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VOL. 22. ' " '." ' YOREVILLI, 8 C., THTJE8DAY, NOVEMBER 33, 1876. ?TO. 47.
Juried fwftg.
HOME IS 8At> WITHOUT A MOTHER.
Home is sad without a mother!
Gloom and darkness hover near;
Eyes of childhood, wet with weeping,.
Speak of sorrow and despair.
, Kiss me, slater! love me, brother !
Home is sad without a mother!
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(J Home issad without a mother!
Mouldering yonder in the tomb,
Hands we've often felt caressing
Silken curls In childhood's home.
: j Kiss me, sister I love me, brother!' *
Home is asd without a mother! ?'
* Home Is sad without a mother!
Vacant ia tbeold arm-chair; ,i
Lips of love are oold and silent?
' Silent in the ehuroh-yard there, u
Kiss me, sister 1 love me, brother!.?.,
Home is sad without %mother 1
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i t Home is sad without* mother! ,
Up there, in the spirit land,
Father, mother, brother, sister, .
Form a circle hand in hand.
Kiss rae, sister! lovfeme, brother!
Home is sad without a mother i
Ipgtgtg oiff.Mmtm.
HISTORICAL SKETCHES
\ OF THK '
|arty Settlement of South Carolina.
. $ BY BEY. BOBSBT LATHIS.
| THE BATTLE OF BLACK8TOCKS.
^Immediately after the battle 'of Fnhdam
Ford, Sumter crossed Broad' river and was
yrined by the partisan forces in that region.
'Awd ready stated, plans had been ooncerted
-andVreparatioDs made for attacking NinetySix,
Ibe principal British pdst in the tipper
portiooofSonth Carolina west of Broad river.
So sooms the British troops, which had been
sent agansf Sumter at Fishdath Ford, return.
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M to Wnpsooro, vorawants scut, <k uiopatuu
to Tarletta, who 'was at that time in the region
betweeb the Sin tee and the Black rivers,
begging hiolto return immediately. In his
dispatch to >ar)eton, Cornwallis says: "lam
tinder the gremst anxiety for Ninety-Six, and
irdstyoo will Ipse no time in returning to
me." The overthrow of Wemyss and his detachment
filled tie mind bf Earl Corn wal lis
with fears, lest Nlpety-Six and all the posts
west of Broad riv|r would fall into the hands
of Sumter and hip partisans.
Cornwallis hap really been driven back
from Charlotte,find now he began to fear that
in the fortunes of war, he might be forced to
retire from Wifinaboro to some more safe position.
Tarletbn promptly obeyed the orders
oChis com manner. Agreeable to instructions,
lie left a nuaroer of horses at Camden for the
par pose of mounting some infantry. The loyalists
in thwSantee river being greatly dispirited,
be encouraged them; and having concerted
sdjme plans with the commander at j
Camden/by which intelligence of any threat- i
ened <W?ger to the line of posts between Nine- j
ty-8\?and Camden might be made known, !
witpthe utmost dispatch he crossed the Wa-1
teite river. Here he was met by a courier '
from Ear! Corn wallis, instrncting him to take j
the jpost direct route leading^^mety-SixTT
Parting through the southern portion of Fair-!
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neifl OOUUljr, I10CIV33CU lliuan IH?1 uva. .UV
pofnt where Alston station, on the Greenville '
i jTnd Columbia Railroad, is located.
J When Sumter crossed Broad river?perhaps |
S on the ninth of November?he, in connection
with the partisan leaders, Clarke, Thomas,
Brannon, Bratton, Taylor, Chandler, Twiggs,
McCall and Hammond, concerted plans for
making an attack upon Ninety-Six. In the
region between Broad river and Ninety-Six,
the British had supplies collected at three
points?at Summer's mill, at Captain Faust's,
and at Williams', 6|teen miles from NinetySix.
At each of these points, a few British
troops were stationed, and to them the loyalists,
in great numbers, flocked. It was concluded
by Sumter and the other partisan
leaders, first to take these posts and then concentrate
all their forcss and make the contemplated
attack upon the strong post of NinetySix.
On crossing Broad river at Fishdam Ford,
Sumter directed his course down the river.
Colonel Taylor, of South Carolina, and Colonel
Chandler, of Georgia, with a small deA
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lacumeui, were ocut uui tw uica& up bu? *# ??
ish poet at 8amraer's, bring away the supplies
and gain what intelligence they could of
the movements of the enemy. Lieutenant*
Colonel Williamson, of Georgia, and Major
Hammond, of Sooth Carolina, with a detach- :
ment similar to that under Taylor and Chan-1
dler, were sent, for a like purpose, against the ;
post at Faust's. Whilst these detachments
were attempting to accomplish the object for
which they had been sent out, Sumter received
information that Tarleton had returned
from the low country. This fact neoessarily
oansed Sumter to change his plans. He de-1
termined to retreat, but leisurely, that the two
detachments might be enabled to join him.
Evidently, the advance of Sumter towards |
Ninety-Six had greatly alarmed the British, j
When Cornwall instructed Tarleton to cross j
the Wateree river and take the most direct J
route to Ninety-Six, he sent a strong detachment,
consisting of the first battalion of the
seventy-first regiment, under Major McArthur.and
a portion of the sixty-third regiment,
under Lieutenant Money, to join Tarleton
so soon as he would arrive at Broad river.
No doubt the troops stationed at Summer's
mSiv* ? riantain Fanst's. at Williams' and at
mw VW|r??wM ? , Ninety-Six,
had been informed of the intended
attack upon the part of the Whigs.
From Faust's, and perhaps from Summer's
mills, the garrison bad been removed.
Before Tarleton reached Broad river, he
learned that the Americans were on the opposite
bank. That the patriots might be deceived,
Tarleton ordered his troops to conceal
their uniforms in order to deceive Sumter.
