Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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THE SUMTER WATCH Iff AJ?, Established April, 1850. Consolidated Aug. 2, 1881.1 lBe Just and Fear not-Let all the Ends thou Ahnst at, be thy Country's, thy God's and Truth's. THE TKUK SOCTHK?K; Established Jn?e, 1S66. SUMTER, S. C., TUESDAY, DECEMBER 23, 1884. New Series-Joh IV. 3fo. 21. i_i..*.; Sablista! eT?T Tuesday, ? -BT THE : Watcliman and SozitJuron. Publisliing Company, ISI?ITER, S. C. TEUMS : j^fTwo jDol?ars j>er .anoum-in advance. v-:- ? ?-BT rt R M B K TS . Sq?are.*?rst insertion..?.....,-$1 00 ?eqnent insertion.. 50 ntracts for tbree months, or longer will m?de st reduced rates. communications which subserve private will oecharged for as advertisements. Obituaries and tributes of respect will be geiTor. Marriage notices and notices of deaths pub? lished free. For job work or contracts for advertising: address Watchman and Soidttrcn. or aopl j at ^be Office, to G. 0STE?N, Business "Manager. :OST.P?il*.P*. KEW TREATMENT tsumtioK, Asthma, Bronchitis. Catarrh, Headache, Dehili lism. Neuralgia, and ott tic 'and-Nervous Disorders. A CARD. y . - ? We, the undersigned, having received great ??V*od permaoeht bene?t from the ase of "OOM* ^jPMTND OXYGEN,** prepared and adminis U: :tered by Das. ST?TRKCT-& PA&KX7 bf Philadel-, ?? {?bia, sadbeiag-satisfied that k is a new dis r?. -t??ery i?anedic?l science, and all that is ^<??^?edfor?t, consider ita duty which we j^ew?'to th? jniauy ? thousands who are suffering ^^t?om chronic and so-called "incurable" dis ?as? to doail that wc can to make its virtues glenown and-to inspire the public with- confi We bave personal knowledge of Drs. Star ?t^jBtj'k Paleouy They are educated, intelligent, and conscientious physicians, who will not, wearesa^ make nay statement, which they d* not know or believe to be true, nor pub Bskany testimonials or reports of cases which uot genuine. W;3f. D. KELLY,. i ManBerof'Congres?from. Philadelphia. : : T:S. ARTHUR, Editor and Publisher "Arthur's Home 'Magazine^7. Philadelphia. Y. L. CONRAD * Editor cf' "Lutheran Observer,1' ? ' .Philadelphia. . "PHILADELPHIA, PA., Jess 1, 1882. /Tn order to meet a n?t?ral inquiry in re? to corpro?essibnal and personal stann ['iogvaod to giveincreased confidence in our ?talements and in the geauiness of our testi jials xnd reports of cases, we print the icarjl'-from gentlemen well and widely >vn and of the highes* personal character. tr ''Treatise cn Compound Oxygen" c<>n : a history of the discovery of and ieo^acti?a- of th? remarkable curative' ahd:^ large record of surprising cures rn Consumption. Catarrh, Neuralgia, Bronchi r Asthjoa, eic rand a wide range of Chroc '?0r??- diseases, will be sent fee. z&M- Address -Ors. STARKEY k PALEN. ;^^4 Url Girttrd Street. Philadelphia., Pa msm ma rn- ?UMTER, A. LOWRYj Proprietor; I CONER" MAIN AND REPUBLICAN STREETS. 'Every variety of GENERAL MERCHAN? DISE. No one particular thing a specialty iieepa every thing from a Unir Pin up. DRT GOODS %" Laces, Silks, Satins, Velvets. Merinos. Mus " Jibsi Calicoes, Sheetings, Ribbons, Ruch ing??, Collarettes, Cuffs, etc ?Ht0CBRIES. pyERYTHIN^3N? ?HE?.?ANCr- GRO? CERY LINE. . There.is no need attempting to enumerate the Articles ia-ibis Department. 1 keep : - .everything. ^ V V I also keep in Stock, CUTLERY, WOOD r^iXND WILLOW WARE, TIN WARE, r TRUNKS, etc. My Stockei HATS,' ROOTS, SHOES, etc., rStfs large and" wi ll oe sold cheap. "Give nae a.. call, and my clerks will take pp- .pleasure in sjiowing you- anything you may ttT *wh to see. |g' H. A. LOWRY, Corner Main and Republican Streets. S^': Sept 23 3 1 mil -BUT ? RESPECTFULLY CALL THE A TT EN Hon of my friends and the public generally te '?j large and weli selected STOCK, cousist |Sng--of: }DRT GOODS, NOTIONS, CLOTHING, FURNISHING GOODS, BOOTS, SHOES, HARDWARE, ?RIES, Ac, kc. I solicit a cali and hope you will giv< my STOCK a cacefoHnspection." I will en? deavor to ma^e it to your interest, to give mt your patronage. 3?R.H. W. GARDNER and MR. L W. J?YB, w?H be glad to see their friends ; JB. J. BARNETT, Oct 7-3 ; Main Street in the Bend. A DESffift?LE RESIDENCE AWELL SITUATED FARM of one hon dred and ten acres, about sixty cleared situated one m He from Sumter C. H., S. C A beautiful grove of live oaks around th< dwelling, with* well and 6ne spring of water Terms accommodating. Applv TO July 15 - A. WHITE. A^ent. FRK^H ARRIVAL - -OF SCHOOL BOOKS, all Schools in the County, Teachers an< Parents will do well to get my prices before purchasing. SLATES, COPY BOOKS, CRAYONS, ik Straps and Bags, Paper, Pens, Pencils Ink, kc. arents will please send their children to J*; A. SCHWERIN, re- Book Store, opposite Court.House. FRUITS, CONFECTIONERY, kc. ii a. Oct 7-3 IST {IMS JOB HM AT BOTTOM PRICES fEST YOOB BAKM POWER TO-DAY! Brands advertised a? absolutely pure CONTAIX AM?AOJfIA. THE TEST: Place a can top down on a not .stove until heated, thoa remove the coverand smell. A chemist wil! not be quired to detect the presence ol ammonia. BOES NOT CONTAIN AMMONIA. US HEALTHFULNESS EAS NEVER BETS ^CESTIOSEP. i Ina million home? for a quarter of a century lt ha? stood the consnoxers' reliable test. THE TEST_OFJEE CVEM. PEICE BAKING POWDER CO., MAKERS or Dr. Price's Sp?cial T\mm Enacts, The .rrongett, mott ??Hcian* and natara! Davor IcEOwn.and Dr. Price's Lupu?n Yeast Oems For