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n?r THE HAMMOCK.
?n the hammock idly swinging
'Neath the cool, umbrageous trees:
Flitting wild birds round mesiugiug.
Fanned by every passing breeze,
I wcuid lie and dream away
This long, golden summer day.
O'er the bay proud ships are sailing.
Drifting out towards the sea,
Where the fierce, wild waves are wailing*
And the billows bounding free!
Swelling onward, evermore.
To a distant, foreign shore I
But as.I go swinging, swinging,
Thro' the perfumed laden air,
And the songs of birds are singing?
Breezes blowiog thro' my hair?
I care not for swelling waves,
Xor for shores thai ocean laves.
Here read, and dream, and tarry
Tili the golden sun sinks low ;
And the twilight, like a fairy.
Flits where tangled daisies grow.
Lighting up with pink and gold
Placid bay and mountain bold.
Faint the distani church bell ringeth,
And its echo dies away
Where the robin red-breast singeth
His sweet song at the break of day I
Still I linger till the iight
Pales and vanishes in night !
E'en tiil Heaven's lamps are lighted,
And tbe?ckle, round-faced moon
Hath its beams with stars united
la the gloom of twilight's swoon,
? would thus swing to ana fro,
In the evening's Heaven-lit glow !
?Evelyn Kimlall Johnson.
The Inter-State Encamp
ment.
As the weather cleared up, the crowd
increased iti size, so that oa the second
day of the Encampment the estimated
cumber present was over 6,000.
North Carolina was well represented,
there being preseut farmers from Folk,
Henderson and Rutherford counties.
Most of these are encamped out in the
groves that surround the Farmers' City.
They brought with them ail their do
mestic impedimenta and prepared for a
stay of indefinite length, if necessary.
There was also a large increase in the
attendance from ali parts of this State,
and especially from Charleston and the
low-country, there being prominent and
representative planters from all the sea
islands, Berkeley, Barnweil, Hampton
and Colieton counties.
There was a big crush under the pa
vilion when the usual morning meeting
was called to order. All the seats were
occupied, and the crowd overflowed iu
all directions beyond the limits of the
building. The Hon. J. M. Walker
presided over the exercises, which were
opened with prayer by the Kev. J. M.
Re?d. Among the distinguished guests
at the encampment, other than those
previously noted, were the Hon. J. J.
Hemphill and Superintendent of Educa
tion J. IT. Rice, who were invited to
seats upon the stsge.
ma s:'Ei?c::es.
The Crst address as the morning ses
sion was delivered by State Chemist
PhilHn iu. Guazo? ou tue subject gener
ally of the o?ieial inspection o? fertiliz
ers?the principies which underlie it
and the practica: ?ii??cu!?es which stand
iu lue way of a recognition o: its value
oy ine farmer.
The second address was delivered by
Col. A. P. Butler, State Connuissuer
of Agriculture, who prefaced hi* re
marks by congratulating the Grange
upon the success of 'this great meet
ing.' He said that it had probably
surpassed in numbers and in work of
practical value to planters any similar
gathering that has ever been held in
South Carolina- lie considered the
present success of the Kucampment the
mo>t convincing proof of its permanence
as an institution. Col. Butler's ad
dress was devoted to the discussion of
the bars to the progress the farmer.
He denied that the farmers of the State
are being impoverished by anything
emanting from the executive, legislative,
or jadicU! branches of the State Gov
ernment, and that if there was anv
tbing that it could be promptly removed.
Summing up. Col. Butler suggested a3
? remedies for present difficulties the
j diversity of crops, the practice of rigid
economy, the improvement of the ten
ant system, more independence of fac
tors and merchants, intelligent use of
commercial fertilizers, improved meth
ods of agriculture, and the use of im
proved implements.
The next address was that of the
Hon. D. F. Duncan, who regretted the
absence of Col. Lipscotub, who was,
as he said, the originator of and prime
mover in the enterprise. President
Duncan's speech was devoted princi
pally to a discussion of the best meth
ods of educating farmers and farmers'
children.
After the above address closed there
wa3 a stock show, and the State agricul
tural exhibit occupied the attention of
the visitors until the afternoon session. ,
Governor Richardson attended the
meeting and was of course called upon ;
for a speech. He was introduced feli- \
citiously by Mr. N. F. Walker, upon |
which Governor Richardson responded, !
congratulating the State Grange unon
the splendid attendance and expressing
the hope that with each returning Kn
campmcnt its proportions would in- ?
crease, and that the fanners, of whom
he was proud to be one. would receive
iu coming years the full benefits of the j
enterprise. [Applause.]
The Hon. J. J. Hemphill, in re
sponse to a call, delivered a humorous
and taking little speech, which was |
repeatedly cheered and applauded.
Secretary Ludwig, of the North Car
olina State Grange, addressed the meet
ing ou the subject of what the North
Carolina State Grange was doing.
