The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, April 06, 1886, Image 1

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THE TRUE SOUTHRON, Established June, 1866 Consolidated Aug. 2, 1881.1 New Series-Vol. V. ??o. 36. Pdai?od O?WT Sfcesday, iBY - Gr. OSTEEN, .SUMTER* S. e. Two Dollar?^per annum-in advance. 0VSKTISEM?HTS. On? Square, first insertion........._$1 00 Erery subsequent insertion.......^......... 50 Contracts for three months, or longer will bs made at reduced .rates. - AH communications which subserve private interests will becharged for as advertisements. : " Obituaries and tributes of respect will be charged for. ADSOiureiy KU re. jh. Tb? powder never varies. A marvel of purity; strength and wholesomeness. More g ecoaoimcri than the-ordinary kinds, and can? not be sold in competition with the multitude - of low test, short weight, alum or phosphate powders. Sold only in CORM, ROYAL BAK 3 ITO POWDER CO., 106 Wall-st., N. Y. Bl m STORE --AND TO ARRIVE. BBLS FLOUR * $5.00 and upwards. 60 BBLS. PEARL OBITS, 5000 LBS. SMOKED C. R. SIDES, 12000 " D.S. 3?OO " FATBACKS, 3000 " BUTTS, 12 BOXES EXTRA CREAM CHEESE. IO SACKS BIO COFFEE, 20 BBLS. SUGAR, 50 BOXES SOAP, '? 15 BBLS. KEW ORLEANS SYRUPS, SO SACKS LIVERPOOL SALT, ? BBLS. RICE, --AKD A FULL ASSORTMENT OF SHELF GROCERIES, ALL BOUGHT LOW FOR CASH, And mil be told so as to compete with any market. Every day we hear Farmers say the Dixie Plow is the Best - Continue to keep them, in one and two horse. Also all pieces belonging to them. A full supply of Hoes, Plows, Rakes, and all other implements needed on a farm. HAKNESS, ^ADDLES. AND PLOW GEAR \ Just opened A CHEAP LOT OF HOSIERY, . HANDKERCHIEFS. " ~ 1 TOWELS AND CORSETS. The Ladies should examine the 30c., 50c, and $1-00 Corsets. Have the best thing ever ont in Corsets the "Spiral Spring"-come and examine them. Our Hats are in And aint they daisies f Every style of Felt, Wool and Straw, and at PRICES EVEN TO SUIT THE HARD TIMES. I We continue to keep The Best^ Stock of Cigars ev tr offered outside of a city. Call and see the handsome MEERSCHAUM CASS that we are going to give away. Before buying anything see Jf you cannot save money by buying of me. ALTAMONT MOSES, N. E. Corner Main and Liberty Streets, Feb 23 Sumter, S. C. A. J. CHINA, DEALER IN Drugs, Medicines and FINE TOILET S?APS, HAIR AND TOOTH BRUSHES. PERFUMERY AND FANCY TOILET ARTICLES, Ac, Ac. FAINTS, OILS, VARNISHES AND DYE STUFFS, GLASS, PUTTY, $c. FuU supply of Fresh Garden Seeds. April 9_ : PAINT YOUR BUGGY FOR One Dollar. One aoat gives an old baggy the blackest, black you ever saw and a handsome gloss wkhont varnishing. It dries hard in a few beers. No rubbing I No varnishing! No extra trouble. Each can contains more than ?aough to paint a carriage. Retailed at One Dollar per Can. jPorSaleby >? _wmr _ DR, JL. J? CHIAA. ls ft danserons as weh* as distressing complaint. If neglected, it tends, by impairing nutrition, and de? pressing che tone of the aysfcaza, to prepare the way for Rapid Decline. Quickly and completely Cores Dyspepsia in all its form?. Heartburn, Belchta*? Tasting the Food? etc It enriches and puxiflesifcre blocd. stimu? lates the appetite, and aids tho assimilation of food. Brr. J. T. BOSSTTEK, the honored pastor of tho First Reformed Church, Baltimore, Md., says: ** Haring used Brown's Iron Bitters for Dyspepsia and Indigestion I take great pleasure in recom? mending it highly. Abo consider ii a splendid tonio ?sd mvjgprator. and very strengthening." HON. JOSEPH O. SCH, Judge of Circuit Court, dinton Co., Ind., says: 411 bear most cheerful testi? mony to the efficacy of Brown's Iron Bitters fer Dyspepsia, and as a tonic." Genuine has above Trade Mart and crossed ??linee on wrapper. Take no other. " Made only by BRO Wy CHEMIC Ai, CO., BALTIMORE, MB. AURANT 11 Jfottot'ttiS^BSeaaBS^rflich *.ffl?r*."rn.nVfnri am rurigin ally caused by a disordered condition of the LIV E R ? For aH complaints of this kind, such as Torpidity of the liver. Biliousness, Servons Dyspepsia, Lidiges? tion. Irregularity of the Bowels. Constipation, Flatu? lency, Eructations and Barning of the Stomach (sometimes called Heartburn), Miasma, Malaria, Bloody Fha, ChiQs and Fever, Breakbone Fever, Exhaustion before or after Fevers, Chronic Diar? rhoea, Loss of Appetite, Headache, Font Breath, Irregularities incidental to Females. Bearing-down STOP IG ER'S auBtimi is Invaluable. It is not a panacea for all diseases, bQt SM IDC a? diseases of the LIVER, wm Vrii6T Ci STOMACH andBOWELS. It changes the complexion from a waxy, yellow tinge, to a ruddy, healthy color. It entirely removes low. gloomy spirits. It is one of the BEST AL" TERAT1VES and PURIFIERS OF THE BLOOD, and I? A VALUABLE TONIC. STADICER'S AURANTII Far sale by all Druggists. Price t?.00 per bottle. C. F. STADICER, Proprietor, 'AO SO. FRONT ST., Philadelphia, Pa. Many a Lady is beautiful, all but her skin ; and nobody has ever told her how easy it is to put beauty off the skin. Beauty on the skin is Maguolia Balm. A SUPERB Flesh Producer and Tonic! Hear the Witnesses!! 10 to 20 Pounds!!! An Atlanta Man's Weight and Appetite. "I TOOK FOUR BOTTLES Guinn's Pio? neer and gained 15 pounds in Flesh. My ap? petite has been restored. I have procured a lot for use in my family. Yours respectfnllv, GEO. THOMPSON, 60 Humphries St., Atlanta, Ga, A Man of Sixty-Eight Winters. I am 68 years of age, and regard Guinn's Pioneer a fine tonic for the feeble. By its use my strength bas been restored and my weight increased ten pounds. A. F. G. CAMPBELL, Cotton-Gin Maker. Macon, Ga., Feb.