Light, Healthy Bread. The Best Dry H jp Yeast in the World. FOR SALS BY GROCERS. CHICACO._-_ST. LOUIS LIGHT HEALTHY BREAD ??M?GEMS The best dry bop yeast in the world. Bread raised cy this yeast is light, white and whole som g HXe cur grandmother's delici?os bread GROCERS SELL THEM. PREPARED er TKE Price Baking Powder Co., ?tes ci Br. Price's special Yimm Extraes, C??icago, Ul._St. Louis, Mo. BIG STOCK -AND LOW PRICES -AT IN STORE AND ARRIVING ON EVERY TRAIN Presii Goods Suitable for all classes. HEAVY AND.FANCY GROCERIES PLANTERS' SUPPLIES. Tue largest and best assarted stock io town of C30O3BY, GL?3SWAH3, LAKPS, LANTE22TS, ?c. Elegant assortment of Tin Ware, Wood Ware, Willow Ware, &c. . Teo Pieces of Tm ware for $1 00. An EtuUess Variety of'Crackers. ' FRENCH ANO PLAIN CANDIES, PURE AND NICE. Fine assortment of the best brands of CIGARS, CHEWING AND SMOKING TOBACCO, CIGARETTES. PIPES, &c. TRY MY CHIPPED BEEF. All poods delivered free of charge tc Railroad Depot or any part of Town. Sept 23_ v NOTICE. Having: purchased from Messrs. GREEN BROS., of New York C?v, all of the Debt: due io late Firms of GREEN, WATSON & WALSH, GREEN k WALSH, GREEN, WALSH & CU., WALSH & CO., and E. C GREEN, I am desirous of making satisfactory settlements, with all who may desire to paj me something:, and will be at Sumter fron December 1st to January 15:h next, tor thai . purpose. A very large portion of abov< indebtedness, consists vf Sealed Notes, execu? ted before passage of the Six Year Exemprior Law. and if not satisfactorily arranged bj loth January next, I will be compelled to pu same in Judgment, E. C. GREEN. Sumter, Oct 14, 18S4. 3 1885. Harper's Weekly, ILLT7STBATED. fl4irp*r'# Weekly has now for twenty; ye.?r nv.- i nt, ?i ri ci ?t.* papi?n asths ?t-aflin^ illustrate! weekly newspaper in America. Wiib a constan increase of literary and artistic resources, it 5: able to offer for the enstiipjr year ?Uraeli_?.n: unt-qaalled by any previous volume, eui bracing a capital iilustraren serin 1 story by W: E. Norri.? illustrated articles with spec'ai reference to th< West and ?ou*b".including th? tt'orM's Expos! tii>n at ^ew ?rU*an.?: entertaining short sterie.? mostly illustrated, au?! importan: papera by bigi authorities on tbe chief topics of ?hu day. 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Cloth Cai?es for each volume, sut'able f" binding, will be gent by mail, postpaid, on r* ceipt of $1 00 each. Remittances should be made by Post Offic Money Order, or Draft, to avoid chance ot loss Newsjwiperg are not to copy thi* advertise meat wiiboot the exoiess order of Harper ? Bxctfwrs. Address HARPER A BROTHERS Sew York. The Bells Across the Snow. O Christmas, merry Christmas 1 Is it really come pgain, With its memories and greetings, With its joy and with its pain? There's a minor in the carot, And a shadow in the light, And a spray of cypress twining With the*holly-wreath to-night. And the hush is never broken By laughter light and low, As we listen in the starlight To the "bells across the snow." O Christmas, merry Christmas I 'Tis not so very Toag Since other voices blended Io the carol and the song ! If we could but hear them singing As they are singing now, If we could but see the shining Of the crown on each dear brow, There would be no sigh to smother, No hidden tear to flow, As we listen io the ssarlight To the -'bells across the snow." O Christmas, merry Christmas I This it nevermore can be ; We cannot briog agaiu the days Of oar unshadowed ?rife. But Chrisimas, happy Christmas, Sweet herald of good will, With boly songs of grory, Brings holy gladness Still. For peace and hope may brighten, And patient love may glow, As we listen in the starlight Io tbe ''bells across the snow." PBOM WASHINGTON TO CALI? FORNIA. The following is an abridgment of a letter from Air. D. B. Anderson, who recentty made the trip from Sum? ter to San Francisco via Washington. Though not written for publication, it will no doubt prove of interest to many.of our readers: While 1 was in Washington, which was about ten days, I made good use of my time by seeing and learning all that was to be seen au i learnt in that time. The first thing I did after breakfast the first morning I .was there was tb take a "pronienad" (as the dudes phrase it) on the "Ave.*" The Capitol is situated at the head of Pennsylvania avenue, hence the prominence and character of that street over the others in that grand and beautiful city. Indeed, it would be bard to decide which street in Washington is not beautiful. To view the city from the dome of ihe Capitol it reminds one of some beautiful pic? ture of Fairyland he or she has seen in early childhood. You know that Washington was laid out by a French? man, who, it is 6aid, desired in his plan of that city to make it not only beautiful, but most beautiful. And ii my aesthetic opinion is worth the stating, 1 do think that Washington is "most beautiful." In making your way to the Capitol the first objVct that is likely to attract attention is the bronze statue of ChieJ Justice Marshall, the first Chief Jus? tice of the United States, which-ap? pears lo be the very personification ol legal wisdom. Upon your entrance into the Capitol, and hiving passed through many cor? ridors, you finally reach the rotunda, where you can see the statues of great men of ail nationalities, and alec beautiful oil paintings of many his? toric events. Not the least interest? ing of the paintings is the Westward flo!