Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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g|g----.. ' . .-:-:-: ?r?R^S?MTKK WATCHMAN, Established April, 1S50. ggtggg 5 is S ^ '-'-: "Be Just and Fear not-Let all the Ends thou Airns't at, be thy Country's, thy God's and Truth's 51111 THE TKCE SOUTHKOX, Established June, I860, Consolidated Aug. 2, 1881.1 SUMTER, S. C., TUESDAY, APRIL 27, 1886. New Series-Yoi. Y. No. 39. -w?^s liavn ! fi?A?!?nil ?ri?.? - nt An cf?, fi Trulh - Ptt?i??d every Tuesday, K. *<S.-?STEEN, SUMTER, S. C. I ' TERMS: Two Dollars per annum-in advance. '..''?'?r- - ? >tr.: ^" ?DTSSTI^SUSNTS. ? 0?e Square, first insertion......... .........$1 00 &ee^s?teequent insertion.. 50 ; Contracts, for three months, or longer will ; be made at reduced rates. S AFTcomuHinicat?ons which subserve private ' interests will be charged for as advertisements. -Obituaries and tributes of respect will be charged for. TO PARENTS. baking1 powders are very pernicious to health, and while every one regards his ? owftbe should also nave a care for the tender osee-the little children. SEA FOAM - COD tains none of the bad qualities of bating ?! : powders-soda or salerafcus. It contains no hurtful ingredient-no ailina or ammonia. S?lEATISrTC. < r~ AB Chemists v^bo bave analy7ed Sea Foam . -. - commend it. Housekeepers who have used it wifl have no other. Cooks, 'whose best efforts have failed -wita, other powders, are jubilant over Sea Foam. Saves tone, saves labor, save? money. -' -. - It ia positively unequaled. Absolutely pure, v . ?^-.^feed:l5fciihe leading hotels and restaurant* - ' > fa. NewTorfe city and throughout the country iForsate by all first-class grocers. ,j? GASTZ, JOIOS S CO.T 176 Duane St*. If. Y. IN STORE -AND TO ARRIVE. BBLS FLOUR $5.00 and upwards. "50 BBLS. PEARL GRITS, 5000 LBS. SMOKED C. R. SIDES, ?'? I20QO " D. S. " " - 300O " FAT BACKS, 80OO " BUTTS, 12 BOXES EXTRA CREAM CHEESE. IO SACKS RIO COFFEE, 20 BBLS. SUGAR, SO BOXES SOAP, ; JF^LS. NEW ORLEANS SYRUPS, ^ SACKS LITERPOOL SALT, 5 BBLS. RICE, -AND A FULL ASSORTMENT OF SHELF GROCERIES, ALL BOUGHT LOW FOR CASH, And will be sold so as to compete with . any marlcet. Every day we heat 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. HARNESS, SADDLES. AND PLOW GEAR. Just opened A CHEAP LOT OF HOSIERY, 'HANDKERCHIEFS, TOWELS AND CORSETS. Tbe Ladies should examine the 30c, 50c, and SI.00 Corsets. Have the best thing ever oat io Corsets the "Spiral Spring"-come and examine them. Oar Hats arc in And aint they daisies ? Every style of Felt. Wool and Straw, and at PRICES EVEN TO SUIT THE HARD TIMES. We continue to keep The Best Stock of Cigars ever offered outside of a city. Call and see the handsome MEERSCHAUM CASE that we are going to give away. Before buying anything see If you cannot save money by buying of me. ALTAMONT MOSES, ??/E. Corner Maia and Liberty Streets, Feb 23 Sumter, S. C. A. WHITE & SOU, Insurance Agents, Offer in First Class Companies. FIRE INSURANCE, TORNADO INSURANCE, ACCIDENT INSURANCE, LIFE INSURANCE, PLATE GLASS INSURANCE, SURETYSHIP ON BONDS. April S SEED PEAS, 50 Bushels of early Grey Peas for Sale by A. WHITE. Aprils ^ITTERS Combining IBON with PURE VEGETABLE TOXICS, quickly sud completely CLEANSES MM?. ENRICHES THE BLOOD. Quickens the action of the Liver and Eidneys. Clears the complexion, makes the skin smooth. It docs not tajare the teeth, cause headache, or produce con? stipation-AIL OTHEE IKON MEDICINES HO. Physicians and Druggists everywhere recommend it. PB. N. S. ETTGGEES. of Marion, Mass., says: "I recommend Brown's Iron Bitters as a valuable tonic for enriching the blood, and removing all dyspeptic symptoms. It does not hurt the teeth." Da. R. M. I>rT.pjn-,Ts Reynolds. Ind., says: "I have prescribed Brown's Iron Bitters in cases of anaemia and blood diseases, also when a tonic was needed, and it bas proved thoroughly satisfactory." MB- "Wit. Brass. 26 St. Mary St., New Orl?ans, La., says: " Brown's Iron Bitters relieved roe in a case of blood poisoning, and I heartily oozamend it to those needing a blood purifier. MB. W. W. MOS AHAS. Tascumbia, Ala,, says : I have been troubled, from childhood with Impure Blood and eruption on ray face-two bottles of Brown's. Iron Bitters effected a perfect cure. I cannot speak too highly of this valuable medicine.'* Genuine has above Trade Mark and crossed red lines on wrapper. Take no other. Slade only by BKO\y.N CHEMICAL. CO.. l?ALTIltOKE, il?. AURA Most of the diseases which afflict mankind are origin? ally caused by a disordered condition of tho LIV E R . For all complaints of this kind, such as Torpidity of the liver, Biliousness, Nervous Dyspepsia, Indiges? tion, Irregularity of tho Bowels. Constipation. Flatu? lency. Eructations and Burning of the Stomach (sometimes called Heartburn), Miasma, Malaria, Bloody Flux, Cauls and Fever, Broakbone Fever, Exhaustion before or after Fevers, Chronic Diar? rhoea. Loss of Appetite, Headache, Foal Breath, Irregularities incidental to Females. Bearing-down 2ft?? STaDIGEB'S flURflWTIl ts invaluable. It is nota panacea for all diseases, but Affil?t-? all diseases of the LIVER, trill W4f IXC STOMACH and BOWELS. It changes the complexion from a waxy, yellow tinge, to a ruddy, healthy color. It entirely removes (ow. gloomy spirits. It is one of the BEST AL" TERATIVES and PURIFIERS OF THE BLOOD, and Is A VALUABLE TONIC. STADICER'S AURANTII Far sale by all Drnggista. Price 81 .OO per bottle. C. F. ST ADICER, Proprietor, 'AO SO. FRONT STM Philadelphia, Pa. Many a Lady ? is