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J- AA U? >- V -? *?UbH?h*d April, 185?. "Be 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 ??me, 48*6. SUMTER. S. C., TUESDAY, APRIL 15, 1884. New Series-Vol. III. No. 37> ?^j^, nia. *JK2 Sm?hn? PvNuking ^^T**TIS-0^O***-8.- * M>0..ii?.....?...??.-?,$I 00, ?. ?? ? ? Btnotrtbs, or longer will .jr^tes. ?f?%^*j?onsem private ['for as ad ver tisemen ??. of respect will be .?jB?>>rv..-. _ BOtSets^deatb?pob ic contracts for advertising Somlkf^vcmly at] .1?.;-A.... H. O. OSTRN, 1 - . . :? . ^?'?f -ll * ra *pffc*>.iA, mtttni of] whottosmesoM.. Hort kinds, ?nd caa ??hth* moltittde ???it? ?lm or pboupbate BOYAL BAK Ot Waft-?t., K. Y, ||8^ other & -% iftC V UI*l?J -totT*?*id they prefer ?fi^i?^WiSr^^>* red it to books which SSOS^V?:*' eo?$5??d$10. ^.^;"3HSra0R>WANTED. lT TM? Hilt be presented free ^. vy^?%wj*M ?\i if th? if*****" ^ I Jtotfpi ?ho |wj te nid year :n advance, ^?? j^ri-^- nW ??barribers wbo pay all arrears . ^:v?p- , ? T jfcgjp^jy ^^^j^j ^^^^^^ '^j^M^ ever &SS*tm\ aa it "ts certain ic its effects and ?f? a*t bittier. Bead' Proof Below.. 22,; 83. V? ??~itted ^there ^is a^great ad rance in h^r^^sufferinf from lameness of ^SSwsrt!^ M ?t1^t,?ho:<,r d? fffeC h 'Silfi i ^Hir I His fi f if TI [r- '-p- of Ken. dptr J TIM IM on,tbe Bone a?4 his Diseases ; il illi Tliil iirtT'T Spavfn Care, $1. Ad /pMTJgi Kabd?ll Co., Peoprietftts, "^^.^^ JW," JVor. 1?.83. Til miiwfit treatment of riagbooes, Ul**, mi jtUU-- twt been ?milli 1 te tbo vet?rio*ry profession, bot [ mo fad Aot Ve. Kendall baa discovered a i ?omifj <?*?^troobtaJbv4 ia doing noble WwetoJW/iWll. TOYimdy is certain in ft? Acta, sod doe? ?ot bliater, bot itjbasa ? ^ftfcg^a?eTlir^wHng' rte eo?argrment .m?SRmfrtol?sotvn*;** hundreds of ^^^^g^^ood V Dr. B. i. Ken '^Cfililli Nov. 20, 1883. Drt fc&idOi? * Co.* Dear Sirs :-En \mSm fniU isl Sf tts. for your book e nti Hpi rJLljw?r??) ?> 'T*H Hom ?ad- his Dis O??V Too aiay look for more order? in ?Xj???<lf H.io?* advertised. Your Spavin F -Cfcqrjvorfcovoodorfai with rheumatism, re ififTl'?WMmiUt*.' aad Its action permanent. ? X^-ftt?Jm OOfbt to have a bottle of it. SWmw tiKT fWnToo to oot tt oo my hones ott, tot toojmeb ?aa ?ot bo said of ita re 4arr^be^?.W,snflrh I used that sotupfccborses, and tts effects wete truly, ?-??iri^'r Please send the books as soon ^MOOriidoini! oblige. Yours truly. \?i07'~: A. E. BROWN. . ? sMeo$l4*r bottle or 6 bottles for $5. All <tlOftfttg b?v it or can get it for you, or ' U WW- bO ??ot to any address on receipt of < B*fcby too ffoprfetor?, Dr. B. J. Kendall ? <??, Soosborgb Fall?, Vt. ? i mu rr ALL raxraaisra. A?, EICKER ? CO., i >-v - 8DMTER, S. C., ? , ,2>EALKtS IN AND DOMESTIC ?^?8, Wines, Tobacco and Cigars. ba vs sow tba largest and best selected ?took of ooor offared la 8?mter. Pare N. C. S00B? WBISKSY and pore N. C. APPLE BRANDY a speciality. C^W^??T McC?LLOCGH CIGAR and 4?? BL5TB JEANS TOBACCO. - 1 ?P?rtip?fBoeedof aoy goods in our Irae ?so mooey by giving os ? caIV - -??I ? ? KKMMB BR THAT 1^ k ?."""..is GRANDMA'S ANGEL. MMamma said : til tie one, po andsee If Grandmother's ready to come to tea/ I k ne w I mustn't d is t nr b ber, so I stepped.as gently along, tiptoe, < And stood a moment to take a peep A od there was Grandmother fast asleep ! **I knew it waa time for her to wake ; I thought I'd'give her a little shake? Or tap at ber door br softly call ; Bot I bain1t tbe heart for that at all She looked so s-weet and so qa ie t there, Lying back io ber high arm chair. With ber dear white hair, and * little smile That meaos she's loving you all the while. ,4tI didn't make a speck of a noise ; . I knew, she was dreaming of little boys And girls who lived with ber long ago,. And then went to beaven-she told-me so. "I went ap close, and I didn't speak One'word, bat I gare ber on tbe cheek ! The softest-bit of a little kiss, Jost in a whisper, and: then said this : p*6ratt-dmotbet dear;^??Vt?me^oTrie?T " ?.ShV opened her' *?e? AtnLJooted *Ln?, i* And ?aid 4Why, Pet, I,have jost now dreamed Of a little angel who caa? ami seemed To kiss me lovingly on my face.' She pointed r tgh t at the very place I ; j 1 never told her twas only me ; 1 took her band? and we went to tea." 2?gyfg, St St. Niehotat. From Bandon* Recollections of a Long life, q SUMTER AND MANCHESTER, 1806-^1811. The extract published below, taken fro? thc So+tter* Pntbuterian, ia from the manuscript of a book written i by Mf. Edwin J. 8cott of Colombia. The uathor says: "Th* took nuintend ed mainly to describe the habits of liv? ing and doing business among oar peo? ple from 1806 to 1876, and the advance and iwrnrovemeit in their condition Ana? {bit ^ffriorf. It includes notices' and trifling aa well as important events. Tbe book will be published as noon as a sufficient number of subscribers at 00 per volume js obtained to justify tbe tenture. It will contain about 200" At home, my first recollections found me nt S a m ter y il le,, where, tn y < father kept a Uvero in 1806, when I was about tlrree yearn old. To get me out of the way at court time, when the house was full of guests, I was sent to the home of my grandfather, Wm. An? derson, some.ten miles east of the vil? lage, beyond Black River, between it and the Brick-Church-, (P^eabyteriae.) which then Stood nearly if not, exactly on the beautiful 'spot oceupiedf by the present Salem .Presbyterian Brick Church, Black , River. The river .swamp where we crossed it, was half a mile wide, crowded with