-18, 1886. A Crippled Confederate Says : I only weighed 128 pounds when I com? menced Guinn's Pioneer, and now weigh 147 ponnds. I could hardly walk with a stick to support me and can now walk long distances without help. Its benefit to me is beyond calculation. D. RCF?S BOSTICK, Macon, Ga. Cotton Buyer. Mr. A. H. Bramblett, Hardware Mer? chant of Forsythe, Ca., writes : It acted like a charm oa my general health. I consider it a fine tonic. I weigh more than I have for 25 years. Respectfully, A. H. BRAMBLETT. Mr W F Jones. Macon, Says : My wife has regained her strength and in? creased ten pounds ia weight. We recom? mend Guiun's Pioneer as the best tonic. W. F. JONES. I>r G W Delbridse, of Atlanta, Ga, writes of Guinn's Pioneer : Guinn's Pioneer Blood Renewer has been used for years with unprecedented success. It is entirely vegetable and does the system no barm. It improves the appetite, digestion and blood-making, stimulating, invigorating and toning up all the functions and tissues of the system, and thus beccnes the great blood renewer and health restorer." GUINN'S PIONEER BLOOD RENEWER Cures all Blood and Skin Diseases, Rheuma? tism. Scrofula, Old Sores. A perfect Spring Medicine. If cotin your market it will be forwarded on receipt of price. Stn*ll bottles $1.00: large bottles Si.75. Essay on Blood and Skin Diseases mailed free. MACON MEDICINE COMPANY. Macon. Georgia. For Sale by DR. A. J. CHINA. Feb 23. Sumter, S. C. esss^^rfg? CENTS lt-a - , "TT* I FOR SAMPLE ins.. ^r\^L ? COPY ol THIS E Ii4E AilAoJ? BEAUTIFUL BOOK. Bl ??VU^'?" It gives the LAKGUAEE I A^Vr\0>i^Cr/ ?-n<; Sentiment ot Even* fe W'Cmy flow and Shrub, 3000 H V'nr: ?CLy different kinds. Atoonil K r Ur.^^^- the Known Rules ol ~\tr t? B ^hM^o/^r ,i0* wi?n G,0Vf E wi Of^ w "T^ Katdkerchlef anciK ?t ?} Tlw^ AMO' is me mott complets work 6; ^ W1" of T-he kind ever pub m tPy_mm*%mf% lished. Send Fifteen I rl_lRTIMC Cent? in stamps for B A fcaia * ^ ? a ?taupie copy, also our f'ii__r_^ '"?=5=&i price to agents. Agents pT~r~'f ^?agB-^ wanted everywhere. Ad. AMERICAN PUB. CO.. l?H?rtk Tenth Streit.Pblltd'a. Ps. ??pSfS $17 ?^?gSiy^J if DAIS' TKIAL. K^^77ia J *\ ? rmi set of 18 SK /flSn AV Attachments. EMVl I?i F" Wi.BRANTED ^mJ^MAJ K Y o**r?. Send for W*' -ffi\ ol Circular. Mtr?s'ft E- c- l*<*WE A CO., ri. etsi st., F?U?., ra. JOHN KELLY. THE REMARKABLE CAREER OF "THE BEST ABUSED MAN IN AMERICA." A Born Leader-Begins Work as Office Boy to the Bider Bennett-From a Maion anu Grate Setter He Bises to a Seat in Congress. [Special Correspondence.] 11 B New York> March g I *?S^? ,-!'. =~ which hung from a 11 f^^S?&S?S?tl modest two-story house ll i?&v?Zg^^ ia Mott street, New H P /fe?HrBsf^ Yorki ^1044 xt indi" SI S tiliF ?^l W h ^e humble begin 11 \ ??m? ?A? 1?! ?* one w^?) twelve fj I 'SD; nrj K? y years later, was a mem 1 I (t?i^ IV! Rr |?'^er of congress, and I^'I^S^H?I W ft ^ho,forthethirty years t?'i t^S/j^7 it since thea, has been ono mM^^ ^MJZ I of tlie moet prominent ^Jp-'h * political figures of this 'jp: /J city. His name is fa * ' JF^-i miliar to everybody, f, ? and his features have been portrayed so frequently by the cari? caturists that even children will recognize it I know for a fact of the editor of an illus? trated paper, who at one time instructed his artists to remember that when timely sub? jects did not present themselves, a car? toon on John Kelly was always in order, and I have seen him on a street car perusing this very paper, and watched the merry twinkle in his eye when he found a humorous repre sentation of himself. John's strong charac? teristic was his unostentatiousness, and for that reason people know very little about his private Ufa Meeting Mr. J. Fairfax McLaughlin on Broadway the other day we talked about the old "boss." Mr. McLaughlin had been as? sociated with Mr. Kelly for some thirty years and has published his life. He said: "Yes; I probably know more of Mr. Kelly than any living man He was born in New York city, April 20,1822. His father died when he was 8 years old When The New York Herald was in its infancy, young Kelly walked in to the office one day and asked the elder Bennett if he wanted an office boy. Ben? nett was a good judge of character and quick in deciding. He talked with the youth j a few minutes, then told him to^o to work. He became a great favorite with Bennett, and when at length he grew older and determined on learning a trade, so as to better support the large family that was depending on him, Mr. Bennett offered him strong inducements to remain, and on parting with him predicted that he would succeed anywhere. The elder Bennett was as strong a friend of Kelly's as the present Bennett isa bitter enemy. Kelly learned the trade of soapstone cutting and grate setting, at which he afterward made a considerable fortuna He proved to be a remarkably shrewd business man and his faith in the future of New York \irywas so great that with every $200 or $500 he would get, he bought a lot up town, &heselots are worth to-day from $5,000 to %10,000, and Mr. Kelly is reported to be a millionaire. Though his charity has been distributed most secretly, it is