The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, February 20, 1883, Image 1

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^?Sin?W|^ April, 1850. ??f?ol?dat?? "Angl 3, 1881.1 kBe Just and Fear not-Let all the Ends thou Aims't at, be thy Country's, thy God's, and Truth's. SUMTER, S. C., TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 1883. TEE TRUE SOUTHRON, Established June, 1866. Sew Series-Vol. II. No. 28. F : PtHisbftl tsrary Tuosday, -BT TM Jf?te^na? <?a<? iSouthron PuUishiiig f- - .? Company? SUMTER, S. C. TERMS: Two JWbars |?er annum-in advaoce. At VIITI8??IST8. 51 0? it insertion......-- 50 Coatrw^ lfert??reeTnontiis, or longer will mad? st r?doced' rates. ? - ' AU eooSgiaiiqsiioos which sobsor ve pd rate > charged ft?:as a^vertissaieo ta. Obituaries aad tributes of respect will be "t:fm^?0 ">.-.; ?gV notice? ?nd notice? of-deaths pu b Bsbed free? Fe job work- or contracts (or advertising *?&n* M*rtmaBjiv*?J3pvOroa+ 4t apply at ?a^Oftce,* N. 6. OSTEEN, . f. Bneinegsfiansig?r. ? ?PHH OU> COTTAGE CLOCK. ! theoloVoM dock of the household stock Wa? tiw brightest thing a nd the nea t et t ; ItsWS^ th<ragh o?d, had ? touch of gold, Aadit? chjroe rsoj still the sweetest, .**Tw?a ? monitor, too, though its word? were i'. Yet tiley tired through nations altered, Aad it?Toke, still strong, warned old and ? i._? WWa, thc ?olee of nleadsBifi filtered ; N . * *"T^kV tfck /' it ??td-^qokk, on ick to bed brainsJsegiveo warning : Yoo*1l-?arrise soon ia the morning." A friend Invoice was that old, old clock, , A? itj?q?d io the corner smiling, I A?4 IJknefH^ tina*, with? merry chime, 1 TheTpriatij boors beguili ng ; ?Bat ??oro?? ?jd voice wa? that tiresome clock ? Aait eai^Tat daybreak "boldly, ffW^ea^k^rjt looked -gray oiT tb? misty I And pearly air btewcoldjr^ ?^^?Mdrr'^akki oa* o t bed .for frrel'vw^iveo warriog ; * never hare healthy yoa* ll never get uai?jovrre ?*T soon ia tbs morning." land ro-nd ^HK ? *o?? that W??^ ?tied for the hrigbt day? fled, Aad'tbs ot? friends ?oat forever j Its heart beafeoa, though hearts ?re gone i ' wafrwr* k??j a^ yoaa^er^ & Hak-dtatiH move, though ba od s ve love Asj?.e?asaed on earth no longer ! ?^ndfcl^^it ..?aili , ?Ho ?be churchyard h a^tTiiat, ?na rook to the skies, ? A?4 prepare for a heavenly morning.-" THAIN WAS E'OJt THE -REVOLUTION. ? ?pli was uardry morei *ea he Bwrried-in ?act, ; Looking at the por . painted -at that time U bang? in the Cuttance tbe Eastern Shore-it o call ann colonel. A .0 with light bair colored ? ycong'sno?ts 6f eer aves before they have greenland the colonel, fte -green . enough in youth with a fine old jaine complexion, and ^pbislicated about his ?1 formed lip?, fall of sensitive af Kion. - That ts all there fa of it ; a Ky, yet one of those Revolutionary Wboy* wini somehow accomplish tilings far greater Utan many of our full grown men now succeed in doing. He was simply Captain Cuttance then, bat promotion was rapid in the field? and one day, when his regiment bad been Beady, cat to pieces, he foond bimaelfat the head of it. AU the bigber officers had been kilted Then came Monmouth, and a trans? fer to awotber command, followed by * brief furlough. i fl understand, colonel/ Lafayette s?d to bim..as' they parted, 'thai you are going home to welcome a new re&'iiit.' Co?one? Ralph amiled, yet with an asxioos mien. *I hope so, genera!/ lie replied. *I hope it will be a boy/ Aird it was a boy. .How furiously the colonel had posted all the way from camp fr He passed straight from the saddle into the h ashed "bedroom sf bis wie ia the old, mansion, with the spring mod splashed ali over his boots ; yet bia steps were light as a ? WOMB'S, fie did not disturb the baby thai bad ja?t arrived, nor the proud aad placid mother-his girl wife, Margaret. 'Ab, bow happy I acm V exclaimed the colonel to bis sister Sally, as they walked the veranda together a few days later. 'If it were only not for tais gb asl ly war I should have nothing tc psis me. Doesn't it seem strange, dear ftsBy, Aat men should go batch efip? each other, when we see ali the trows it ia to bring one human be jog into fbe world, and the joy that <Jtwcoating gives?' It danger on tin's ex b.' ied ; 'I woald 'twere get But I suffer tret and the baby t the worst you eau ' own person/ to my heart, broth yon, your ties are than mine/ sid bis hand on her s I ly ie ar thc enemy ed, bis hal f-boy i s h i and cloudy, urned her eyes to? te of the Atlantic, urely kuow, can be the water. Some e cried. 'Toa, at y here. Margaret iboot again. Why ? tbe bay and go to }, at Culpepper V ?ave them all here V do no good if a y two little broth use their pistols. ?, OB an emergency, ?sat?n to me, Sally ; to bave yon oat of one less. Wye Sally clasped her hands." 'Ah. yes/ she sighed, 'if it were not foi the war I* . She gazed out over the serene land scape in front of them. ? It was . May time, and the tints of early s?mmei enriched the whole scene. The trees -around the house were in full, frest leaf ; the lawns looked fair ; the ses dim and blue, was soft and beautifu as the eye of a maiden when the first sweet sorrow of love imbues it; and far ?ut from the beach silent white breakers fringed Assateague aud Chin coteaghre, where the colonel and his sister could discern at times the herd? of island ponies scurrying along the low shore. In another direction -la} the small cemetery of the Cuttances. the occupants of which no roar oi battle nor fear of marauders could dis? turb. Miss Cuttance's brother regarded her more carefully. Clad in her long, high-waisted white- ? dress, with a single gold ornament on the front, at her bosom, she was singularly grace? ful. She was beautiful, he well ? knew ; and he saw in her face also a peculiar sadness. 