OTHER FEATURES?
The feature of the outdoor sports on
Wednesday was the opening game of
the base ball tournament between the
Oraogeburgs and the Spartans. The
game was witnessed by about four hun
dred persons, all of whom were com
fortably seated on the grami stand. J
The following were batteries: Orange
burg, Kittrel, pitcher : Light foot, catch- I
or Spartan burg, Thompson and
Smith, pitchers: Ilaminett, catcher: !
Kittrell struck out eight men. Smith !
f;ur. Thompson three. The game re- I
suited in a victory for Ocacgeburg by i
a score of 9 to 7. Official scorer,!
? . Umtire, Jennings.
The result of the glass tall tourna- i
ment was favor of the Xovhecry \
tram. The scores and the comr-cting ;
? O j
s?ubs are as follows: Newberry, Z'? ; j
Walterboro, 32; Glenn Springs, SO : ?
j Spartan burg ?o. 1, 20; Spartanburg,
No. 2, 29. The three prizes were: I
Newberry, $50 ; Waiterboro, ?30 ;
Glenn Springs, ?20.
THE MILITARY PRILL.
The first brigade drill was command- j
ed by Gen. llichbourg, Capt. E. Bacon
officer or the day.
The following companies participated :
Sumter Guards, Edisto Rifles, Fort
I Motte Guards, Greenville Guards, But
ler Guards, the Morgan Rifles and
Newberry Rifles.
The parade was witnessed by a very
large concourse, and was performed in
a manner creditable to the military of
this State. An inspection of the Mor
gan Rifles was held by Adjt Gen. Bon
ham.
Among the exhibits of machinery
which were placed in position Wednes
day were the Eagle Screw bailing press
of F. W. Wagener & Co., Charleston,
S. C. ; Wood's harvesting machinery,
of Havsick Falls, N. Y.t and the exhi
bit of the Fiedmont wagon factory, of
Hickory, N. C.
LADIES IN UNIFORM.
A very interesting feature of the En
campment was the kirmess and flag
drill at the courthouse, given under the
auspices of the Helen Chalmers Liter
ary Association. The court room was
a scene of brilliant decoration. The
booths were presided over by young
ladies a various national costumes.
The attendance was particularly large,
as the affair was given for the benefit of
Spartanburg's favorites, the Morgan
Rifles. The flag drill was executed by
the following young ladies as sponsors
J for the companies: Sumter Guards,
Miss Ernestine Heintish ; Fort Motte
Guards, Miss Reina Allen ; Morgan
Rifles, Miss Nellie Elford ; Butler
Guards, Miss Fannie Blake ; Greenville
Guards, Miss H. Emerson ; Manning
Guards, Miss Clarice Co?ton ; Edisto
Rifles. Miss Mildred Thompson ; Lau
rens Guards,. Miss Carrie McMakin ;
Newberry Rifles, Miss Helen McMakin ;
Richland Volunteers, Miss Bessie
Means; North Carolina troops, Miss
Sady Hardy ; South Carolina, Miss
Helen Russell ; Georgia, Miss E. B.
Chase. The flag company was under
command of Capt. E. Bacon, the uniform
being a blue skirt and body with white
trimmings, and black felt hats with
black plumes. The evolutions of their
gallant military sisters were largely
cheered by the various compauies pres
ent.
It is estimated with every show of
reason that fully 10,000 people passed
through the streets of the Farmers'
City on Thursday. Certainly there
appears to be no limit to the energy
j displayed by the farming classes in the
! endeavor to at least visit the Eucamp
I meat. There are instances of men.
! women and children who walked from
i tn'eea to iwentv miles during the night
j to reach the city. Taking ine Encamp-;
; ment ali in ali, is something novel i:> j
j South Carolina- and some of the old j
! men say it has been the ?:st time in <
! this State that a succeda; effort has !
i been made to attract and held together !
iOrsuc:: a ieng?L: : time so many ::?;*u
\ sanas o? tue raren n-g class. inore is,
indeed, no lolling how long the multi
j tudes will remain in camp, for they
have come well provided for any emer
gency. The woods around the city arc
j alive with men, women and children,
i some of them having found aceomrno
j dations in the wagons and others sleep
I ing out under the open sky, which for
j the past two days has been particularly
j favorable.
THE LAST DAYS.
I As to the character of the crowd it is.
; possibly the most most motley that has
ever come together in South Carolina,
j All classes are represented and the vis
j itor can see almost everybody from the
: Governor of the State to the bootblack
j from, the neighboring rivai city. The
plain country girl and the belles of
Gaffney City, Laurens, Union, Spar
tanburg, Greenville and other centres
of fashion are to be found indiscrimi
nately mised in the crush at the art
gallery, or in the pavilion, or in the
State building. rooms, or in the inter
State booth of the Women's Christian
Temperance Union, where iced waters
and tracts are dispeused with equal lib
erality. This booth, by the way, is one
j of the prettiest structures on the
j grounds and was erected under the di
rection of Mrs. W. K. Blake, the pres
ident of the local union.