beautiful, all but her skin ; and nobody has ever told her how easy it is to put beauty on the skin. Beauty on the skin is Magnolia Balm. . A. J. CHINA, DEALER IN Drags, Medicines and ; c heTTi ioals. FINE TOILET SOAPS, HAIR AND TOOTH BRUSHES. PERFUMERY AND FANCY TOILET ARTICLES, ?fcc, ?fcc PAINTS, OILS, VARNISHES AND DYE STUFFS, GLASS, PUTTY $c. Full supply of Fresh Garden Seeds. : April 9_ PAINT YOUR BUGGY FOR One Dollar. One coat gives an old buggy the blackest black you ever saw and a handsome gloss . without varnishing. It dries hard in a few hours. No rubbing ! No varnishing ! No extra trouble. Each eau contains more than enough to paint a carriage. RetaiUd at One Dollar vex Can. For Sale by _PR. A. J. CHINA. FOR SALE. MILK COWS ALWAYS ON HAND H. It. THOMAS, Wedgefield, S. C. FOR SALE, Cneap for Cash, or Approved Papers Payable cn Jan. 1,1SS7. One TEN HORSE TOZER ? DIAL POR? TABLE ENGINE. One 60 SAW BROWN COTTON GIN. One Steam BOSS COTTON PRESS, and About 30 feet of SHAFTING with-all nec? essary Pullf-ys and Belting io rao the same. Anoly lo or address A, D. RICKER, April 6 Sumter, S. C. ICE CREAM! !CE CREAM I I HAYE OPENED MY ICE CRE?31 GAR? DEN, NICELY FITTED UP Especially for Ladies, And respectfully solicit the patronage of the public. I trust that my efforts to keep open u FIRST CLASS ICE CREAM GARDEN will bc appreciated by the public. My long experience in the business is a guarantee | that I will give satisfaction. Orders for family parties, weddings or pic? nics will be filk-d at short notice and deliv? ered in any * art of town. Price 50 to 00 cents per quart. ICB? ICS! j I will deliver Sally from ice wagon to'cus I tomers, ice in any quantity, at thc following; j prices : less.thau 50 ??ot:ads, ]? cents: from 50 upwards, 1 cent per pound. Special rates to regular customers. Remember that for len years I haye supplied Sumter wirh Ice, and I respectfully ask suffi? cient patronage to enable me to keep my ice house opeD all the season. On Sunday I will be open from 12 to 1. W. J. AKDilEWS. April 6 COLUMBIA MACHINE SHCPS. NSAR UNION DEPOT, GO LCM ul A S. C. j i Tozier ? Dial, manufacturers of Flour and Grist Mills, Saw Mills :u?d i?.li kinds of foun? dry work iu Iron and Brass. Agricultural and Stationary Steam Engines. Repairs of j all kinds promptly made. Estimates and bids | will be made for any work in our line on ap? plication. First class work arid fair prices. A. t DIAL, Executrix cf Geo. L. Dial survivor of Tozer ' &Dial. THUS. E. LEE, .Mck. x Manager. TH? LIBERTY OF THE LACKEYS. The Vexatious Question of Perquisite?-? A Duke's Failure-Satisfaction. After the company is fairly deposited at a ball, all is safe for an hour or two, and the liberty of the lackeys begins. The coachman and footman: often get drunk together, quarrels and scuffles are com? mon; the police are called in; horses are sometimes lamed and carriages smashed, but they usually contrive to be ready to take their company home, though some? times ai the risk of their lives. These gentry, who go to four or five parties a" night, are allowed to lie late in the morning. It is daylight often and often before they turn in, and half of them break? fast just in time to wait on my lady for her shopping or her visits in the afternoon. In town the question of perquisites comes up again; not now, it is true, from calls or visitors; only a raw American tips afoot man or a butler at a dinner or a ball. But the tradesmen's bills are settled in London, and the servants have established a system of discount which contributes materially to their incomes, if it lessens those of their masters- A shilling in a pound is the ordi? nary toll I had a house in London and can speak by the carri. There is little use in struggling against the system. A duke with an enormous fortune attempted-- to stem the tide, but succumbed ignominiously. He hired a poor gentleman to supervise his bills, and paid them through him, but the servants were in league with the tradesmen, and re? ceived their perquisites all the same; while his grace was so badly served that the peace of his life was destroyed, and he was glad to capitulate without the honors of war. As a tradesman once said to an American minister in my hearing: "Your excellency must expect to pay for being your excel? lency." Another perquisite is the cast-off clothes. The valets and the ladies' maids are en? titled to these, and are outraged if you make any contrary disposition of them. I once gave a child about my house some old pocket handkerchiefs, at which my valet protested; and I heard the little one retort; "You get the shirts." But, after all, the servants take good care of good masters. Granting them what they consider their due, giving them the consideration and civil treatment which .they often deserve, not interfering with their prejudices and perquisites, one can extract a good deal of satisfaction from the condition of life where such servants exist. -Adam Badeau in Globe-Democrat. Three Proofs of Man's Identity. There are three-and only three-abso? lutely infallible proofs of a man's identity -his natural gait, the impress of the ball of the thumb, and his autograph.