'But the war/ he j said, gently, 'brings no such perils ! and anxieties to you as to me." Sally ; became piteous. 'Don't, i don't send me !' she begged. 'Oh, j indeed, I'd rather not go/ She i clasped her hands to him. Then she turned away suddenly and looked wistfully at the ocean. A change came over the colonel, i "Sally/ said he very gravely, 'what ! does this mean ? You are still ?think I ing of Seaton?7 Sfhe hung her head and was silent. 'Have you been in correspondence with him V continued her brother.. At this she glanced up again, Lall defiantly, yet witb tears. 'Gould I help it if he sent me a letter V 'You could have helped reading it. You should have sent it to me/ de ? dared Ralph. Suddenly his blue and buff arm was raised ; he clasped his forehead. 4My God V he exclaimed ; ? 'for my own sister to do tlnV-a *Cut \ tabee in correspondence with air eh ? erny of our country ! Oh, why was I not I killed at the Brandywine rather ! than live^for this V I 'Ralph, don't-don't. There is no i harm. Aud Seaton was your own friend ; you know he was. But for you-' 'But for me you would never have met this man who is now trying with the rest to destroy . our liberties. ! Well, what did he write ? . You are aware/ Ralph went on, sarcastically, 'that he is a lieutenant of his majesty's marines ? Possibly his information may pi ove useful. What did he write, I say;?' . .Only that St. George's*fieet would soon sail this way-Sir George Collier -and-and that he might perhaps come ashore, and-'" . 'Oh, it was this you were afraid of, then? This was the deadly peril. What a loving sister I have ! You were afraid, forsooth, that your lover would not come to bum and rob; and to murder the rest ol the family, while taking you in his arms.7 TbegrrlVeye6 glowed. She drew herself up and faced the young Con? tinental with indignation. 'Doyou dare to say that Lieutenant Seaton would permit such atrocities or take part in them ? He will come here to see me, arid he wiH leriio harm befall those who are near to me. Yes, I was afraid, Ralph. Shall I tell you of what ? I was afraid ? might never see him again.'* For an instant* brother and sister faced each other, trembling with pas? sion, and through that instant Ralph could not help admiring the girl, even though she disgraced his family. Iii? next words, however, were decisive. 'Very well,' he said; 'your fear shall be justified. You must leave the place tb "saltern oon. Black Frank shall take you across the bay and ride with you to'Culpepper ; so get ready at once. Do hear me ? D??n't delay. And mind, not one word of this to Margaret.' Miss Cuttauce knew that she would have to obey. But at this moment of defeat the tender side of woman's nature suddenly got the better of her. 'I will do it/ she said, meekly. 'But if you send me away, why uot go with me V 'Impossible ! , Margaret cannot move.' 'Oh, true, true.' The girl seemed genuinely anguished. *But what will become of you all V she cried, touch? ing her brother's shoulders with both hands. Ile shook her oft'. 'If the euemy should come, and I not here/ she went on. 'Ralph ! Ralph ! Think what you are doing. You, an officer. They would take you ; they would have no mercy. Why should you not fly and leave ns ? They could not harm warnen. Or, if you wish, go ride-somewhere and get help, aud re? turn. ' 'I might :ide to the end of Acco mac and it would do me no good. Besides, I-I to fly ? You remind me that 1 am an officer. That is quite needless, for 1 never forget it a mo? ment, though you may. More than that, I am a man, I hope. (He was just twenty, this tall young colonel.) No, madame, I stay here. And if you ever behold Seaton again it won't be my fault, for if he comes to this place 1 will run my sword through him.' And the little child, whose presence had made the father think war so i hideous a few minutes before, slept 1 calmly in the room within while this threat was uttered. Sal!y started before an hour had ?passed, Black Frank accornpanjing ! her. But as her horse paced in j among the woods that concealed the road to the Chesapeak the poor girl turned on her saddle, searched the va? cant sea with her eye7* and threw one j intangible kiss from her lips to the I hopeless expanse of waves. From his position on the veranda j Ralph could see what she on the road ! had been unable to discover. Several | sail had come into sight, making their i way southward and inshore. Ile ! watched them long and anxiously, ! until they became so distinct that j with his glass be could make out the j British ensign and distinguish the i - ? flag-ship from the rest. They lay for a while ; then the flag-ship ai most of the fleet proceeded on thc way, leaving one sloop of-war in tl offing, which, beat up and down, ai appeared to be eyeiug the house ? intently as the colonel was eyeing tl vessel herself. There was comm tion on the plantation ; the slaves n here and there like a flock of disturb* chickens. But Colonel Ralph quiet summoned to the library his litt brothers, Frank and Reginald, youn, sters respectively of twelve and iou teen, and there instructed them as i their military duties in case of i attack. Meantime on board his majesty slope the captaiu of marines was r ceiving his orders. 'You will land with my detacbmei of sailors iu two hours from th time. By then the tide will hat made that creek practicable for tl: boats. Guard against surprise, scare the house, carry off the slaves and s< the buildings all afire.' 