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TO THINE t>WN SELF AND ^ MUST FOLLOW AS THE NIGHT TH^DAY, THOU CANS'T NOT THEN^BE FALSE TO ANY MAN
><?BY KKITH, SMIfyk^^l WALHALLA, SOUTH CAROLINA THURSDAY, JULY 20, 1877. VOLUME XII.-NO. 36.
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The New Party Movement.
WASHINGTON, (July .19.-Judge Partly
for a long timb'Jadg? of trio. Su prom
Court of Ohio, and now a prominent Jawye
tn this oity, is the authority for the nu
uoupoement that alrondy a very noll con
.ccived ?od arranged movement is on foo
looking to tho formation of a now politios
Sarty, to be oalled "the Union party.'
ttdge Partly is a brother-in-law of tb
Shermans, and has always been consid?rai
si Democrat^ s^^8?j*^yiaVh?jndor8C8 th
policy of Hayed) (inj| 'tna? WWn ho is sun
that Hayes does notulojirt} tPf#|atea Haye
party, as Andy Johnson did a Johnson party
wet bo has every reason to believe that Haye
would like to see tho Union party beoomi
tho power io tho land. It is argued by tin
adherents of this now movement that tin
Democratic party is ontircly. sectional; tba
without the solid South it oould not survive
?nd that its greatest strength - Hes in th?
faot that all rebeldoui is with and for it
and, on tho other hand, tliat thoIlcpublioai
Iparty is living iu tho North, blast and Wes
.entirely upon tho food it re?oives from tb<
??U burning embers'of ha trod'to tho South
that the/policy ?of ' Hoycajs to?4xtra?? tb<
better elements from th?se parties of tin
scotions and carry tho country with them
and that Evarts and Sohurz aro heart am
soul tn favor of this new Uoioo party. Ex
Senator Foote, of Mississippi aod Tennes
see, is a partner of Judge Bartly and he ii
an outspoken advocate of the now movement
It ia alleged that there aro thousands of th<
leading moo of tho South ready to joio thii
party, aod that beforo Coogrcss meets ii
October its purpose, strength aud good in .
tentions will bo made mauifest.
It is very certain that thero is some kind
of new movo being made on the polities
ebess board, and that the President and lib
ministerial advisors don't seem to oarc mud
how tho leadors of tho Republican party ox
press their disapproval of the course of thc
administration, lt is alleged that many ol
the bureau officers of tho department and
tho dorks, whoso homos aro ostensibly it
tho various States are soorctly working
both here and ot homo, in tho interest ol
this new movement, and that in the earl)
part of October a caucus will bo held ic
this city of prominent men- who intend tc
po with the "now idea." Among those
who arc to meet io thia eauoui wil1, it it
- -***aid, be found Senators and members ol
Congress from either of tho present parties,
aod that io tho Houso tho Union party
will hold thc balance of power, and go far tr,
.dictate who shall be officers of tho House
It is proposed to orcato this party ip ia. man
ner similar to tho way that the R?publicain
4)000 inc SO successful. Tho groat object
tr??? v~ "?V.cc to all sections:" "Tho over
?lasting settlement of tho Indian question;"
'"Internal improvement and advancement ol
steamship building and general encourage
ment of commerce;" "Gradual resumption
but not in 1870, and a letting out of an in
definite amount of silver ohango, tho ore to
"fee purchased by bonds, and tho reduction
of taxation, and temporary suspension of tho
sinking fund payment, just paying tho
interest on tho publie dobt and the expenses
of tho government for at least ten years tc
come." A ohango in tho politics of our
country is bardy possible if ono mayjudgo
from tho tono of conversation hold by tho
politicians who oongrogato hero from timo
to time, from ovcry sootion of the country.
A gentleman just from Chicago states ho
convorsed with ox-Senator Lyman Trumbull
.-and that he expressed his unqualified ap
probation of Hayes' polioy, and that ho was
.very suro that Trumbull would bo ono of
tho leaders of thc Union party. Thoso who
laugh at tho whole thing say that partios ore
.not made in a day; and that it is the people
.who make parties, and not the politioians.