estimated that he has dispensed a quarter of a million dollars in that way. When a young roan John was ??O?able as an athlete. Tho notorious John Morrison said of Kelly that he had the build of an ideal pugilist Though the cartoonists have always represented him as a dumpy man, he is nearly six feet in height and weighs about 240 pounds. He ran with the "fire laddies" in his early days and made hosts of friends, who elected him alderman nlS53. Tweed, of ring fame, afterwards -aid of this body: "There never was a time before that you could not buy the board of aldermen, and if it was not for John Kelly's severity you could buy it now. JOHN KELLY'S RESIDENCE, NEW YORK. In 1S54 he was elected to the thirty-fifth congress. He resigned bis seat before his last term was completed to take the office of sheriff of this county, to which he had been elected. It was while in congress that Gen. Cass, President Buchanan's secretary of state, spoke of him as "Honest John Kelly," which he has been commonly called since. In 1S68 he was chosen the candidate for the mayor? alty in opposition to Bill Tweed's Tammany Hall candidate, but an awful burden of do? mestic affliction in the loss of his wife and son compelled bim to withdraw- and take his two daughters-all that was left of his family-to Europe for his own health as well as theirs. He remained away three years; and during his absence New York city was given over wholly to the plunder of the Tweed ring. Prominent men like Mr. Tilden, Seymour, Hewitt and Belmont sought Mr. Kelly to help them in this crisis. He had vowed neve* to again enter politics. Their importunities continued for a year, till at last he entered the fight, and while Mr. Tilden and Charles O'Connor attacked tho Tweed ring in the legislature and in the courts, Mr. Kelly had a hand to hand tussle with them in Tammany Hall, their citadel, and routed them, as is well known. This gave him a prestige which he has held sinca An idea of tho tremendous power this ring wielded may be obtained from the fact that they gave employment to 12,000 persons and disbursed $30,000,000 annually. In 1S70 Mr. Kelly was appointed comptroller of the city, and not only stopped the debt of tho city in? creasing, something unprecedented, but actu? ally reduced it $12,000,000 during his tem of office. Mr. Kelly's career for tho past ten years is more familiar to tho reader. In pri? vate life be is the most convivial of compan? ions. Temperate, witty, a 2ood story teller and possessed of a flexible oaritono voice, with which he bas often enlivened political gatherings. In IS76 Mr. Kelly re-married, and bas two children, a boy and girl, to brighten hin norna 6. H. HORGAN. Discipline of the Bnssian Army. The discipline of the Russian army is as? tonishing. The code of honor among its officers precludes, as tn other nations, the resentment of an insult by a superior through the form of a challenge. A grand duke insulted his regiment. Three of the officers under him blew out their brains rather than endure thc disgrace. The of? fender, seeing his fatal boorishness, apologized to the remaining gentlemen, and saved the force from annihilation. Chicago News. Florida Lamber Lost hy Lightning. Between Tallahassee and Carrabelle, a few clays ago, a Tallahassee gentleman counted, in a distance of thirty miles, fifty three trees that had been struck by light? ning so recently that they were not yet dead. Using this as a basis for an esti? mate, he concluded that Florida, loses an? nually over 500,000 feet of lumber destroyed by lightning.-Boston Budget. OUR FISHERIES. INTERESTING FACTS IN REGARD TO THIS GREAT INDUSTRY. 3fap of tho Fishing Grounds-How and Where Mackerel, Cod and Halibut aro Caught-What Becomes of Fish In Winter-Packing and Curing. I?pedal Correspond enco.] BOSTON, March 3.-When Josh Billings said that "the codfish iz tho fruit of tho oshun, which accounts for their being so salt," it was without doubt the first time it dawned on the minds of many people that the dried codfish of commerce was not always thus, nor -was he always flat and spread out lite the old-fashioned cross stick kite. A Boston Globe artist made some sketches re? cently among the fisheries, from which we produce our illustrations. Mackerel, cod and hal? ibut fej^ljlfl Cod and halibut grounds. Hi I il ?pH Mackerel fishing grounds. Ijtxxx Inshore fishing grounds granted * to the TL S. by treaty of 1S1& MAP OF THE FISHING GROUNDS. As the imap shows, the mackerel is the most common tish, and for that reason tho least profitable. The season for mackerel begins in March and ends in November, and what becomes of these fish in the meantime "the Lord only knows," so an old skipper said. Mackerel are caught in schools with im? mense seines of about 1,000 feet in length. This seine is dropped slowly out of a large row boat in such a manner as to describe a gre .t circle, and thus inclose a great portion of the school of fish. Along the lower edge of the seine, which hangs 100 feet below the surface, are rings through which a rope rons like a running string. This is drawn taut when the circle is completed, thus closing the bottom and making tin immense purse of the net It frequently happens, though, that be? fore the bottom of the net is closed it is found that "school is out," which means that the mackerel have detected the fishermen's little