'All, sir F 'All. The mansion along with ? rest.' The captain of marines.retired. 'I would give my commission' if were out of this service,' Lieutenar Seaton remarked to him. 'I presum? sir, if you find only helpless womei you will use your discretion abor burning down their sheiter V '1 have uone to use,' said his sup< rior, curtley. 'And for my part think the more of these rebels nesl we destroj7 the sooner the insurgeai will come to their senses. Our ol ject is to ravage the whole shore.' Seaton turned sharply and walke away to suppress the revolt that wa in him. He stood by the taffrai staring steadi'y at the distant hons which he knew so well, where he ha met the woman he loved aud wher his 'gallant young friend, Cuttance, as he called him in his thoughts, ha dwelt. Everything was so silen about it as to suggest a hope. 'If sh got my letter in time perhaps the; have taken the alarm and fled,' he re fleeted, and his heart grew lighter. At dusk Colonel Ralph heard th regular stroke and rattle of many oar in their rowlocks on the creek. 1 little while afterward the tramp of th? hostile force, now invisible, mad< itself felt through the darkness. Tin colonel had quietly warned his wif< of the inevitable clanger and postee himself behind tlje door with the tw< boys. .We claim peacable entry here ii the king's name,' said the leader o the marines, knocking. 'You shall have it. on one condition, said the colonel. 'My wile is sicli and has a young baby. Promise that she shall not be disturbed.' 'We make no conditions with trai tors,' was the answer. 'Men, club your guns and break the door.' Instantly three pistol shots, through loopholes recently bored in the wood, sent their shock of flame and sulphur? ous puffs of smoke into the faces ol the marauders and two men fell. But it was a brief struggle only. The door was carried ; armed men poured in at the windows ; the two boys came near being killed ; and Colonel Ralph was dragged^ away overpowered. Sailors with their cutlasses swept from the shelves of the china closets the fine Dutch and English procelian, shivering it to atoms. The marines pried out the mirrors from their places in the walls or ran their bayonets through the pictures. (A mark on the colonel's painted cheek attests to-day where he was hit. ) The master of the house struggled with his captors all tiie way to the boats. His Continen? tal coat was torn in shreds, his yellow hair blew wildly about his still wilder face, aud he kept shouting, 'Marga? ret, oh, my poor wife ! Let me back to my boy, my little innocent child, you cursed vlilians !' *I am sorry t?? see this, Cuttance,' as the men brought forward their prize. 'How did you come to be here V Ralph glared upon him. 'My an? swer would be sharp and to the point -with the sword-if 1 had my wea? pon,' he retorted, 'iiow the deuce came you here, calling yourself a man, to torture my wife, who lies yonder with her new-born child?' 'Angels of mercy !' exclaimed his former friend. 'Can that be so? Here, corporal, go at once for the captain, and inform him that an inva? lid lady and her infant are in the house.' Cutrance/ resumed the lieut? enant, 'you are too much a soldier to blame me for obeying my superiors. I am here because. 1 cannot help it. I don't command, but I will do what I can for you.' 'Do you expect me to believeyou?' demanded the colonel, half crazed by his situation. 'You tried to make a traitress of my sister, and now you have come to slay my dearest. Is that what you mean by doing what you can V Seaton made no reply for an instant' 'And your sister/ he then inquired, with a faltering voice-'is she here ?' 'You needn't lear for her/ sneered the colonel. 'She is out of reach of your brutes. You may do your worst on us freely, for 1 have sent her away this very day.' 'Your wife must be seen to/ Sea? ton burst out. 'I will go myself;' and leaving the colonel under guard he ran forward. But he was met by the returning tide of .men and an or? der from the captain to re-embark. Thc pillage was completed. Slaves were being driven into the boats ; the air was full of cries, songs, oaths and drunken laughter. As they were pulling out into the creek the lieute? nant and colonel Ralph heard a hoarse voice in one of the other barges. .We've put a keg of powder there/ it said, 'under the woman and her brat, and the train is lit.' Then the colonel threw toward his captor, in the dim light, one look of j abject despair and entreaty. 'Here, men, put back,' commanded 1 Seaton, swiftly, in a loud voice. 'I i dropped my pistols at the landing. Back water-so ! Give way now." Toe bows had not touched land when Colonel Ralph felt the knotted rope around. his. arma suddenly part. He took the hint, bounded np, spran< out, and was flying like au arrow ti ward the house before a man had hai time to think of shooting. 'Let him alone/ shouted Seaton who was standing up, with his swon drawn ; 'he's out of reach now. 'Am to himself he muttered, 'God hel] him'!