- Faces are polytypes, and there are those of every type so nearly alike that even a man's inti? mate friends are sometimes deceived. The voice is open to the same objection. But chere is but one person on the face of the earth who walks as your friend walks and that is himself. Th. m as scientists say, you may take the impress of your ink smeared thumb on a piece of paper, and no thumb in all creation can look exactly as your thumb looks. But, best of all, pour mt your personality with all your finger ips in an autograph, and the combined genius and ingenuity of the world can not produce its exact counterpart. There seems to exist a subtle sympathy between the visible symbols of a person's name and his own mysterious inner self. Tho man conies to look at his autograph as a microcosm of himself. It looks to him infinitely more familiar than his portrait ihat sti?, strange caricature- of the living man that makes him feel wooden and mel? ancholy. The photograph only represents the exterior, the autograph the interior niau. The autograph is always the same, ; even when not the same-strange as the paradox may appear. The spirit is always the same. It is not a fanciful or artificial taste, then, which people have for collect? ing the autographs of their friends. There they, have a gallery of the inner faces. There is a sacredness, a reality, about the autograph which no mere photograph can possess. It is a mute transcript of that which lives; it is a spirit picture which time can not facie,-?. W. H. WLseham ia Globc-Bemocrat. ' The Mining Craze is a Disease. I was rather amused the other day on meeting my family physician. Ke had just laid down his paper and greeted me with the remark: "It's a disease, it's all a dis? ease, just like typhoid or any other fever, and will have to run its course, and have its low and high periods. But I don't know but what it wi" be a good thing; some one may lose some money, but some one will make, and it will bring new business here." Do you know, I think the old man is about right. This mining craze is a disease, just like any fever, recognized by certain con? ditions and indications, and designated by a name. People regard these miners who come here as big liars, whose only purpose is to get money out of the people by that means. Now, I do not believe that it is so in anything like the majority of cases. Those men are in a fever, and they really believe they have fabulous fortunes right in their grasp, but they expect to take them out of the ground, and not out of other people's pockets. "Were you ever in a mining camp? I visited my brother a year ago, in thc min? ing regions, and I visited the camp -with him. Everybody had the fever. I went into the mines and saw the men working. They are paid so much a day, just like other laborers. It is nothing to them whether they strke it rich or poor, but they all have the fever, and you would be sur? prised to see how they are buoyed up with the hope that the next strike of the pick may expose the bonanza. It's just the same way here. People who have no in? terest, and no spare money to get any in? terest, have the same fever, and are just as anxious in their inquiries as to the latest news. etc.-Broker in Globe-Democrat. Tba Proposed Xehuantepic Ship Railway. The scheme has been pronounced per? fectly practicable and feasible by the most eminent engineers of Europe and this coun? try, and it will certainly be carried to a suc? cessful issue. It is almost impossible to explain the plan without the aid of draw? ings. The vessels will be floated into a dock and upon submerged trucks. Innumera? ble braces will be placed on the sides of the hull and the ship will be raised to the level <>!'the railroad, by an ingenious hydraulic device. The railway will consist of four tracks, along which thc ship \yill be drawn by four locomotives at the rate of about eight 3niles per hour. Fear has been expressed that the pressure of the cargo may be so great its to force open the stiles of the vessel when it is out of the water, but persons who have enter? tained it have evidently never been across the ocean in tempestuous weather aui? seen the wh??I.e force of oncoming waves expended against one side Of the ship while the other side is left exposed by the reced? ing waves. The cost of the railway is esti mated at s.'^ujo.eou. A prominent Eng glish firm has offered to take the contract lo build ir. The time of saiiiug-vessels be? tween San Francisco and Liverpool will be lessened alxnit two months by thc rai'way. -William Windom in Chicago News. >:??.o-Pcpu?arity ?>f k.V>*ir Panoramas. Panoramas:of notable war events have now been-established, or are tu be, in al! the leading cities-of the country. They are very popular. Perhaps it will ?ot be long before American painters generally will seek to cater to the tastes of the masses for pictorial representations o? great episodes in American history.-Thc Carrent. Watei: Sports of t!i<e Arena; The site of tiic Ron ian arena in Puris hu-s revealed indications of thc use ol water to flood the arena for the purpose <.]' water spurts and sham naval battles. Fragments of seats, with the names vi their holders engraved on them, have also been found, and a woman's head in stone, with a fillet of bay-leaves about it. -Frank Leslie^-. Swimming for His Life. Tile Mistake of a Battery-One of Hie Confederate Transports Sunk ly Con? federate Guns. From Sestoa to Abydos is a full English league, as the crow flies. Be? tween these two points Leander ac? complished that swimming feat which secured him both a place in history and the heart, if not the hand, of Hero. Lord Byron, unmindful of the tragic fate of the luckless Leander, attempt? ed and achieved the same feat with? out the inspiration of love, but from a consuming thirst for notorie? ty, which was at once the passion and the plague of his eventful life. We have a swimming feat lo