The morning session began at 10
o'clock, President Duncan iu the chair.
This day had been devoted to the exer
cises of the State Agricultural and Me
chanical Society. The* president in
vited all the farmers to visit the fair
next fall.
An instructive essay was read by Mr.
John F. Townscnd, the well knowu
stock raiser and cottou planter of Edisto
Island, on the future of the sea islauds.
A great many of the points made were ail
of a revelation to the up-country farm
j ers.
The next address was by Mr. E. T.
Stackhouse, of Marion, on experiments
with the cottou plant. The deduction
j being that the farmer who makes a liv
i i?g at home, and makes cottou a sur
plus crop, is generally solid and safe.
; Then came an interesting discussion
of the (juestiou whether it pays the farta
1 er to substitute cotton seed meal for his
I cotton seed as a fertilizer. Among the
sneakers were Chancellor Johnson, of
Marion, Messrs. M. h. Donaldson, of
Greenville, Ilolleymau, of Orangeburg,
and W. Jennings, of Berkeley, who
maintaiued the negative of the (juestiou.
The affirmative wae unsuccessfully ar
gued by Mr. Petcrkin, of Orangeburg.
This inauguration of general debate
has been looked upou by ?hp- promo
ters of the enterprise here as the begin
in g of the practical school work and
education of the farmer, and Will be de
veloped with wonderful results at future
encampments.
Col: W. I). Kvans. of Marlboro, read
a jva per on the dutv of f:;e farmer as a
eitV-n a: i r.s a legislator. Mr. D, K.
Norris, v: Anderen, discussed in a
very able paper the necessitv of diversi
fied agriculture, ^penmen: s with the
corn plant, by Mr. B. {?'. L'erry, of :
Greenville, coa tai ned maiiy ?.ugge^liye j
points a:;;! brought about another ex- '
penen ce meeting, ine uoo'.uus Oeing
Capt. ij. Petty, o? S parta burg, :?les.s?*?. I
(,\ Dixoa and . McBee, of Greenville, ?
C. Turner, of Spartanburg, and li. T.
Hawley, of Darlington. The session
closed with an excellent and humorous
speech by Col. J. G. McKissick, of
Union.
Friday was "Governor's Day.'' The
opening address being made by Govern
or Richardson. Among the other auV
dresses was one on the subject of signal
service in its bearings on agriculture,
by Capt. K. Graham, of the U. S. Sig
nal Service.
Camp was broken and the military
companies returned home Saturday.
?9 I -
Inaugural Address.
Delivered by the B.on. D. P. Dun
can at the Pariners' Encamp
ment.
Mr. Chairman and Gentlemen : I
have the honor, in the name of all
citizens of Spartanburg county, to bid
you a warm welcome to this Encamp
ment.
We sincerely hope that the deliber
ations and discussions which will oc
cupy the days of your sojourn here
may be marked by great good to all
who participate and to all who wit
ness your labors. May your gather
ing be accompanied in its influence
and practical results with the largest
amount of intelligent information and
exposition in the arts and work of
that great science which you repre
sent. Upon this all growth and pros
perity rest.
Always the largest contributor to
the happiness of the people at home,
agriculture has made this, the great
est of republics, renowned abruad ior
its contributions to the sustenance and
comfort of the millions of other lands.
If the pursuit of knowledge, the labors
of the workshop, the whirl of the factory
wheels, the busy industries and com
mercial interests by land and sea, lag
and languish, it is only because thn
valleys are not covered over with
corn, because Inore is no fatness ie
the pastures, because the cattle do
not rejoice upon the hills aud the
earth fails to yield her increase.
We are the more rejoiced on this
occasion because of the evidence we
have of the awakening and awakened
interest in your avocation, which now
seems to be taking in importance pre
cedence of all other questions. How
shall the largest intelligence and the
most reliable experimental knowledge
be invoked and enforced in behalf of
tending this garden of earth, which
was delivered to the first farmer of
creation with the command to keep
and dress it?a proposition not now,
indeed older than ali others, and yet,
strange to say, it has now less of in
telligence, pressing and push than
any if those things which com
mand the time and talents of men.
While it is true that the agriculture
of tin's extensive country is conduct
ed on a scale unknown in ancient ur
in modern times, vet in these im por
taut departments of'knowledge we are
singularly deficient. other field
holds ont a more inviting prospect to
the dilige::! and the enterprising, a !
jile-woik which may iiil the noblest ;
ambition. There is no closed door tu i
the followers of this art. As illustra
ted from the davs of George Wash
ingtou down to the success of the
the poor farmer's boy of the Valley of
Virginia with his reaper, endowing
seminaries, orphans'homes and uni-j
versity professorships, there is no
tempoial interest of humanity which
exceeds in importance that of your
: pursuit, and all others it has outlived.