The American militia dreaded Tarleton and
his legion more than any command in the
British army. He was brave and daring,
and at the same time wickedly cruel. The
green uniform in which the legion was clad,
made the hearts of the undisciplined Whigs
tremble, whilst they dreaded the red coats
bat little. There was a mutual dread existing
between Tarleton and the Whig militia.
At Waxbaw, be had acted so cruelly as to
make Iris very name feared, hated and detested
by every Whig. On the other hand, Tarleton
knew that he was a doomed man, and
feared*to fall into the hands of the fthigs, for
he was persuaded that his life would be sacrificed
'at once.
Having reached Broad river with ma green
uniform of his legion concealed, he ordered
Major MoArthnr to ire two pieces of cannon
at the Americans on the west bank of the
river. AstbeWhigs had no cannon, they
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were forced to give way.. This was pu the
afternoon of the 17th of November. By ten
o'clock in the night, all the British force*) had
crossed the river and encamped three utiles
from its bank. Here Tarletin and his forces i
lay daring the eighteenth, waiting to gain information
respecting the movements of <
Sumter. v i
.? During the first part of the night of the i
eighteenth, Tarletop received information that i
Samter was moving towards Williams'. At <
day break on the morning of the nineteenth, i
Tarleton and his forces set out to get in the i
rear of Sumter. Their eourae lay in the di- .1
rection of Indian creek, in Newberry county.
Sumter was retreating slowly, that his two de- I
tachments might be able to join him. Tarle- <
ton did not know this. JNodouot cne aesign
Tarleton bad in view, waa to get between <
Sumter and* the mountains, and thus place him <
between his own forces and the garrison at j
Ninety-Six. Had he succeeded iirtbis design, I
it is difficult to see how Sumter could have 1
escaped a calamity worse than that which had
befallen him at Hashing creek, a few months '
before. i
On the night of the nineteenth, Tarleton <
camped in the vicinity of the Enoree, near '
the mouth of Duncan's creek. Sumter and i
his forces, with the exception of the detach- <
ment sent under Colonels Taylor and Chan- i
dler, were not far distant; Williamson and 11
Hammond, with their detachment, had return I >
ed and joined Sumter on the nineteenth. <
Whilst Tarleton lay encamped near1 the 1
Enoree on the night of the uinteenth, one of
his soldiers deserted, and, entering Sumter's i
camp about midnight, communicate^ to the i
Americans the fact that they were hotly pur- <
sued by Tarleton. The British were confi- i
dent that they would surprise and cut off 1
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day. i
The next morning Sumter set out leisure* ]
ly on his retreat before Tarleton, because of J
the continued absence of Taylor and Chan* |
dler. At dawn of day on the twentieth, 1
Tarleton pushed forward, and by ten o'clock t
he learned that Sumter was only a short dis""
tance ahead of bim. On arriving at the ]
Enoree, he learned that Sumter had crossed i
about two hours before. The American par* |
tisan had left a small detachment for the (
purpose of assisting Taylor and Chandler, j
should they come up. The advance guard of ]
the British cavalry made a charge upon the ]
detachment left by Sumter at the ford of the <
Enoree. In this skirmish the British were i
partially successful. The Americans were
forced to retire and join the main force. <
When about half a mile from Blackstock's <
house, Sumter determined to halt and wait <
for the detaehment under Taylor and Chan* t
dler. During this halt, the horses were fed l
and the men refreshed themselves. The bait j
was only for a few minutes. The retreat had g
scarcely been resumed, when Taylor and (
Chandler came up, and at the same moment (
the American videttes fired into the advance ]
guawToT therBrltishr-Tayler and Chandler
had succeeded in capturing a considerable J
quantity of Hour, and other supplies, from
the enemy. These they were so fortunate as i
to secure from the scouting parties of Tarle- j
ton's army. Sumter now saw that he must [
prepare for battle. This he was anxious to y
avoid, but farther retreat, under the circum* j
stances, was of doubtful propriety. The Tyger |
was in his front, and Tarleton in his rear. |
Weighing all the circumstances, hd deter- j
mined to risk an engagement, and in the event ?
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h& was not successiui, to cross me xyger uu- ring
the night and continue his retreat. No
time was to be lost. Tarleton, with one
hundred and ninety cavalry and eighty '
mounted infantry, was in sight. The place
where Sumter's forces were was favorable to
the employment of a partisan force. j
It is in the extreme southwestern corner of t
Union county, on the south bank of the Ty- ,
ger river, about one mile from the line be- J
tween the counties of Union and Spartanburg,
and five or six miles from the line be- '
tween Laurens and Union counties. At that J
time, a man by the name of Blaokstooks lived (
at the plaoe. Hence the name of the ford on j
the river, aod the name of the battle ground, c
The two forces were now in full view of each c
other. Tarleton had his men marshalled for 1
a charge, and Sumter had his aVranged for a j
retreat. With all possible speed, the Caroli- j
na "Game Cock" set about to put his forces in (
position to receive the charge of the enemy, i
In this important work, he was greatly assis- i
ted by Major James Jackson, of Georgia. j
In front of Blackstock's house, and be- ^
1
tween the two forces, ran a small stream, a j
branch of Tyger river. The course of this
branch was a semi-circle, the concavity being
towards the British. The banks of this small
Mf!am were covered with thick undergrowth.
North of this branch was a hill, rising abruptly
from the branch. On this hill was
Blackstock's house. A lane, made of logs
notched into each other, led up to the house.
Near the bouse was a large log tobacco house
and a hog pen constructed of logs. The tobacco
house, hog pen and dwelling house,
Sumter filled with troops. Men were also
stationed behind the lane fence. The openings
between the logs of the houses and fence
enabled Sumter's men to shoot the enemy as
they came up, whilst the logs protected them
from the balls of the British soldiers. One
wing of the American forces was secured by
the Tyger river, and the other was protected
by the tobacco barn. The road leading to
Blackstock's ford, on the Tyger, passed
through the centre of the American .forces.