com? memorate that was prompted neither by gallantry nor ambition, but by an instinctive love of life. What it lacks of the halo of romance is more than compensated by the trath of history. ' It was the night of the SO th of August, 1863. For several days the Twentieth S. Carolina and the Twenty third Georgia regiments had been scoring at Battery Wagner on Morris Island. So heavy and continuous was the fire of the enemy's fleet and battery on this outpost that it was necessary to relieve at short intervals the regiments on duty at that point. A" small wooden steamer bearing the formidable name of Sumter was em? ployed in the interchange of troops between the main land and the sever? al forts and batteries that protected Charleston. These relief expeditions of the Sum? ter were carried on after nightfall, as a needful precaution against the long ranged guns of the Yankee fleet. On the occasion referred to, one Pat Mc? Carthy, a gallant son of Erin, went over as a courier from head-quarters. A fresh breeze blew from seaward and cloud-racks overhead obscured the starlight, and betokened foul weather in thc next twenty-four hours. The Sumter made her run to Morris Island without accident or noteworthy inci? dent. Probably four hours were oc? cupied iii the landing of the relieving regiments, and in the embarkation of the two South Carolina and Georgia regiments; beside about fifty, sick and wounded soldiers who were odored to the hospitals. About nightfall the steamer willi her human freight crowding hold and deck, set forth to convey the Twenti? eth Carolina regiment to its camp on Sullivan's leland. To avoid the sand bars the vessel must needs make a circuit and strike a certain channel, and approach Fort Moultrie somewhat from the direction of the Yankee fleet lying inside the bar. The Command? ant at Fort Moultrie, suspecting that the unknown craft might be a Federal vessel attempting to pass the block? ade, ordered a gunner of Captain Kirkley's battery to open fire. In a moment a shot went booming past the Sumter. In another minute the second shot was fired, this time falling short of the steamer, but strik? ing near enough to splash the waler on her crowded deck. In vain did the Sumter attempt lo signal the fort. The next time, Caplain Kirkley, who was a famous 6liot, was ordered to fire himself. Ile did it, however, un protest, as he assured his superior officer that the steamer was not an ironclad, and could not therefore be? long to the Federal fleet. This third shot struck the Sumter at the water line, knocking a hole in ber as large a9 a hogshead. Almost immediately the steamer be? gan to fill and settle. The conster? nation on board was, of course, fear? ful and in hot haste the boats were lowered and launched. In the midst of the uproar a large number of the best swimmers plunged into the sea and struck out for Sullivan's Island. Among these was cn-r hero, Pat McCarty. According to his subse? quent statement he rose from his Oath in a state of mental confusion. As well as he was able he aimed at a dim light which he thought was beaming on Sullivan's Island. With lusty strokes he gradually neared the light nutil he found himself almost un? der the port holes of the Ironsides, the monarch of the Yankee fleet. He was well nigh exhausted when he made this startling discovery. With little knowledge of his bearings he struck off in an opposite direction, in? tending to reach Fort Sumter. With a stouter heart than the most illustri Ca^sar, when he was buffeted by the waves of'the yellow Tiber/ he put ? forth his utmost strength, but the iu- j coming tide swept him from his I course. With ali his heart and hopes be would have fallen a prey to the sharks had it not been for an occasion? al sand-bar, where he could stop and recuperate his failing strength. After one or two of these stages he discovered that in stopping his legs became cramped so as to disable him fur swimming. l?allyinghis energies for u final and desperate effort he was successful. Ile lauded, however, on James Island, faraway from his origi-1 nal destination. In his anxiety to es cape the farthest sweep of some re? fluent wave that might bear him back to the sea he scrambled not less than a hundred yards up the sandy beach. Here he was found half dead, but by ! the timely u&o of whiskey and oilier restoratives he was enabled lo relate his singular adventure. According to McCarty's soberest estimate he swam not less than four miles, thus distancing the English lord and thc Clunie swain.- Philadelphia Time*. Spend your Money at Home. j II is your home ; you cannot improve j it much by taking your money away to ? Lo & pc ii tl or invest. There i:> no way of j improving a place su much us hy cn : couragiag ?;ood merchants, good schools j ued '-rood people to settle among you, and this cauuet bc done unless you J spend your money at home. Spend . sour money at home, for that is where ; you get it. Spend your money at home ; because wheu it is necessary to get j credit, ii is of your own town merchauis I you have lo get it, aud they must wait j for the money : spend it at home. Spend I your money at homo. It will make bet ter business for your merchants; they cao sell arxl will keep better assortments, and sell at lower rates tha? if the only business they could do is what is cred? ited out, while the money goes to other places. Spend your money at home. Set thc example now. Buy your dry goods, groceries, meat, in town, and you will see a wonderful change in a short time in the busioess outlook