"It survives Turk and Time and
Goth.5' Upon it the merchant a:id
mechanic, the bench and bar aud the
forum and camp depend. Indeed, as
has been said : "The necessity of this
art is evident, since this can live with
out all others, and no one other with
out this. The principles of it being
the piiuciples of all nature, earth, wa
ter, air and the. sun and the sea, it
comprehends of philosophy more than
any one profession, art or science in
the world besides."
Let me call your atteution to what
an able essayist wrote two hundred
years ago lie said : "Who is there
among our gentry that does not enter
tain a dancing-master for his children
as soon as they are able to walk, but
did ever any father provide a tutor
for his sou to instruct him betimes in
the nature and improvement of that
land he intended to leave him ?" That
is a superfluity and thus a great de
fect in our manner of education, and
therefore I could wish (but cannot in
these times much hope to see it) that
one college in eacli university were
erected and appropriated to this study,
as well as they are to medicine and
the civil law. There would be no need
of making a body of scholars and
fellows with certain endowments. It
would suOice, if after the manner of
stalls in Oxford, there were onlv
four professors constituted to teach
these four parts : First. Motion and
all things relating to it. Second,
i'asturage. Third. Gardens, or
chards, vineyards and woods.
Fourth. All parts of rural economy,
which would contain the govern
ment of bees, swine, poultry, decoy
birds, &c , together with the spelts
ti the field and domestic conserva- !
Lion and uses of ai! that i-5 brought
in by industry abroad. The busi
ness of these professors should
not be as is commonly practical in
other arts, to resd pompous and su
perficial lectures out of Virgil's
Georgics, Pliny and Varo, out to in
struct their pupils in the whole
method aud course of this study, and
the Continued accession of scholars
upon a moderate taxation for their
diet, 1 od ?riti s and learning would be
a sn?ieieut constant revenue for the !
maintenance of the house and profes
sors, who should be men not clever- J
er lor the ostentation of critical liter-j
ature, but for solid aud exper?meii- |
tal knowledge of the things they I
teach/'
To these thoughts, two hundred ?
ani tlii:' years ole. h tile ol val ie
has be :i added on ?i.e part o! ?:.; se .
wiii) have essiiVcd write and sj ? :?k ;
much upon ?o?s :;!! important maib-r. '
Too wonder is ih :[ so much i.tin
been conceived, so1 iit.iic has oecu
achieved.
ne inst a g neu? un a! society ::?- :
coroorat'-d ?:; America was that; os-'
tabiished in South Carolina in 17S'
called "The Society for the Fremo
tion of Agriculture/' stating that its \
obiccts included the institution of a i
farm fur experiments in agriculture j
and the importation and distribution j
of foreign productions suited to the j
climate of the State.
lie who was first in the hearts of j
his countrymen, in almost his iast ut- j
tcranccs to them, with prophetic j
earnestness urged upon the founders I
and representatives of the young re
public this great matter of agricultur
al education as one of the foremost
j demands of the times. The national
interest and importance of his lan- !
! guage is in proportion. As the n?
; tion advances in population and other
circumstances of maturity, this truth
becomes more apparent and renders
the cultivation o? the soil more and
more an object of public patronage.
Institutions for promoting it grow up
supported by the public purse, and to
what object can it be dedicated with
greater propriety ? This species of
establishment contributes doubly to
the increase of improvement by stimu
lating enterprise and experiment, and
by drawing to a common centre the
results everywhere of individual skill
and observations and spreading
them thence over the whole nation.
Experience hath shown that they are
very cheap instruments of immense
national benefit. A few years after
wards the founder aud great apostle
of the Democracy, in his distinguish
ed inaugural, speaking of good gov
ernment, placed in the circle of our
felicities the encouragement of agri
culture and commerce as its hand
maid, a well disciplined militia, our
best reliance in peace aud for the first
moments of war* and we welcome
them to-day as one of the Jeffersonian
platform planks in recognition of the
i?ct that the tillers of the soil are
ready, as its defenders, when needed
to become the heroes of the field and
camp.
I will not trespass farther upon
your time, upon more interesting ex
ercises. Allow me to repeat the cor
dial salutations of the committee
and people whom I represent. De
siring to do all in their power to fill
the days of your sojourn in our midst
with the fullest enjoyment and profit,
we feel sure that in the preparation of
the second Encampment experience
will eliminate very much of what we
are conscie us are the imperfections
and shortcomings of this, the first.
Pine Leaf (Straw.)
Fcltox, S. C, July 11, 1SST.
. A. P. Butler,
Commissioner of Agriculture, Co
lumbia, S. C.
