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Written for thc Watchman and Southron.

Reelections *f Poster's Raid.

2ÎCMBER TH.

We have seen this iuvading host ofwhite and black troops sweepingthrough Georgetown, Williamsburg,aud Clarendon counties, with no one

to dispute his march, leaving min andstarvation behind (lim. Their ad¬vance guard with yells and whoopswere m the main street of Manning,and as yet no one had molested them.In the midst of their frantic joy thesudden report of a gun reaches theirear, and the increased confusion be¬fore them np the street, the dashingcharger with an empty saddle whichthey at once recognised as of theirown command, then to be plainlyseen the lifeless body of their com¬panion iu the street, caused them fora moment to hesitate.As they reined up their charging

horses a moment of reflection was al¬lowed C. H. Joues. He realized withalarm the danger of the boys who hadgotten clear of the Federal troopswith whom for a little while they hadgotten in company. They were inthe greatest excitement, and theirescape for a little time seemed verydoubtful. But C. H. Jones called tothem. In thundering tones he or¬

dered them 'to get away from here.''Leave this place.' 'Boys do leavemeoryouMlall be killed.' They scat¬tered and were off, all but two ofthem-A. J. Moses and Jesse Hodge.

C. II. Jones' delay was but for a

second, for Mspursuers, now reducedto four, w'ére bearing down upon himwith rapid speed. Armed with six¬teen shooters they fired them at theirletreating foe as rapidly as theycould. Their unearthly yells and fear*fui denunciations almost drowned thesharp, quick-report of their rifles.The distinct

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report of C. II. Jones'gun down the street contrastedstrangely with thc perfect stillnesswhich prevailed a moment before.

It was the first intimation to us at«ur hume of the eutratuee of thc foeupon our streets.

Tile report, and at once the clatterof horses' feet which seemed almostsimultaneous, created alarm. Turningupon my bed, drawing aside the cur¬

tain, I thought at once of the twosoldiers who had pased our door. Itwas now four o'clock iu the after¬noon

I said" to my family, "now our trou¬bles have begun.'7 On looking out Iat once recognized C. II. Jones uponhis black horse, aud running wild wasthe flying charger of the trooper hehad killed.Such confusion I never realized he-

fore. Weak and feeble as I was, Isat up in bed and with the intensestinterest viewed it al!.

C. H. Jones lying as flat as hecould make himself upon his horse-a Comanche Indian never did betterriding than he did-holding the reinsin his left hand he held his doublebarrel gun well balanced. Dear me,how he moved.

Close behind him were four Fed¬eral troopers. The little puff ofsmokeand the sharp crack of their riflesseemed to me to be incessant as theybore in maddened rage upon theirfoe. At every shot I looked to seeeither C. II. Jones or his laboringhorse brought down.

If but one of his enraged pursuershad stopped aud shown any delibera¬tion in his aim, this could have beendone at once. But their rage andfury shown in their deafening yells,and reckless riding unfitting them fori iiis.

0. II. Jones was now approachingthe Pocotalîgo road. I wondered ifhe would attempt to turn into it withhis pursuers as I thought gaining o»

him, particularly one riding a largefine black. I hoped he wottld nottry to make the turn, .'earing Shat inmaking it he might lose his balanceand meet with a catastrophe. But Icould not resist the remark, "he hasmade the lum," and I was pe/saadedat the time that ho was bold enoughto look behineî him to see the where-abouts of his pursuers. ¡There was a sense of relief as from 1

the other window of my room I saw

Wim as it were flying. One of hi? i

pursuers, in advance, was now close i

¡apon him and 1 now thought wouldovertake II. Jones His sixteenshooter wa& emptied, and now, too <

eager in the charge, to reload, lie !

shew his-sabre which hung upo» hisleft sideband standing in the stiren ps ibe raised it high above his head, lielost his hat at that moment and« belele l

iug iötft-h a furious oath be shrove he :

woaJd» have bim if he hud io- go to Iii-I. And then he leaned forward,calling loudly lo the others i& "?o«ais

Ile was a large, black-haired rnsit*,:md rock; clumsily. Ile p-resse-.'j thejharge as he approached the point 1where he had to make the turn. Liaírged Ivis horse, which did nobly, '

md! fee made the turn but his pider«vent forward. Losing his bahxiss »

ic fell upon his head into the road,ind there he lay. In my excitement I[ said "one's neck is broken." One ;

it my si'ie replied, "I hope not." 1 i

bought h-is- three companions would !

iow stop and render him relief, butio, wilfr louder yeMs and more blas- j)hemous oaths they swore vengeance <

ipon. their flying foe.. | i

It was the most exciting soene, j '

>erhaps" 1 ever witnessed. | *

They made the turn in safety andwith terrific yells pressed on.