This is tho very argument that tho movers
an this new department advauoe, viz. : That
M Ahe people are going to do this thing.
Plumera Protected.
The following Aot, to dedaro and punish
fraud in the sale of produce, was passed by
the last General Assembly:
Section 1. lie it enacted by tho Sonate
.nd House of Representatives of tho State
of South Carolina, now mot and sitting io
decora I Assembly and by tho authority of
Abe same, That aoy person. oogagod in .the
business of buying cotton, oofn, rico or
?ooh commodities, oithor .ob his account or
for others, who shall buy s?oh on salo from
M pion tor, commission merchant, pr from
any other person or persons, for o?sli, and
?ball fail or rofuso to pay for tho samo, and
?hall make woy of dispos? of the Samo boforo
ho has paid therefor, shall bo doomed guilty
of embezzlement, and shall bo liable, on
? conviction, to bo imprisoned in tho peniten
tiary for a torm not loss than one year nor
moro than fivo years, at tho disorotiou of tho
Court.
Boo. 2. That if any factor or commission
merchant shall re?oive from any planter,
any cotton, rico or. othor ogrioultural pro
duce for salo, and shall soil tho samo and
fail to pay ovor the net proceeds thereof
to the planter on demand, or to apply tho
?ame to his own use' mid bondit,. or shall
fail to aooount for tho samo in a satistaotory
manner, if unsold, ho shall bo guilty of
fraud and orobozzlotnont, apel on conviction
thereof, shall be imprisoned in tho peniten -
tiary bot less than ono yenr nor more than
fivo year? at tho disorotion of tho eourt.
<. Seo. ll No poison shall'ho oonviotcd
under tho provisions of tho preceding seo
'ilonait!bo shows that tho cotton, oom, rico,
or other products received by him was
"d?stroyed by. accident, Hitor due diiigonoe
pn bis part, or that he was forcibly deprived
pf tho vo^wMdon thereof. ,
fi Approved J?b^^7.
Address of tue Executive Commit
tee State Agricultural Society*
COLUMBIA, S. C., July 12, 1877.
The Executive Oommittee of the Stet?
Agricultural aod Meohaolcal Society would
respectfully osll the atteution.of its members j
and tho people gonorally to tho mooting to
bo' hold at Anderson Court House on tho
8th of August next, and urgently request a
full attendance. I) j
Tho obj cot of tho mooting is to reorganise
tho Society, infuso now lifo iutOit, and to givo
it an,impetus which will start, it on its now
career With a force and spirit oommonsu-4
rate with tho great work it is designed. to I
aocomplish.
This great work is tho restoration of tho
agricultural interest of tho State, tho souroo
of its wealth and the basis of its strength,
to its former prominence-a prominenoo
which bas been lost by ita having boon
forced to boar the brant of the oppressive
taxation imposed by an unjust, tyrannical
aud hostile government, the demoralization
of labor incident to tho emancipation of |
tho Btavo, and bis consequent oxposuro to i
tho influence of tho low demagogue; sod
until recently, by the utter hopelessness of
deliverance from tho deep scated evils, for
at least many years to como; a hopelessness
that paralyzed the energies of the pooplo
and made thom almost as poor in spirit as
they aro in purso.
Hut tho roocnt political revolution has
changed ajl this. Tho hopes of the pooplo
have rovived; they have bec u-rel io ved from
oppressive and unjust taxation, and the low
demagogue has been taught that Sooth,
Carolina is no longer a field for his opera-,
tions.
Farmers and Mechanics! the timo and
thc place aro auspicious. . With the prestige
of political success we meet at Old; Ander
son, whoso bugle-blasts first summooed tho
hosts under tho banner of home rule and
reform, and gave an impetus to tho great
movement which resulted in a viotory un
paralleled iu tho history Of any people.
: Lot us meet,,theo, upon this classic spot,
and inaug?ralo a movement in tho iutorests
of Agriculture which must aohiove a like
success. WILLIAM WALLACE,
Chairman Exocutivo Committco, State A.
and M. Society.