-emigrants on their way to the West. And as I was an emigrar?! on my way West, this painting ex cited in me emotions of a peculiai character. I must state, though, thal most of the emigrants _were repie . sented in that painting as having s wife, a baby, and a mother-in-law But poor 1 had neither of tlie three. I viewed the Ilouse of Representa tives from the gallery, and while standing there tu rather a pensive frame of mind, I involuntarily ejacu lated: "Oh, it was here that the Rep resentafives of South Carolina usec to be a power-a power that th( whole Union feared!" The Senat? j Chamber is a small place compared t( the House of Representatives. As i matter of course, a man's individual it}' is not near so likely to be dwarfec there as it would be in the House o j Representatives, though he be belov : mediocrity. The seats of the differ ' eut Senators were pointed out to me ! Those of Hampton and Buller are ii the extreme left corner. ? From the Senate Chamber I wen [ to the Supreme Court, and as it wa I in session, I had the chance of seeing i Chief Justice Waite and the othe Justices. A II of them seemed con scious of the fact that the judicia paraphernalia was just where itougli to be. Some old iellow, from one c the Eastern Slates, I believe, was ai griing a case, but being lugubrious ii utterance and "middling dry" in al that he said, I was not at all intel ested. j ] hardly know what sort of an ide ? you can form of the Governmen Printing Office at Washington by rn; simply stating the fact that it is th j largest and finest of the kind in th i world, and that j'ou can see mor j people working it) that one bu il din: j than there are inhabitants in the tow I of Sumter. Oh ! the girls; oh ! th ! machinery in that one building! I saw over four hundred girls in on j department. And, just think of it Silence is not only the golden ru! there, but law. But all parties ca take it out in looking if they fee like it. Everybody has heard of the 'Grce j Slave," although everybody has neve j seen it. Well, the first tiling th s j you will almost involuntarily halt i j front of after having entered Corot ! ian's Art Gallery will be the statue < ? the "Greek Slave;'' and as you loo j upon it, feelings of an itidescribabl i nature will swell your breast. Nt far from this statue is that of a veile nun, and, upon ruy word, the reprc seniation of the veil in marble is s perfect and natural that at first sigl I yon are templed to try to lift it in o i der that you might get a belter loo j at the beautiful face it partly hide* j Ah, my! one could spend days i I Corcoran's Art Gallery to good a< i vantage; but 1 had to be content wit j ouly a glimpse, you may say, of th ; whole. i The matchless spray of the foun ! ain ia front of thc White Hou6 charmed me to such a degree th; admiration had to be rallied b the grand proportions of the V House could be duly appreciated course, the White House is the l itself about which the American pie make such a "to-do," and I pose I will have to chime in, too is beautiful. The Botanical Gardens in V ington are just too lovely for thing. The picturesqueness or t lovely places is heightened by presence of beautiful little arti lakes, whose waters are all alive little gold and silver fish. Here very atmosphere seems ethereal, life but a beautiful dream; even hundreds of little birds that r these places their home appear t romantic. Not less lively are the parks, common strolling-grounds of the and the poor, the high and the amid whoso odorous shrubbery t are hundreds of seats where the cents of love can be whisperet sweet seclusion. I had the pleasure of meeting W. J. Chambers, of the United St Navy, one of the party who went on the Lock Garry to find Creely, took me to his room and showed his journal, in which there sketches of that portion of the w which is thought to be somewher the region of the North Pole, also showed me a picture (a ski he made himself, for I don't tl there are any photogrcph galleriei Greenland) of an Esquimaux upon whom he made a "mash." name is Martha, I believe. I also had the Jionor of a "kn' \ng down" to Policeman Dei Kearney, the first man that arre* Guiteau after he shot President ( field. Ile gave me a vivid and amusing account of the whole afl Robert E. Lee's old home, the lington, is about three or four m from Waslwngton. I went withi short distance of it. The broad and well-paved str< of Washington are lined on eit side with magnificent stone edin" of the finest architectural des ig The most conspicuous of them all Ben Butler's and Blaine's. In fi Butler's residence (it is now ren by the Government at the small s of thirty thousand dollars a year ? converted into committee rooms) i palace, situated within a stone's tin of the Capitol. The scenery from Washing through the States of Virginia, Ma land, West Virginia, Ohio, Indi; * and Illinois is beautiful. The vi of Harper's Ferry from Maryl-; .Heights, to describe it in a few wor is all loveliness. The same, louki down the Potomac, is grand. 