In compliance with your request,
and for the benefit of G<?cne of our
fanners, I will give you my experi
ence, and that of some of my neigh
bors, but more particularly my own,
as 1 can speak more definitely, of the
use of pine straw as a manure. 1
have been using it for sixteen years,
and for the most of this time i have
been using ten cord* to the acre for
cotton, and with that amount of
straw and 100 lbs. acid phosphate,
100 lbs kainit,.and IS bushels of cot
ton seed, I make an average of a bale
of cotton to the acre, and some years
1 get a bale and a half, on what was
said to be old worn'out land, but by
the use of the above I now have my
land in good heart. It is said by
some farmers that straw wiil kill the
cotton, but I have never had it to
kill my cotton and would use double |
the quantity that I do if it were so
that I could get it to the land, as
srettinsc it in the land is a small
matter with us. _ We break tue old
beds down with six furrows with a
seven inch turn plough, then open
with an eight inch double-winged
straight hoc sixteen inches long ; thus
it may be seen how I get in my ten
cords to the acre without trouble.
It is said by some that I claim too
much for pine straw, but this is a
mistake, as I only claim what the
analysis, I believe, gives it, about 8
per cent, potash ; but to take it at
much less, and still I am an advocate
for its use, for I claim a good deal
for its percolating influence in the
land?the same that yeast has in our
bread?for in this : it opens the soil
and lets in the air and admits the
gases from the rain, which, in a close
clay soil, is very necessary, and as 1
think, in all Soils, whether it be clay
or otherwise. There are many objec
tions to the use of straw. One ad
duced by men of intelligence is that
straw, when rotted, becomes sand,
which according to my experience,
is both ialso and true, for 1 claim
that the same soil that produces the
growth, when rotted it will be the
same, either sand or clay. I behove
all the farmers know that cotton
grown on clay land has a yellow
tinge, produced by the clay : and if ,
our lint partakes of the soil, why not
pine straw 1 ,
But to give you other than my
own experience. In speaking to a
well-to-do farmer on the subject, he !
said he would quit the farm if lie ?
could not get pine straw, as lai is (
one that uses it largely. But it may
be asked, how we are to get in such ,
quantities? I can only say how I do it. ?
At this writing I have in tire woods ?
fifteen hundred piles, lour feet high '
and four feet wide ; these have been
raked when the weather was such ?
that 1 could not do other farm work }
and when we lay by our crop, which \
we usually do about the 12th of July, 1
then, between that aud the blade
gathering, we get all we use in the <
lot : and when we first get it in ;
the lot it is ten or twelve feet ?
deep away from the fence. II this is
not dmio we could never get it from ;
the woods in the Spring, and, having
it Ir* the lot . it is tramped by the j i
stock, and {hough noi et;; ?::>. ;,s this ! 1
cannot ho mi account of depth, ir i
becomes compact, and, eneo wet. j i
cl-.e:- not gei di-y until hauling er the j ?
lime for ppjng ] may !?.' wrong, !
but 1 think tire re:: why tin-to i.= j ?
no more siia'w \-.s<-A is because there
is net enough put in ho lan?:. !???? i: ;
lakes a brig e omii.tiiy, in bulk, t-i <
rmike a little earth when rotteti ; and 1
? will say lS?is : the ni n e one eses the <j
more phuxpha!e lie may with paying j r
results if he will only be sure and'o.
get the straw well in the furrows.
I have used forty-five large piles to
the acre for sweet potatoes, and this
alone, and made very fine potatoes ;
but I put two mules to the plough,
and got the straw well in the ground.
There is one fact about straw that
may not be generally known ; it is
this : very .soon after it is put in the
ground it goes through a sweat, and
does not get dry any more until rot
ted, at which time I have taken it
up from the bottom of the plant fur*
row and found that the decomposed
straw was a network of fibre roots
that have been feeding there through
the season. But I must say, before ?
close, that the first year in the use
of straw it does not pay so largely,
but each succeeding year will pay
more and more, or this has been my
experience, and Mr. K. M. Pitts, of
Sumter County, gave me the same as
his experience, and he has* used it
broadcast with good results, which I
have never done. Now, in conclu
sion, let me say, while the cotton
plant is made up of seven component
parts, and pine straw will and does
constitute one of those parts, a little
push and pluck and we have that on
hand in the barnyard at no great
cost. Yours faithfully Sec.
Louis II. Desciiamps.
Annual Reunion of Company
"E", 6th S. C. Infantry.
The survivors of Company ?, 6th
Regiment, South Carolina Volunteers,
met at the residence of Capt. VV. J.
McLeod on the 29th ult. To the
great surprise and' pleasure of all,
Col. J. D. Blanding of the 9th Regi
ment was present, and took part in
all of the business and pleasures of
the day. The association of Col.
Blanding with the members of Co. E.
during nine mouths of the war, caus
ed its members to feel as if only an
other one of the boys was with them
while he from appearances, having
come out for the full purpose of en
joyment, entertained them with rich
and epicy jokes of the war.