INTERESTING TO TAX-PAYERS.-Tho
following comparison of salaries, as paid
under Radical rule and under a Democratic
administration, will no doubt be of interest
to tax-payers:
UNDER RADICAL HULK.
County Treasurer, 82,600
c?uVtV?ifoV,* 1 .* ?* 11 -riJhoo
Sohoof Commissioner, 1,000
3 County Commissioners, 100 days
each, 83 por day, 000
Clerk County Commissioners, . 800
Superintendent of poor house, '** 500
Total, 1 $7,000
UNDER DEMOCRATIC RULE.
County Treasurer, 8800
County Auditor, 700
County Commissioners, 72 meetings,
at 80, 72
Sohool Commissioner, 300
Total, . ei;872
Clerk to County Commissioners and super
intendent of poor bouse abolished. By
comparison of above, it wilt be eeou that
th oro is a total saving of 85,128 under tho
present administration. Tax levied under
Radical rulo, 21J mills; under Domoorntio
rulo, ll mills. Noarly 840,000 saved to
Marion County in one year.
[Marion Merchant and Farmer,
NEW YORK, July 18.- Ex-Govornor
Samuol J. Tilden and Seoretary of State
Bigelow, soiled for Europe to day on board
tho steamer Soy thin. Mr. Tild?n had do
olinod any public send off, but yet the
steamer and wharf were orowdod with
hundreds of ladies and gentlemen, and
groat enthusiasm prevailed. Among thoso
present was Major Ely. Governor Tilden
arrived on board shortly after 9 o'olock, and
hold a levee on dook until ll o'oloek, when
tho vessel sailed. He lookod well and
hearty, and talked freely and o hoer fully
with all. He said in answer to questions
that he thought tho prospects of tho Demo
oratio party extremely brilliant.. Io regard to
his erase he had nothing moro to say beyond
that contained in hts Manhattan Club |
spoeoh, that it was ? great wrong inflicted
on tb o pooplo. Ho felt sure these things
would ho righted in tho futuro. He said
that ho would certainly return in Oo lober
from his tour. What route Seoretary Bige
low and himself will take in Europe they
have not yot dooidod upon but they will
travel quietly and privately.
CINCINNATI, July 18.-William Andor.
son's resido DOO, nour Worth, Ky., was sot on
fire while the family wore asleep. Anderson's
daughter, 10 years of ago, carno to the
front door and was fired upon hy concealed
parties. She received'eleven shots inlier
person, and ? is'sinco (load. Tho partios and
thoir motive aro unknown. r, . ,
.GAIYVESTOHTJ July 18.->-.It is tenorted
that cotton Worms have appeared in oonsid
qrablooumbora at difforeut points in too
villages of Brazos, Colorado, Oundolougo,
Nueces and Trinity River. Pinn tors oro
supplying themselves with poison With
whioh to destroy the worms.
On tho 4th of July, 87 years ago, the
first Cunard sienmor sailed fron Liverpool
to New Yoik.
V
-A Rebel Scout's Adventure; y .
" Whoa the F?deral army occupied Cul
peppor Court Honso, and tho Confederate
army lay in Orango County, Virginia, Gen.
Lee, desired certain information whioh it
seemed could be beat obtained by an indi
vidual soont, and Stringfellow was elected
for tho service. It was neoemry that ho
should penetrate tho enemy's oatops, re
maining conooaled as long as possible, and
return when ho had oblteotcd tho desired
information. Iiis operations Wera tu bo
conducted mostly fat night. Ho wished td
bo aooompanied by two mon, ono of whom,
Fairish by name, bad his homo in tho
immediato vioinity of tho enemy's camps,
and being intimately acquainted with all
tho country, could aeouratcly guido him
fro? placo to placo in tho night os by day
light. Tho expedition was undertaken on
foot, as tho d ia ta nco was no"-, grcnt and con
cealment was a primo iuiportonoo. Tho
mou woro olad in. their own uniform ns
scouts, not spies. Tho country was a diffi-'
oult ono for tho oporations of a scout.