of the place ; therefore deal with year mer? chants at home. Your merchants are your neighbors and friends ; th?y stand by you rn sickness-are your associates. Without your trade they cannot keep up business. No stores then, no ouc waiting to buy property to settle on and build up the place. [From lhz Columbia South Carolinian 1847.1 A Nut for Northern Fanatics to Crack, ?E7ER POOLE'S RETURN TO SLAVERY. ; Last week we had the pleasure of meeting Dr. W. C. Bennett, of Spar tanburgh, S. C., who was returning from the North, and had under his protection, Peter Poole, a negro who voluntarily returned to slavery rather than enjoy freedom in New York. Peter Poole was a blacksmith, who waa owued by our friend, the Hon. LT. II. Thompson, Senator from Spar tanburgf and having been faithful and earned for bis master a large sum of money, he was by his liberality, only nominally a slave, and Col. Thomp? son paid him large wages. Under the laws of South Caroliua, he could not manumit him, and as he might have fallen into the hands of a less liberal master in the event of Col. Thompson's death, he gave Peter permission to depart for a "Free j State," and furnished him with pro- j per papers to go wherever he chose. Some time last year he proceeded to Charleston, but could not get a pas? sage in any ship to New York, al? though he was vouched for by Mr. Bomar, who resides in that city and who knew aJ.i the circumstances con? nected with his leaving. Mr. Bomar wrote to Col. Thompson, who prompt? ly forwarded to him a proper power : of attorney, by which he cleared him al the Custom House, and he found easy transit to New York. Peter had several hundred dollars, the fruits of his industry here, which, after his arrival in New York, be deposited with Mr. Kelsey, a broker in Wall street. Ile set about procuring work at his trade, which he fouud difficulty in getting. Ile was immediately taken by the hand by the Abolition? ists, who promised him to buy his wife and child, who remained here. They frequently urged him to pro? ceed to Canada, stating they would ? send his wife on after him, Ile waited patiently, listening to their promises, and losing daily by lack of work, low wages, and high board, until patience itself was exhausted. In his own words, "They were the best hands at talking lever heard." Mr. Kelsey was his good friend, and ' at last gaining confidence in Peter, proposed to give ?200 towards the purchase of his wife, provided the Abolitionists who iiad voluntered to do so, would make up the balance required ; and in order to test their sincerity; went round with him to see what they intended to do. They, however, declined, and gave as an excuse "that it was against their creed to purchase haman flesh" Even j charity and their boasted principles of humanity could not induce them ;'tc- depar? "from their principles, al? though they had promised this honest j negro to redeem his wife from slav I ery ! ! !" Peter then decided to return home, j and risk the inevitable consequence of being made a slave again. The Abolitionists endeavored to dissuade him from this, as they said "il would be against their caitse," and he be? lieves they would not have allowed him to depart if he had not kept his further intentions secret. This he did, and meeting with Br. Bennett, desired to return home under his pro? tection. Dr. Bennett informed him of all the consequences, and put him ! in possession of all the information iu rbis power, at the same time warning him that he would become a slave I the moment he reached South-Caro? lina. Wi tb this knowledge, he de? termined to return, and reached here last week on his way to his master. Ile sa}rs "he was a slave thirty-four years, and a freeman one, and de? cides in favor of slavery in South Carolina. Ile also says, "he could not make a support for himself and wife in New York, and could not enjoy life as well there a freeman, as here a slave." "That he was in a hurry to get off hume, for fear he would become as degraded as the I free negroes of the North," who, he 1 says, "resorts to roguery and drink? ing when they are out of employ? ment." It is his opinion "that a : slave in any situation here, is better ! off and lias cause to be happier, than ! a negro in a free State ; and says "that not only the free negroes in thc vicinity of New York, but thousands ! of whiles are worse off than the, j slaves of South Carolina. Ile work-! I ed in the village of Islip, in which \ j he said, "there liveth about two j hundered (Vee negroes. Out of this ! number, there are few who are able I to gain a decent support, but are a j poverty stricken and roguish set." j Such is the character of most of the i free nog-rocs of thc North Wo have i ? no comments to make. These state I ments arc taken from tho lips of an j honest and unsophisticated man, ! whose testimony wc give for the I benefit of our slaves at home and the ; fanatics abroad. A Call to Order. ! "Did 3'c have a good time at tue ; Social coterie last night V j "I nihu?e, i did." ! "Was there any fun ?" j "Very little-that is, what you \ would call inn.'7 ; "Did you make an}' motions?" "Jisl wau ; but the brick slipped ! out of me hand i uti re ly, and the pros j ?dent called mo to, order wid his i club.r- Club. Slavery views o? mr. ?J. Dargan. About a month ago, Mr. John Dargan, of Sumter county, delivc an address in Brooklyn, on ."Parallelism of Negro Slavery ? Protection." We have seen too ports of that speech, one of \vh contains words that sound strai indeed, coming from a South Ce linian. But as we have seen no nial from Mr. Dargan, of the . 