The business of the day was intro
duced by a bountiful supply of fine
watermelons, after which a general
smoke was entered into ; each one,
apparently, determined to enjoy all of
the comforts and pleasures of a puff
at the pipe of peace. After this all
hands were called together for busi
ness. The president being absent,
Capt. W. J. McLeod was called to
the chair, and the minutes of the last
meeting were read aud adopted. The
only unfinished business was the read
ing and adoption of a portion of the
history of the command, but owing to
the absence of the President, who
had it in his possession, the reading
was postponed unti! the next meeting.
A committee of three, consisting of
E. W. Cannon, II. E. C. Fountain
and J. J. Durant, was appointed to
adopt a plan for the organization of
a relief association of the old compa
ny, fur the care of any member vrbo j
may come to need or distress.
Letters were read from Maj. J. L.
Coker, E. W. Cannon, and J. A. and
M. E. McDonald, expressing their re
grets at their absence, and giving
their reasons therefor. Two invita
tions were received for the next re
union, one from Major Coker of Harts
ville, and the other from J. A. and M.
E. McDonald of Marion, N. C. Ma
jor Coker's invitation was accepted,
and a vote of thanks, by the com
rades, ex fended to both him and the
Messrs. McDonald, for their kind and
generous invitations. A vote o
thanks was extended Col. J. D.
Blanding for his presence and re
marks, together with an invitation to
him to meet with the command at the
next re-union. Dinner being now
ready, adjournment was in order, to
which the old comrades responded
promptly. There were no sick to re
port at this time, but from the
appearance of things while the dishes
were being passed around, the deli
cate and dyspeptic might have feared
that in the end it might have become
necessary to call in a doctor.
After dinner the Colonel and some
of the boys betook themselves apart
and for the entertainment of the ladies,
indulged in a feast of music and rem
iniscences of a re union prior to the
organization of Co. E, when We were
b'tiyis, and when those little black
eyes deceived us and caused us by a
modest "no'' to resolve to join the
army and be killed by the '?Yanks.'*
?Reported for the Darlington Kcics.
"Not Guilty."
Verdict of the Jury m the Edgefield
LycehiDg Case.
Eit.khkld, August 5.?The great
Culbroath lynching case, perhaps the
first of its kind ever brought to trial,
uame to an end to-day at o o'clock.
The whole of the morning session of t
court up to 2 o'clock was taken up with [ t
the able, eloquent and exhaustive argu- j'i
ment of Attorney General Earle for tiie
State and Geueral Butler for the de
fense. Both covered the entire ground
jf their respective skies, and each
wound up with a most telling, retime.
Judge Wallace's charge was, so to
peak, a clearing up thunder shower
jftcr the two day s of heated debate.
The jury were not out quite an hour,
ivhcu they brought iu a verdiet of not
guilty. I h
At the last term of the court there
vas a severance, so that ou5y iwo of the
vncbers, Parkman and Botara, were
ni tria*, and upo? the announcement
;? the verdict as to them, the State's
l?rcTuey entered a noi. pros, as to the
e ma tiring thirty defendants.
The largest crowd ever knows'to ?*iave
issembled in kM?elieU? Court House
aet'd the Attorney General this mor?
lig when lie arose t?< a-u?tess the jury, j x"
Meiere davli^ht men ><-r hordes and in , i;
tu??gfe^ could be heard eomrng ?r?>m ail \ \
ive of the publie roads wh:?h lead into ! ?'
he villane. Maryy were not able to j -s
:- invi the courS room, and the public ; p
Miare during the day was tilled with a j t'
of sweltering humanity. j a
Tiie ve id": et was not surprise to any j il
:?. .?. as nobody expected a conviction. ; c
Everything in connection with the case, h
uritig the progress of the trial and the j 'J
e edition of the verdict, passed or?! tt
uiet.'y. ! S?
Our State Contemporaries.
Edgefield Advertiser.
Miss Daisy Hampton, daughter of
Senator "Wade Hampton, glories in pe
destrian exercise. Recently she walk
ed ali the way from her home to
Charleston, a distance of 145 miles.
One day she made a record of twenty
five miles;
Query.
Abbeville Press and Banner.
If Prohibitory laws do not prohibit
the Bale of whiskey, why should the
whiskey men be so much opposed to the
law ? If such laws do not prohibit why
is it that the distillers ahd wholesale
dealers contribute eo freely of their
money to defeat prohibitory laws in dis
tant States? If the whiskey men' are
willing to cooform to the will of the
people, why are they opposed to an ex
pression of opinion by the people t If
prohibition doesn't prohibit why should
a wholesale liquor dealer in Charleston
boycott a prohibition newspaper in Ab
beville.
Let it be cnderelcod that the temper
ance people of Abbeville county mean
to get an expression by a vote of the
people?as to whether the sale of whis
key shall continue to be liensed. In
case our representatives neglect or re
fuse to put the necessary laws on the
books, the voters mast seek a remedy
for their wroog.