From tho long and frequent occupation by
both the contending armies, tho land bad
boen almost entirely donuded of ita timber,
and only hero and Ibero a few thin clusters
of trees romained etaudiog. Ono day had
ftaused since thoy had cnterod tho enemy's
ines, and with nightfall thoy oommonood
their wanderings among tho hostilo camps,
mainly with the pnrposo of Moating tho
different corps, and of ascertaining whether
any troops had boon detached from tho
army of the Potomac. Tho night had boen
nearly consumed in this way whon, roaching
ono of tho dusters of trees of whioh I have
spokon, they laid themselves down to catch
a few moments rest. A singlo blanket
covered tho three men.
Treacherous, fatal sleep! Thoir fatigue
was groat, and tho night was further spout
than they had .supposed, and tho sun. was
shining bright in their oyes whoa a party
of six Federal officers, with their muskets
io thoir hands. pulled away tho blankets
whioh covered them, mid saluted thom with'
a harmonious, "Good morning,johnny Hob!
woko upi" Stringfellow lying upon las
baok, was tho first to arouse and compre
hend tho situation. Knowing that an open
attempt to seize his ar?os would draw upon
himself instant death, ho feigned to bo only
half awakened, and, much to the amuse
ment of his tormentors, turned upon bis
sido muttering and grumbling at being
awakened, telling thom to go a way and lot
bim alono. But by turning upon his side
ho gavo to himself an opportunity of
placing his hand unobserved,'upon tho
bandlo of his pistol, and in another second
ho sprang upon his feet and opened fire.
His oompanions joined in tho attack, and
for a few moments thc firing was rapid and
fatal. The Federal soldiers stood thoir
ground, but at snob close quarters tho mus
ket was no match for tho revotvor. Thoro
wos no time to roload under tho quick eye
of Stringfellow, and once discharged the
muskets woro usoloss. A few seconds
terminated tho encounter- in whioh String
fellow found himsolf tho solo survivor of
his party. Farrish wes kilted; his other
comrade had disappeared, ho knew not how;
four of tho Fodoral soldiers lay dead ot his
foot, and thc two others, having thrown
down their empty guns, were running for
their lives.
But though viotor in this fight, perils
multiplied themselves around him. Tho
trees among whioh ho stood were surrounded
on every sido by opon Golds dottod thick
with the onomics' tents, eomo ot a distaooo,
and nomo closo at hand. Concealment, was
impossible, and bo must run for his lifo; but
ruu in what direction ho might, enemies
would bo suro to intercept his course, for
the adjacent camps 'hod boen aroused by
tho firing, and tho soldiers who had esoapod
would bo sure to return with others to
avenge tho death of thoir comrade?. At a
distance of s fow hundred yards a little
branch made its way through the open
fields towards the river. Its banks woro
fringed witb bushes, and while it offered
only an utterly forlorn hope, Stringfellow
turned towards it and ran. He was seen
by those who had already started for his
capture; seen to oross the opon field; seen
to enter the brush on the bink* of the
stream. And now vindictive shouts. an
nounced that tho enemy folt soouro of thoir
proy. But not so! Entering the bed of the
stream, a kind Providence guided him to
the spot where tho waters had hollowed out
for him a hiding plaoe beneath tho roots of
on old stump. Underneath this bank and
bohind these roots ho forced bis body,
having hastily oollcoted what driftwood was
within reach still further to conceal his
person; and there ho lay, half covered by
tho wator and mud, and waited the result.
From evory direction mop. rt ere hurrying to
tho spot, with the porfyot asaurinoo that
tho daring enemy would soon bo witbio
thoir power. For long, long hours did
scores of searohcrs oontinuo to examino
ovory foot of tho brush that lined the
stroan). Many times did hostilo foot pass
direotly over - Stringfollow's body, and onoe
a man more inquisitivo than tho others
stooped, while- walking in tho1 bod of the
stream, to examine tho very spot whoro ho
loy. But tho driftwood whioh ho had
skillfully arranged for his concealment
deceived the man, and h(> passed oo without
making tho discovery., Toward afternoon
tho search was abandoned. But not until
the notso of tho camps waa hushed In
slnmber dlrf Stringfellow dare te leite ufo
retreat. Then, following for nomo tim? tho
courflo of tho little stream, ho passed in
fiafoty out of tho enemy's Uno, swam tho
Haidan between the pickets, sud, thankful (
to God for bis deliverance, found himself
0DOO moro among his friends.