1 , -water', power at Harper's Ferry I thought by some to be the finest the world. It was at Harper's Fer . you know, that the manufacture f arms was carried on until the v broke out. To give a graphic description . the scene on the Potomac, of the CL , heiland Narrows, of the Natioi ; Bridge over Wills River, of the I ? per Potomac near Piedmont, of Dt -, ;Park Hotel, of Oakland Hotel, . Seventeen-Mile Grade, Savage Mot t tain; of Cheat River and Buck hoi ? looking south; of Cheat River Grat t looking west; of trestle-work of Ch< . River Gorge, and of all the sigl . that I saw from the time I left Wai t ington until my eyes beheld the be; . tiiul waters of Lake Michigan, woi t require more dessriptive powers th . I possess. - 1 arrived in Chicago on the moi : jug of the 5th of November. Afl j transacting what business 1 had i attend to, I wandered about in th . great metropolis in order to get sor . faint idea as to how the people the I lived and did business. At the ct ? uer of Dearborn a/id Madison stree } 1 had to force my way through ti j living mass of human beings wi j had collected ; there to find out tl . latest election news. Actually, tl j policemen had to clear the way f the intersection of the diff?re 7 streets so the street cars could pa* i Should you ever visit Chicago yt must go to the Fair, the name of i j immense establishment which cove a whole block, and at which you ci t get anything you may call fur, fro s j a toothpick down to a coffin. I wei T j there lo buy a lap robe, and in ma I ing my way out after the purchase ? f- which, I came into the eating-roo \ without intending to do 30-in fae ? 1 did not know that lhere was a re ,f laurant connected with the establisl merit, but after I found myself in th; 0 particular depailment, I looked ovt U ? the bill of late and ordered me ! lunch The beefsteak that W? ? brought to me did not look so goo( a j and the young lady who served ru t looked worse. y? The next point I stopped at aftc e leaving Chicago was Kansas Oily,Mt Q All that I can say about that city i e that it is the worst place on earth fe rr swindlers. I will state, parenthetic ?J ally, that I was not robbed m\self. e In having my ticket changed a 1 that city 1 found it entitled me to th e ! lower berth of Division No. 2. Th ! i gentleman who was to occupy the nr. e per berth of the same division wa ri rather small and meek-looking. Beiiij ;I not at all piepossessing in appeal ance, nor 6ptingly in conversation, k changed my seat over to another poi r tion of the coach and made som? it pleasanter traveling acquaintances u and the day passed oft" to good ad )- vantage to all by each doin^ his 0 >f her share in discussing atid in point k ing out the different objects of inter e est along the route. At the prope >t hour for retiring we courteous^ d wished each other a pleasant night'i j- j rest and retired to our respective o ? berths, thinking, as we pillowed om it ! weary heads, of dear ones behind r- But before retiring several of us no k ticed that my berth companiou wa? ?. acting "kinder" queer. Upon a mo 11 ment's reflection 1 politely stepped ?- j forward and informed him that as hi h j was the oldest of the two I would e i surrender my claims to the lowei I berth to him, after which act I grace t-1 fully went upstairs and retired for the ic j night. About an hour after wc bad been in our berths my berth corapan ion began to see strange objects. First it was a dog; next it was a wagon, and finally he labored under the hallucination that the train had stopped and that he had to walk to California. All of a sudden he leaped out of his berth, and, flourish? ing a long-bladed knife in the air, ran up and down the coach a time or two, at the same time eyeing several of the upstairs passengers, and now and then calling on the Holy Mary to take care of him. At this stage of his proceedings I informed the gen? tleman occupying the upper berth opposite to mine that ? did not relish any such doings; and while we were laughing at his wild antics, little dreaming that they were only the prelude to an awful tragedy, lie opened the car door and jumped off while the train was running at full speed. Illinois and Missouri are very fine States, judging from the richness cf the soil of each. After we struck the middle of the State of Kansas we traveled through a vast region of country known as the plains of Kansas, Colorado, New Mexico and Arizona. The scenic attractions in Colorado are magnificent in the extreme and almost numberless. There are the mountains, with their snow crowned summits, the deep gorges and the forest-covered slopes. Those who prefer more subdued scenery may find it in the valleys and parks, while the plains are full of interest for many who see in their vast expanse and earthly billows a resemblance to the far-off sea. Pi om ?neut among the many resorts on the route 1 came are Colorado Springs and Manitou, both widely known and greatly frequented, and both possessed of elegant hotels. Manitou is located just within the foot-hills and at the base of the his? toric Pike's Peak. The Garden of the Gods presents many sights of surpassing interest to the traveler. Poncha Springs, in the shadow of the Sangre de Crisio range, comprises forty-seven hot fountains of much virtue in rheumatic and kindred dis? eases. Wagon Wheel Gap is a romantic spot in the San Juan Mountains, lt is impossible for me to describe the Grand Canon of Colorado, the most awful and awe-inspiring of all the works wrought by the hand of Time. Picture to yourself two towering, ir? regular, broken, buttressed walls facing each other and forming a nar? row gorge varying iu depth from half a mile to a mile