His two young friends seemed now

to be in company, and in their rapidflight Jesse Hodge's horse fell underhim in the street. C. II. Jones couldnot desert him and reining up lieBhowed fight. He presented as bolda front as he could, and for a secondkept them at bay. Then Jesse Hodgegot off into a swampy place hard by,aud C. H. Jones renewed his rapidretreat. He now readied "thebranch" which I judge to be some

four hundred yards or more fromwhere he made the turn.

There he dismounted, and standingconspicuously in the road he Galled inIiis loudest tones to his men, "comeon, my boys, come on." He walkedto and fro, gesticulating rapidly, andbrandishing his gun and presentinghis pistol. The ruse Was completeand his enraged pursuers were againheld at bay.They kept up their fire upon him

whenever his position gave them theopportunity of getting at him. Heremounted and sat npon his horse andhad to bear the most disgraceful, themost abusive tongue lashing that ever

mortat man received from mortal lips.He said this abuse was as perfect asa human tongue and an enragedheart could make it.Here his young friend returned to

him though the prospect of escapefrom his infuriated foes were bv no

means certain and he peremptorilyordered him "to get away from here.Leave this place or you'll be killed.He reluctantly rode on. His youpgcompanions were now all out of sight.His anxiety for their safety had beengreat all this time, and now that theywere gone it behooved him to makesome positive effort to get away fromthe bullets which were cutting theshrubbery about him.His pursuers were persistent.

Their determined purpose to havehim, mingled with their denunciationswere still upon his ear. Ile turnedinto the bushes from the road.One boldly followed. C. II. Jones'

tired horse came upon a fallen logand stopped. His daring pursuerwas now upon him in close proxim¬ity. C. H. Jones now quickly jump¬ed from the saddle, and presentingthe pistol he had borrowed whenleaving Sumter, he hollowed in defi¬ant tones, "Come on, I am here, comeon. I want to trade my horse, comeon." This boldness and deliberationwas just tuo much, and wheeling hishorse he rapidly retreated. C. H.Jones presented ami made ineffectu¬ally every effort upon the trigger ofhis pistol. It refused to ft-h o-o tThc Federal (roper joined his two

companions in the road and they con¬tinued the pursuit of lije boys. Theyreached a point in the road wherethey cou'd see for some distancethat tiley had escaped their grasp andthey turned their wearied, pantinghorses' heads towards Manning.

NUMBER VIH.

We left C. II. Jones' dismountedstanding by a fallen log which hiswearied horse lefnsed to leap, fum¬bling at the trigger of his borrowedpistol, which refused to shoot at theretreating Federal trooper Heshowed no wish to swap horseswith his daring fee.He was soon hid from view among

the bushes and Jones was persuadedthat he heard his voice as he joinedhis two companions in the road.His course now seemed clear, his

oha»)ces for escape had brightened,and he breathed easier. Ile now

proposed to move on, and leadinghis panting horse around the log beagain took thc saddle and rode on.

He soon met Mr. James Davis, a

staid citizen of the neighborhood, andthey returned to the road, and con¬tinued on as far as Mrs. II. Hodge'swhere they met Capt. Lcsesne withseveral other soldiers on weariedhorses.