When Tarleton saw that Sumter was prepared
to give him battle, he ordered the detachment
of the sixty-third regiment and part ^
of the cavalry to dismount, in order to rest
fkair hnKM T>. was TArlfifon'a intention to ,
wait until the remainder of his troops would i
come up. i
It is in place to remark that the fighting 1
commenced at one o'clock, when the advance 1
guard of the British crossed the Enoree. At (
four o'clock, Tarleton left bis main forces and
hastened forward with his detachment of cav- j
airy and light infantry. His object was to
prevent Sumter from crossing the Tyger be- 1
fore dark, or to attack him whilst crossing. 1
A short time before five, the near approach
of Tarleton brought Sumter to a halt.
When Sumter discovered that Tarleton bad ,
divided his forces, he determined not to wait
to be attacked, but to make the attack himself.
Tbia was a wise move. The order was given
for the troops behind the hill to advance
against the enemy. This they did, pouring
in a destructive fire upon the enemy. The
British received the fire in a manner becoming
tried veterans, and rnsbed forward upon
the Americans ;with fixed bayonets. As they
rushed up thp lane, t^e, Whigs from behind
the fenoe poured in &j second volley, which
literally blockaded, the. ^oad Jith dead men
and horses.; / Those not shot down fled.
Between the enemy and the river was s
thick wood. Sumter ordered Colonels Clarke
and Chandler, of Georgia^ and Major Hammond,
of South Carolina, to take one hundred
choice men, and through this wood gain the
enemy's rear. In the oharge which the British
made up the lane, Major Money and Lieutenants
Gibson and Cope fell*. Tarleton saw
that something must be done or his forcet
would be out to piepes in a short time. With
that impetuosity for which he. was noted, he
charged with the main body of bis cavalry,
with the determination to drive the Americans
from ihe tobacco barn and from the top
nt },ni The men in the tobacco barn
poured in a well directed volley, which dismounted
many a Britton and dj-ove the rest
beyond the rivulet
Tarleton, now almost frantic, drew off his
whole forces, and having formed in the new,
made a desperate charge against the Americans
posted on the top of the hill. Here he
was met by a small band of one hundred and
fifty riflemen under Twiggs and Jackson, of
Georgia. These men fought with desperation,
and in the moment when about to be trampled
down by the British horses, a company
Li reserves, under Colonel Richard Winn,
cams up and turned the fids of victory.
I*arleR:>i seeing that he was beaten, fled.
.Whilst the battle was raging at Blackitock's
house, Clarke, Chandler and Hammond,
with the one hundred men under their
command, were ruining the British in the
rear. The horses which the British had left
behind when they made the charge, had all
been taken by Clarke and his party. When
the British came back they found that the
horses were gone. It was dark when the
British began to retreat, and all rushing to
the rear, Clarke aod his men turned loose
til the horses, except a few, and set out for
Suratef's camp.
*^n this battle the American loss was three
billed and five wounded. Colonel Sumter
pas wounded in the breast, early in the battle.
The command of the troops and manigement
of the battle devolved upon Twiggs
ind Jackson. The fight lasted near three
jours after Sumter was wounded. The British
eft oh the battle-field between ninety and
>ne hundred hilled, and near one hundred
vounded.
The Americans having buried their three
lead men and made provision for the comfort
>f the wounded British, moved off in good
>rder. #be wounded Whigs were taken with
hem. Colonel Sumter was borne on a litter
jetween two horses. After crossing the Tyjer,
the troops were disbanded. The Georgians
directed their course westward; the
Carolinians went to their old camping grounds.
3oe hundred men accompanied Sumter to
tforth Carolina. Colonel Lacey, of Chester,
'eturned to Liberty Hill camp, at William
Burris' mill on Turkey Creek, York county.
It is evident that the Americans gained a
nost signal victory at Blackstock's. The
forces were nearly equal in numbers; but
rarleton's forces were regulars, while Sumter's
ivere mostly raw militia. The Americans did
fliiinn Rrilieli hoftftllQA niorhfc
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lad come oo. Tarleton camped so soon as
;he remainder of bis forces, and those driven
from the battle ground, met.
rii^llOME OF THE GREAT AMERICAN
SCULPTOR.
I know it will interest your readers, who
nust all appreciate the "true and the beauti*
:'ul," to hear an acoount of the home where
;hese attributes reign supreme?the home of
America's well-known sculptor, Henry Kirke
Browne.
Sixteen years ago it was my good fortune to
snow him and his gentle invalid wife, at the
ime when the star of our proud State was in
;he ascendant, and Columbia the centre of
sultivated society and refined wealth. Mr.
Browne had been invited thither, commissionid
by the State government to make a group
)f statuary which was to support the pedinent
of the new 6apitol. The central figure
>f the group, ten in number, represented a
>eautiful woman, with features of the noblest
Boman type, yet with a sweet innocence of
jxpresaion which softened the majesty of ber
nien. Her brow was encircled by stars, and
n her right hand she bore the olive branch.
\h ! Peace was indeed within our walls then.
But the war-cloud lowered, and Mr. Browne
was compelled to cease the work so dear .to
lis heart. As yet only a plaster-cast of this
tuperb figure existed, though the block of
narble, thirteen feet in length, from which it
was to be cut, stood already in the studio,
ind several chips had been taken from it.
3f one, the sculptor formed a small paperweight,
and carviug his initials thereon, prelented
it to your correspondent as a souvenir.
When Sherman fired his first shot into our
loomed city?the gun directed by his own
land toward the glistening white pile of
;he State house in the distance?that shot,
>trange and solemn omen! pierced the studio
which stood near the southwest side, and
glancing against the solid wall of that splenlid
building, which is still a sad monument of
)ur disappointed hopes, tore off a projecting
jorner. The statue of "Peace" was shattered !