game and escaped by diving. To keep the mackerel school in, while the net is being dropped, barrels of chopped up porgies and clams are thrown into the water. One successful haul will yield 100 to 300 barrels of fish. When loaded on deck these fish are split open, cleaned and packed on ice or in salt, according as lt is in? tended to deliver them in the market ^^^^^^ COD FISHING FROM THE RAIL. In cod fishing, according to the old sldpper, "you do not get so much perk for your shil? ling." Tho fishing grounds, as shown by the map, are situated at a greater distance. The Georges bank, for instance, ls due east of Cape Cod about 200 miles. It is where the tide is strongest the winds fiercest, and the sea the roughest, that the cod and halibut make their homes, and it requires a brave heart to face the cold and other dangers of this calling. Often during the winter the deck and rigging are constantly covered with ice. There are two methods of fishing. Fish? ing over the rail is shown in the illustration, tere each member of the crow tends a single line fastened to a peg in the rail called a '"soldier;" this is tho customary method in rough weather. When the sea moderates sufficiently trawl fishing is practiced. Trawls are lines which are buoyed so as to float on the water and extend for a quarter mile or more out from the vessel, each vessel carry? ing about two miles of these trawl lines. At every six feet on the trawls are fastened smaller lines with baited hooks. Small boats called dories, c?ntaining two men each, go out twice a day to follow up the trawl, haul in the smaller lines, removes the fish and re bait the books. If a cod is caught he is sim? ply thrown into the boat, while a halibut is killed first by hitting him on the nose. A halibut w?l weigh from 25 to 300 pounds, and *'if a big one got into the dory alive," so a sailor said, "it would bo an open question whether he was in charge of the dory or whether you was." DRYING FISH. All fish are cut open, and the entrails ro moved before packing on board tho vessel. When a cargo is obtained of from 30,000 to 50,000 pounds of fish, tho vessel sails for its harbor; here the fresh fish is shipped in re? frigerator cars to market, and that intended for drying, smoking, or packing in brine is turned in to immense warehouses on shore. The illustration presents a scene in one of the yards where the codfish are dried. This is done by exposing thom on "flakes" for a day or so in the open air. In case of rain, tho fish are collected in piles, and covered with the odd-shaped boxes shown in the illustra? tion. The dried cod is fed into a machine, which cuts it into bricks for jacking at the rate of 110 pounds a minute. Then there are smoke houses where the halibut and mackerel ere cured. Some of the packing concerns have their own vessels. One possosscs fiftern schooners, worth about ?I0,0?U each. The total catch cf mackerel for one year is about 500,000 barrels. Of fish 100,000 000 pounds is a fair annual average catch. This will give some idea of the magnitude of this industry, .which is just now attracting attention before congress. A. J. BOTHWJ?IX? Concentration of tho Black Hace. There is a steady concentration of tba colored people upon the borders of the gulf of Mexico. Their numbers are in? creasing in a greater relative ratio than the whites. But there are fewer of them in Kentucky, Virginia, and North Caro? lina than formerly, and more in the states farther .south. The whites in these more southern regions are leaving for the west and north, so that iii course of time, we shall have communities o* the north shore of the gulf of Mexico, all, or nearly all the members of which will bo colored people.-Demorest's Monthly. imprisonment for Debt in Nova Scotia, Nova Scotia is the only place under the British flag where imprisonment for debt is allowed and practiced. In any other of the Canadian provinces a creditor can sue a. e?e?>if>r that resides in Nova Scotia, bnta Nova Scotian creditor can not return the compliment-Exchange. Lee and Jackson. Lee and Jackson stand forth as the twin-heroes of the South. Both are representative men-Lee representing the bigest culture of the South, Jackson its genius and intrepidity. Lee was greatest in defence ; Jackson in attack. In bis rapid marches Jackson sped like the messenger of Fate-no difficulties seeming too great for bim to overcome. One of his marches, be made io bis mysterious advance upon Romney in '61 has sometimes been compared to Napoleon's passage of the Alps. ? sudden and dreadful change in the weather found Jackson already on his way with an army unsupplied with tents, overcoats, or blankets. At night the soldiers bad to keep themselves from freezing to death by lying round the bivouac fires. One man said he built a fire at eight o'clock, went to sleep by it, awoke at twelve, found the fire put, and about three inches of snow over him. Jackson shared the bard ships of his men and inspired them with his own enthusiasm. On they passed over roads heavy, wet and slippery with half-frozen sleet. Men were con? tinually falling and their guns going off. The long trains of wagons drag ged heavily along, some of the horses crippled, and blood streaming from their knees. Hundreds of moo had to be detailed to steady the fainting ani? mals and help to push the wagons forward. With