C. H. Jones proposed that theyreturn to Manning, which was agreedupon, and they moved on until theyreached the Picket Post which hadbeen made. T here Mr. Davis thoughtit prndeut to proceed no further,and they returned to where they hadleft Capt. Lcsesne.Now for the first time was the op¬

portunity allowed of his communi¬cating with the authorities in Sumter, 1

and a dispatch was sent at once.The nest morning, Sunday, April 9th,C. II. Jones with five other soldiers, '

all of them perhaps of Gen. Lewis'Brigade wh*> at that time happenedlo bc in Sumter, returned to Man-ning. They were not long in learn¬ing important information, viz : that [Potter's entire force at an carly h*>ryrhad left the town, that morningmarching rather ¡rapidly. That theydad repaired the burnt bridges andcrossed Rack River and were on theroad to Sumter. He now retracedbis step« and made bis way th it he?. ?

He had to ride in haste if he reachedLhc town before Potter did. If ITiislake not somewhere on ike yoadbefore he reached the town he irreîGFen. Lewis. From what he saw ofGlen. Lewis' nrovenwits he was per¬suaded that it was his*¡s*ir«¡*>ee io- vise3omc of the forces, at beat but toofew, in making a stand there to re¬

sist Potten Ile was fully safiisSedthat such a step was a grave mistake,and he laid be&>rc him all the facts a«iie .knew them, and then modestly ad¬vised a concentration of his entireloree at Dingle's MilL That it wasmere, in his judgment that any sue«essful stand could be made.&cn. Lewis heard him through- *»i-.».r

then- eooly said-"Well sir, You hadbetter take command and I'll retire."Ibis reply was-noa what he expected,uttered evMenr'y in derision. 0Ícourse he codd* not argue the casewith Gen. Lewis; and /w relined has¬tily. Entering the town he was IWÎÔ[t little pleased to meet his cltil com¬manders Shingler a*>cl¡ Walsh*. Hhebown in every part was now fully in-formed that an army of Federal sol- idiera was at its door. The usual ;

iyiiet of the Sabbath day was lost in ! {[-he (jonlusion which' now ensued.She cry "the Yankees a<xj coming," :echoed through the town.. (No 7£. i

"Our WoiUen of the War," mistakesWhen it states ii was the 16th ol" themonth. It was thc 9th, the day ofthc- surrender.) From this I quotethese few lines :

"I can never forget my feel¬ings," (thc fight at Dingle's Millhad been sharp and quick), "asÍ saw tiio ciuel foe coming up. Ferin number "their name was legion,"and the dark appearance of theircolored troops> With their mightyhost (ten regiments) made me thinkof the Locusts of Egypt."But of tlie fight at Dingle's Mill and

the condition of affairs after their victo¬ry there, is not my purpose to describe.This is for a more competent pen todo.The three Federal troopers Máá

now ceased their pursuit and in theirreturn to Manning passed the premi¬ses of Judge L. Dixon which was oc¬

cupied by Dr. Thos. G. PrioleaU ofCharleston S. C. His family were

refugees there from the confusion ofthe city. Tho headlong charge ofthese troopers upon C II. Jones hadbeen seen by the Doctor and his family-the house being a little recessedfrom the loads. On the return ofthese troopers, the venerable Doctorwalked to the road and met them.He did not certainly understand thosurroundings. Ile spoke to themvery cordially and asked them in hiskindest tones the cause of "this con¬fusion in the road." They smiledderisively and at once seeing theiropportunity they were on the groundand at his side. It was the Work ofa moment to rifle him of his massivegold cluonometer and chain whichhung from his fob. The Doctor nowsaw and felt his great mistake and hewished he had remained in doors.Thc watch was gone. It had beenhis companion in a long medicalpractice»They now took the gold buttons

from his neck and.breast. The utter

surprise in the Doctor's face induceda boisterous laugh from them. Theywere turning now to remount whenone of them remembered his sleevebuttons and these Were soon in hispossession. They found no gold or

silver coin in his pockets which were

thoroughly searched.As they rode away, he stood and

watched them in mute astonishment.It was all done 60 quickly that hecould not believe himself that he hadlost so much.

Ile Was now impressed that a

large furcc might be near at hand,ile feared, for if white men wouldtreat him so, what might he not ex¬

pect from black soldiers.I don't know that the Doctor's

premises were further disturbedduring Potter's Raid. Am told thatwhen the Doctor returned to thc citywhich was soon after thi*, he was veryreticent when questioned by hisfriends as to how lie lost his watch.

Perhaps I ought not now to tell it."ut since he has long since left us

mil "entered into rest," 1 give itas he gave \i all me, and it ia atyour disposal.