largo trees and had n high bridge over the main cur? rent of the stream,, which was reached . by a causwayed road through the black and sluggish, water on either side, so narrow and crooked that a passenger could see but a few yards ahead; ai? rways looking gloomy and threatening, i often hazardous and sometimes impass? able. Now, it has a broad embank? ment, above the highest freshets, through which the river flows under three or four substantial bridges, with strong band-rails that give a sense of perfect security to the .traveller. This valuable improvement is doe to the skill and energy of my deceased friend Matthew E. Muldrow, formerly Com? missioner of Roads. Indigo was then raised in all that re? gion for sale and for domestic use. It grew wild in the woods, attained thc height of one and a half to two feet apd bad bluish green leaves. At the prop? er season, the plants were cut off near the ground nod immersed in water to extract the coloring matter, which sank by its own weight, to the bottom of the vat, when the water was drawn off, the sediment left to dry and barden, and then cot into squares, forming the anent blue dye koowa to the world. I bare seen the vats or tanks when in use, nod the remains of some of them still stand io the neighborhood. There being oo cotton gins nt the time, the cultivation of that staple was quito limited. Families tn the country usually spent the long winter eveoings io social converse, wpile picking cotton from the need with their fingers, tod seated around a big log Dre, in wHich n plenty of pindera nod sweet potatoes were roasting. The growth of ease in all low places together with other plants, afforded n capital range far stock, nod planters raised large num? bers of beeves nnd hogs for the Charles? ton market, whither they were driven every wioter. They also told their in- j digo io the city, bribging home the j proceeds in Spanish silver coin, which composed almost the entire currency before the Bank of the Slate esme into ? existence in December, 1812. This was n very clumsy and inconvenient medium of exchange, especially for large amoonts and for merchants in North Carolina and other distant points j who dealt in Charleston and were forced 1 to carry their money io boxes fitting under the seats of the solleys in which they travelled, so as to be taken ont at night and put back in the morning. Goods, except upon the rivers, were hauled by wagons, and freight on heavy articles like iron and salt was enor? mously high. Mr. Robert Lat?a laid tbe foundation of his immense fortune by wagoning goods from Philadelphia to Yorkvillc where he did business during the war. Wagons, for safety sod company, went together in large numbers, and it was not unusual to see a dozen or more in a gang, the jingling of the bells on their horses' heads making "music in the sinners' ears.*' From Sumter we moved to Manches? ter on the main road from Camden to Charleston. This village was settled, for the sake of health and society, by the Moores. Ramseys. Ballards .and other rich planters who owned lands on the Wateree River. Besides tbeir res? idences, it had a tavern kept by my father, a shoe shop, tailor shop, black? smith shop, a school bouse and two or three stores-the principal one owned by Duke Goodman, who soon after went to Charleston, where he became a lead? ing cotton factor nod Methodist exhort? er: fie wtnn said to have once con- j ?uoded the .two professions sad shown which was uppermost in bis mind, by giving oat a hymn as short staple, in? stead of short metre/ Bat this might have been a mere piece of fan or slan? der ; for slander and fan were as much relished then ag now. ^ . r f > Thc school house, built of logs, had a stand at the ea&tern end, that served for a pulpit whenever a stray Methodist preacher happened to call and hold divib? service, which was. done by at least one,in my time, who declared that he was- not ashamed to be-called "old bawling Jenkins." He was widely known as a zealous Christian, had been a faithful soldier io the revolutionary war, and bore an excell?nt character . in every respect," which together caused him to be elected doorkeeper of the Senate in his extreme old agc. In that building I first went to school, my teacher being a Mr? Rivers from the low country Many years'afterwards, whenYssitiag my friends ID Salem, I was delayed several hours at the Manches? ter station on the Wilmington Railroad, about a mile below the old vfllagei and walked; op to it, where I fouo4 but two hoa^retr?invng^-lhat formerly, o ccu- j pier! by my father, ?ntl tt?^ld ?hool house, lopkir^ both inside ,fa4'.?at, ex actly as I had left it half a ce?torj pre- j ^^"t^M'P? ***ta benches { alt in their places,"ana* so xi msy be to ! sho?t distanceront? of I tilfcge Iras Ibal 1 bf tte ry ?d astfey, ^N0* ?*i? MP* sometimes at match games with those from other places, as ts now practised in base ^fj^Mj^dj^a storable YamYt>e^ cn tbe result. Stephen D, Miller, afterwards Governor,'was.one of the j best players io tho State," The battery j was, a emooth wopfJep wall^ perhaps forty feet long by thirty in height," wi th j the alley of corresponding" length and ! ?