unwavering purpose, through blinding storms of rain, bail, and sleet, Jackson pressed on till, reach? ing Bath, with an army that might have been tracked by the innumerable prints of naked and bleeding feet, he encoun? tered the Federals, attacked them with fury, routed them, and drove them across the Potouaae. Leaving fLoring at Romney, he bad just carried his old brigade back to watch tbe enemy at Winchester, when President Davis, not understanding these movements, and at this early stage, mistaking Jackson's genius for. madness, ordered Romney to be evacuated, leaving Jackson's purpose a ojystery to this day. Almost all Jackson's great movements were veiled in mystery, but when his genius became known be was no longer interfered with, and on more tban one memorable occasion the mystery of bis disappearance was solved when he sud? denly appeared descending like a thun? derbolt upon the flank of his bewildered enemy. The.key notes of Jackson's policy were mystery and action. Attack the enemy ; never wait till be attacks you. If you are repulsed, be watchful ready in an iostant, if opportunity oc? curs, to give the enemy an unexpected stroke, and change defeat into victory. If you succeed, pursue the enemy cut him to pieces, and by quick deci? sive blows end the war. Lee was more in favor of standing on the defensive, giving his men all the advantage of fortified positions, ?eking rather to baf? fle aud weary the enemy than destroy, bim. THEIR DISCIPLINE. There was a similar difference be? tween Lee and Jackson in their mode of dealing with tbeir own troops. Lee was considerate and gentle to a fault, and was so reluctant to hurt the feelings of a man who might, he thought, be doing bis best, that be allowed many officers to retain their command, even after they had proved their incompetence. Jack? son, on the other hand, was stern and remorseless in his discipline. He did not hesitate to have a man shot in? stantly who disobeyed orders ; and if even a general officer seemed unfit or remiss, Jacksou thrust bim aside with? out a moment's hesitation. ? south? ern officer told me that on one occasion wheu A. P. Hill was taking bis men into action, Jaekson, who thought the movement was not being made with sufficient alacrity, dashed up and took command of the division himself. Hill was au officer of eminent ability and felt hurt. 'General,' he 6aid, 'if you command my division, you Thad better take my sword.' 'Retire to the rear, sir!' said Jack? son sternly, 'and consider yourself under arrest.' There was nothing for him but to obey. Jackson, thinking of nothing but how to turn the tide of the battle, took Hill's division and burled it into action, while poor Hill, for bis too hasty words, hud to remain behind under ar? rest until released by Lee. Off duty, Jackson was as modestand unassuming as a child ; and even in war, when men had done their best, he could be as lenient as his chief. After the battle of Sbarpsburg, when his com? mand was crossing the Massanutten Mountains, some of the regiments in Early's division, finding the district rich iu old peach, and thinking it pos? sible that in their exhausting march they were in need like Timothy, of a little wine for their stomach's stake and their many infirmities, indulged in a good deal more than ibe Apostle would have been likely to sanction. The con? sequence was that Stonewall, happening to ride in the rear of Karly's division that day, found ihc men scattered for miles alone the road, some of them dancing pollens, others sitting hy the roadside, weeping over their absence from their homes, or cheering them? selves with fragments of bacchanalian songs and psalm tunes. Early had med to terrify thc soldiers with a report!hat thc huts on thc mountains were full of small pox, but in vain. Ile lind been along in person, warning, expostulat? ing, sind swearing (this last was said to be Early's Jurie.) At last, disgusted, he had given it up. had ridden to camp, and was toasting his shins in the frosty night before a rousing fire, wheo an orderly rode up and handed him a des? patch from General Jackson. Early took the note and read as follows : * 'HEADQUARTERS, Left Wing. Sir:-General Jackson desires to know why he saw so many stragglers in rear of your division to day. (Signed) A. S. PENDLETON." The grim old soldier got a bit of paper, and penciled thc following reply : "HEADQUARTERS, } Early's Division, j Captain :-In answer to your note. I think it probable that tbe reason why General Jackson saw so many of nay 1 j stragglers to-day is that he rode in res of my division. Respectfully, j J. A. EARLY " Jackson, who bad a great regard f< the brave and eccentric soldier, and ba probably discovered that he had dot all that mau could do, made no furthi inquiries. With all their differences of cbara< ter. Jackson and Lee were well mate? Jackson had implicit confidence in Le< and always spoke of him with profoun respect. Lee was equally attached f Jackson, and regarded him as his mot efficient commander. After the bat tl of Chancellorsville, when Jackson shattered arm was amputated in the hop of saving his life, Lee said-"Jackso bas lost his left arm, bat I have lost m right." Everywhere in the South the name of Lee and Jackson go together, and i the galaxy of Southern heroes shin forth like two Jupiters against the stat dust of some distant