of the wretch, arranged he dishes, and fixed him up a nice upper. This broke George all up. He wned up he was only fooliug her, and ffered to give her the fifty dollars to [ct herself a new hat, but she took the noney and bought bim a new suit of lothes and & box of cigars.-Texas liftings. Gen. Capers Accepts. CoL?siBiA, August 14.-After a full conference with the State Democratic Executive Committee to night Gen. Elison Capers has consented to accept the nomination of the Convention for the office of superintendent of Educa? tion. The news will give great grati? fication to the people throughout thc State as there bas been a universal de? sire that he should do so. CEN. ELLISON CAPERS was born in Charleston, and is a son of the late Bishop Capers. He received his early education at the Methodist High School at Coksebuiy, in Abbeville County. He was graduated from the Citadel Academy in November '55 and after his graduation he accepted the position of assistant instructor at the Citadel. When the war broke out he promptly embarked in it, and was soon elected colonel of the 24th South Caro? lina Regiment. His career in the Wes? tern army was very distinguished, and upon the death of Gen. Stephens be was elevated to the position of brigadier general of Steveu's Brigade. He was conspicuous in the army for his gallan? try and popularity with his men At the close of the war he was elected se? cretary of State of the Provisional gov? ernment in 1865. Following the bent of his mind he shortly afterwards enter? ed the ministry and filled the pastorate of the Episcopal Church in Greenville for several years. He then removed to Alabama, but returned to Greenville at the earnest request of his congregation, and is now rector of that Church. He has become prominent in the counsels of the Church. He is a brilliant orator, a good scholar and has interested himself earnestly in the cause of education in Greenville County. He is a genial gentleman and is truly a man to win golden opinions from all sorts of people. ? iain ? ? - - Sudden Death. Mr. Wm. Beattie, a prominent mer? chant of Greenville, and a delegate from that county to thc Fourth Congression? al Convention, died suddenly at Union Tuesday night, it is supposed, of heart disease. He complained of feeling un? well, remained in his room, and did not attend the session of the Convention. Mr. Beattie is well known throughout the State. He was a son-in-law of ex Governor B. F. Perry, his father was a prominent merchant before him ; he was a gallant Confederate soldier and lost an eye from a minnie ball which he car? ried in his head for years, but which eventually dropped into) his mouth one night when asleep ; and, for busi? ness tact and energy, was hignly es? teemed by all who knew him. Slave Marriages. A curious case relating to the mar? riage status of former slaves bas just been decided by the Supreme Court of Alabama. The controversy was be? tween two women, each of whom claim? ed to be the widow of Gus Washington and entitled to dower in his estate. One named Edie had been married to him in 1847, when both were slaves of the same master. The ceremony was performed by a colored minister with the consent of the master. Tbe two lived together as husband and wife till thc Fall of 1866. At that time the husband, being then of course a freed mau, took out a license and married another woman, with whom he lived till his death. Under these circumstances the Court was called upon to decioe which of the two had been the lawful wife. It bas decided in favor of the one claim? ing by virtue of the slave marriage. It holds that slaves were not competent to enter into a valid marriage contract or hold the legal relation cf husband and wife. But in September, 1865, the Constitutional Convention of Ala? bama declared that all freedmen and freedwomen then living together and recognizing one another as husband and wife should hold that relation under the law. The Supreme Court decides that this was a ratification of the marital re? lations then existing between Gus and Edie Washington, and that his subse? quent marriage with the other claimant was void. ? i .g * ? ? ? ??? Arabi Bey's Romance. (From tbe London Standard.) The story goes that Arabi Bey hates the Khedive Ismail with an exceeding great hatred and for the very best of reasons. When Arabi was as yet only i Lieutenant he fell in love with a young girl-Coptic or Arabic, we do not know-of unusual beauty. He suc? ceeding in pleasing her and thc family likewise, when it came to pass that Is? mail one day saw by chance the girl, ind immediately informed himself as to 1er place of dwelling. Ismail easily impelled the father to ignore Arabi, br whose marraige preparations were tlready being made, and the Khedive's nen carried the maiden off to the ha? em. Arabi dared to protest, but bis >rotestations were received with con empt. He then showed so dangerous i disposition that the Khedive tried to )acify him by conferring upon him the itle and rank of Bey. Arabi accepted he position, but only that he might use t to revenge himself. -a i i tm - 'What's the matter now asked a fash onable Austin lady of her husband, vho seemed to be depressed. 'I'm feeling very badly. I'm afraid "ui not long for this world,' was the .eply. .Fiddle sticks.' 'No ! I'm in earnest, lt will not be ong before you will bc walktug to the jrave-yard behiud my coffin.' 'That's just where you're fooling rouseif, HI ride in a carriage or j ilse I'll not be ia the procession at i\U Such heartlessness made him so mad hat he went to work and chopped up i cord of wood, and now he feels strong nough to run for almost any office in he gift of the people.