''Chicken-Hearted Men*"
Timmonsville Farmers' Friend.
It is reported that a negro was taken
up and severely whipped by citizens in
the Sardis neighborhood a few days
ago for attempting an assault upon a
young white lady. Ths fiend entered
the lady's room after she bad retired at
night. Her screams frightened him to
flight. She recognized him, and a
party pursued and caught him'. The
young lady identified him as the guilty
party, and he was whipped and ordered
to leave the State. It is a shame that
men areso chicken-heartedi
Charleston.
Laurensviih Eeraldi
The general impression in the up
country has been and is, that the City
Government in Charleston was first
class j that the very best elements of
the business community io nativ? and
adopted citizenship were in the Common
Council ; that extensive improvements
were visible od all hands ; that City
securities werfc above par, and so far as
administration was concerned the City
by the Sea was well cared for and wisely
looked after; For several weeks past,
however, a systematic attack has been
going on by a series of advertisements
in the News and Courier, which cer
tainly surprised us. One would bave
supposed that a carpetbag government
was in charge of the City, and not the
very best people in it.
An explosion took place not long
since, and the mendacity and imperti
nence of the advertiser was very thor
oughly exposed at the meetteg of
Council.
There is one feature of this whole
business, and that is, Capt. Dawson
connived at all this abuse and denunci
ation for a certain price per line?cash.
That is to say, the proprietor of .said
journal contracted to abuse the Mayor
and City Council at so much per col
umn?cash ! The Sunday Dispatch
says: 'So long as the abuse was freely
given to Mayor Courteaay and the Al
dermen, all was smooth, but the adver
tiser found fault with our great (Editor)
Cmsar. when summarily the so-called
contract was ended for the time.. This
is ths point of inquiry we would make
?if the contract was such as to compel
the printing of offensive matter," as
against the Council, how came it not
applicable to Capt. Dawson? Won't
our Cassar explain this loop-hole in the
contract?'
The truth is the News and Courier,
from its advantageous position as the
only Charleston newspaper, can't keep
from trying to boss everything in the
State and the City Council too, and we
ire very much of opinion that self-res
pect has compelled the Council to refuse
ihe dictation of the great Caesar on some
recent matters, aud this is the punish
ueut that Cassar imposes. Capt. Daw
>on undertook to boss the last State
^ouveution and got 'left.' We j
bought be had taken the biut, but it
>ceais be has not. There is only one
emcdy for this Editorial Caesar, and
hat is a real Carolina Daily in Cbarles
on, which would reflect the intelligence,
maracter and manhood of the Stste.
Jones the Triple Murderer, j,
New complications have arisen at the
)resent term of the Edgefield court in
he Jones murder case. It will be re
liera bered that Jones killed Edward I .
.Jressley, Sr., Edward Pressley, Jr., [
md Charles Pressley. At the last j
erm of the court he was convicted of|
he murder of the elder Pressley. At [ I
he close (if the term' his attorneys de- 11
eaudod an unconditional discharge iu
be other two cas?is. The motion was l.j
r<:uod before Judge Norton, who grant- ? ?
d the order of discharge. Jones now
la'Fms that he has been completely and I,
lermanently discharged from these j 1
ases, iust as if he hnd been tried and 1
* ? * if
euMiirted. The State denies this, but ? 1
'udgc Wallace sustains the prisoner's ?1
iews of the case. The further rjues- ^
ion arises whether or not the State can 5
aud cut new bills in the cases.
immM ' ? -
Blind Tom. 1
Baltimore, July SC.?Judge Bond, t
ruing in the United States ?istrici ,
Inert today, decided that Thomas ,
Viggins, known all over the world as j
Blind Tom" the pianist, shall be de- ?.
vered on or before August 10 into R
be custody of Mrs. Eliza Belluino, ! c
rho represents Charity Wiggins, the j
lot lier of '-Blind Tom,'* and that das. ;
V\ Bethune, Who has had charge vi j t
im, shall at the same time pay lo ? ?f
1rs. eli: une tito sum o? ?7,000 for j s
ast services. The e ise h:is been in |
io Cot?ris lor sever.nl >"r:ils> alio has:
ttractcd considerable attention from ! ,
i" ?act ihai Tom has been held as a , .
battei by the Bethunes ever since
is musical genius made htm valuable. :
lie suit was biought in the in- j *
fresi of his mother to regain noc*ts- :
/onofhinr. '?:
A Debt that .follows a Man.
In view of the Isrge number of our
citizens insured in "Co-operative'*
companies, the following from the In
dianapolis Journal may not be without
interest and value :
'Tiie '.vorst feature of this assess
ment life insurance business/ said a'
well-known law-%'cr the writer, 'is
not that which stands out most prom
inently. It is bad enough to agree
with people you know nothing about
to 'chip in' money whenever called
upon to do so by ofHcers you know
nothing about, and to have no means
of knowing how much of the general
Collection is turned over to the pur
pose for which il is paid ; but a'
graver feature , is that when a man
gets into one of these assessment con
cerns he is in for all time, no matter
if.a bar is put up against possible ben
efits that might accrue by failing to'
respond to assessments, or if the con
cern itself'busts up," for the courts"
have decided that in joining an asso
ciation of this kind 'the debt is then
contracted, and not when the debt i?
payable?at the death of a member.'