Jim Myora.
From 1830 to about 1818 tbqro used to
trade io ?took to South Carolina a Kcntuok?
ian named Jamos M jora, commonly, and
by himself, called Jim Myers. During (ho
first years of his trading ho made Abbeville
ono of his points. Uo was a jolly and roi-?
licking follow, and besides those looking to
his coming for a fino horco or a pair of thom,
his arrivai wus hailed with joy by tho 'boys,1
for ho was 'ono of thom/ although in . his1
lost visits ho had reaohed over his fifty
birthdays by several. He was full of jokes
and stories, telling thom well aud without,
at all times, special regard to truth; so that
ho scoured tho title of 'lying Jim Myers.'
Ho used to tell of his first introduction in
South Carolina and avowed his readiness to
swear to tho truth of thc statements. His
first visit was in 1830, during tho height
and excitement of nullification. Ho was nt
homo a Henry Clay Whig, but in South
Carolina and abroad ho wus Uko St. Paul
?all things to all mon' to advanco his oauao
(to wit, selling fino stock.) Ho supposed
from his reading that South Carolinians woro
all Nullifiers and ho carno down to bo for a
868800 OOO of them. Ile crossed over tho
Saluda Gnp and his first stoppogo was at
Hodges, where ho found a orowd, and rais
ing his bathe sang out, 'burra for Nullifi
cation,' and the first ho knew a hugo follow
bawled 'hoorray for Pon Perry and the
Union/ and strack him. He got out by
'explaining' from a severe thrashing. He
conoludod ho had got tho wrong end of the
story, and prepared to oorrcct himself at
onoo. Going ?down into Laurens ho came
upon n oroes-roads storo and a grocery
where ho found a crowd assembled, aud
alighting and walking in to 'wet,' he
shouted, raising his hat: 'burra for Henry
Clay and tho Union/ which brought in
front of him a flinty little follow muttering
between his teeth, 'whee ray for Jim Yarby
and nullification and dang your buttons,'
and gavo him a dig under tho short ribs.
Quito astonished again he asked lcavo to
make on explanation' which was that he
was a Nullifier/ nil over and whloh ho con
firmed by a treat to nil such. Aftor theso
two lessons ho never developed his politics)
stntuB untill ho hud pounded tho locality
nod then ho foll in with thc majority,
lookiug well always to his personal safety.
Myors dealt only in tho finest stock and his
customers wer o thc aristocracy who always
had opinions. Ho always had fino pneors
and trotters, and to introduce thom he was
ncithot ovorso nor afraid to stako a littlo on
them. About 1843 he brought with others
a pacer for which he asked 8300, (and I
tnink sold him for that to J olin--Campbell
Martin) and challenged with him, for a
pace for any distance or amount, any horse
in Abbeville Thc ohallongo was accepted
for fifty yards by two nabobs and patrons of
tho 'short turf from upper Triokcui, one
was Eli Jenkins Davis, a prince of that
realm, with tho privilege of substituting a
paaor with two lega and two arms, a hugo
follow with bnro feet and copporaa breeches,
named George Washington Scoggins,
present. Tho gallant Kentuckian 'didn't
want a safer bet.' Tho stuko was 825 on
each sido and would havo been any higher
amount thcTrickcmitcs oould havo borrowed.
They piled all they had or could get. Tho
ground was measured in tho fiat on tho
Anderson road just above Judgo Wnrdlaw's.