In the meantime the entire squad¬ron of Potter's calvary were uponBrooks streets. Tii'»y had hardlyfairly entered this beautiful avenuewhen the lifeless body of their com¬

rade was seen lying in the streetThc sight of blood filled them withrage, a fearful shout of rage and furyfollowed by one tremendous charge.

With drawn sabres curses loud anddeep they turned into the Pocataligoroad and the entire force were lost toview. We heard the clatter of theirhorses as tiley went down tiio hilltowards the branch.

It was au exciting scene indeedto mo. Thad seen a squadron.ofelegantly attired cavalrymen oil

parade, and once I saw them makea charge upon the hollow square ofvolunteer riflemen when several val¬uable steeds foll upon their bayonetsand were killed, but I have never

seen before a ciiarge like this, theexcitement of it all was almost toomuch for me in my sick condition.The eqnadron rode tn furious haste.

They soon, however, were brought toa speedy halt by meeting not fardown the road, their ¿bree returningcompanions. From there they learn-ed >t all, and of the escape of him'who had killed their mao.

Their fury now they vented uponthe devoted town, and upon theirswords they swore destruction to allthat they might meet.The proper orders were now raíl-

ed out and the squadron returned toManning.Length of the Principal Riv- ;

ers of the World. !

Kbine, Europe, 900, jSnake, North America, 1.5501. jj IColorado,. North America, 1,000.Columbia, North America, 1,200.Dnieper, Europe, 1.230.Don, Europe, 1.300.Amur, Asia, Î.500. ISan Francisco, South America, ,

1,550.Orinoco, South America,. Î.55U.Saskatchewan, North America, «

I.COO. ,

Ked, ?5c*tli America, 1.G00.'(Danube, Europe, 1.725. 1

Kio Grande, North America, Î.S0Ô.Madeira, South America, 2.000.Mekong, Asia, 2,000. IArkansas, North America, 2,OOO1.St. 7,awrence, North America, 2.200'. .

Mackenzie,. North America, 2,300.Congo. Africa. 2,400.Volga, l»3urope. 2 400.Lina, Asia, 2.700.Iloang bo, Asia. 2.800. ¡Niger, Africa, 3.000. 1

Ubi, Asia. 3.000. ;Missouri, North America, 3»000'.Mississippi, North America, .>, 1G0. jîang-tsi-kiang, Asia, 3,320. >

Yenisei, Asia, 3,400. IAmazon, South America-, &,Ï5(KXi le, Africa, 5,10(K

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7hc amount collected' in this Stale ¡

frym internal revenue for the year end- «

lng ¿une 30, 188$ was #100,014 30-, ,

is follows :. Tax on' distilled spirits,.jj)G2,Tl'4.9ö :- tobaeoo-aod cigars. §21,-159 22'; fenmsnted' liquors, $14,(397.- 1

IV; mi8oellaneou8 sources, §300.94; 1

purities, §1,141.08.- |.i

Bill Arp on íatoily Eeforni.

Nature can beat aft sc metí riles. I'vebeen to thc theater afore now, andthe players acted the play so naturalabd sympathetic that I got alltangled op and excited, and wouldcry or laugh just as they did ; batnature can beat art sometimes. Justabout sundown, the other evening, jwhile we were all sitting in the piaiiacalm and serene, there was a wildshriek down- at the corner of the gar*deo, and it was Carl calling, ant! hesaid, run /here to Linton. Linton iskilled; run, papa; run somebody, andws* did run, and Mrs. Arp and thegirls cried, Oh, mercy! Oh, good jLord I and all sorts of interject ¡obi andconjections at every step, and therewas a wild aBd fearful panic when We

got to thö boy, aöd lie was lying paleand senseless on the rocky ground,with a big limb across his breast. Ilehad fallen about twelve feet from thc topof a venerable apple tree that they say,was planted by the Indians aboutsixty years ago. I heaved the oldbroken limb off of the boy and tookhim in my arms and then up the hillto the house, and my escort oh, oh myescort, with their cries aud screams,demoralized me fearfully. He was a

stout lad of thirteen, this grand son ofcurs, and as tough as a piue knot, andI knew he was hurt, but [ can alwayskeep calm and serene on such occa¬

sions if thc women will let me.