$aftfeitoeiiefe* tims packed, and swept clean. Some of the villagers and neighbors met every day at a Store/ where the card table was brought out into the*piatsa soon after breakfast, and gambling went on till night; winding op, now and then, with a supper and ball, to which the young ladies were' invited " and that lasted to a late boar. This, with drinking freely, was their regular habit week after week, varied by quarter races, feats of strength and activity, and an occasional fist fight. The natu? ral consequence followed, in a. few years they we/e rbankrupt in health. ' fortune andi morals. ? I v \ The slave trade was then in opera? tion and many Africans were brought into the district by the planters, t saw quite a number of them bright-looking, smooth-faced, and s leo de ri n form ; but clean-limbed and very active. So fond of whiskey were they,, thal Jfor a dram, one would stand With his. biak Against a post, or wall, and let a strong man strike, him in the forehead with his fist. . ; Tbe occasion al. and always wei rom e, advent of a Yankee peddler, driving a good horse in a covered wagon supplied families with tin ware and other light goods. And a few Catawba Indians visited us every winter, with bows and arrows, moccasons, and earthenware pots and ps?ns of their own manufacture, some very neatly made and prettily colored ; the women carrying infants wrapped in blankets on their.back, so that the little ones could peep out over their mothers' shoulders. To complete my reminiscences of' Manchester, it may be stated that we had a bright comet and several severe earthquakes ; that shad were so abundant as to sell by the hundred at 12J cents each, that for health's sake my brothers and my? self were given a small quantity of whiskey before breakfast every morn? ing, and; that I had learned to play cards before I could read. It would seem that nothing but a special provi? dence or a lucky chance saved me from becoming both a drunkard and a gam? bler ; for certainly BO one ever had a fairer start in that direction. But my task ia to r?tale facts, not to moralize on them. Lily Langtry's Luxuriousness. That Mrs. Langtry has a sett and lux? ury-craving nature is msde plain by everything that surrounds her both off and on the stage Thst she-also has a keen eye for the beautiful wherever found is proved by her purebsse of dra? peries. She has the lavish but refined tastes of a woman gently born and bred and not those of an actress who has suddenly sprung into rich success and, who spends vulgarly in the attempt to be splendid. Mrs. Laogtry's manners toward the members of her company and all the humbler attaches of the pro? fession to which she bas allied herself sre declared affable and charming, and with the true instinct of the woman of society she takes pains to make her? self agreeable to every one. with whom she comes in contact She is far more sincerely admired behind the curtain than before it, and if you have any doubt as to her claim to greatness con? sult the stage-door keeper or call boy -who have none.-New York Letter. An Editor's Business. An editor is a mule wbb*e business is to investigate a newspaper. He writes editorials, grinds out poetry, in? serts deaths and weddings, sorts manu? script, keeps a waste basket, blows up the "devil," steals matter, fights out other peoples' battles, sells bis paper for a dollar and fifty cents a year, and takes white beans and apple "sass" for pay when he can get it, works nineteen hours out of twenty-four, pose no sun? day, gets damned bi everybody, lives poor, dies middle-aged and often broken? hearted, leaves no mun ny, is rewarded for a life of toil by a t-hort but free obituary puff io the news papers. Josh Bdlings. A fair Pharisee : She-"I think- it's a sin and a shame to kill the dear little feathered songsters If I had my way Td make a law against killing birds. Guess people wouldn't starve if they let the birds alone." He-"But what would the ladies do without hat orna? ments?" She-"Oh, that is aa entire lv different thing. Of coarse wheu there ts sn actual necessity for shooting the dear creatures one mast stifle ones feelings you know." BILL AKP He Talks of the Time When his Father was Postmaster and he was Mail Bider. Atlanta Constitution. Two cents-only two cents. When I Jool; at a postage stamp it caries me away back. Back to the time when ray father was postmaster and I was his clerk, and had to make np the mails , in a country town. The difference between now and then shows the world?8 progress in a priv? ilege and a pleasure that'is hardly ex? celled in any other branch of improve? ment We couldent bear.to be set backagain in that line to the old ways that our fathers thought were pretty goodr There were no stamps and no envelopes, and no mucilage. The paper was folded up like a thumb paper, and one side slipped in the other and sealed with a wafer, The little school boys, ytro know, had to use thumb-papers in their. spelling books to keep them .clean where theil thumbs kept the page?' open. Gi rle dident have to use'them^'Tor they were nicer and kept their hands clean, and dident wear out the leaves by the friction of their finget?. Boys arc rough things anyhow, and I dont se? what A nice, s weet clean, pretty girl wants with one of 'em. *' Girls 'they say are made of sugar and spice, and all that's nice, but boys are made ol snaps and snails and puppy dog tails. Josephus says, that when the queen of Sheba was testing Solomon's wis? dom, she had fifty boys and filly girls all dressed alike in girls' clothes and seated around a big room, and asked the king io pick ont the boys from the girls, and hie called for a basin ol water and fiad it carried around to each one and told them to wash theil bands. The girls all rolled up their sleeves a little