and a half, and hav? ing a length of over 200 miles, with a turbulent river coursing through the j bottom of ft-now trunt to your im ! agination tor the rest. Southern Colorado is prolific in j beautiful scenery, and at the head of ttie list properly belongs the Canon of the Kio tie las.Animas, The lofty and . precipitous cliff', along whoso side a narrow shelf Iras been hewn in the granite for the railroad, descends perpendicularly for hundreds of feet to where the emerald-hued river lashes its base. On either side the mountains rise to great height, while the lower slopes and the narrow val? leys above the gorge are green car? peted and profuse ol foliage.. Toltec Gorge is not less impressive, though of more rugged gi-andeur. The train crawls cautiously along a precipice and over a bridge, whence the view of 1,100 feet below is unobstructed and exciting. .The train finally enters a tunnel; tl.en allis darkness. .Be? yond this the road clings to the steep sides of the mountains, making long detours around tributary ravines, and always 1,200 or 1,500 feet above Los Pinos Creek. The views afforded in these passes are at all times far reaching and sublime and very often thrilling. Grape Creek Canon, on the Silver Cliff branch, is a very pictur? esque passage through the Greenhorn range, with high walls and clustering vines The adobe, the plazas, and the "dugouts'' are the tames of the resi? dences (if you can call them such) of the Mexicans and coal miners of New Mexico. A first-class adobe (pro? nounced as if spelled dobe) is com? posed of a few perpendicular boards driven into the ground and covered with mud; the plazas are generally long and narrow mud structures; the "dugouts" are nothing more nor less than a big hole in the ground in which the half civilized Mexicans live. The Mexican plazas of Alcalde, Chamita, Santa Cruz and the Indian pueblo of Taos, San Juan, Nambe and Cuyamanque are the seat of an ancient semi-civilization which far ante-dates the discovery of America. Pueblo de Taos is the most attractive and best preserved; and here, accord? ing lo tradition, Montezuma was born, and here the sacred fire* are still kept burning for his return. About twenty-five miles from Ra? ton, N. M., near a deep and dismal looking ravine on the Santa Fe trail, I saw the hut of Kit Carson, the fa? mous old hunter, who died many years ago. Albuquerque is the chief city of New Mexico, aud the valley of the Rio Grande at Albuquerque is 5,000 feet above the sea, and the passes of the Sierra Madre and the San Fran? cisco mountains in Arizona have ele? vations of 7,300 feet, with a depres? sion at Winslow, on the Little Colo? rado, where the altitude is 5,000 feet. The climate is mild aud salubrious. Cattle and sheep graze throughout the year and do not need to be shel? tered or grain-fed during the winter. New Mexico and Arizona have 100, 000,000 acres of the finest grazing country in the world. There is an abundant yield of nutritious grasses which grow three fejt high all over the country, and the winters are so mild that neither sheep nor cattle re? quire special provision, either as re? gards food or shelter. A gentleman who is engaged in stock-raising told me on the train that thousands and thousands of cattle and sheep roam over the Big and Little Chino, and that there was room for many thou sands more. A few miles below Fort Wingate w St. Joseph, a fortified Mormon settle ment, in the vicinity of whicli I saw the Haulapai (pronounced as if spelt Walipee) Indians. They were un? doubtedly the wildest, the roughest, and the poorest apology for human beings I ever saw or expect to see again. I should not imagine that their wardrobes were very extensive, or that they had any at all, if ocular demonstration of that fact (judging from their personal appearance) can be relied upon in their case. The children didn't have a thing on-na? ture unadorned. A fig-leaf, at least, would have adorned a small portion of those wretched little papooses. There is no telling what one will see in the course of his travels. You would have laughed if you had seen those red squaws with their papooses strapped to their backs. Ata little railroad station the next day-Sunday, the 9th ultimo-I wit? nessed a game of "shinny," played by the Apaches, the aristocratic In? dians. They were fantastically at? tired for the occasion. Some cf them were really handsome-tall, erect and as dignified as Tecumseh was said to have been; and, although their tread wasnot as light as falling rose-leaves, yet it was elastic and ver}' graceful. Arizona is infested with those ver? min commonly known in the English language as tramps. At all hours of the night they would stealthily jump aboard the train and crawl under the berths. The conductor and train hands were kept busy in hauling them out from their hiding-places and put? ting them off the train. lt would take a Washington Irving to describe a genuine cowboy, all mounted in his galligaskins. The best idea I can give you of one is, that he is a fellow that you would not, in your most susceptible moods, fall in love with at first sight-or at the second, either. California is a grand and fine State but heaven is still beyond. Wherever I hang my hat is home now-if home you can call it. D. B. A. BILL AKP. He Thinks the Signs Are Hopeful. The signs of the political zodiac are hopeful. For twenty-five years they