-Texas Sift ngs._ A New York Judge has ruled that if i marriage does not take place within a rear after the proposal the engagement a not obligatory. A wise decision. )ne year is long enough to burn the ld man's wood andoil. News and Gossip. It is calculated that the splendid grain crops of the South will save this section ?100,000,000 hitherto diverted Northward The largest body of water lying wholly ia the ?nited States is Talare Lake, in California. ~ Yet how few per? ?ons ever heard of it. It is said that the manufacture of barbed wire pays fifty per cent, profit. Why cap not tbe Son th make her own barbed wire? The fortification of tbe future will le exclusively an earthwork. Tbe great? est guns of the British navy are power* less against that kind of defense. Tenn or, the Montreal weather pro? phet predicts that there will be one more hot wave before the warm season is over. It is proposed by a number of gentle? men, to organize a Cotton Factory to be located io or near the Town of Dar? lington. Yellow fever is spreading on the re? mote Texas border while the National Board of Health and Marine Hospital service quarrel over an appropriation of ?100,000. An Ohio couple were recently mar? ried 'in three languages.' We hope there will be no special discord in that family. 3Iost people are satisfied witb quarreling in one tongue. The wheat crop has been reduced by heavy Western rains. The corn crop is not as satisfactory as it might be/ but bas an improving tendency. Cot? ton seems to be doing well so far. The widow of President Garfield has ' acknowledged the receipt of the silk dress given by the Women's Silk Cul? ture Association, of Philadelphia, from silk grown in fourteen States of the Union. Col. James A. Hoyt bas associated with himself in the ownership and pub? lication of the Baptist Courier Mr. W. W. Keys, who, for several years pest, has been connected with the Anderson intelligencer. We. wish continued suc? cess -to the Courier under its new man-" agemcnt. We are sorry to see a disposition among the members of tbe press to go into politics. Some editors already hold offices, and others are candidates for the Legislature. An editor's busi? ness is at home, in his office. If he is' the right kiud of an editor he can do more there than anywhere else.-New? berry Herald. A gigantic oak at Mount Vernon, which has always been known as 'Washington's Oak,' was destroyed by a stroke of lighting a few days ago." Tbe tree had many historic associations' and gained its name from the fact that the President's favorite resting place after the heat and labors of the day was beneath its grateful shade. Ex-Jndge T. J. Mackey bas been employed to aid the solicitor in. the tria?^.. of Capt. Jas. L. Haile, chargeT*^rtU; the killing of Maj. L. W. R. Blair, g The court will sit on the 4th of Septenr---^ ber. Judge Mackey expresses bis foll assurance that Judge Kershaw will , discharge his duty in this important trial with fearless fidelity to the State' and entire justice to the accused. " Governor-elect Thompson is a very strong Episcopalian, as is every other member of the coming administration except the Hon. John C. Shepherd, who is a Baptist. The Rev. Ellison. Capers, the nominee for State Superin? tendent of Education, is as Episcopal clergyman, and for many years past the rector of a large parish in Greenville.. Gen. Maniguait, Messrs. Miles, Stoney and Richardson are all communicants ? of thc Episcopal Church. Col. Lips comp is not a member of any churchy but his wife and children are devout ' members of the Episcopal Church. A trial of considerable interest Has just been concluded in the Criminal Court of Dccroit. A colored man and a white woman who have been marriecf for some time and lived together as mau and wife, both entirely respectable and. worthy people, were complained of under the statutes for lewd and lasci vious cohabitation. An old State law makes all marriages between white and colored people unlawful. Under the' charge of the Court the jury convicted. The case will probably be taken to the' Supreme Court. This case affects pro--' bably a hundred or more married cou* pies in the city. Alexander H Stephens has lived a lit-" tie over seventy years, and in that time, he has beeu five times elected to the' Georgia Legislature, thirteen times a Representative in the Congress of the United States, once to the Senate of the' United States but not allowed to take* his seat, was Presidential Elector for' the State at l?ge on the Douglass and* Johnson ticket, was a member of the' Secession Convention of Georgia, was' elected to the Confederate Congress, was chosen Vice-president under the Provisional Government by that Con* gress, was elected Vice-president of the Confederate States for a term of years? and will now have a walk over for the Governorship of his native State.-Cou* rier-Joumal. Gen. G. K. Warren, died at New? port, on the 8th inst., of a broken, heart. He was an officer of distinguish? ed gallantry, and after the battle of: Five Forks was removed from command: by Sheridan oo the ground that he bad: disobeyed orders. Gen. Warren in diguautly denied the accusation and has been endeavoring for twenty years to procuro thc appointment of a court of inquiry to investigate the charge against hi ai. The court reached its-de? cision a few days before Gen. Warren's death, but the result has not been pub? lished, though it is believed to complete? ly exonerate him from blame. The stiug of injustice had however wrought its work upon the brave and injured officer and the mental depression into* which he bad been plunged resulted last week in his death. This is a fit? ting companion case tc that of Fit? John Porter, and is a galling commen? tary on the brutal cruelty of our gov? ernment in the treatment of its most deserving soldiers by compelling them to live through years of agony and sus? pense with reputations darkcued by th* shadow of an unjust charge.