Laying him gently on the bed, Mrs.Arp ripped his garments with trem¬

bling hands and motherly sobbings tofind the flowing blood and the gapiogwounds, and broken limbs, but theywere not there. He was shocked and \senseless, and breathed hard and gar- Igled in his throat, and groaoed andsighed, but I had seen those signs be¬fore with the other boys and bad faith.And, sure enough, in about an hourhe came to himself, and looking aroundupon the excited family asked what was

the matter, and said "Grandma, tdreamed I was falling from the appletree." The doctor came about that timeand found his arm and shoulder badlybraised and one Hb hort, perhaps frac¬tured, and said he would be awful sore fora day or two, and then get well and beready for the next skirmish. But Mrs.Arp was not satisfied, and watched himall night, and as he slept she listened tohis breathing and felt his pulse and im¬agined that something was internallywrong. The boy carries his arm in a

handkerchief now, and can't go in a

washing nor shoot a sling, nor climb a

tree, and be and C:»ri have to stay inihe house and read story books and lookat the pictures. But the like of thishas to happen. It is part of a boy'sraising. I wasent much account untilI fell down a ladder head foremost andwas picked up for dead. I told my wifeI wouldn't give a cent for a boy whohad never fell out of an apple tree or

got his arm broke or his head gashedor something of the kind If a man

has never had any narrow escapes, or

any wounds, or any broken boíles, or

been thrown from a horse and pickedup for dead, what kind of a father w!.'he be r What hus he got to tell his îltticboy, and excite his Wonder and admira¬tion V I had lots of mishaps myself, andas Í grow older Mrs. Arp says theygrow more bigger and more numerous.

Well, of course ! Nobody wants to tellthe same old thing the same old waya thousand times. Amplification is a

sign of genius. Being knocked downand addled, is a big thing; but to bepicked up for dead, is heroic.

I've got these children to watch now-

Mrs. Arp has gone to visit her old homein G win nett, and she gave hie a wholecatalogue of admonition and ordina¬tions and recapitulations, which I'veforgotten already. She has gone tosee her brothers and their wives andchildren, and thc dear old home whereher father and mather used to wear

the parental crown, and had more

love and more power than a king.What a sacred temple was that oldfamily room. It was thc coflft whereshe brought all childish troubles andgot comfort She remembers everynail in the floor, every brick in thehearth, every knot in thc ceiling over¬head. She wanted to see the big oldoaks in the back yard, under whoseshade she had played and swung andhad her play-house of broken china.Tfce cooing pigeons made love upontheir spreading limbs by day and thenoisy katydids by night. She wantedto see thc big old spriug at tho foot ofthe hill, for sh* knew thyre waa no

change, no decay, no mortality there.The water is still running and thoughthe frog and tbs crawfish »nd the¡»pring lizzard that ased to excite heryouthful fears have departed this Vito»terstste, they teh children- to inheritind enjoy tfraS peaceful sfcttdy spring.File little branch still flows cm o-ver itszravelhy bed »nd down roto the littleSsh pend below, and thc ripple of itswaters »till singing that same old soug >

'.'For men iwiy come and men m*.rj go,But I go on forever."I know that her memory will linger

:hers sweetly, for she used to wade inthat branch, and she would like towade in vt again if nobody was

looking, birt î rsskon she won't.There is a 'simmon tree on thc hillïlose by that she used to climb in the ¡Fait of the year, for she was as fond of ('simmons as a 'possum, bot she will .

3CV?T ehwiibit any mire; I reckon she1;woi/9. 'ibo grape V**JC swing at the {Dack- e? rbe garden a-sd the sap!r-*js she ,affed- fer bend down- st&èf ride are #f>3«-ill gone ; buî sh-ô" dtoexn'S want to ri'tie j.aplings now. Old Aunt f^eggy has¿one, too; gone wli'ere tive gor?d> dbrk-ics :

¿.o. She was always old and wrinkled ¿

«id dried up, but she was faithful-inito- (j-cath. Nobody knew how old she was. ,

\?or florty consecutive years she said she»as a» hundred-no more, no less-al- jwavs a hundred. But dearest cf all .