bit, bul the boys just sloshed their hands in any way and got water all over their aprons, and so the king spotted every mother's son of 'em The postage used to be regulated by Hie distance that Uncle Sam car? ried the letters. It was 12 1-2 cents anywhere in the State and 18 34 cents to Charleston, and 25 cents to New York. It was never prepaid. A man could afflict another with a pista reen letter that waaeut worth five cents. ? pistareen,,you ?now, wae 18 34 cents-that is. a sevenpence and a thrip. . We had no dimes or half dimes. The dollar was cut up into eights instead of tenths. - When a countryman called for letters and got'one he would look at it some time and turn it, over, and meditate before he paid for it, and very often they would say, "where did this let? ter come from." Well, I would say for instance, "it come from Dahlone? ga-don't you see Dahlonega written upon the comer?" Then he would say, "well,'I reckon ifs from Dick, my brother Dick. He is up there digging gold. Don't you reckon it'e from Dick?" "I reckon it is," said I. "Why dont you open it and see?" "No, I'll wait until 1 get home. They'll all want to see it." When he got home that letter would be au event in the family, and perhaps it would take? them half an hour to wade through it and make out its contents. Nine out often of those country let tere began, ',1 take my pen in baud to let you know that I am well, and hope ibeee few lines will find you en? joying the same blessing." My fath? er kept store and his country custo met s used to ask him to write theil letters for them, and he always sent them to me, and most of them told me to begin their letters that way. There was not more than one in five that could write, but they were good, clever, honest people, and paid theil debts, but they hardly ever paid up in full at the end of the year, and sc they gave their notes for the balance and made their mark. My fathei used to say that he had known casct where a man swore off his^-writter signature, but he never knet a mar to deny his mark. Our big Borthen mail used to come in a stage fron Madison twice a week, and 1 used tc ! think the sound of the stage horses as the stage came over the hill, wa* one of.,the sublimest th j uga in th? world j, and ? th au gilt that rf ever I gp io be ? man 1 would' be a stage drive if ? could. Well, I come pretty nea it, for my father bad hired a man t< ride the mail to Koswell and bael .twice a week, and the man got sic) and so my father put me on a drome dary of a horse and the mail in som< saddle-bags behind me, and I had t< make the 48 miles in a day and kep it rp all winter. I like to have froz< several times, and had to be li fled of the. horse when I got borne and it near lycbroke my mother's heart, but I wai getting a dollar a trip and it was nv money, and so I wouldent back out The old women on the road used ti crowd me with their little commission and get me to bring them a little pep per, or copperas, or bluing, or pim and needles, or get me to take along some socks and sell them, and so made friends and acquaintances all tin way. The first trip I made an oh woman hailed me and said, "Are yoi a mail boy?" "Why, yes, mam,' said I, "you dident think I was a fe male boy, did you ?' I thought Ina was mighty smart, but it wasentven civil and it made her BO mad sh? never told me what 6he wanted, anc as 6he turned her back on me I beare her say, TH bet ho is a little stud up town boy.' My lather was postmaster for near 1 ly thirty years. It didn't pay mon than about $200 a year, but it mad? his store more of a public place. H? didn't know that anybody else han kered after it or was .trying to get it but all of a sudden he got his orden to turn over the office to an otb ci man, an old line whig and a competi tor in business, lt mortified hin very much and made us all mad, foi there was no fault found With hil management, and he never took mud interest in politics but voted for tin man he liked the best whether he wai a whig or a democrat. When In found out that Alek Stephens had i done he wasent a Stephens man an} more, and I grew op with an ides that Mr. Stephens was a politic^ fraud. I did?nt understand science pf politics as well as i now. I told Mr. Stephens aboi one'night at M?l?edgev?lle when were ail in a good humor and v talking about the old t?mcs of wi i and democrats, and he smiled j said, 'yes, we had to do those thi ? and eometimes they were very. ? agreeable.\ I will neverj forget ? , night's talk. It was during the , sion of the first legislature after i war. Jim Waddell took me to . Stephens' room to hear him talky . there was Mr. Jenkins and 1 . Hardeman and Benning Moore ? Beverly Thornton and Pete Siro; and Dr. Ridley and 60.me others, , everybody was in .? good humor, ? ? Mr. Stephens, was reclining on bed and told anecdote after anec.d . about the old. whigs and how he i . the democrats on the stump and w they said arid what he said and li [ he moet always got the ad van t; . and earned the crowd with him. was very much fascinated with L conversation, but couldent help be reminded of ? circumstance, t transpired some years before in i town of Calhoun. The whigs of G ; don county had. sent for Mr. Stephi , to come, op and make a speech i I rally the boys for the next ( ele?tt for, Gordon was pretty .equally I sneed between wliigs and der f crita, and the/whigs wanted a 1 revival. So A lek accepted, and wi { the day came the crowd was trem . dous. The democrats had tried ; get Howell Cobb and Herschel Jol so n and ?bsolom Chappel and o th? to come up, but they. all had oti fish to fry, and so little Alek had f all his own way. . Well, not exac i either, for.there was a feller there > the name of Russell, an eccentr smart, cheeky, random sort of a m ; who had a wonderful gift of Iangua ? and who, like Francis Train, dide care mach what he said, and was ! respecter of persons. Bussell swe by all the gods that if nobody el would' reply to Stephens he wool . and he would skin him alive, and 1 i him ride home in his bones. 