* * The men who had been charge? with setting fire to the house had hi upon the fiendish plan of beginning the .work by an explosion* whicl should destroy mother and child ; but with a pious regard for their owi safety, they made the train a lon? one, and kindled it only as they em barked. In her bedroom the colonel's wifi lay helpless, knowing well what ha< been prepared for her, and in tin agony of her approaching, fate sin held close to her bosom the baby who was to share her death as sh< bad shared with him her life. The powder coil began blazing wit! a spiteful siss, and a thin track of fin was scored through the grass for sev eral inches. Then it paused an in stant, - and burned more slowly Again it flashed up as if it were 6om< harmless little creature of the nigh: which had been resting-an uncanny sort of glow-worm, indeed. It con tinued to smoulder, orto rush hastily on, spitting out golden sparks in fairy showerlets that barely scorched the grass blades. Now it lighted up with its elfin glow a nodding wile flower or clover blossom ; the next moment it flamed up around the impu dent beetle that had got in its way, and left him lying there a motionless cinder. The serpent of fire had still seventy yards to go, and could not delay for these slight accidents. And now it was coursing along with sui len heat beside the bounds of the family cemetery. One seeing it there might have fancied it the droppings from a funeral torch. But not fo: those mute forms under ?he low mounds was it sparkling ; its fire was to illuminate the awful obsequies o? the living, in that house now so near, and always nearer. The wife, too weak to rise, und, moreover, paralyzed* with fear, al? most imagined that she could look through the walls and note this in? sidious advance of the death-light. She had been left in darkness, but her eyes were turned toward the door : for there every instant she expected to 6ee the premonitory flash and then to hear the bursting roar which for her was to end all earthly conscious? ness. ' Ah, there it was-a light ! But the explosion did not follow. 'You are safe-safe, my darling !' This was all she heard. It was Ralph who caine to the bedside, bringing a can? dle, which he held carefully, you may be sure. When she saw him 6he lost con? sciousness, it is true, but only in a fainting fit. After the war was over Lieutenant Seaton came to see them. The old enmities and harsh words had been forgotten. *1 caught that fire-snake just in time,' said the colonel, as they talked over the maraud, 'lt had got almost to the steps when I stamped the life out of it.' 'And it is really true/ announced Sally, who was sitting with them, 'that the lieutenant cut your bonds with his sword.' 'Pray how do you know that?' asked her brother. Sally blushed. 'I made him tell me to-day/ she admitted. 'Yes/ said the colonel, 'I owe much to Seaton. I owe it to him that I am not now a stricken man for life.' 'Well, Cuttance/ put in Seaton, 'there was another train laid at the time which you have not succeded in extinguishing.' 'Eh ? How's that?' demanded the vofinir veteran. 'The conflagration, if I may call it so/ answered the lieutenant, 'took place this morning. Could you for? give me if J were to carry your sister away ?' Colore! Ralph smiled with a courtly air. 'If she consents/ he asked, 'how can I resent ?' And it was arranged that the lieu? tenant should resign his commission and remain in Virginia.-Harper's Weekly. An exchange has a very fanny arti? cle about the explosive character and effect of some of the mixtures prescrib? ed by doctors whose kuowledge of chem? istry is not as thorough as it might be. Joking aside, however, there is real danger ia some of these compounds, and patients arc justified in exercising a due amount of caution as a safe? guard against bodidly injury. A mix? ture of chlorate of potash, permanga? nate of potash and glycerine is subject to tba objection here urged. A pomade of chloride of lime, sulphur and other substances will detonate when rubbed io a mortar, ilypophosphite of lime or soda, when triturated alone, sometimes explodes. Pills of oxide of silver are apt to decompose with a tremedous ex? plosion. Tincture of iodine and am? monia form iodide of nitrogen (a vio? lently explosive substance) which, agi? tated with water, is certaiu to dotenate. Chlorate of potash and tannin arc like? ly to act in the same way. A denti? frice containing chlorate of potash and catechu has keen known to explode in the mouth. An old man would not believe he could hear his wife talk a distaucc of five miles by telephone. His better half was in a country store several miles away, where there was a telephone, and the skeptic was also in a place where there was a similar instrument, and on being told how to operate it he walked bodly up and shouted : 'Hello, Sarah !' At that instant lighting struck the tele? phone wiro and knocked the man dowo, and as he scrambled to his feet he ex? citedly cried: 'That's ?arah, every? time !' Microscopic vision has separate?! ruled j lines as fine as liC.?UO to the inch, j but, according to Prof. Rogers, the j evidence that, finer lines than that have resolved under thc microscope is not conclusive*. Great Flood in tlis West. The Waters Reaching a Height of\ Over 66 feet in Cincinnati-A i Dozen Citi-es and Towns WJtolly or \ in Part Submerged-Thousands of\ People Homeless, and Millions nfl Dollars Worth of Property Destroy- j ed. i CINCINNATI, Feb. 14.