is the old grave yard that is close by.ihe village graveyard whore "the rudeforefathers of the hamlet slet'p.'7 I know;he w:ÍI: Huge? rivers v»ifie sweet ami sadeiMcA'iöflS,. fo? t^e^î' preens* her ucaresSwid átales"*? cttcs-fat hi:? and raothcr i

md brothers and au only sis-re?, aflrid Isweetest of all', a dear little babe of iici13wn. How surely docs life and Ifove <

repeat the scene of our yotith Hers '

were fond parents-and there was a flock 1

of children, fair children, all hopefulind- happy arid loving and they were?

ten, just ten.- She and; I! have Sruceeed-*!

ed them and wo have ten, just ten.We, too, have a cottage home and a

spring at thc foot of the hill and a

branch fbi* the children to play tn, abda fish pond-, and big oaks with pigeonscooing on the limbs Just as they hadwe have pea fowls to scream, and duc&send chickens, and sheep aud cattle ; auddogs bark and cats purr, and our chil¬dren and grandchildren come atid gt*,and by and by we will go to sleep andleave theil; jill alone, just cs we were

left.And i\\\s ls right, all right. When

wc have served our day and generationsthen let us go. Let us marshal themthe way of life and gi Ve geed counseland retire iu peace and Christian hopeof a reunion. Not a reunion like thesoldiers have, that comes every yearwith dÎmlshëd numbers, but a reunionin a better land that grows and growsto countless legions, and every yearbring» new recruits from kindred andfrom friends. How often do 1 hear of a

good parent's tieath atld dream I hearthe glad voices of I hose who havj gonebefore as they bring tidings to each oth¬er and say, "Our father has come,""Our mother has come at last.'* Whata welcome to the orphan when the an¬

gel mother gives tbs warm embraceand says "My child, my child. Godbless my cbild." Stonie folks dou't be¬lieve in this, but I do.

I'm going to wollup these boys ifthey don't mind. I've hätnored andindulged them until they think thereis no willipus wallipus on the planta¬tion. They slipped off and went inawashing this evening about 4 o'clockwhen the suu was as hot as blazes. Ihad promised them they might go inlate, when the shadows of the willowshad covered tho pond, and now theysay they misunderstood me. Theirbacks äfe nearly blistered, and Tve a

good mind to blister them a little lowerdown. I would have dons lt) but Lin¬ton bad a lame arm and Carl was run¬

ning at the nose. I see a lame guineahopping around, and it hops very müchlike a slingshot struck it. They killeda pigeon1 ddt long ago and said theydidn't mean to bit it, but was trying tosee how close they could miss it. Ifound my first and biggest melon plug¬ged in the patch, and, though I didn't be¬lieve they would do that mean, I held a

court-martial and took testimony abdlooked as fierce and majes'ic as possible.They declared their innocence andshowed a heap of wounded feelings andtold how they found our little darkey'sknife in the melon patch, aud so the lit¬tle darkey surreniered and confessed,which never was done by a darky beforeand his mother whipped him from Danto Beersheba, and my boys were dis¬charged with honor and the commenda¬tion of the coart. Carl is a very goodboy by himself and Linton is good byhimself. Each of them work well iusingle harness, but hitch them togetherto a wagon and they arc bound to breaksomething. I'm going for. these chapswhile Mrs. Arp is away. I'm for civilservice reform now. Their mothers are

afar off and I'm the autocrat. I'll teachthem bow to grabble thc goobers beforethey are ripe.

No, t won't either, and they knowI won't. These boys are mighty goodto me. They bring me fresh waterfrom the spring without being told.They black my shoes wheo \ am goingto town. They follow tffô around thefarm and help mc get roasting ears.

They listen to my marvelous storieswith an affectionate wonder that flattersmy vanity. They borrow my pocketknife. They find my hat aud walkingstick, and help me dig the potatoes fordinner. They are good company, theseboys, now that Jessie has gone tmiss "Jessie, thc Bower of Dutnblanc."She is my special comfort wheo I ¿tm

ailing or have thc blues. She rubsmy head and brushes my black hair andtalks so loving and kind and alwayskisses me good night after she has saidher prayers.