In the present condition of our political
iffairs in South Carolina we cannot, of course,
inticipate the completion of any great nationil
work; but when Reform and Hampton
shall have redeemed the prostrate State, perhaps
in some bright future the Northern
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jcuiptor may rcturu iu uic auiiuy muu uc
loved so well, and "Peace" will raise her starbrowned
head upon the battlements 0f 0ur
now ruined and desecrated capitol.
But I am wandering far away from the
little villa on the Hudson.
It had been raining for weeks during our
jtay in New York, and we had begun to feel
as if "Probabilities" were indeed against us,
and our long hoped-for trip up the "Rhine
nf America," when we awoke one morning
and found the sun shining brightly.
"The very day for the Hudson 1" we exclaimed
with one breath ; and nine o'clock
found us en route. The steamer passed rapidly
out of sight of the great Babylon; the
uoise and confusion of the city were things
of the past, as gently-rolling hills and verdant
valleys stole upon the sight. Presently
Weehawken came into view, where the blood
of Hamilton still calls from the ground ; and
further on, the bold outlines of the Palisades;
still further Sing-Sing attracted our attention,
but we saw no convicts!
The wind was very brisk and chilly, and
in order to lose no point of interest, we had
to submit to considerable discomfort. However,
we cheerfully gave our garments to be
wafted hither and thither, and stood firm with
fluttering veils and torn plumes, and wildly
flapping shawls and waterproof. It seemed
a kind of virtue to bear these evils calmly,
- for were we not on "clank ground"?or
| rather, water? , '
There was conjqdetrible difference of opin
ion amongst the nnmerous "centennial tou
1 rists" who thronged; the deck and expressec
themselves freely- as to "what was what.'
Sometimes it grew ludjcronsly serious.
"That's Yon ken/' said one of the unterri
fiend Democracy from somewhere south 01
M. & D's line.
"No, it isn't at all," responds a bluff West
ern hoosier, with his hands in his poekets. "J
know better'n that; it's Irvington."
"I think yon are mistaken, sir," remarkec
a cut-and-dried, genuine Yankee. "I goesi
that's Cold Spring."
Somebody produces a "Guide," but thai
only confounds the confusion; and I turr
with solicitude to p pretty New Yorker, whc
sits aDsoroea witn ner novtu iu m euug wiuci
"Do please," I begin imploringly, "tell 01
> what place that is," pointing down the river
for the disputed hamlet is nearly lost to sight
With a subdued smile, and, no doubt, some
disdain for our provincial ignorance, she re
plies, "I think it is Tarry town," and then wi
' settle down under the shelter of the cabin and
collect our historical memories to find on!
what did happen at Tarrytown.
The lovely panorama glided by "likesweel
thoughts in a dream," and the boat stopped
at the Newburgh landing. There stood a tall
' figure to welcome us, and we recognized, aftei
the lapse of sixteen yean, a pair of wondering
brown eyes, which cnee seen, one can
never forget. It was, our artist-friend. He
ed us in the carriage;. &? ] a span of high,
lithe-limbed bays bore us rapidly out
to "Little Brook," the fairy villa two miles
north of Newburgh. Fast stately homestead!
and substantial country-seats, along the smooth
road we bowled. Here a massive gate-way,
overran with scarlet Virginia creeper; there
a stone-lodge ivy-screened; stables which
looked like country churches, and dairies imitating
Swiss cots?all set in a golden haze
that softened the nearer views, and lent a
glory to mountain and hill and river. A
sudden break in a long, dense hedge revealed
a fresh picture of delight. An emerald
lawn thickly dotted with parterres oi
bright floweft?a lakelet glistening like a silver
shield ; the noisy little brook fretting ovei
its pebbled bed from thence to the river below?a
rustic bridire?a stretch of sward and
meadow, broken by picturesque clumps of
trees?all this at a glance, and our host standing
on the low porch, welcomed us to "the
hut," as he playfully styled his exquisite
home.
Into the sacred hospitalities of that home
the public will not intrude; bo we pass ovei
in silence the appointments and adornments
within the walls whero the purest taste and
most refined culture reign supreme.
Luncheon over, and the chat across the
fruit and wines sharpening otr desire for the
promised visit to the studio, we adjourn thither,
pausing on the way to admire one of Nature's
chef d'auvree, a a Alderney cow!- It is
not every day that one sees a quadruped of
this kind, vakeaat five hundred dollars, who
comes when she is called, and crops daisies on
the banks of the Hudson. Only she was
not "cropping daisies" now, but very sensibly
keeping the grass at a.good length, and furnishing
milk warranted to produce a pound
of butter to every six quarts. Let us import
some Alderney cows forthwith.
But there is the studio, a-white building
adjoining the stables; I am not sure but it is
attached to the stables, for the sculptor lodges
his horses in royal style, and, as he uses tbem
for models, has their welfare constantly in
hie mind. The first object within the studio,
and of coune the most attractive and imposing,
is the equestrian statue of General
Greene, for which Mr. Browne has been commissioned
by Congress. The plaster-caste of
this spirited work stands in the centre of the
room ; the horse of superb proportions, every
limb tense with vivid action; the very veins
and muscles traceable, as the proud creature
spurns the ground with lifted feet. The figure
of the Revolutionary hero has not yet
been completed, but we gained a general idea
of the whole from a miniature model. However,
this must, of necessity, lack the perfection
of detail which the life-sized figure will
possess. Mr. B. will probably complete this
work in Italy, as he regards the advantages
to his art much greater in that favored country.
And wheu one considers that he spent
twelve years of his life there, with such*congenial
minds as Powers and his confrere$ to
enhance the poetry of existence, one cannot
wonder that he longs for "la bella Italia," and
Rome, the "city of the soul."