Only the other day, in the. light of
this common-seme decision, 500 mem
bers of the defunct 'Order of Mutual
Aid,' California, had judgments en
tered up against them in a suit
brought by the heirs of one of the de?
ceased members, and in Minnesota at
the present time a suit is pending
?gainst the members of another de
funct assessment society which is cer
tain to go the same way. This is ?
peculiar feature, and not generally
understood. To be able to contract a
debt' that wilt follow a man beyond
the grave (if he should be fortunate
enough to possess anything) is some
thing to be thought about in |he con
templation of assessment or fraternal
life insurance.7
A Chain of Cousins.
In the Washington . Herald the
Lounger on the Avenue' says :
'The number of 'cousins' any Vir
ginia, South Carolina or Kentucky fam
ily 'that was ever anybody' has and
claims kin with, has always been a mat
ter of great astonishment in the North,
where this' charming 'cult' is not cher
ished. And these cousins, 'down to
the fortieth degree,* are to be found
everywhere. ? charming lady, whom
the writer has the pleasure of knowing,
said to me ; the other day : 'Yon would
scarcely, believe that Virginia and
South Carolina families could be related
by blood ties to so many people as they
really are in England and Francs. Now
here, holding up a late Parisian journal,
is the announcement of the marriage of
Princess Eugenie Marat, the great
granddaughter of Marshal Murai, better
known as the commander of the cavalry
in the grande arm?e than as the king of
Naples, which he nevertheless was, to
Prince de Torelis, an Italian magnate.
This bride, Princess Marat, has
less than 100 Virginia and South Car
olina cousins. Her grandmother was
Miss Fraser of Charleston, whose broth
er was the founder of the great commer
cial house that, during the" war, was so
famous as Fraser, Trenholm & Co.
Both the sons of Marshal Murat married
Southern worn*. The eldest, Achille,
came to America. His wife was Miss
Bettie Willis of Virginia, whose mother
was the distant cousin of the Dand
ridges, the Harrisons, the Pages, th? Ca
reys and many others whose names are
historic. His brother, th? second.son
?Marat's wife, you know, was Caro
line, sister of the great Napoleon?mar
ried Miss Fraser, as I just now told you.
So her granddaughter, who though a
princess, looks like any well bred and
well nurtured Virginia girl, is the great
grandniece of the first Napoleon. When
John Y. Mason of Virginia, was our
Minister to France, the ladies of the
Murat household were his particular
friends. I know he used to astonish'
some of the old French gentiemen about
the court of the second empire by grave
ly explaining that these ladles were bis
cousins. The Empress Eugenie heard
of it and was much interested in the fact
that the granddaughters of the es king
of Naples, Napoleon's brother-in-law
and greatest cavalry commander, were
akin to a representative from the great
republic. I think both the Carnngton
and StoDC families of this city were con
nected with the Willises, either by direct
line or collaterally, and if I am right
they, too, are akin to this young scion
of kingly and imperial lineage on one
side, and good eld Virginia blood on
the other. I thought this might be in-,
terestmg to you, and so I mentioned it.' '
"News iteras.
'King Salomon ;s Mines.' is to be put
into dramatic form for James 0. Bar-'
rows.
Miss Belle Cole, the American cim
atrice, has decided to remain in Eng
aud until nest year.
Patti Kosa will have two sew plays"
3est season?'Imp,' bv Fred Marsden
ind ? . A'. T.'
Mrs. Fannie Hayn e. rife of James
ilayne, was gored and trampled to
leath by a" maa bull at Tuscola, 111.,
he other day while attempting to drive
be brute out of the front yard. She
"ought the animal as long as her
?trength held our, but as no one came
o her assistance she was killed before
he eyes of her tittle children. The
5ody was shockingly mangled.
Sarah Bernhardt has been coining
nosey in London. Her receipts have
ivorased over 0-2,500 for each rer'form
tnce.
The grand jury of Et?gcdel? county
lave been examining the public
if?ccs of that county. Ina special re
lOrt made to tiie court now in session at
hat place, they present S. S. Tompkins,
he Master, as a defaulter for nearly
'5.000". The ?epor? lias created a ?eu
ation Mr. Tompkins is about seventy
ears obi.
Prohibition new prevails in 115 of
1)1 counties ?>: Georgia atrd is said
o b? gaining strength rapidly, cs
Mvia'.iy in Atlanta ? GreenvilleDaily
Ve a.
Titt? strawberry was introduced
tito England Irouj Ffaad?fe in i' o?.