constellation Even in the North, Lee and Jack.so are spoken of with that veiled admira tion which lofty and heroic character command even from an enemy and no doubt tbe day will come whei (all bitterness of party feeling havin? passed away) the name of Lee will b honored io the North as io the South aod the achievements of Stonewal Jackson and his men remembered wit) as much enthusiasm as the career o Dundee or Prince Charlie, and th Rebel Highlanders are remembered an< sung about amongst ourselves. Mrs. Chapin. The power which Mrs. Sallie F Chapin has developed as a thrilling and magnetic advocate for temper ance has been phenomenal. Th? newspapers have been telling o throngs which listened to her all ove: the country, and of almost, equa throngs turned away from pac kee audience rooms, unable to gain ad mission. She is as popular every where for lady-like and gentle charac ter as for intellect and eloquence. Ii became accidentally known to 8om< of her co-workers, and to the locali tities in which she has labored witl such great results, that Mrs Chaping birthday occurred during the present week, and that she was to pass it it her native Charleston. A magnificent surprise was arranged for her. Hei pastor was let into the secret, and during all last week, bis house was literally inundated with telegrams anc letters of congratulation, and expresf packages of elegant and valuable birthday momentoes. He kept them until Mrs. Chapin's arrival -in th? city, and then, whilst she was dining at his home, presented them to thc astonished and happy lady, in such a way as to give each gift and greeting its individual place and power, ll seemed as though the list was endless, and it represented every part of the United States, North, East, West and South. And it contained a host oi names disti?.-guished in every walk ol honored and useful life, with every name signed to the expression of love and admiration. The stream of gifts and greetings has not yet ceased, for the time afforded to arrange this masked battery of good will was not sufficient to permit all to bc in time. The city is to be congratulated that one of its daughters is the object of such enthusiastic regard and affection. -Charleston News and Courier, March 18. Plant Speckled Peas. In view of the great loss of the oat crop by the severe weather it is im? portant that the farmer should try and make "every edge cut,'* In other words, he must make up for his lost oats, and we do not know of any crop that would pay him better for feeding purposes than speckled peas. We have often said that the pea crop properly handled and managed was a better crop than oats, and that one acre of peas was equivalent to two of oats. Now, aa to preparation, cultivation and gatherng : Break up the land close and deep with long shovel plows (use a shovel with a long tapering point,) lay off rows in ordinary laud thirty inches apart, check these rows at 6ame distance, and plant five or six peas in each check, cover with board, or better still, with double shovel plow. Plant as early iu April as the season will permit. When the peas are np large enough to plow, run around these like siding cotton, with the same kind of shovel you broke up with. This plowing, if well done, will give the peas plenty of dirt and will cover up the young grass and stand for a good hoeing. At the next working use a very large shovel, going across your first plow? ing, and be sure and make three fur? rows. As soon as this is done, plant a second crop in the chuck, made first, opposite those already growing. By the time they are ready to work, or soon alter, your first crop is ready to gather. Wc have tried several plans, reap hooks, grass blades, and sharp hoes, but have never f..und anything so handy or to do the work so well as a good light and sharp briar hook put on a long light handle. Walking backward and giving a sh??rt, quick stroke dons the work easily and swiftly. After this, with a fork, put the peas in small piles and commence to haul in right away. The sooner, thc better, as you will save more and better feed. If you have large barns, well venti? lated, it is your own fault if they heat or spoil. Put down a layer of pea vines about IS inches deep, then some poles or rails as supports, and more vines and so on until your house is full. One layer after another will wilt away and a current of air can pass underneath. Better than all are rail pens, but be sure lo have them well covered. Your second crop must be worked like the fiist one, and a third crop might be advantageously planted for vines to be plowed in the soil. We would advise that the second crop be picked and let the vines remain on the giouud j but, it* ta,ere is a prog pect of the third crop making vines, gather the second as you did the first. As a matter of course, you will have to plant some oats to give you feed in June and July, but if you will give the pea crop a fair trial you will be convinced that there is more and bet? ter feed in one acre than in two of oats, and the work and trouble is .aboutthe same. If one or two farm? ers in every neighborhood will give one or two acres a trial this year, we will venture to say that it will not be abandoned, but, on the contrary, where we now see large oatfields they will be plauted in the now insignifi? cant whip-poor-will pea. What Our Editors Say. Augusta