'Coifedii i him/ he said? 'let him stay in his ov diet! ict and shinny on his own side Mr. Stephens made a fine speec , and the crowd cheered and shout? ? tumultuously as he arraigned tl i democracy and held them up to ric ? cule, and when he got through tl - whigs were more than satisfied, ai i Mr. Stephens was satisfied, too-1 came down Irom the stand and w; receiving the congratulations of h friends, when suddenly Russell moun ed the rostrum and, rapping on tl plank in froii.^ of him, screamed out i . an unearthly yell : 'Fellow citizens Everybody knew him, and everybod . wanted to hear him, and hushed inl silence. After a sentence or tw Mr. Stephens was attracted to hin and with curious and astonished ii i tere8t, inquired, 'Who is that man ? After Russell had paid an eloq.uet tribute to the glorious old democrati 1 .paity, and giving it credit for ever good thicg that liad been done sine , the fall of Adam, he then turned t i Mr. Stephens and, with witherin Rcom, said: 'And what have yo ( and your party been doing and tryin to do-what made you vote awa . the public lands so that yankees au [ furreners could get 'em and and on [ people . couldent ? What made yo . vote for a high tariff on sugar an . coffee and raise the price so that on . poor people couldent bny.it ?" Mi . Stephens rose up excited and irritate ; and stretching out his long arm to th I audience*, screamed out : "I neve did it, my fellow-citizens-I deny th ; fact and call upon the gentleman fo , the proof." With the utmost self poi - session, Russell said, "YOQ do-yo > cal! fop the proof. Sir, if I was to g } two miles from home to make a speec ? I v?ould carry my proof with me. : wouldent be vain enough lo go with i out it ; but, sir, 1 am at home-thea i people know me-they raised me am i when 1 assert a thing they believi j it. You are the mau to bring tin i proof." The crowd shouted am ) laughed as tumultuously as they hat , done for Mr. Stephens, and he sa 3 down disgusted. Bussell continued > "And what was your motive whei t you were a member of the leglalatun r in voting for a law that prohibited i r man from voting unless he was wortl > $500 ? Answer me that while yoi c are here face to face with these hum c ble citizens of Gordon county." A . this Mr. Stephens rose again furiout ? with indignation and screamed : "Ii 3 is false, sir-it is false ; 1 deny thc t fact." 3 "You do," said Russell, scornfully F "I supposed yon would-you deny - the fact. That is just what you havt s been doing for twenty years-going f about over the country denying . facts." And the crowd went wilc? 5 with merriment, for even the whig* a couldent help joining in the fun. Mr. , Stephens turned to his companions s and said with a tone of despair, "Let r ns go to the hotel," and, they went. I I thought of all this while Mr. Ste s phens was telling us of his triumphs 1 over veteran foes, and so when he j came to a pause 1 timidly said : "Mr. ' Stephens, did you ever encounter a ?. man by the name of Russell up at t Calhoun?" f With a merry glisten of his won ? derful eyes he strengthened up and [ said : "? did, 1 did, yes, I did. I J will never forget that man. Ile got ? me completely, lil had known him I would not have said a word in reply, - but I dident know him. He cured 3 me of one expression. 1 frequently ? ! used to emphasize my denial of lies i j and slander, and that was to say "1 -?deny the fact." "1 had never , j thought of it's grammatical absurdity, i j but that man Russell taught me and r ! I quit it. I think he had the most - wonderful flow of language and lies i of any man I ever met." Mr. Ste r phens then made a pretty fair recital 5 cf his rencounter and his "utter de i feat" a? he expressed it, all of which ; i we enjoyed. Where are they now ? s j Old father time has cut all down but ; i three-Ilardeman and Thornton and I t j myself are here, but all the rest of r j that bright, intelligent crew are gone, j i lt looks like most everybody is dead. ! I If they^are not they Will be before ' Jong, and another set will be in their places and have their jokes and flash their wit and merriment all the same. BILL A RP. -mmm ? I ? mm TO THE PUBLIC OF SOUTH CAROLINA. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. COLOMBIA, S. C., April, 1884. The World's Industrial and Cotton Centennial Exposition, to be held in New Orleans beginning December, 1884, ander the joint auspices of . the United States, the National Cotton Planters' Association and the City of New Orleans, will be an event of thc greatest consequence and of vital inter est to every Southern State. All the civilized nations of the world have been asked to participate io this Exposition, and many of them have already accept? ed the invitation and have given notjce that they would make exhibition of | their products and representation of ; their industries. All the States of the | Union will be fully represented. . As this Exposition will be held in tbe chief city of the Cotton States, the world will naturally expect that these States will make the most complete ex? hibits of all their resources. Io fsct, capitalists, realising the benefits to come to tbe South from this Exposition, and knowing that ali of the prosperous tod progressive States will endeavor to make,the best showing, will attend the Exposition to obtain information that could not possibly be gotten elsewhere. We feel tbat.it is unnecessary to dwell upon the. importance, of this matter. Our State Legislature at its last session, after full investigation, and appr?ci?t ing the benefits to be derived from hav? ing South Carolina properly represented, appropriated $10,000 for the purpose, to be expended under the direction of the Department of Agriculture. As this is the.Centennial celebration of the first exportation of cotton from America, it is the peouliar province of South Carolina, to occupy the most con? spicuous place in the picture, as the first cotton exported was sent from Charleston. We have good reason to j believe that the cotton gin was inveut- j ed in Sooth Carolina, and we are now ? about to give to the world the first and j only successful cotton picker. These, j however, are sentimental reasons and j appeal only to our State pride; but the i practical reasons are even more forci- ! ble, from a business point of view, than those already given are from a senti? mental one. The South needs capital sod immi? gration. This all will admit. How is she to obtain these? Justas every? thing* else is made successful-by judi- i clous advertising. What better adver- j tisement can we get than the exhibition | to those who control capital and those j who desire to purchase homes, of the ! splendid products of the soil, specimens ! of our mineral and samples of our man- ! ufactured goods. Tn no way can the j advantages of the South be better ! shown than by such evidences as such j an exhibition would furnish. And j what is true of-the South generally is j emphatically true of South Carolina, j We watit to build railroads and in- j crease our transportation facilities; ? we want to erect more cotton factories, j build woollen mills and establish all the smaller manufacturing industries; we j want oar mines of gold silver i copper, iron, &c, developed j ^we want our waste lands brought into col- ? tivation, and we want to increase our i population. All of this can be doue j only by proper, systematic, determined i and continued effort. Thc recent pub- j lications showing the wonderful manu-i factoring and agricultural progress of the State have attracted the attention I of business men in every direction, and already men of means have been here ! prospecting for solid investments, and inquiries for information aro coming from every section of the Union. The good impression thus made should be j followed up promptly and vigorously, | and wo now have the opportunity to do so successfully. The amount appropriated by the j Legislature for making the exhibition , is inadequate for the purpose unless we I can obtain the voluntary assistance of I the people throughout the State. This we feel sure we will receive, and now confidently appeal to them for their aid and encouragement. j In addition to the help that may be j employed, representatives of the Department will be appointed in every ! Township in the State, who will cou* stitute a Commission for the State, aod who will be requested to see that local organizations are perfected ; and it is desired that these organizations will see to it that all the resources of I their Townships are made fully known, j This appeal, however, is addressed to j tbe people generally,,who are urged to take this matter in hand without delay, and communicate with the Commission* ! er of Agriculture promptly, freely and j frequently. The railroad companies have generously offered to transport j free to Columbia all articles intended j for exhibition. The cotton manufac turers have promised specimens of all j their goods without charge, and some j have offered to contribute to the expense ' of making the exhibit ; and the press ot ; the State, with characteristic public : spirit, is giving us the benefit of its ; vast influence, lt only remains, there- j fore, for thc people to do their part, \ and South Carolina will make, as we i have promised she shall do, "the best ? exhibit on the grounds.* Any infor- j mation that may be desired regarding the master will be cheerfully furnished by the Commissioner of Agriculture. Very respectfully. A. P. BUTLER, j Commissioner of Agriculture. ?-?- - - New York has under lock and key in \ her prisons and penitentiaries an army j of convicts numbering 15.699. Help thc weaker party : A timid j young man has married a lady whose j weight vergns closely upon 200 pounds. . "My dear," says he to her, "shall I 1 help you over the fence ?" "No," says i she to him, "help the fence !" Naomi was 580 years old when she i was married. This should encourage ! old maids, upon whose heads the frosts j of time are sprinkling their white marks, j to inscribe nil desperandum upon their banners, and keep right along hoping . aud boping and hoping. ' wnat uur Editors say. Greenville ITeics. :. The Militia Board of this State acted wisely and gracefully wheo it fixed on gray as the color of the. uniforms of our State troops. The most glorious period in the history of the South is identified with the gray; the grandest men she