1 guage in question, we suppose used it. The article alluded to * published in the Brooklyn Ea<. March 20thr, and from it we m ak few extracts. Mr. Dargan in c ' place uses the following langua? j "Yet ii was only twenty years a that we succeeded in ridding < government oi the brand of slave and not without using the iron hai of war, shedding oceans of blood a i sacrificing life.'r Had that come from a Norlin abolitionist, it would be very gc and rhetorical but that a native Soi Carolinian should use such langua is strange indeed. And while believe that slavery seldom or nei permanently benefits a country, a that it is an institution which civil ed nations can get along better vri j out than with, yet we are b}" means prepared thus to huzza w our conquerors and so denounce 1 institution of slavery nor do we 1 lieve that South Carolinians geuer ly are. But Mr. Dargan warms in his si ject, and strikes another chord wiri will find few responses in t hearts of our Southern people. I says : "When William Lloyd Garr?s rose np in New England to fi? s?aveiy, emboldened" of noble coi age and perseverance, he put asi all calculation or consequence in t desire for the right. South Cai lina now acknowledged his cot age and foresight, and regarded h as worthy the highest honors me ory can place* upon him. ile, tc was a rebel of the deepest dye, be remembered." We bea: to differ from Mr. Dan>-a and cannot better express our pi test to such language, ' than in tl words of the Sumter Watchman ai Southron: "We don't believe th South Carolina has now or ever w have the least desire to admire Wi Lloyd Garrison or to regard him '. worthy of the highest honors memoi can place upon him.' We look up< that pestileut crew of marplot from Garrison down to his admirir pupil Osawatomie Brown, as havii been the direst foes of this country for it was their malicious hate t jvards and teachings about the Sou! that precipitated the war with its co: sequent ruin and woe. The abolitic of slavery was only a question i time, and it would ere this ha^ been in all probability accomplis I ed without the Iliad of sorrow wrought by war's iron hand." But with all this, Mr. Dargan not yet satisfied, and essays to spea for the whole State of South Can lina. But, unless we are sadly mi taken, the Stale will almost to man repudiate any such languag< Hear him : "It is due to South Carolina t speak ont and let the world knoi what a horrible institution slaver was. We owe it to the cause ( justice and to tho welfare of mai kind the world over and the Amer can people whom we have so greatl wronged, but above all, to ourselves to emphasize our abhorrence of th : institution and of the arguments b which we were misled into a suppoi of it. South Carolina, in all bu slavery has been true to the Amer: can Union. Nullification and seces sion are neither of them the product of her mind. She loves freedom and not slavery ? justice, and not op pression." Mr. Dargan is mistaken. Soutl Carolina, neither the former slave holders nor their descendants, wil subscribe to any such avowal. Wi do not believe that our fathers am the older citizens of the present dai were such monstrous, such heinous such reprobate sinners and v/retehc! as thc above would imply. We hav< not, at least we do not think we have so greatly wronged the American peo pie as thus to fall upon our knees anc make our humble confession. Eathei we believe that we ourselves have been wronged ; but we have accepted the situation with thc consoling thought that "we were outnumbered, not outbraved." It is due to Mr. Dargan to say that the other report in the New York Star, does not contain such objectionable language, but if thc Eagle report was not a correct one, Mr. Dargan has had ample time to cor? rect it, as it has been ove;' a month since rt was published. The l?ii I guage, in our opinion, is such tiiat it j should not go unnoticed by tire South ' ern press.- Clarendon Enterprise. T?ey Ecaped the Whirlwind. A correspondent of the Chicago Time* Iras been endeavoring lo trace the k.Id-time carpet-bag?ors who lord? ed it over South Carolina so insolent? ly, a lew years ;>go. The fate <?f these advcnlui ors car? ries its own lesson with it. The car? pet-baggers thought timi if they could hold any Stale it would be South Carolina. For a long time they were supreme. They filled every office, robbed without remorse, and enjoyed their plunder without shame. Then came a revolution, and with it retri? bution. The Democratic lida! wave swept away or submerged every land? mark of Radicalism. 1 The earpel-b.ig;rers and their allies j were scattered like eh ail'. Not one ol' I any prominence is left in the State, j District Attorney Corbin, who refused I a seat in the Federal Senate, is in : Europe. Ru:-kio committed suicide. ? Moses, after being the guest of half a j dozen ?ails, now languishes in the ! Massachusetts penitentiary. Scott ! lives obscurely in Ohio. Patterson . is supposed to be at work on a street j railroad somewhere. Chamberlain M?O ii IJU&.UWJl 111 SUIll'J UUILIiblU VV4 legc, and whenever heard from'speaks a good word fur the South. He lias managed to retain more respect? ability than his associates. Another carpet-bagger went to the Black Hills and was shot by bis mistress ; and another died suddenly at the dinner table, killed by his vicious way of life. As the Chicago correspondent re? marks, "The record of: their depar? ture and destiny reads like a roll from Tartarus or the