Mrs. Arp will ga to meeting Sunday.Thc same ofd church is there close byher old home-thc church she was

raised in and where she went to classmeeting, and heard old fathers Murphyand Ivy and Norton talk. The churchwhere Judge Longstreet used to preachat quarterly meetings-Judge Longstreetwho used to distress old Vncle AllenTurner, a good old man, because thejudge would play on the fiddle and theHute and wrote some uuheavculy storiesin thc Georgia Scenes. Both of thesenotable men always found weíccnic ather father's house, and while the judgewas discoursing sweet music in the par¬lor old latter Tamer was walking thepiazza, iuterceeding in si?ent prayer forhis forgiveness and reform. Th-ere were

never two Cbr?sriaar tírcar more Unlikethan they, oat they are both in heavennow, and maybe Uncle Allen has gotreconciled to music. We are a bundleof prejudices, ers- we?î as ü'a'oífs, erad Iam glad to know that the age in whichwc live to-day is more tolerant than thctesl. -Atlanta Constitution.

How a Pish Story Grows.

Jones-'Ah ! got home again fro»your fishing trip? Catch many VSmith-4Oh ! Splendid luck. Let's

£0 take suthiu.'They take something, after which

Smith says :. 'I landed three beautifultrout ihstí Weighed nearly a pound>pice.'

'.Fhe* have annflVc? drink, after whichSmith says: 'Yes, sir, fbese six trout,not one of Hhsm less than a pound anda half, wera beauties, uni dou't youForget ii.'After the nesí drink Smith says : 'Dy

$ttg-% it would have done you? good to

»cc tfovt big stria-g nf.Sfteen trout, everymà o? tliem over two pound?,- that I;amg!vt last ifeek. '

51las: it govs ort uri til it g/cfî to bcwenty-ftve trout, weighing ci'^W pouudsipiece..-Evsihx Courier.

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Science Baffleek

Young r^art-^is it true, M)Ctor, thatynioking cigarettes tcrrds to" söfttea thebrain ?Physician-There isa belief fo that

:ffeet. but with all our boasted' modernîcientiôo appliances it caa* udVef beverified.Young Man-Why, Doctor?Physician -Because nobody willi

brains ever smokes then*-.-iV. .V. Sun.

What Our Editors Sayv

Grechvziie Neus.Three Barbes He iu Edgefield jail

aiidér iiènièDce of death for arson, theircrime consisting, we believe, iu thebUrhinji; cf tt barn. In the same jailthere li) a white man who killed threeother »hire men in cold blood butwhttss li la! it the last term of court re¬

sulted lb ä höng jury. These facts'suggest a cUrioUS calculation in crimi¬nal mathematics aKd tue Jvlgeßeldscale of punishments, the general resultbeing that while ose barn is valued atthe life of ihree negroes, the lives ofthree white men have no value at all.

Aiken Recorder.The military spirit seems to burn

brightly when on short notice the foUIbwing formidable list of excellent gen¬tlemen is presented for the position :

M. L Braham, Abbeville; AlfredRhett, C. lt. Holmes, John C Minott,Charleston ; C. H. ftivers. Berkeley ;William Stokes, Colleton ; T. S. Mills,Chester ; S. J. Lucas, Marlboro ; A.D._Goodwm, Orangebarg; J. Q. Mar¬shall, John P. Thomas, Richland ; IT.L. Farley, Spartantmrg * A. Coward,ïork ; I. G. M c Kiss ic k, Union.The truth of the matter is that the

office of Adjutant and Inspector Gen¬eral is a very necessary office, and thatthc milita of South Carolina is a verynecessary institution!

It is actually a reserve!] police forcethat may be called into retJuisHíeü onshort notice for the preservation of thelives and property of the citizens of (heState. Its maintenance costs the Statenext to notbiog when it is consideredthat in the event of riot, of any greatdisturbance of the peace, this is ötr'ronly resource. Thc communistic ten¬dencies of the age and the increasingunfriendly relations between labor andcapital make it more importäst thanever (bat the State militia should re¬ceive (be fostering care of the State, andthat tire office of Adjutant and Inspec¬tor General, which is really the execu¬tive head of the system, should bemsint'iifre'd 2üd filled by a gentleman ofsound discretion who is fully impressedwith the dtilrry of a weil disciplinedmiiituit

.Let Them Be Sentent.AvgttHä ëhtbrtitlt.