Many other figures and groups in various
stages of advancement, besides copies and
models of his best-known works, are ranged
<trminrf fho studio in <rrftceful confusion. Here
W.WWMW O"
is a Confederate soldier, which one would recognize
at a glance, in the thin, clear-cut
Southern profile and unshorn beard and
streaming hair. He stands leaning upon his
rifle in an attitude of sad reflection, as if
gazing upon the dead figure of a comrade
after battle, and the pathos of expression
in face and form brought the quick tears to
our eyes. This statue was modeled at the request
of a lady in Charleston, who designs it
for the grave of her well-beloved son, slain
in the war. Not far from this are full length
figures of Stockton, General Kearney, and
Governor Clinton. A model of the famous
statue of Lincoln, which now adorns Madison
Square, New York, occupies a corner of the
room. Even the sculptor's ideality oould not
make the martyr President graceful, and so he
wears?as is fit?his baggy trowsers instead
of a Roman toga I ,
* All who have visited New York will remember
the equestrian statue of General
Washington, on Union Square. This is Mr.
Browne's work, and considered the finest of
the kind in the United States.
But we linger too long in this enchanted
spot, where we were busy recalling reminiscences
of our past; and now we have
' ? * tfimf fhrt atA bKiaIi 1 (Irfl
uarcijr tunc tu vidiu tuc ovuuicoj nuivii) nav
those of English establishments, are kept in
such order that ladies may enter them with
pleasure. The famous model of Mr. Browne's
famous horses stands in her stall nearest the
studio. The groom is washing her ladyship's
dainty feet, and she stands with the dignity
of a princess to be examined by our admiring
party. "Black Bess" is of Lexington blood,
and it was she who bore the brave guerilla,
John Morgan, on his last midnight ride, when
he was betrayed to his enemies by a woman!
I may not pause here to descant upon this
subject, for whither would it lead me?
After this episode, for we heard the history
of "Black Bess" on the spot, we hurried away
to get our wraps, and were presently seated
in the luxurious phaeton, dashing along the
river road northward toward the "Dayvel's
Danse Karamer." This dread-soundingname
is the designation of a steep declivity, over
the summit of whioh the local Indians former*
ly held their corn dances, a religious festival
ip the harvest season. The dusky figures oi
the redskins, as they capered around in concentric
circles under the light of the yellow
moon, with their weird chants and grotesque
ceremonies, must have seemed indeed a diabolical
proceeding to the matter-of fact Knickerbockers
who came without invitation to settle
on the rich lands of the Mohawks. But
the "Devil's Dance Chamber" is silent now,
and only the rushing river and solemn cedars
remain unchanged around the spot where ttta
original lords of the soil worshipped the Greal
Spirit unon this mountain. IE
The lodge at the open gateway was apfS
rently tenantless, so we entered and drpl
r
, round and round the terraced ascent to the
top of the hill where the country-seat of the
Hon. Bancroft Davis now stands. A magnifi
cent view is had from this point, and one
1 Could not but wonder if the fortunate owners '<
' of this fine pi ape did not sometimes yearn
for the scene upon which we now: gazed, in
their voluntary exile Unier dm Linden. Mr. 1
f Davis and his family have been abroad for
some time, as he represents the Government
- at the court of Imperial Germany. But even (
[ here .where the "master" is away, everything ,
is kept in trim array. How charming is all (
I this to eyes only accustomed to the careless ,
i beauties of our richer land ! It Beems as if ,
there is no "trash" here?no weeds, no briers, (
t no fallen leaves. The Vfity grass seems to ,
? "omb tn ntrfar " and the hnnahnnf the over
. B*w7 "w T ' O? ? 7 I
> hanging greenwood were as regular as a dipt ,
. hedge. We laughed when, in reply to a ques- ,
i tion as to whether those cedars were kept ;
, trimmed on contract, oar bright young com- ,
. panion, Mrs. B's nephew, said seriously:
> "Why, they grow so!" (
Night is closing in as we dash home, glad ,
i to escape from a "nipping and an eager air" ;
I into the warmth and fight of the cozy parlor.
; A cheerful coal fire welcomes us like a homeface,
and amid the comfort and congeniality ,
of this lovely home, we forget that we are (
| "strangers in a strange land.
| Before the bright Autumn sun had risen '
high next morning, wa were, out drinking the J
delicious elixir of fresh air, while the dun- 1
colored Storm King across the river was still ,
wrapt in his mist cloak, and the sides,of North ,
Beacon covered with gray shadows. Across (
the sward streamed broad rays of sunlight, j
glancing from the rosy apples and golden
pea? that had fallen on their emerald velvet
bed during the night?and glittering on the '
glass roof of the grapery, whence luscious !
dusters, pink, purple and white, send out op- 1
aline rays of delicate color. Across the rus- 1
tic bridge and babbling little brook still telling
its secret of the lake, whose bright bosom '
bears a fleet of snowy ducks?up a gently .
rising path to where the strawberry beds lay '
. on the southern slope?down again amongst (
, the raspberries, trained on horizontal wires? 1
f and thence into a woodland which extends to '
, the river's bank. All this we rambled over
. before we were summoned to the bright break- '
, fast parlor, where flowers and stands of fruit (
lit up the hospitable board. 1
"The feast of reason," etc. (stale quotation!) j
, always enhances mere epicurean and gastro,
nomic pleasures; and I must not forget to 1
i relate several rare anecdotes, which, as they '
concern oertain well-known personages, are
i considered public property.