records of Ne? mesis." Never was there a- more complete wreck. The fate of this re? markable clan of spoilsmen dcserveri a conspicuous place m history, lt will serve to point a- rapral, if not to adorn a tale. ! What Our Editors Say. Too Many School Books. Abbeville Medium. A maa h blind if he cannot sec many ways in which the expenses- of our gov erament eas be redaced. Tbere is DO good reason why our taxes should beso heavy. We have always believed in paying all officials well and do not bold to any" parsimonious views. At the same time we believe the government could be properly conducted at less ex? pense. But outside of specific taxes the greatest barden to our people is found in the multitude of school books which we are compelled to buy. The prices too are unreasonably high but still the crazy idea prevails that we have to keep up with the times and must of necessity require great toads of books even for children who have not advanced beyond the elementary branches. We cannot see any reason fu it. Who is to correct the evil, if not those who have our edu? cational matters peculiarly in their charge ? Has any State superintendent of Education ever recommended a change for the better? Has any State Board ever considered the matter ? If so, who is standing in the way of this retrenchment? The people are patient but they are almost exhausted by this continual drainage of their bocketbooks They are not able to stand the pressure much longer. Some relief must be pro? vided and we await the coming man who is to cure the evilt The Cause of Temperance. Chesterfield Advertiser. Prohibition is one of the move? ments that has been steadily gaining ground in this country for several years past. The advocates of tempe? rance have certainly succeeded in arousing a healthy sentiment for the cause for which they have so zealously worked. Thc sober sense of the people almost everywhere are fast coming to consider the evils of in? temperance very seriously. Con? stantly we hear of some fresh victory won by the temperance advocates. The steady growth of the temperance movement is another proof of the often asserted maxim that in the ead tire right will prevail. It can not be denied that the cause of temperance is right. Whatever may be the opin . ion of any one no intelligent u-npre judiced observer of the movement who has watched it closely for the past several years can come honestly lo but one conclusion. The cause is going to prevail and ultimately will sweep the bar-room traffic from the entire country. It must be some years before this will be brought about but sooner or later it will be done. - Monea Pa?i Plaindealer. If the disaffected office seekers should .succeed in defeating Cleveland for the next presidency, he will still be handed down to posterity as one of the greatest presidents that has ever lived. As . ruler of the whole people he refuses to sacrifice the public welfare to party principles ; he stands unmoved by party advisers ; he is not swayed by all the clamor raised against bis administra? tion. He decides for himself what be should or should not do, and having'de cided, no influence of party power nor personal popularity can move him from the path of duty. Every week convin? ces us more and more of his uncompro? mising honesty, wisdom and decision of character. Rock IliU Herald. Wc recently had another instance of how the newspapers save the people from unnecessary expense. ? live journalist discovered that the State House Commission had awarded a con? tract to ii Baltimore firm for furnishing the 75,000 feet of lumber required for the roof at $28 per thousand, and he forthwith published it as news. It was secu at once that this was an enormous price, and then it was recalled that no bids had been advertised for, and the timely discussion that ensued iaduced the commission to recall the contract awarded and agree to advertise for bids. It is estimated that the saving to the State will amount to ?1,000 or ?I,50O, and thc cost of advertising will proba? bly bc $10 or ?15-. Thc man who lost thc contract will doubtless 'cuss' the newspapers, but who witl ever thank them for their services ? Anderson Intelligencer. Thc present indications are that thc sentiment of the English people is favorable to Mr. Gladstone's scheme for the settlement of the Irish question, and it is even claimed that' he will se? cure a majority in the House of Com? mons for both his home rule and land purchase bills. If bc succeeds, it will bc thc grandest triumph which any statesman of modern times has achieved. The press, thc crowu and many of the leading forces of Euglish sentiment op? pose born of those schemes, but thc in? ti uencc of Air. Gladstoue is likely to prove more potent than all cf these forces combined. Mr. Gladstone may, however, live to see thc day that the home rule feature of bis Irish scheme will be amplified until it will abolish the monarch tal powers of Groat Britain and give to the world another republic. Thc powers of thc Irish Parliament under 3ir. Gladstone's bil! are very similar lo thc powers of our State Legislatures in this country, with only such powers re? served to tho ero wu as arc absolutely necessary to prevent thc dissolution of tho empire. If Ireland has a local parliament wby not England, why not or any of the other provinces of Great Britain ? The precedent i 3 set? and any one of them which bas a grievance against the Crown government, and which bas the pluck to contend for fl, can command a local parliament. With sach a system of