-The flood in i the Obio River came io a temporary bait at ll o'clock on Tuesday night, ! the depth of water at that time being sixty-five feet one inch, ten inches higher than the previously unparalleled i flood of 1832. It remained nearly sta- j tionary until 4 this moroiog, and then \ it slowly receded until 9, at which hour j the g-uages indicated less than sixty five feet. . At midnight great confi? dence was felt that the worst was pass? ed. Nearly all night, however, and at intervals during the day, rain fell in torrents throughout the entire Ohio valley, and the already tremendously swollen tributaries of the Ohio poured out largely increased volumes of water. To the distressed thousauds who have I been driven from their ruined homes, or taken refuge in the upper stories, no | bow of promise ypt appears. Soon ! after 9 A. M. the river began to rise j again. At 2 P. M. the guages marked 65 feet 5 inches and at 9 P. M. 66 feet and over. The Miami, fifteen miles above, was reported rising one foot au hour. The Licking opposite was also rising at beadwarers, and the gloom and alarm became general. Extreme low water in the Ohio here ! is eighteen inches, and thc usual anuual rise is from forty to-fifty feet. If you can conceive an addition of fifteen feet to the average high tide in New York, with a current ten miles an hour sweep? ing through the inundated districts, you can form some idea of the scene now presented by our de vatted city j front and the almost immeasurable losses that must follow. Darkness overhang? ing the city like a pall ; the atmosphere heavy with fog, or rain pouring in tor? rents ; the streets sloppy and iu places almost impassable ; the yellow waters of the Ohio surging through block after block in the lower part of the city ; thousands of men, women, end children homeless or crouching in the upper stories of their dwellings, besieged by the flood; a vast number of people, young and old, sleeping in station houses Qr public buildings, many of them utterly destitute and craving bread-this is a picture of Cincinnati at night. It is hardly overdrawn, and there are other features more dismal, perhaps. Active and energetic efforts are bein?: made for the relief of all sufferer?. There is a general appreciation of thc necessity of promt measures to comfor? table shelter and plenty of food for the unfortunates upon whom disaster has fallen, and who are unable to help themselves. Nearly all business is sus? pended, and people are largely engaged j in the work of relief. Seventeen pub- ? lie school houses have boen thrown | open for the sufferers, free eating houses have been established, ?tf?d peo? ple are fed by thousands. The churches have been requested to throw open their doors, and some have complied. Offers of assistance have been telegraphed from Chicago and New York. If not c now already actually needed, it will bc before the trouble is past. The Legis lature ou Tuesday authorized the city to borrow ?100,000 for relief work. M. E. Ingalls, Chairman of the Pielief Committee, issues this appeal: "A great calamity is upon us, and unless all come forward promptly and assist, there will be untold suffering. There are thousands of famines io this city homeless and hungry. The com? mittees of the Chamber of Commerce and of thc City Council are doing all they can, but they [>eg of you, one and all, to send in your contributions. Provisions, clothing, and money will be gladly received at the headquarters, 90 West Third street." At the Pearl street market the Cham? ber of Commerce Relief Committee es? tablished a soup house, and between 4 and 6 P. M. those in charge fed 3,050 persons. Thc west end of the market j has been blockaded, and a counter placed through the centre. At tho en? trances are nailed banners with the words, "Chamber of Commerce Relief Committee" priuted upon them. Here they serve to all who ask for it. sub? stantial food, bread, potatoes, beans, aud meat. Soldiers patrol on the up? per side of the house only, as the water is up to it on the lower side. The police patrol boats float along-side, something never known before. Every j few minutes one of these boats come by, I trying doors here and there and inspect- j ing every place where a light appears. I It was a novel sight to see boats float- | ing over ground that even tlie oldest inhabitants can hardly remember to have seen under water before. In the inundated districts sightseers rowed over the water in every direction. Boat loads of ladies fashionably dressed were no uncommon si^ht. Men who owned property iu the bottoms wer?: rowing about looking after their inter? ests. Boys and men floating on impro? vised rafts were busy picking up what- j ever drifted by on the current. Relief j boatson their missionsof mercy,propelled J by strong arms, shot out in every direc- j tiou. Up and down allies and past | large tcuement houses they glided, j carrying relief rn every direction. As they came uuder thc windows the isola ted and imprisoned inmates let down baskets from above, which were filled j with bread, boiled liam, sugar, coffee, and other necessaries. The anxiety shown in watching for thc boats, and the haste in which the well-filled bask- j ets were drawu up, showed better than j words can tell how great was their n^ed j and how sore their distress. From one j tenement house on Front street, which had been condemned, ten families were j removed. There are thirteen feet of water in j the Plum street depot The Hamilton and Dayton is the only railroad over j which trains can enter the city, aud a ; slight additional rise will render this ; impassable. The first anthon ric report cooceroing the loss of lifo nt the Cincinnati South? ern Railroad Depot was made to the police at the Oliver street station by Herman Wilsberg, a boy living at 17 Wilstock street. He says that be and I his brother Joseph and thirtecu other l boys were on the platform when the i water broke through McLean avenue, I and that the entire party were thrown into the water ; that he swum to Gest street, escaped, and went borne; that ; his brother and al! the other boys were j drowned. He does not know the names j of the other boys. No other reports of ! missing boys have been made to the ? police. While the unexpected rise of nearly a i foot to-day had not made a very great change apparently in the situation, there is such uueeruinty about the future that ail plaus are unsettled. It is not only ' impossible to estimate the extent of the j comiog lise, but no one can tell when j the r?in will cease along the river here. . The clouds broke away late in the after- . noon, but gathered again before 10 o'clock. Kain is still falling above aud 1 below here. The weather is warm and : almost suitry. The effeot of th's un- j certainty is the cause of another 'ifting to higher levels of vast quantities of goods hitherto supposed to be above the reach of the water. This is done with immense labor and under the most try? ing circumstances, the mea standing in j the water. The little Miami depot is flooded. I Wagons are no longer able to cross the ? Newport bridge. The Louisville and j Nashville trains receive passengers on j the trestle at the Cincinnati end of the i bridge, they reaching it by boats. This leaves the city practically cut off from the rest of the world to the north, east, and west except that the Bee Line road still runs trains leaving the stock ! yards station. This outlet is also ac-1 cessible to the Cincinnati, Washington ! and Baltimore trains, and they may ? cuter and depart ia that way. Thedif- i Acuity on the Cincinnati, Hamilton and Daytou road is not fully understood, although the water on the track in the city limits is sufficient to account for the stoppage. Three hundred passengers are waiting at Winton place for trans? portation by omnibus into the city. The Cincinnati Southern Blrilroad seat out a train to-night and received one, but the water has so permeated McLean avenue that wagons sank to their bubs while removing express and baggage, j and fears are entertained that the whole ! street will sink under the trains. It | can not yet be told what arrangements j will be made for forwarding the mails, i or even what will be done about the ? running of trains. The main fact is j that whatever is done, a loog haul must I be made to reach the trains. Only one j road is now able to reach its depot, ! namely, the Cincinnati Northern, which j comes into the city over the hilltop, and j has a depot teu squares from the river, j Not a steamer is ruouing, there ? being no place to land. The little ;' steamer used by the Ohio and the Mis- | sissippi Railroad Company to carry pas ! sengers from Storrs's Station to A uro- ! ra. Ind., on its return last night had a ; fearful experience. The fog overtook ! it. and it was unable to proceed with safety. It was almost equally difficult I to fitid a place to tie up, but this was j finally done, and the boat reached Storrs's Station this morning. Coal | barges have to day been towed up Cen- : tral avenue to Pearl street, where carts : ran alongside, and received their loads, i In addition to the precaution of an ; increased police force, thc city is partly j lighted to-night by coal oil lamps set I inside of thc gas lamps. The following has been issued by the ? Mayor of Newport, Ky. : A great calamity has overtaken our ? city. After passing through a protract- j ed seige of small-pox, we find at least j one-third of our city submerged by the prevailing floods. About 3.000 i families are suffering and destitute, j We need help. It is only necessary to j annonce this fact, to the citizens of our j common country to obtain relief. Please j send relief to W il. Lape, Treasurer j of the Citizens, Relief Fund, Newport, i Ky , or to the undersigned. WILLIAM FT. HARTON*, Mayor. j - il- -??- Ml - Don't Use Big Words. Tn promulgating your esoteric eogi- ? tations, or articulating superficial sent?- i mentalit?s and philosophical or psycho- j logical observations beware of platitu diucus ponderosity. Let your convcr- j sation possess a clarified consciousness, ? comprehensibleness, coalescent cousis- . tency and a concatenated cogency, j Eschew all conglomerations of \ flatulent ? garrulity, jejune babblement and asi- ? nine affecta tati ons. Let your extern po- j raucous descanting? and unpremeditated expatiations have intelligibility and veracious vivacity, without rodomontade i or thrasonical bombast. Sedulously : avoid all polysyllabic profundity, pom- ; pous prolixity, ventriloquial verbosity j aud vaoiloquent vapidity. In other words, talk sense. -*> ?? A Soft Spot on His Head. 'You mustn't touch the top of the 1 baby's head,'said a mother to her little four-year-old : '.-he has a soft spot there that is very tender.' The youngster gazed at it curious? ly for a moment, and theu asked : .J)o all babies have soft spots ou their : heads V .Yes.' .Did papa have a soft spot cm the top of his head when he was a baby T 'Yes,' replied the mother with a sigh 'and he has got. it yet.' Aud the father, who had overheard i the conversation from an adjoining room, sang out: 'Yes,, indeed, my dear boy, or he would bc a single man ? to day.' j A remarkable divorce suit was re- j ceutly pending in the courts of Ken? tucky. Mary L. L< iber, aged 70, ap? plied for a divorce from John Lieber, aged90 ou the ground of desertion.! The ?dd man denied the charge of abandonment, and said that his wife had grown tired of him and left with- j (?uf any fault of his. and that he was . unable to keep two establishments or support her separately and apart, from him. The court, in refusing to grant ; the divorce, told thc plaintiff that she would be soon be divorced by a higher j tribunal, whose judgement was infallible ; and more effective thad any court could render. She was informed that io com? mon decency she should be co?tent to wait.' Counterfeiting. Randolph Gilmore, arrested on Sat? urday last oe the charge of circulating counterfeit silver dollars, some of which was found in his possession, had a hearing before