Our host had entertained "the government" '
i at a lunch-party last summer, and on tbatocj
casion General Grant was particularly gra- 1
cious, keeping up a spirited conversation with 1
, a sprightly Southern lady, Mrs. G. When 1
| cigars were banded, the President4 refused, 1
and Mrs. G. playfully remarked:
"Why, General, you have the reputation of *
being a great smoker." 1
"I have the reputation of a great many 1
things which I do not deserve," wat;.ibe bis- '
toric reply. 1
"Whr don't ladies smoke ?" he continued;
"they always profess to be fond of the odor (
of a cigar. 1
"Oh! yes," Mrs. G. assented, "but it gets
in the hair." 1
"Well," rejoined the Great Silent Man, I
"then they cab hang it out of the window." I
You may call this a genuine bon mot, n'est- <
ce pas ! i
"Do vou see those faint, blue lines to the <
North ?' the sculptor asked as we sauntefed 1
together one evening, "those are the Berkshire <
Hills. I was over there last week to see Mr.
Bryant What a glorious old fellow he is! I
He celebrated bis eighty-second birth-day <
lately, and yet he is reveling in eternal youth.' {
On Sabbath he asked me to go to church, and i
as he always walks, I accompanied him. 'I
will send the carriage for vou,' his daughter j
whispered, for she knows her father's ways, i
At the end of three miles we reached the
church, and you may be sure when service 1
was over, I was glad to find the carriage t
waiting. r 1 . <
" 'Come, we will ride home,' I said. But <
the poet shook his bead. <
" 'I like a little stroll after church,' he said ; <
iT _:lI ?1L i t ? J L- A\A
l win walk iiuuic, nuu uc um.
"But that is not all. When dinner was j
over, he suggested, in a most matte'r-of-fact
way:
" 'Browne, let's take a walk,' and aotually
he walked me five miles. Yet this is nothing
unusual with the grand old man. He no
loves Nature that he forgets everything but
the beautiful face she presents to him. It is
bis great delight to point out to me every
way-side flower and asa:
" 'What's that, Browne V' and anon to a
tree of uncommon foliage^
'"Do you know what kind of wood that in,
Browne?' And when astonished at my
knowledge?for I too was raised in the coue.
try?he would gleefully declare that it was
hard to get the better of me."
As we sat around the fire one night, the
conversation turned on the legend of Sleepy t
Hollow, and by consequence rested on Irving, j
"He was a man of quaint humor," said our <
host. "I remember hearing Washington All- j>
ston," (I think it was, or some other painter ]
of note) relate an anecdote of him which was i
inimitable. They two were once caught in a (
storm at some distance from Sunnyeide, and <
Irving took refuge under a large tree. Allston
lingered without and quietly got wet ]
" 'Why don't you come under man ?' Irving .
cried.'
"The painter replied that his father had
once taken a similar shelter and received a
shock in consequence, as the tree was struck
by lightning. ,
" *Qh 1 if it runs in your family,' Irving
exclaimed, 'you had better stand out a good
distance I'" Clara Dargan McLean.
YorMUe, 8. C.
+
The Habit to Work.-?There is scarcely
anything of greater importance to a young
man than that he should acquire early the
habit of regular application to some pursuit.
Some persons who are not of an indolent nature,
live on from day to day, from month to
month, from year to year, without accomplish- 8
ing anything worth while. They wonder that 8
others are successful, and they are not; that 8
others progress, and they remain stationary. 1
The difficulty with them is that although (
they are not particularly averse to labor, they j
have never learnt to work to advantage, J
They have never formed the habit of regular, 1
systematic application.
Desultory and, merely impulsive efforts are *
attended by very insufficient and unsatisfac- ?
tory results. The first requisite is to know j
what you want to accomplish. Have some *
i purpose?some plan. Then see to it that the
i sun does not/set on a day in which something ?
has not been done to carry forward that plan? 1
to promote that purpose. Have, so far as |
possible, regular hours of work, and let no '
' liffht interruption interfere with them. If *
you tak^ a day's recreation, be sure that on ]
the morrow you promptly resume your work, 1
i and give to it the benefit of refreshed strength
> and renewed vigor. 1
At; the end of every week, regularly review '
your, Work. Consider just bow much you have 1
. accomplished. If you are satisfied with what '
, you' have done, it will bring to you a feeling *
i of repose and oonteok If you find you should 1
Hne more, then make sure that the
Aek shall show an improvement on i
Finally, let nothing?no matter 1
punt or discourage you. Glory in I
If all the young men now coining on the
stage would scrupulously obrerve these simple
instructions, what an increase of success and
happiness there would be 1 Header, if you
observe therai you will be delighted with the
result in your own individual case. .
THE METHOD OF COUITTIKG THE EtECTOBAL
TOTE.
f . '.'/J' - t4> I ,
The extreme doubt in which the returns re*
ceived yesterday left the result of the Presidential
olapfinn Ku ihAnntintinff ??f the
electoral vote, in February next, likely to be
m. event_ of very.great. interest and importance.
On more than one occasion the defects
of the s&dhihery for determining which of
two or more candidates has been legally elected
to the Presidency, have been strikingly
shown, and attempts have been made to remedy
them; but while none of these efforts
have met with success, it has also been fortunate
that on no occasion whioh has ever arisen,
has the actual result been effected by the vote
of any State which forwarded its vote and the
validity of whose returns has been questioned.
Now it seems possible that such a contingency
may arise.
No provision has ever been made for settling
a dispute of this kind. Seotion 1, Article
II, of the Constitution, directs that "each
State shall appoint, in such manner as the
Legislature thereof may direct, a number of
electors equal to the whole number of Senators
and Representatives to which the State
may be entitled in the Congress; but no Senator
or Representative, or person holding an
office of trust or profit under the United
States, shall be appointed an elector."