ChronicU. The New York Times affects to be? lieve that Messrs. Hemphill and Dar? gan have dealt strong blows against the Solid South. Wait till Mr. Tillman fires his silver slugs. Carolina Spartan. Congressman Dargan has fired off his anti-Silver gun. When Uncle George Tillman brings out his old mus? ket with nickle-plated stock, silver eighta and gold lined barrel, and green? backs as wadding, he will make a scat ferment when he polls the trigger. He believes in gold and silver both-"the money God made,'' as he calls it. Lexington Dispafg. The story is related through the press of a Connecticut infantry company in the late war which is claimed to be without a parallel. The company, it is said had no less than 12 pairs of broth? ers, in its ranks. This county sent a company to the front with 25 Gunters' in it, all more or less related, and every man was a*'fiddler/' They were mem? bers o? Company I, 20th South Caro? lina Regiment. The Silver Question. Williamsburg Record. Hons. George W. Dargan and John J. Hempbill, members of Congress from this State, the former our imme? diate representative, have both recently made speeches in Congress on the silver question in opposition to the free coin? age of that metal into dollars that only contain eighty cents' worth of hallion. Their speeches are spoken of very highly by those who agree with them on this subject. Thc only thing we know rel? ative to the silver question, about which so much bas been spoken and written, is) that even eigldy cents of sil? ver is very difficult to get hold of in this part of this great silver producing country, and so long as we can buy as much with the present silver dollar as we can with the present gold dollar, we shall not tax our brains to find out who is right and who is wrong on a question which in its practical operations, among the great majority of the people, is the same in effect. The Liquor Question. Temperance Worker. If the politicians of South Carolina will not give the people a chance to settle this liquor question, then the people will have to settle the politi? cians. There is no interest of the people of this State so much at stake as their moral condition. Shall we be and continue a sober, or a drunk? en and idiotic people ? How far shall legislation guarantee these conditions. If one class has a right to invoke the aid of the law iu giving excess to per? sonal liberty, surely upon the same basis is the right guaranteed to the other class to invoke the aid of the law in restraining vicious liberty for the public good. In republics, the expressed will of the majority rules. The object of law ?3 the protection of society, and when civil government does not do this it is a sad failure. We demand a law which will say no man shall sell another that which will deprive his mind of reason and his heart of feeling. Fairfield News and Herald. The Texas strikers are going tog.-eat lengths. They recently entered the round house at Denison, and disabled several locomotives. The crowd num? bered about one hundred and fifty, and they were masked. In another instance a train was run out by non-union men. This fact being brought to the atten? tion of the Knights of Labor, some of their number took possession of a loco? motive, overtook the train, ran it on a side track, and brought both engines back to the starting point. These are new and startling features of labor strikers. Heretofore the strikers have made some pretense of keeping inside of the law. Their worst was done when they threatened or abused those who employed to take their places. And for those acts they have generally been arrested and punished under the law. Recently, however, the strikers bare gone to outrageous lengths, in utter disregard of the rights of persons and of property. Su;h acts ought not to be tolerated. Those who thus break the law should be made to feel the power of thc law. The property of the "offending" corporations should be pro? tected if it should even be necessary to meet force with force. The strikers should be taught, at whatever cost, that while it is their right to abstain from work just so long as they please, it is 1 also the right of employers to use their own property as they please. These acts of lawlessnes are great blunders, and they tend to produce the belief that the leaders of the workingmen are both fools and knaves. That the laborers '" have, in too many instances, grievances , which cry out. for redress, cannot well 1 be denied. But the sympathy of all law-abiding people is likely to be alto? gether chilled by doings such as have recently been seen in thc West. The laborers there seem to le their own worst enemies. Greenville Enterprise and Mountaineer. A farmers' convention for the State bas been called to meet in Columbia on Thursday, the 29th of April? proximo. We hope it wini be largely attended and that able men witl compose it. The I purpose of th? convention, as we gain j information from the many letters and [ articles concerning it that have been 4 published i? the public journals of tb?i State, is to bring about a reduction ot the salaries of State officials of every grade, and to curtail unnecessary ex penditurcs now indulged in. After these have been secured, those who lead this movetneut are confident that a re? duction of general taxation will follow as a matter of course. Every man