Commissioner Bauskett yesterday. The prisoner acknowledged bis crime and gave in? formation that will probably lead lo the arrest and conviction of parties in and out of the State on the same charge. The prisoner was remanded to jail to await further developments. - Columbia R?guler IZth. Three More of the Gang Arrested-The Tito Negroes Sqveal. Henry Kennedy, colored, another of the gang of counterfeiters, was arrested in this city yesterday morn? ing upon a warrant issued by Un il ed States Commissioner Bauskett. Ile says that he saw Randolph Gilmore with a number of spurious dol?ais, and was asked by him to get rid of some of them, but he refused to handle them ; that he knew that the manu? facture of this money had been going on for some time ; that he saw Willie : Gilmore, white, cast dollar pieces at his mother's house, melting the metal j on an oven lid and pouring it into a | plaster of Paris mould. The Commissioner committed Ken- ! nedy to jail for a hearing on Saturday j next. On Tuesday two constables were ! sent to Neal's Shoals, Union County, ? who arrested Willie and Serrines Gil- ! more, white, aged respectively 15 and 18 years. They were brought to j Columbia on the Greenville train last j evening. The3r were taken before: the Commissioners, Messrs. Abney j & Abney appearing for them. They were admitted to bail in the sum of $2,500 each for their appearance- on ! Tuesday next fora hearing. Randolph Gilmore, who was ar- ' rested last Saturday; states in an afn- ! davit before the Commissioner, which j we have withheld from the public, ! fearing its publication would give I the alarm to the remainder of the ? gang, that he bad received seven j dollars of the counterfeit coin from ! Willie and Semines Gilmore ; that these boys had lots of this coin ; that j they had moulds of plaster of Paris j with which to cast imitation silver ? dollars, halves, quarters, nickle five ? cent pieces and twenty dollar gold j pieces ; that this money was given j him to be changed off, by making ! small purchases with each piece, re- j ceiving genuine coin in change, with j which he was instructed to purchase ! block tin, bismuth and other material for the manufacture of the spurious Coin ; that he didn't know that any one else had any of the money but himself; that they had purchased j these article at one time from houses in New York and Baltimore ; that the \ Gilmores stated that they wished to ? ?Tet this money changed so that they j might purchase counterfeit notes, as : parlies North had offeied to sell them : $500 in counterfeit notes for $100 in j good money. Ile states that one | dollar of tin's money had been passed j on a workman of one Jeter, who ! forced them to take it back or give a = good coin in its stead. Wanted to be a Newspaper: Writer. Tbe other day Col. Gillit of Black1 Fork, accompanied by his, son visited j the Traveller office. 'I've been layin' j off for some time,' he said, 'to fetch j my boy in, but we've had to save the ? fodder and git the fatten in1 hogs outen ? the woods. I know that you want I somebody to help you on this sheet. ; for it's man's natur' to git tired. Now. j my boy Tom, here, has had a heap of money spent on his eddycation. and I ( don't think that it's right to waste him on the farm. The -fust indication we j had that he was was fitted fur newspa- j per work was when he writ somethin' on the fence with a piece of charcoal j an' got in a fight about it. What was i it you writ, son V ! .I writ that Ben Buckle was a liar.' j answered the boy. i ' 'Now, don't you see what stuff there's ! in him ? Just look, a boy only-how ? old are you, son V 'Twelve, goin' on thirteen.' .Just look at a boy twelve goin' on thirteen wiitin' sieh a political ar- i ' tickle as thar.. The man who writ the 1 paper of independence couldn't do any better than that. And y/>u ought to ' see him with a pen. Son, show tho ; gentleman how you cnn freeze to the j : end of a pen and rar like a boss.' ' The hoy took up a pen. pressed i: . upon the table aud capered around. 'That's what I call 'complishment' j 1 continued the father. 'That's what I ( call snap. Son, show the gentleman how you can throw your whole nature^ into liar/ The boy took the pen and wrote 'liar' ' with a bold smear. ' 'Now son, write boss thief.' ,1 Thc boy wrote 'boss thief.' and 1 capered around with a juvenile griu of j * malignity. 'That's what I call the result of ed- : dycation,' r.esumed the father. 'That's what I call newspaper ability. Now ; : sir. how much is he worth a month Y '. '] would dislike to place a hurried estimate of value upon euc!] active ser- : vice as the young man could render.' said the editor. .Besides, we could ' nut utilize him here, for this is not a political paper. Your son is a political ' writer, and I would advise you to see 1 t lie proprietor of a daily sheet.* 'I reckon you aro right. Tins is a sorter tn me establishment. Come on, son, I must' git a place whar you can sling your jints. The young man will no doubt be- '. come an eminent campaign writer, and will eventually exercise great influ? ence in local politics.-Arkansas Trav? el?: r. .Arc you thc judge of reprobates?' said Mrs. Partington, as she walked iu to an omeo of a judge of probate. 4l am o judge of probate,' was the reply. 'Well, that's it, ? expect.' quoth the old Udy. 