The twelfth amendment of the Constitution
provides that the electors "meet in tfieir respective
States, and vote by ballot for Pres
dent and Vice-President, one of whom Bhall
not be an inhabitant of the same State with
themselves. * * * And they shall make
distinct lists of all persons voted for as President,
and of all persons voted for as VicePresident,
and of the number of votes for
>ach ; which lists they shall sign and certify,
and transmit sealed to the seat of government
)f the United States, directed to the President
)f the Senate. The President of the Senate
shall, in the presence of the Senate and House
>f Representatives, open all the certificates,
and the votes shall then be counted. The
person having the greatest number of votes
for President shall be the President; if each
number be a majority of the whole number of.
alectors appointed," &c,
, By acts of 1792 and 1804, as adopted in
the Revised Statutes of the United States, the
following regulations are made :
Sec. 135. The electors for each State shall
meet and give their votes upon the first Wednesday
in December in the year in Which they
are appointed, at such place, in each State, as
the Legislature of such State shall direct. :
Sec. 136. It shall be the duty of the executive
of each State to cause three lists of the
names of the electors of such State to be
made and certified, and to be delivered to the
electors on or before the day on which they,
are required, by the preceding section, to meet
Sec. 137. The electors shall vote for Presilent
and Vice-President, respectively, in the
manner directed by the Constitution. .
Sec. 138. The electors shall make and sign
three certificates of all the votes given by
them, each of which certificates shall contain
two distinct lists; one of the votes for Presiient,
and the other of the votes for Vice-Pres
? < i ii . _ ? /?*!__ A*!!
aent, ana snail annex 10 eacn 01 me ceruucates
one of the lists of electors which shall
iave been furnished to them by direction of
die Executive of the State.
Sec. 139. The electors shall seal op the certificates
so made by them, and certify upon
:ach, that the lists of all the votes of such State
given for President, and of all the votes given
for Vice-President, are contained therein.
Sec. 140. The electors shall dispose of the
certificates thus made by them in the followng
manner:
One. They shall, by writing under their
lands, or under the hands of a majority of
them, appoint a person to take charge of and
leliver to the President of the Senate, at the
teat of Government, before the first Wedneslay
in January then next ensuing, one of the
certificates.
Two. They shall forthwith forward by the
postoffice to the President of the Senate, at the
seat of Government, one or the other of the
certificates.
Three. They shall forthwith cause the other
>f the certificates to be delivered to the judge
if that district in which the electors shall assemble.
"Sec. 142. Congress shall be in session on
;he second Wednesday in February succeeding
jvery meeting of the electors, and the certificates,
or so many of them as have been received,
shall then be opened, the votes counted,
ind the persons to fill the offices of President
ind Vice-President ascertained and declared,
igreeable to the Constitution." $
On several occasions prior to 1869, objec;ions
bad been made to receiving the votes of
:ertain States on account of alleged irregular;ies,
but no such vote was ever formally rejected.
In 1864 a resolution was adopted by
Congress excludiug the electoral votes of
States then in rebellion, but as no votes were
-eceived from any of them, none were rejected.
1 precedent, was, however, set for the nejec;ion
of the vote of a State by a joint resolution
concurred in by both bouses of Congress.
When the questions arose daring the first
ialf of the century touching the acceptance or
-ejection of.the vote of States, the returns from
vhich were irregular, long debates sometimes
irose which seriously interfered with the
)rompt announcement of the result To cut
>ff such debate, the twenty-second joint rule
>f the two houses was adopted in 1865, and
e-adopted by each succeeding Congress except
he present. The following is the text of the
-ule:
"If upon the reading of any such certificate
)y the tellers, any question shall arise in regard
to the counting of the votes therein cerified,
the same having been stated by the
)residing officer, the Senate shall thereupon
withdraw, and said question shall be submitted
to that body for its decision; and the
ipeaker of the house shall, in like manner,
lubmit the said question to the House for its
lecision, and no question shall be decided afirmatively,
and no votes objected to shall be
soonted, except by the concurrent votes of the
.wo houses, which being obtained, the two
louses shall reassemble, and the presiding oficer
shall then announce the decision of the
question submitted ; and upon such question
here shall be no debate in either house, and
iny other question to this object for whioh
;he two houses are assemDiea, nay oe suonm;ed
and determined in like manner."
In 1873, electoral votes were rejected from
teveral States under this rule, but its operaion
was so unsatisfactory that the sentiment
it the time was almost unanimous not only
'or its repeal, but also for an entire change in
;he mode of electing President. It was resealed
at the last session of Congress by a
ail ure of the Senate to adopt it
From this hasty review, it appears (1) that
;he president of the Senate has never asiumed
to determine any question as to the vaidity
of the votereoeived from any 8tate,
mt that when, such questions have arisen,
;hey have invariably been referred to the two
louses of Congrere far their decision.
(2.) That neither house of Ctagntt, hf ittelf,
has ever claimed the right to reject the
rote of any State, or to determine In cfcse
:wo sets of retnrns from a single State appear,
which of them shall be counted, except
V ,* ? '
by authority of the Twenty-second Joint
Bole, which no longer exists.
(3.) That while neither the Constitution nor
the law? of the .United State? expressly provide
the mean* of determining controversies
that may arise in regard to the counting of
the electoral vote of any State, that power
has been exercised by the oonoorrent notion
of the two houses of Coneress.?291 Y, Tribune.
:r' > V-i
CLOSE ELECTIONS.
The possibility that Tilden may hive bet a
small majority, says the New York Evening
Mailt renders the result of previous elections
especially interesting. As a general role,
the majorities in the electoral vote have
been vety'decisive. To Washington there
was no opposition; bat John Adams got
in by a close squeeze. Mr. Adams bad
71 votes, and Jefferson 68. One of Acfifms'
votes was from Virginia, and one from North
Carolina. Had these two been given?as it
was natural they should have been?to Jefferson,
the cavalier, instead of the puritan, would
have been Washington's successor, and the
old Dominion would have hod an unbroken
succession of presidents for thirty-six years.