At tho signal Scoggins atruok on his hands
form a leap ten foot in front, throw out his
logs (frog fashion)and gsvo a squall from
which Myer's charger, ridden by himself,
ron back, and before spurs could bring him
again to tho starting point tho stakes were
won by tho man-pacer passing ont. Tho
Kentuckian throw up his hat dedaring ho
had novot1 won? race that afforded hird half
the satisfaction as losing that, and asked
loave to add to It a gallon of peach brandy
Ho said Abbeyillo was renowned for hor
Calhoun and other'groat mon, and now ho
oonld add his pomonal testimony to its jus
tice and and truth. It was said by him
that he hired Sooggios, and took him to
Edgofleld and won baok with him doable
his Joss in Abbeville
Sr.REP..-Dr. W. A. Hammond says of
sloop that it may be defined as genornl
reposo. Alm?st all the organs rest during
sleep. Tho heart, popularly supposed to bo
io perpetual motion, is at rest nix hours out
of tho twenty four, tho respiratory eight,
and the other organs moro or loss. Tho
brain alono is constantly employod during
wakefulness, and for it sloop waa formed and
mndo needful to its preservation. It is truo
that sloop doos not givo tho brain a total
recess from labor; imagination and memory
aro of ton vividly notivo during sloop, and
unconscious corobration likewise taken
plaoo, but onougb rest is obtained for tho
renovation of tho brain, and that which has
bcoo torn down during wakefulness is to a
certain extent robuilt. Sloop is a most
wonderful power-oftou stronger than ; >o
will, as is io tho oaso of tho sleeping soldier
-and moro mighty than pain, as whon siok
persons and tortured prisonora sloop in tho
midso of their suffering. No torture, it is
said, has boon found equal to tho prevention
of sloop. Tho amount of sloop differs ac
cording' to tho constitution nod habits,
Pig brains and poraoos who porform much
brain labor need a large amount of sleep.
Children need moro sloop than grown pcoplo
boouuflo construction' is moro notivo than
decay in their brains.
Tho Haytion Administration, appealing to
Mr. Hayos for a white Consul, is rather edi*
fying at this time.
The JoiirmUlr-tt.
II. V. Kodfield contributes tho following
toa recent issue of Cinoinuuti Commercial:
?It boa boon remarked that but very few
that got into journalism start out i with suoh
intontion. Thoy drift in accidentally, and
aro promoted as they dovolop oapaoity.
Money and influence, aro no sort of sarvico
in getting o young man a placo on a news
paper. Thoro is no; business that is so
entirely independent of thoso considerations
as this. A woiil.thy father can easily get
his son a locution to read law, or medicino 1
or push forward io almost any walk of lifo
ho may select; but he is utterly powerless to
do anything io a journalistic way. To bo
suro ho may buy a newspopor sud set up
his hopeful in that manner, but unless there
is something in tho youth called journalistic
koack, a natural knowlodgo of whut to write
ho will be a failuro in that lino, and all tho
money and influence of wealthy and perhaps
powerful relatives will count for nothing.
"Some fond parents educate their sons
with especial viow to moko journalists of
thom; but it is raro that wo hear of these
young nico ofter a few years. Meanwhile
somo scrub, born among tho hills, having
nothing but a common school education and
thc knowledge .scraped up in o couutry
printing office will odvanco to a front rank
tu thc profession. Ho has tho journalistic
kn mk and forces recognition because he
hus it. Ho get a place, not because ho has
wealthy parents to influonce tho proprietors
of lending newspapers, but because ho knows
what to writo and how to write it, and the
editors toko itbocouso it is what they want
His artiolcs go in bcoauso they supply a
demand, while perhaps tho elaborate essays
from tho pon of o man educated on two
continouts, with on especial view to jour
nalism, arc cast into tho, waste basket.