have been in the bead and neck of the Republican party. Aries the ram and Tauru? thc boll have been butting around geoeraliy. The bull tossed os up, aod when we struck the ground and tried to rise again to a perpendicular, the old ram took us from behind, and we never had any chance to get op at all. Bot we have got op at last and whipped the fight, and the signs are j now in the Republican knees. Capri comas, the goat, ls dowo oo his marrow j bones. He wags his beard and shakes bis horns, but that's all. And now the stars arc moving serenely in the heav? enly belt, and the signs are working-op the heart and the breast. The HOD will soon role the roost, a noble beast-the king of beasts-and there will be peace in the land. The signs are working op. I know, for to-day Mrs. Arp received a letter from a Union soldier in Peonsyl vania, telling her that be had her album that was taken from our house twenty years ago, and carried away as a tro? phy, aud he wants to return it. That is a good sign. The spirit of restitu? tion is at work, and before long maybe all our valuables will bc sect back with iuterest and -back pay. Anuo Domini and Democratic principles will tell When Mrs. ?rp read the letter she looked away off dreamily and said: "Well,- he writes like a gentleman. It is a pretty letter, and I reckon he most be a gentlemanand then, after a pause, she coutinoed: "But what made him keep it so long?" That album was her maiden- treasure, for it had sweet words from her schoolmates, and sweeter ones from her lovers, and she has often wondered what anybody wauted with it We vacated oar home io the night, away in the night, at the time wheo deep sleep falleth upon man, and all of Mrs. Arp's literary treasures were hast? ily bandied together for transportation j and were left-left in the drawer of her beautiful sewing table. There were all the letters from loved ones dead, and loved ones living, and some promisiog I ones from me, for I promised her every j thing before I got her. All the men j do that, I reckon, but how many keep j them nobody knows but the recording angel. Then there were all the letters [ wrote her from the army-letters that I wrote with thoughtful care-for they were to refresh memory in coming years. They were notes of battles and raare'.iea and retreats, and of the killed and woanded whom our people knew and loved-notes of winter life in camp and bigot alarms aud daily trials and sur? prises. I had hoped to compile from them something that would do to print in after years, but they; toe, are gone. The album will be welcome when it comes, aod we will thank the gentleman for his kindness. Our boys keptsome I thing, too, that they captured-some trophies from the dead that would be dear to the liviog if we knew them. War is an awful thing, and whenever I feel like complaining of bad luck or I unexpected trouble it is always a com '; fort to remember that it is not so bad as war. It will be glorious era when the sword is really put upon the anvil and made ioto a plowshare. I had a letter yesterday, another let? ter that gives a sign, a token of good will, It came from Boston and from a j stranger, who says he reads the Const! j tu.tion weekly and tries to keep posted j on national politics, and I quote from ? his letter verbatim, as follow:-: I "I think your letter of the 18th was too hard on us. You should have drawn it milder, for we arc cot mad, not a bit mad, and it grieved mc thai you had such an opinion of us. I am a merchant and meet daily manj friends, and with us all, most all ben io Boston, the pleasantest thought ii the changed political aspects in relatior to the people of the South. We an j sincerely glad that you all like it, anc j cannot help rejoicing with you. I hav< j talked with no one who does not appre elate your good feelings over your re cent victory. I feel so, sure, notwith standing I have been a Republican al my life. Io the late con teet I had ti look beyond thc candidate, aod for tb sake or nie g. o. p. i LOOK me pm ana j voted for Blaine. He is the style of a roan to wave the bloody shirt. He is one of the politicians and does not be? long to our raak and file io Boston. Now let us all try to quench the flames of passion and live in peace. Last summer I visited Virginia aDd North Carolina aod saw your hordes of ne? groes, and I pitied you that this igno? rant race bad been forced upon you as voters. I did not at all like the new generation, but the old gray-bearded ones were polite and well-maunered and I liked them. One evening while at Raleigh I looked in upon the darkeys at a festival, and was entertained, amused and instructed. I go to New Orleaos this winter, and shall stop a ' while in Atlanta so as to learn more of I the South and her people. I found j nothing more marked oa my former j visit than the hospitality and courtesy of your people, and we all hope that the new order of things will brins us all nearer together." Well, that is a good letter. Such talk as that will capture the Southern heart. I just feel like I want to bug him and his wife and his children. Such as bim may come down here and live and die and be buried in our graveyards. We will let their children marry our chil? dren, and raise np a breed that will harmonize the sections. They will fur? nish the money and we will furnish the *'don't care" for a dowry, and it will make a splendid cross. Nevertheless, I