government the king? dom can hardly be maintained. View* ing the movement/ in this light, if it is* successful, we think it will prev? one of the greatest steps ia the direction of human liberty and personal rights which has ever been carried in any monarchiaj government without revolution. A Boycott Failure?. Lexington Dispatch-. A few weeks ago Mrs. Gray, of Itfeif ?ork City, and her bakery were un* known, except to a comparatively feir people. Now she zs the mest widely know? woman tn the country. The Bakers' tin ion of that-city some day? ago undertook to compel her to maker her bakers join that organization, to-r** i duce her hours of labor, or pay a fine of $26 for disobeying its order. The* j plucky little woman emphatically de* dined to interfere with her workmen io any way or to pay the find entered against her. She said her workmen) might do-as they "pleased about joining the Unioo, but she would shut up her* shop before she would pay a fine to a? organization to which she did not b? long. The union then notified all Ber customers that they must boycotter and cease giving her their patronage-ot if they did not they would be boycotted. Quite a number of them, principally grocers, refused at once to take bread from her any longer, but her business instead of falling off in volume, steadily increased. The boycotter then sta* tioned themselves in front of her door* and warned all who approached to keep away. The wami og was unheeded and the number of ber customers continued to increase and the boycott is bringing her fame and fortune. Bich people have sent her large orders for bread tc be distributed among the poor and many have sent donations of money. The result of the effort to close up Mrav Gray's bakery shows pretty conclusively that the boycott is not popular in that city. The American people believe in fairplay andas the boycott is an nw strument of tyranny it will not succeed in this country like it did in Ireland, and the people are properly resentic? the attempted outrage. Hr. Garland's Testimony. Augusta Chronicle. The honest, straight-forward testi? mony of Attorney General Garland be^ fore the House Investigating Committee" concerning his relations asa stockholder in the Pan-Electric Company, must carry conviction to every mind of th* sincerity and uprightness of his course since becoming Attorney General. There is no taint of corruption in Mr. Garland's connection with Pan-Electiw stock. It is evident, from his own tes? timony, and from the evidence so far ay given to the public by those in a* posi* tion to know, that Mr. Garland is above even the suspicion of a dishonest act, either hr his private capacity as- a ci?setr or in his official capacity as a Senator. When he received the Pan-Electric* stock and became counsel for the com paBy he wss a Senator from Arkansas, and had not dreamed of being the At* . tolley General of the United State? under a Democratic Administration. There can be no charge that Senator' Garland undertook m this spectriationV or in any other business in whick1 He-' may have engaged, like the Hon. fames' G. .Blaine to "cast an anchor to wind* ward. ? He is a pure and an able man, entirely devoted to tae exacting de ' mands of Ms profession, and We doubt if any of his predecessors in the office' of the Attorney General ever discharged its responsible duties with more signal zeal, fidelity and ability. Mr. Garland is a devoted student and expounder of ; the raw. It may be said of him thal 1 the law is his rove, and all his hem rip wrapped up in his profession. An Inflexible Juror. 'There are some infernally obstinate men in this world,' said Frank ftrnad the other day, 'but I struck eleven of the' worst specimens last week I ever came across.' ?How was that?* 'Why, you see, ? was Oti tue juryO In one case Td no sooner laid my eyer on the prisoner than I made up my mind he was guilty, and the testimony ;oaly served to strengthen that opinion. To my surprise, I found, when we went out that the other eleven jurors w'erflf unanimous in favor of acquittal'.7 'And of course you gave in.' 'Not much ! I had a duty to society; wnich ? bad sworn to perform, and f determined to do it if it took all Dight. I reasoned with them: calmly, tearfully/ prayerfully, but rt was t?o usc/ .How did you bring, thew around f ?Finally I said 'Well, my mind in made up. When you fellows get over yonr dashed- obstinacy wake me up/ And I just tipped my chair back and settled myself down for a good nap; Then I snored. Ever hear me snore We all expressed regret because wd* had never enjoyed that pleasure. 'Neither had those fellows. In terr minutes they were wild. Some of then* wanted to jump out of thc *viodow, but couldn't get it open. In ten minutes' more eight of them gave in, and in fif? teen minuoes they waked me up' and said they were satisfied I was right The judge promptly granted the priso1-' ncr a new trial on the ground that thar" verdict was against the evidence and common sense, and discharged the jury for the term. That lets me off jury duty for another year.' A Very Successful Gasei. First Lawyer-'Ah, Donkins" iibW-did! you come out in that case you were Just beginning when I went out V Second Lawyer-'Gloriously.' ti. was a perfect success ; created ?gfaat sensatiou : papers full of it: griots of advertising out of it. I think- il watf the making of my future."' < - 'Good ! Glad to Hear ir, o?d' fellow. I knew you had the stuff in you ^ and, by the way, what did they do with your" client V . "Oh, they hanged him."-Chicago* NciOS.