ever produced achieved the fullness of their grandeur in it; her plowmen be? came heroes in life while wearing-it and it wrapped their dead forms in the splendors of martyrdon ; all the glory of Southern courage, endurance and devotion culminated in tLe ragged gray of Lee's and Johnston's veterans, and our sweetest song and most spendid rhetoric will always be concentrated around them as the years take us fur? ther away. Identified as it is with the vindication and elvation of our character as a peo? ple inseparable as it is from memories of Southern heroes and heroism, sanc? tified as it is by the sufferings, blood and glories of men who wore it, gray should always be the color of Southern soldiers whatever cause they may bear arms in. They, cao follow the flag of the Uoiqn with loyd hearts while wear? ing it, and they can march shoulder to shoulder with their brethren in bine, bat when they forsake it they forsake the glory and honor of their own blood and their own country, anti commit treason against that which all trae men cherish. Why Hot Give Shoes and Clothing to Old Soldiers?' AbbetilU Prtii and Banner.' We have several Hundred convicts in tbe Penitentiary.. In that institution we have a shoe.,manufactory, which turns ont a great number of the best shoes, and which are'carted off and sold. What we want to know is, why cannot provision, be made for issuing a pair of those good shoes to every needy Con? federate soldier? Surely the old sol- -, diera may receive this much from the convicto, at a time when our people are paying a quarter of a million of dollars for the negro education. Another matter, why cannot otter machinery be put in the Penitentiary which will enable the convicts to man? ufacture clothing for our old needy soldiers ? This certain ly-wod ld be bet? ter employment than the present foolish waste of time, money and labor in t*? . development of a water power which is not needed, and never will be profit? able. The "Business Interests." Pabtte?o Post. The protectionists in and out of Con? gress have a great deal to say as to what the 'business interests' require. This is a very comprehensive term. Agriculture, for instance gives employ? ment to 7,670,493 persons, and. repre? sents a capital of over ?10,000,000. ?00. Is not this a 'business interest?' Wherein are the farmers .benefited by a perpetuation of the war tariff, under which 75 per cent, of the duties are collected from - the necessaries of the people, and agriculture receives no direct advantage, although it sup? plies more than, three-fourths of ajl of ail our exports ? The merchants and traders of all.degrees certainly belong with* the 'business interests.' Are they more benefited by a high tariff than they would be by a reduction" of taxes that would leave ?100,000,000 in tbe pockets of the people that, are now taken out to swell a treasury surplus? To hear the politicians talk one would suppose that the only 'busiuess inter? ests' worth considering are the coal and iron mines, the lumber mills, the salt blocks, and the few other industries that enjoy government subsides at the expese of both the great body of pro? ducers and of consumers. The logic of their position likewise is that the prosperity of a people depends opon the maintenance of high taxes. These assumptions are absurd and unjust. Business of all sorts-unless gambling be called ? business, as it has' come to be-is no doubt benefited bj stability in the revenue law. But there can be no stability except upon a right basis. A tax system cannot be stable when it produces (100,000.000 in excess of the needs of the government. It must be reduced, and Hie sooner, and more adequately the better. If the last Con? gress had observed this necessity, there would be no agitation for a reduction now. The only way to assure business interests freedom from unsettling legis? lation next year is to reduce the taxes now. To tioker and temporize is only to make further tinkering necessary next year. If Congress wishes to pro? tect and benefit business interests all around, let it abate $60,000,000 or |70,000,000 of ?he taxes. The State Convention. Aiken Journal and Jteviev. The Chairman of the State Demo? cratic Executive Committee bas issued a ca!l for a State Convention to meet in Columbia on the 26th of June, 1S84, for the purpose of nominating candi- j dates for electors for President and { vice-President of the United States. | To elect eighteen delegates to the ? National Democratic Convention that ? convenes in Chicago on the 8th day of j July. To nominate candidates for Governor and Lieutenant Gover? nor, and tho State officers, to elect thc State Democratic Executive Committtee, so serve for the ensuing two years. Wc believe; the call for nominating State officers in June a grave mistake. Before the campaign has fairly com? menced,-before the people have had time to discuss the matter-before thc ! two great National parties have nomi nated their candidates for President we are called upon to put up our candi? dates for State offices. At thc present time no ono knows what may turn up in the political campaign or what new j issues may be brought forth, issues j that may bear particularly on South j Carolina. Beiug a Presidential elec- j tion year, a strong effort may bc made to capture South Carolina for the j Republican party. Is it then not the j parc of wisdom to wait quietly and let j the tactics and aims of both parties be ! developed before we nominate State officers ? Why this hurry ? Why force the party so early io the campaign to show its hana l lt ts inexplicable to os. The cry of the expense entailed is too thin to be .given* as? Treason .for holding both conventions as one in June. For? tunately we have many pairiotio - citi? zens j^bo are willing to attend State Conventions at Columbia two or three times if necessary a in year and *bear their own expenses in the bargain. The Secret of Happiness. . ( ' Palmetto1 Yeoman. ? There 'is philosophy ' 'in. everything, and the true philosophy-of- life-ia'iito pass through the wocld with a ?ie/i of quiet and conservative, dignity,which is neither aggressive nor offensive. There is no use in putting one's "self to extra trouble, or going out of thoi.aray just for theslaxury ?f stjrr|og ag. strife and exciting opposition,., .