in the State who has the interest of the common welfare at heart will certainly endorse any properly conducted movement with stich objects and end. As the farming class constitute, mord than docs any other one class, the mass of the people of the State, and whose prosperity aod welfare lay at the fbun* dation of the whole State, the assem? bling together of one class by their rep? resentatives in a State Convention will be heralded with ob alarm, but bc re? garded with confident aod assuring hop? that good results will follow its deliber? ations. Anderson Intelligencer. A number of farmers publish this week a call for a Mass Meeting of the farmers of Anderson County in the Court House .on saleday in April, tod we hope that as many of the farmers of the Couoty will attend as possible, aod that they will select five of the wisest aod most discreet representatives that they cao secure to attend the State Con* veotion io Columbia io April If properly directed this Cooveotioo may* we think accomplish great good for toe prosperity of the State. Such direction, io our judgment, will confine the meet? ing to the coosideratioo of agricultural subjects, and the directipo of the atteo tioo of Coogress aod cor State Legisla* tore to the changes io the law which the farmers of the State by representa? tives may, after mature deliberation conclude will be conducive to the pros? peri ty of agriculture over the State. Such recommendations would go before, the Legislature with every prospect of adoption, and would at least receive a respectful hearing in "Congress. The object of the Cooveotioo should be to build op the prosperity of the farmers, and through them of the State ; aod in order to do this, it will be necessary td examine the cooditioo of our agricul? ture, aod trace, if possible, hs causes. To begin with, our farmers must know that legislation cannot make agriculture a profitable business. AH that it cao do is to provide such roles of govern* meot as will give those engaged io ag? riculture the opportunity to conduct their bcsiness with as little interference, aod as light taxation as possible. The Legislature can not make its people rich, but it may give the protection of law, without imposing onerous b?rdeos upon" the people._ Volume Four of the Tempe? rance Worker. This thorough going advocate of pro* hibition has completed its third year, arid eaters its fourth with unabated ardor. We earnestly trust that each aooiver sary may briog inereased prosperity to this valiant advocate of temperance. We clip the following from the last issue : With this issue The Temperance Worker enters upou the fourth year of its struggle for moral right against legal wrong. For three years it bas survived the difficulties, and with* stood the shot and shell hurled upon it by professed friends and opeo foes; Never has it lowered its mark for any suggested compromise, not changed its solid shot for rubber balls, mud shells, or blank charges. Its cardinal principle and aim is the utter prohibition of the manufacture, sale, and use of liquid fire as a bev? erage, and the removal of the fool blot-license laws-from the statutes of the grand old Palmetto State. It seeks not only to lift the fallen, but to keep others from falling, by ibu removal of the cause of their stuOV hiing. ^ It has cut its own way through the multitudinous views of public opin? ion, bas asked no favors, entered every open door where there was promise of doing good, and where there was no door it has endeavored to make one. The hardest blows which it has received have come from those who profess to be on Its side and advocates of its principles. What it is to-day, it is by virtue of its own struggles, and the blessings of the God of truth, justice and mer? cy. With the same spirit ot good will to all, heretofore animating its every page, and determination to do all the good it can, it now euters its fourth volume breathing an earnest prayer to God that He might bless and aid it in glorifying Him, and bles? sing humanity. California's Hew Senator. From the Philadelphia Prest. Mr. George Hearst, who has been appointed by Gov. Stoneman of Cali? fornia to succeed the late Senator Miller, bas bad ao eventful history. He weat to California across the plains io 1850? aod commenced as a common laborer io the mines. Finally he made some money, and formed a partnership witb Haggiu & Tevis, and the firm ha? amassed a large fortune io jumping and buying miuiog claims. They now owo one of the largest and most profitable mines in Butte city, M. T , and also mines io Arizona, Colorado, Oregoo, Mexico, Idaho, aod Califoroia. Mr Hearst ts considered the most expert prospector on the Pacific coast, aod his judgment in regard to a mine has sever yet beeo at fault. He ts a sall, welt? formed man, abwut 55 years old. At the time of Senator Stanford's election in 10*85 Mr. Hearst received the com? plimentary votes of the Demoer a ts. Be is a very wealthy maa, aod among his real estate owns 40,000 acres of th? finest lands in the State, situated tn Sait Luis Obispo He is the sole owaer o? the San Francisco Examiner. Extracts from a eomp+^?t?on ? "When cats is aswearm'aud a-blas fpmine and a try in 'the gage3 of their steam b'ilers Hit, the back-yard at nite. it makes a feller- feo? awful* frade if he isn't a-deepen with his big brother."-The Household, / .