couldn't help thinking that the sym? pathy for us about the negroes vo.ing was a little late-a little too late, per? haps. We used to be sorry, but we aint now. It looks like a pity that we couldent all be sorry at the same time. Their votes don't trouble us now. They don't vote as much as they used to. Our country darkeys have almost quit, for both sides have quit paying them. They sold their registration tickets, the other day, in Carolina to John Robin? son's circus for leave to go into his mow. They" had rather see the ele? phant now than vote, but they used to want to vote every day two or three times. But the signs are hopeful. Boston is not mad nor venomous, and Boston is the hub. When her good people see how the Democracy can run the ma cbiue they will be content and not have to swallow any more pills for the sake of the g. o p., for there is another G. 0. P. that had been resting for many years, and now, like a fresh horse, is ready for work. The Republican g. o. p. is tired and Deeds rest. Biaioe is dead. "He might have been worse, and he might have beeu better." Let his epitaph be: 4'Here lies Jimmy Blaine; he has waved his last shirt, he has writ his last letter; no sound shall awake bim to glory again." But that Cincinnati man - Murat Halstead-dies hard. He keeps on kicking. If their commercial people dou't sit down hard on that Commercial Gazette they wiri haye lots of freight cars to sell OD the Cincinnati Southern before long. We are a long-suffering people, but the time is up aud we are tired. What Oar Editors Say. The Cause of Temperance. Pee Dee Index. Every lover of peace and good ordei must feel gratification at the progress the cause of temperance is making ic our State. To the careful observer ol the progress of the times nothing eas be clearer than thst the sale of whiskj must go. By legal enactment whisk) cannot now be sold outside of the cor? porate limits of the towns of the State, and intelligent sentiment throughoul the State is fast reaching the conclusion that these municipalities are no longei to continue schools ard hospitals foi drunkards. In accordance with thi: idea, under the local option law, maoj of the towns in the State have freed themselves from the whisky thraldom, And with great wisdom the temper ance agitators have kept the move? ment eniirely distinct from poli? tics. At tiie late election iu Aiken county, upon a vote tafeen throughoul the county, a majority of thc white vo? ters have declared at the ballot-bos that whisky must go. The city ol Greenville and the town of Newberry have local option elections this month. Other towns are in Hue. One by one the outposts are being assailed and cap? tured. Ere long, unless some scriou? blunder is made, the jordon will bc drawn in and the strongholds attacked. The town of Marion nearly one yeal since prohibited the sate of whisky, and ;- we believe the most bitter opponent oi the law will admit the incalculable amount of gnod which has resulted to the town and county therefrom. Thc loss of business bugaboo which wa: used as an argument against the pas? sage of the law has proved a myth. The business of the town compares , most favorably with past years. Dozens of arrests for drunkenness were made heretofore where none are necessary now. Thousands of dollars, which heretofore went into the whisky tills, finds its way into the legitimate chan? nels of trade. We know numbers ol citizeus who formerly came to towu, bung around the bar-rooms, and whose fetid breath aud beclouded minds made it unpleasant to deal with them. NOA these same men come here, transad their business, and return to their fam? ilies sober and clothed in their righi mind. Night is uo longer made hid eous by the hootiogs of drunken row? dies on our streets. Our wives ano daughters can walk the streets withoui the fear of being jostled from the side? walks by drunken men. This is a stat< of affairs that we chronicle with, w< hope, a ?ardonable pride, inasmuch S? thc Index battled for this result witl all the energy and ability it could com maud. By some we were criticised, bj others maligned; but, backed by tin prayers aud encouragement of the mci and women of our county, we honcstli fought for the right, aod the right pre vaiied Many who then opposed u: j are now oar friends. Many who thei harshly criticised us regret it. For al these pleasant results to us personally we are grateful; and for the great ben 1 efits to the good people of the town &n< county, which we love, we are gratified We must cot, however, be under stood to hold that prohibition herc is j pened taw-mai mere are ausuiuieiy j DO violations of it; but we do assert i that in tli?s community it is as scrupu I lously observed as any statute law "in ! our State. Its strict observance has I been due to the fact that our town has j had a Council in strict sympathy with i the ?aw. We advise all towns whero I no license prevails to elect a Council ia j sympathy with the law, otherwise it i wilL be a dead letter. This is what put j Sumter back under the rum power, ? and, from what we hear, we fear on this j account other towns may follow ber' ex j ample. ? " Troubles of the Blainiaes. Atlanta Constitution. j There is great trouble in the minds j of the Blaine editors over the result of j the election, and they arc still worry j ing themselves over the condition of I things in the South. Well, it