^hejre aro some people who never seem to have a pleasant word for anybody, 7en<l *are never so happy es: whee they *re- fan? ning again*?sb?rp corners sc?afl to have something to quarrel at.-, .Those who live in a storm and prefer fobing in muddy water, are not usual?jr tho ones that prove to be the benefactors of their race, or leave tho worW aq|-.bet? ter for having lived io ? it. Moro t bas been made by diplomacy than war, and peace has its conquest! as Wolf ? strife, and they are not so costly anrj ire aruoh more to be desired.;! If you would boro friends you. mutt showjourseiyrjeqfly, ? and .not ,ftaud coldly aloof and expect otoirt to, max? all the advances. Live'and1e?1?ve; TS the true maxim. but how few- tfceW aro that set up to Un the.rarfoo*^>transac? tions-of social and business life ? 'Every man for himself and the devil take the h??drf*tfst/ enunciates, tu tho mairr, the popular sod TQlrt^g?setrtimeat, of the ds'y. Policy-and selfishness, founded on the pla usi ole fallacy of big I and little jori, would seem to embody the watchword and reply of the warring host s*:for: plac? and prarWaieUt in tho evsr changing scenes which mark. Kfe'a great battle field, . Woore ^ engcostr~m*? ed with oqr own afiairs, and so mocb of oar time is taken up in promoting sel? fish ends and purposes, that we have little or no time left to help our neigh? bor and Wk after the interests of those that may need our help, either in. the way of material aid pf counsel and en? couragement. The Squatter's Po?L 'I am looking for a stray horse/ said! a man stopping at. the house of an Arkansawycr, and addressing 3 native who came cut and leaned ou tho low fence. 'What sorter horse?*. 'Sorrel, with a: white star in bia forehead.' . . <- .. .. :> ; 'How long's he been gone?' 'About a day and. a half/ .Good wort? nag V .First rate/ . - .Wanter .swap him for a better one?' .No, I bele?ve not.* 'White star in hts forehead, yef say V - i ..>'.. ... i , 'Yes/ , ... ^ 'An' ycr don't wanter swop him ?' 'No, I believe not/ .Certain he's a good Work nag V 'Of course I am;/' 'An' yer don't wanter swap him for a better one V . , Here, my friend, I haven't time to talk such nonsense. I want to know if you have seen anything of the kind df horse I described/ * .Why didn't yer say so t .I did/ 'Yer didn't. Said that's the ?ad o' boss you was a looking fur, bot yer dioVt ax ef I'd seen him/ 'Excuse me, fop I intended, to. Ho got loose and I have looked for him nearly everywhere.* 'Good work wtgT 'Splendid, the best?! evor saw.* -'Don't want ter swap bin for* bot' ter one ?' . , 'I told'yon no.* 'Bat that was before you axed If T? seen-him/ The searcher after infarqsbtioulooked st the squatter with a hard stare, but the squatter, undaunted, leaned on tho fence, while tobacco juice ' ?bowed 'a disposition la trickle^frorn fire corners of his monti}. 'I thought that t had seen the biggest fool in the country, but you take tba lead, said the Ifl?ttlreY with a delibera? tion ?bat left, no?ooa? for uiiita kc. 'I thoogbt that my wife's father was tho biggest fool in thc universe, but you. are the captain/ 'Well, now, here, stranger, ef you're oat lookin' fur fools, jes* git down tV watt tell toy son-in-law comes from tho still house. Talkin* 'boot fools, mister, w'y you're way behind the latest dis kiverie8. Tell you what that son-in law o' mine done. We waa killin* boga the other day an* the fast thing I knowed he had scalded hisself an' hoof hisself on the pole, ahore'a yer bo'n ho did. Tell yer' nuther thing he dono : Come from tneetin' t'other night au* pot that mule in the house an' went'ooC ab* stood all night in the lot. Stranger, don't talk about fools in this neighbor? hood lessen yer want ter git floored. Wy sah a feller insulted toy son-in-law t'other day and he kicked hisself 'crCsa the road.' That has nothing to do with my horse, and I want you to tell me whether or not you have seen him/ .Wall, tell me 'zackly whut sorter boss he is.' .Sorrel, with a white star in bia forehead.' .Good work nag ?' 'As good as I ever saw, and-* 'You don't wanter trade him for a better one. do you V and the squatter dodged just in timo to avoid a blow which the stranger leveled at him. So far as the Arkansaw men is concerned, the sorrel horse with the white star in forehead, the good nag which th? stranger did not. care to swamp for a better one, is stlil at large.-Arkansaw Traveller. -- i -MI i i . mm No difficult job : "I hate to see a mau hesitate a half-hour before making np his mind." said Fishton, " it don'ttako me a half-miBUte to make up my aUi?V* ';I shouldn't suppose it would take nearly so long as'that/* was Fogg's la? conic remark. *