One of Adams' electors in Maryland was cho- *
sen by only four majority. In 1806 Jefferson
defeated Adams by only eight majority, the
electoral vote, being?Jefferson 73, Adams
65. In 1812 a change of twenty votes in the
colleges would have prevented the re-election
nfPrMudfltit Miuli'mn who received 128 elec
toral voles, while De Witt Clinton get 98.
In 1836 Mr. Van Buren would have failed
of an election bad there been a change in 23
electoral votes, as be had. but 22. oyer the
number necessary to a choice?and Pennsylvania
having thirty such votes, gave him but
a small popular majority. A change of
3,000 in that State's popular vote would have
defeated him in the college, by sending thirty
Whig electors to the Pennsylvania college.
As it was, Colonel Johnson, the Democratic
candidate for the vice-presidency, was defeated
in the colleges, because Virginia would not
sopport him, her twenty-three votes being
given for Wm. Smith, of Alabama, Colonel
Johnson was chosen by the senate, the only
instance of the kind known in oiir history.
Great as were the popular majority and the
electoral majority given for General Harrison
in 1840-r41, he would have been defeated
in the colleges had it been possible to change
some eight or nine thousand votes in the
four states of New York, Pennsylvania,
Maine and New Jersey. These states cast
eighty-eight electoral votes, which, added to
the sixty votes given him, just made the number
necessary to aohoiee; and yet there would
1 1 ? ? ??I-? . i w mam fli.n
OBYB own m pupuiw UWjVtlkjr VI un/iv hiw
100,000 against him. The four states named
gave a popular yete of almost 900,000, though
their united majorities for General Harrison
did not unoh exceed 16,000?New York giving
him rather more than 18,000, New Jersey, ^
adout 2,800, Maine 410, and Pennsylvania
348. In 1844 Mr. Polk was chosen through
the aid of the New York electors, who were
86 in number, and-as Mr. Polk had 170 votes,
and the number necessary to a choice was
onij 188?the whole namber. of electors
being 275?he would have had hut 184 votes
had New York decided against him. Mr.
Clay had 105 votes, and had he .received
New York's vote, he would have been chosen
by 141 votes, or by a majority of only five
votes. The; voteef New York-was. Jest to
Clay by the running of James G. BirneyvG
an abolitionist candidate. , .
The vote of the State was: Clay, 232,482;
Birney, 15,812; Clay and Birnay 248,294;
Polk, 237,588. So Polk got the electoral
vote, though not a majority of . the popular
vote. The voters for Birney were nearly all
whigs. Iu 1848, 19 electoral votes would
have given the presidency to General Cass, x
as General Taylor's vote wsa 163, and
that of General Cass 127, and some of the
Taylor votes were got by small, .majorities*
All know that Mr. Lincoln did not get amajority
of the votes of the people in 1860,
though his electoral; majority was very, de*
tn 198 fn? RrafllrAnridoB. Bell .
tmcu, UCJ Ug AUV tv *W >v?
and Douglas, Tbe 180 electors for Lincoln
represented 1,866,452 voters, while the 123
for the other candidates represented 2,813,741
voters, not counting South Carolina, where
tbe legislature chose the electors.
. ?? ?
19* It has been at question with marksmen
whether the recoil of a. pistol or rifle occurred
before the ballleft the bore. Many have
contended that it did not, and that the. tendency
of a pistol to "throw op" did not afloat-its
accuracy. A recent experiment seems to have
shown conclusively that the recoil occurs before
tbe ball leaves the bore, and does affect
its direction. The experiment was this: A
rifle barrel, twelve inches long for convenience,
was secured to asolid bed in aueb a way
to prevent any movement, but that of recoil
directly to tbe rear and upward. In this situation
it v;as fired a number of times, and the
balls followed each other into the same bole
in the target An incline pr wedge was then
made fast upon tbe bed at the rear of the
barrel in such a way that the breech would be
raised as it slid back in the recoil. Fired. in
this condition it sent the ball* lower than before.
This showed that the recoil in consequent
elevation of the breech, occurred in season
to effect the direction of the bally that is,
before it bad left the bore. Of coarse the
length of the barrel has an effect in several
ways upon the degree in which the recoil affects
the accnraey of the shooting.
I >j: . 7777" . * *.*
The Show bugmess.?No matter how
poorly brains may be paid in tb? United
States, it cannot be said that the country does
pot accord a liberal support to showmen. It
is said that Adam Forepaugh, the menagerie
man of Philadelphia, aworth $1,000,000.
Jamee E. Kelley, one of the. owners of Van
Amborgh's menagerie, is a member of a Wallstreet
banking house. Barnum inhabits a
?1 ?JiJ _.f_ T ?nrfh
spieuuiu JHUWO VU MW| UIWIU, ?? ?
$600,000. John O'Brien live* in & freestone
house in Philadelphia. Hyatt Frost owns
Van Ambnrgh's circus, is wealthy, and lives
in Dnehess county. W. W. Cole has made
$200,000 in the business, and is only twentynine
yean old. He lives in Qaincy* 111., and
began with selling peanuts. Dan Castello is
one of the aristocracy of Bacine, Wis. Un<cle
John Ptobinson, who was beaten for Mayor
of Cincinnati last year, is rich enough to
console him for the defeat. People who "can- not
afford" to live comfortably, or to educate
their children respectably, can almost, always
raise money enough to go to a circus.
WASHDIG Fnr?UK?BBOOLOTHDfo.?A lead^/"
ing firm, importers and retailers of hosiery
goods in Philadelphia, gives the Gsnoantown
Telegraph the following directions for washing
merino, lamb's wool and silk underclothing,
and that paper bears witness to its excellence.
"Use one pound of dissolved soap in four gallons
of warm, water, in which well rinse the
articles to be washed; drawing them repeated