is a pity about the South, bat the South pro? poses to take care of itself now as it bas heretofore, and it proposes also to take an energetic hand in taking care of the rest of the country. The South forms a very large chunk of the Union -it is a solid chunk, a nice chunk, and it is a very active chunk. There are a great many things in this section that are not satisfactory to the Blame edit? ors, but really we don't know what they are going to do about it. If we beg them to have a little patience they howl; if we crack a joke at them they howl, and if we say nothing they .howl. We appreciate the fact that their feelings are hurt, but it is impossible to see how they can heal the hurt by howling. Not that their howling displeases us. On the contrary, quite the reverse. It is music in our hungry ears. We have beeu waiting for the joyful sound for twenty years, and if we could add to the waitings, no opportunity would be lost. The consolation is that the bowl? ing will go on, no matter what we say, and the knowledge of this fact gives us? an excuse for jogging along the old, s good-humored way. The latest difficulty with the Blaine organs we find chroni? cled in Editor Charles Emory Smith's Philadelphia Press. It is as follows: '*Another colored exodus from South Carolina is under way. Large numbers of the blacks have started already for California and the States west of the Mississippi, and an immigration on a large scale appears to be imminent. The Southern Democratic editors write' glibly of the contentment and prosper J ity of the colored race, and Democratic j papers print columns of interviews With ? Sous hern statesmen predicting that the j negro will soon discover that the Dcm j crats, and not the Republicans, are h s i best friends. But somehow the colored ! man isn't convinced. The little logic j he has doesn't prove to him that the j same men who once held him in slavery and only relinquished their hold upon . him at the point of the bayonet, and \ have since shot ?nd counted him out of j hrs political fights, have his interests ' j much at heart." I Now, no doubt the Press looks on I this as a very sad state of things, and : I its editor would probably have no besir, talion in taking the stand a'ad swearing with the asual violence of a Blainiac that it i? the result of the election of a Democratic President. In regard to this we shall u?t argue. We know i nothing of the alleged exodus from -1 South Carolina, and care a great deal j j less than we know; .but we are willing l j to go a's far as the editor of the Press fl in recognizing facts. We have written i j (perhaps "glibly") of the contentment , j and comparative prosperity of the nc-" r j groes of the South, and we have gone . j out of our way somewhat to assure them ?that they have nothing more to.fear \ j from a Democratic than from a Ilepub t j Hean administration. . i But recent developments in Atlanta" "' . j show that there is a class of negro'mal j contents who are ready to bulldoze and maltreat those of their own race who desire to cultivate friendly and peaceable relations between the races. It is prob? ably this class that is preparing to erai I grate from South Carolina, and we j should be glad to chronicle thc fact j that the same class was preparing to' j emigrate from Georgia, and especially from Atlanta. We orge emigration' upon these malcontents. It is the bo*t thing they can do; for if th?y stay where they are and continue to mani? fest a lawless spirit they will get them? selves into vefry serious trouble. There' j is no doubt about that. ! A Democratic President has beo? j elected, and bis administration will bc democratic. j When bis term is out another Demo? cratic President will be elected. The country is safely Democratic, and will be so for a quarter of a century, possi? bly looker. The negroes, as well as ! the Blainiaes, will have to make the 'most of these things. As a role, the I negroes who betray a desire to emigrate ? are the very oues that oOgbt to emigrate. I Even after the ?xodos thc country will i be safe. An electron has been ordered in thc j city of Columbia on the subject of n ! cense or no license, to be held on the" ! 27th inst. I A number cf colored men were os j the Rappahannock River, last week, j gathering oysters, when a storm struck their boats and several were drowned. On Wednesday night, as the passen? ger train on the Wilmington, Columbia and Augusta Railroad, coming to Flor I ence from Columbia, was this side of 1 Mayesville, the engineer discovered a cross-tie across the track, but he suc? ceeded in stopping Within a few feet cf it, and thus saved the train from de? struction. No clue has been obtained to the rascal who com m ii ted this das? tardly act, and it is supposed it was the work of a discharged employee of the road.-Florence Times. Columbia enjoyed the unusual ex? citement of a cut in railroad fare to Charleston on the 12tb instant. The South Carolina road advertised round trip tickets to Charleston for ?3 90. The Atlantic Coast Line sent out hand? bills stabing their price to be ?2. The South /parolina road rose and came to' the tMe of ?1 50. The Coast Line thereat thc price to $1. The other" roaV then reduced tickets to 50 cents, and the Coast- Lioe promptly offered the* samo rates. A boat 650 ?asseugers lef ? on these trains^ . 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