VYoung men just out of college, and
with journalistic ambition, who havo hud '
their essay? passed upon by admiring rela
tives, and pronounced thc production of
genius, think that if they can got a lotter
of introduction' to the manager of some
leading newspaper thoy will forthwith Ond
recognition in his columns. I don't know
how many applications by mail and id person
J. havo had from young mon asking mo for
a letter of'recommendation to the editor ot
tho. Commercial. I never complied,
because I know that theso agencies arc not
worth fivo couts a pock toward gotting into
that papor. I toll tho applicants to send
along whatever essays and so forth they
havo on hand, and that a lottor of introduc
tion a milo long would not bo of thc least
service in influencing tho editor to print
what diduTfill the bill. Recommendations
from thoso known, to tho editor, or tho
'influence' of wealthy 'rotativos of tho young
men ambitious to shine fn journalism, are
of DO earthly benofit io this matter, unless,
indeed, tho latter might furnish money to
havo tho manion offerts published os adver
tiscincnts. But farao at thirty dollars a
columu is ox pensive.
"Tho majority of suoocssful journalists
drift into it from other walks of lifo, and
perhaps tho most of thom, up to thc time
they aro oightccn or twenty years old, had
no thought in that direction."
How to Write to the Newspapers.
Tho Burlington (Iowa) llaiokcyc recently
gavo some advioo to correspondents which
will probably porplox English journalists,
but whioh desorves tho consideration of
porsons who undertake to writo to tho
newspapers. A few of its points aro os
follows:
"Novor writo with pon or ink. It is
altogether too plain, and docs not hold tho
mind of tho editor and printers close
enough to their work.
"If you arc oompclled to uso ink, never
uso that vulgarity known as tho blotting
pad. If you drop a blot of ink on tho papor,
lick it off. Tho intelligent compositor lores
nothing so doarly as to road through tho
smear this will moko ncross twenty or thirty
words. Wo havo seen him hang ovor suoh
a piooo of oopy half an hour, swearing liko
a pirate all trio time, ho felt that good.
"Don't try to writo too plainly. It is a
sign of plcbian origin and publio pohool
broeding. Poor writing is an indication of
gonius. It's about tho only indication of
gonius that n great many mon possess.
Sprawl your artiolo with your oyes shut, and
moko ovory word as illegible os you oan.
Wo got the samo prioo for ?t from tho rng
man ns though it wcio covered with copper
plato sontonocs.
"Avoid all painstaking with propor
names. Wo know tho full unino of ovory
man, woman and child in tho United States,
and thc merest hint of tho nnmo is sufficient.
It is a great mistake that propor carnes
should bo written plainly. '
'.Always writo on both sides of tito paper,
and when you havo filled both sides cf every
pago, trail a linc up and down every margin
and bnok to tho top of tho first page, closing
your artiolo by writing tho signature just
nbovo tho date. How wo do lovo to got
hold of articles written in this stylo! And
how wo would liko to get hold of tho man
who sends thom. Just for ton minutes.
Alono. In tho woods, with a cannon in our
hip pookot."
"Astonishing euro for consumption!" OR
tho old lady said when sho sprinkled hor
pies with Ooyonno popper boforo putting
thom boforo hor boarders.
A poper published in Florida says: UA
new commodious dog houso was recently
finished in this city for tim accommodation
,of one of our loading oitiisensi,"
REMINISCENCES OP FORT WARREN IN
'02.-A oorrospoudent in this city, "V.,"
gives U8 a reminiscence of tho Vlttto. | UR
pleasantness," ns follows: "I was aa imnato
of Fort Warren wheu tho Jato Mason fcttd
Slidcll Were indarocratod, and, in common
with my follow prisooors, noticed thou
particularly. Two more opposite men ia
appearance and manners would bo difficult
to find. Mr. Mason was open, genial and
sociable; Mr. Slidcll self poised, cold and
forbidding,---Their appearance, whilo enter
ing thc for,t, brought out in marked contrast
tho characters of tho two gentlemen. Mr.