'Y^usee, my father died de? tested, aud he left me several little in? fidels, aod I want ts be their execu? tioner." ? H& C?uM'nt Stand lt. Brawn, Jones and Robinson, three of a* good fellows KS ever melted the heart of a country trader to the merry music of the piiaot cbio, sat one even? ing last week in the smoking compart? ment of a ch >ir car on a E. & 1. H. western railroad. With them was a tall, thin, dyspeptic man with sandy hair, dressed in a rusty suit of black. Nature had endowed him with long legs, and his tailor with fhort pants. His coat collar was rich enough in ac? cumulated greese to keep a soap factory going for a month. His mouth was of brass, and his cheek as bard as last year's eider. He was a book agent. Already had he gobbled up the drum? mers for a Life of Christ and a Pocket h? cyclopedia iu two hundred aud fif? teen uumbers, when suddenly a real live Jesse James like train bandit opened the door and stood pistol in hand in tho presence-of the quartette. Brown's soul sank into the heeis of his boots. Beads of perspiration big as snow balls stood on Jones's classic brow, while his hair lifted his hat two solid inches from the crown of his bead. Robinson murmured the first verse of .'Ever of Thee I'm Fondly Dreaming," and thought he was praying. But the book agent bounded from his seat with a glad smile a 'How do, stranger? Delighted to sec yon. Do let me show you my superb History of Boone Couuty, a perfect bonanza of domestic peace and happiness to every house? holder who is fortunate enough to pos? sess one. Three hundred pages of elegant letter-press, printed on toned paper and embellished with fine steel engravings and an official map of the state. A carefully compiled correct topographical and historical-n 'Shut up !' roared thc bandit. 'Shut up ? You bet it will, and fas? tens itself with a double action patent brass clasp-my own in veut ion-and from ifs simplicity of design and beauty of construction worth naif the price of che book. Given away, sir ; literally given away, for three dollars in boards or four fifty iu morocco with beveled edgas.' 'If y er say-' 'I do say it sir. Look at this ex? quisite title page with a vignette por? trait of the gifted author. Here you see a genealogical abstract chart in which you can write the names of your illustrious ancestors and beloved family -births, marriages, deaths and-' 'Stop !' shrieked the bandit, as the agent grasped him by the button hole. 'You may well say 'stop,* sir ; I've said enough to make you ache to pos? sess the beautiful volume, but I haven't vet. beirun to-' 'Sit down !* the robber roared in a voice that made the puffs of the engine sound like the sighs of a sick zephyr, and loosened all thc joints of Jones' limbs. .Biographical sketches of eminent men, glowing obituary with an original poem on death, agricultural statistics, tablets of morality, valuable notes on immigration, trade reports, ali the geo? logical-1 'Lemme go. or I'll blow the roof of yer head off,'shrieked the robber as be wrested himself from the agent's grasp and dropped off the pear of the car into the gathering gloom of the coming night. Then Robinson drew from his pocket his faithful revolver and looked big. Jones roiled his sleeves up and asked where rhe villain was gone to. Brown fished from under the spittoon a roll of bills and hoped that they didn't think he'd been scared. But the agent sank wearily to his seat, and for the first time in all that long journey was silent4 for nearly four consecutive minutes. Exchange. Notes on Foods. In selecting our supplies of food, it' is very proper to consider which will give us the most nutriment for the money. The lumbermen who go iuto the forest, where they will have hard work during a long and severe winter, do not consult the books that show the composition of food. Experience has" shown them that, as a main reliance, as a food that, in their rough language, will 'stick to thc ribs,' which is another way of expressing flesh formers, there is nothing equal to POI?K AND BEANS.-No chemical' analysis could lead to a better combina ion. In the beans thc flesh formers ire in large proportion to the heat pro iueers, and as an abundance of both ire needed, thc fat pork is added as a ieat prod ucer We have not the data from which to make an accurate estiaiate, but have no doubt that for those who ake active exercise iu any occupation, die wastes of the body may be more economically supplied by this genearal !y palatable food thau by any other. Those who have not eaten pork and beans in a lumber camp, can have no idea of this food iu its most perfect con lition. The beans are first boiled, then placed in an iron pot which is' covered A hole is made in the ground,' ind a fire built there; when this fire bas burned to coals, the pot is set in, ind the whole, pot and coals, covered with earth. This is done in the evening und thc pot is uncovered and taken out it breakfast time the next morning. N'o wonder the lumbermen are the sturdy fellows that they are I PEA-SOCP.-A pound of peas will make a gajlon of soup. The peas should be washed and soaked in cold water over night, then be cooked in fivf? pints of water, with gentle simmering. A pound of beef or a ham-bone may be boiled with thc peas ; for seasoning, add an onion with a few cloves stuck iu it, salt to taste, and about forty whole grains of pepper. An ounce or two of. silgar will add greatly to the richness of this, as it does to almost all soups. At tho end of tlr.ee hours" simmering, pass the soup through a wire sieve or colander, with the aid of a jK'tato masner. Fry brown some squares of i tale bread in lard or drippings, and add just before serving, or serve these croutons, a* they are called, separately, to be added at pleasure. Bean-soup' may bc made in a similar manner. [ A mer tea n Agriculturist. Feebleness of means is, in fact, die feebleness of him that employs ihem.