Mason in his manner showing soma littlo
nervousness, but more of a natural curiosity,
ns he looked around. Mr. Slidcll, with his
gray shawl tuufllcd closely around his neck,
walked with tho stanio quiet indifference
with which ho would alight from his own
carriago to enter his own house Escorted
to their quarters, Mr. Mason wnssoonbusy
directing tho details attending tho proper
disposition of his baggngc; Mr. Slidcll
promenading, as if in want of oxcrciso, up
?nd dowe ihc long passageway of tho build
tug. I wes standing' at tho end of tho pas
sage when ho was approached by a gentle
man, who desired instructions as to tho un
packing of his trunks, liaising his head
quickly and fixing his cold, glittering eyes
upon thc speaker, he answered iu au incis
ive, ropid manner, 'lt is hardly necessary to
jupack anything; wc shall remain hero only
i suflioicnt length of timo for Mr. Soward
;o bea from Eugland:' aud Mr. Slidcll was
right:'*
How TO DRY APPLES.-For tho infor
mation and benefit of our readers, wc publish
thc following, taken from tho Baltimore
Fruit ??Mcr'f for this year, in regard to
drying apples, and advico given if you wi??.
to got thc highest price for your fruit:
''In drying apples let them* bo out cither
into largo quarters or sliced; bright sliced,
out thin, with cores out, will always soil well
and bring good prices. But what wc want
to obviuto is this: do not cut tipples into
little Quo pieces ns they will not sell well.
Of Into years most of tho dried apple? hnvo
been exported, and tho foreighn dcm ind ia
all for large out-apples, no sliced goiiig
abroad; say an apple out into four pieces,
well pared r.nd cored, and bright; this stylo
of fruit will always bring from ouo fourth to
ono-half cent per pound over fino out fruit,
and meets with much better demand. Wo
would suggest to tho merchants to call tho
farmer's attention to this faot, and prevail on
them to dry tho quarter apples iu this way."
Mrs. Gaines' comment upon tho final
triumph of her causo, after forty four years
of litigation, is notable She said.- "Tho
history of my lifo, if ovor written, will prora
not only to my sex, but tho other also, what
one can do who holds to tho right and trusts
in thc power of n merciful God. Knowing
und behoving yourself to bo right, never
despair-pcrsovorc, havo faith and ooofi-.
denco in that right, and with tho assistance
of your Uouvcnly Father you will bo suc
cessful in the cud. I have never despaired,
but, come weal or woe, I have hod tho for
titude to boar up against misfortune and
discouragement, and now do 1 meekly and
humbly thank God for my sucocss."
Tioublo from tramps is reported, cspc*
ciolly from tho country between Philadel
phia and Now York. Numbers of tho
nuisances infest tho neighborhood of tho
former city. They seem specially to follow
tho lino of the Pennsylvania Railway. Tho
residents of thc various towns in West Now
Jorscy nro organizing vigilance committees,
and thrcaton to lynch tho first tramp caught
in tho not of committing nny crime, and
organisations for like purposes arc becoming
commun in other localities.
Tho roof of tho Philadelphia Mint has
bcon romovod, and from it forfy-four ounoca
of gold and ninoty-six ou noes of silver havo
boon extracted by thc usual assaying pro?
0088. Tho mot?is had boon wafted up tho
chimney and precipitated on tho roof' Tho
valuo of tho metals rcooverod is $800.
Among thc minor questions to bo settled
by tho Constitutional Convention of Georgia
is tho location of tho Capital of tho State*
Tho rival contestants aro Millcdgoville, thc
old Capital, and Atlanta, tho now.
"Nothing will givo you lifo," said A
physician to a diminutivo pationt, "except
a quart of catnip tea." "Then," responded
tho sick man, "I must dio, as I hold ouly a
pint."
i- -
Smith, wishing to say a smart thing, ro
tnarked; "Jones is not so grent a fool as ho
looks;" to which Jones retorted: "That's
just tho difforonoo between Smith andino."
Of tho twenty ono States to voto tins'
fall, tho Republicans aro ocrtaio of fivo, tho
Democrats oortoiu of niuo, with seven
doubtful, but favoring tho Democrats.
o Texas boof is sold at fourteen cento a
pouod in London, and for liftcon ocntsin
(?alveston, Texas.
Tlio Greek inhabitants of Turkey wash
themselves, but they make a quart of ?rater
do for two persons.
Tho Poad Sea is about fifty mites iong and
twenty broad. It is surrounded by bato
mouutains and tho water is salt.
A young lady is said to bo Uko a whole
when site's pouting.