Tb« rtfttttieut Qf the press* is* sunn¬ed by the best sentiment! Of the peoplethat t ie verdict rendered by the Chica¬go jury in the Anarchist frial was a

righteous one.The evidence clearly fixed thc crime

upon :he seven men who were 2ffaf¿n-cd, acid they will soon pay the extreme

penalties for their diabolical deed. Tifsfacts of the crime are vividly recalled.The Anarchist meeting ct the Haymar¬ket on thc fatal evening in May Waa an¬nounced by the usual threatening pub¬lications and marked by unusual incen¬diary speeches. Anticipating a visitfrom thc police the various leaders, inwhose offices bombs and cartridges were

subsequently found, bad provided theirfollowers with means to meet the inter-ferenee of the law. Had not these evi¬dences of their immediate connectionwith dynamite been proven, the writ¬ings and speeches of such conspiratorswere bold enough to hold them respon¬sible for such acts of violence, and it isfar better that the men who scatteredsuch doctrines and inspired such mur¬

derous work should suffer, (han did thedePaded Wretch who actually Wi thcbomb should bc convicted- j

Stunning Times:

Ludd Sanders, a prisoner, m jailawaiting "trial at thc oext Court for get-ilög property under false pretences,from Mr. S. Stern, escaped yesterdaymorning. With the iron handle of tirebucket used for giving him water, San¬ders, daring the night previous, rippedoff ttie ceiling of his cell and climbedinto thc jar! loft. Using the bucketfcanáte again,- he opened l!?e way ?ntoan unoccupied cell, which was unlock¬ed. From there he found ready egressto the passage. When Mr. Rowe, thejailor, came up to feed his prisoners,Sanders, wbö is a very powerful mau,rushed against Mr. Rowe, throwinghim violently to thc wall, and ran out

through thc open door. Mr. Rowe was

considerably hurt in br? encounter withthe wall. As Sanders" -fössed, 3Ir.Rowe, notwithstanding 5r?s fcwfc, grab¬bed l?h», tint Ms prisoner made goodh'îs escape by leaving in Mr. Rowe'shands, as a testimony of his encounter,his w aistcoat.The above is s deplorable commenta¬

ry eTt the condition of the cotrnty jail.With only the handle of a buclcet, a

prisoner was enabled to rip the'ceilingfrom two cells, thus allowing him a

sure opportunity to escape. Tire- boun¬ty Coratn&6Í'oúer"s soou'lu investigate foecondition of the building, and if theyhave funds available, make the neededrepari-psv

Frofessional Base Bá&Aiken Recorder.

t iie unfair practices of tafe Atlant*Clab arc not calculated to prottofe theinterests of professional base bail play-iûïf i* the South. îhn Ctorrîestoa' andSava nnah patrons of the game seem to

be lïhofoughly c8s*wrted, and we are

glad of if.It doe?scorn like a reckless waste of

money to employ men to throw andknock balls about with a stick, at saUiricM many times greater t-bw they:ouli obtaiu at atty legitimate businers,wheo hundreds of deserving youngmen find it difficult to obtain empTO?-tncut iu productise occupations at rifómost moderate tfages. ProfessfonaJbase ball seems- to be devised solelyfor the purpose of affording an oppotltrB-ity for heavy gambling, for m tH4s Yifayiiily, cam t'h*c keen' interest-be awoutit->d for, which' is willing tb inctfir sübli:beary expense. The so-calted firb-fessimwh, who h:ave conic under our

absorvation, appear to represent tlie*loudest clements of society ;. ill-behaved'rowdies in most' Cases, and yet they ave[ionized and cheered with'frztotftí gifed,-as if they were conquering heroes iri'some of the worthy occupations' of life.Some time ago, at ßuarlesTötf, ohé fei- |low who happened5 to make á'dexterous'istroke in tlie ganlö was presented with'ft75; which was raised in a few minutes*!by pa&iUg.ar.o^rndVtnc hat.- Rvmember11

I that this was tn addition to a Urge salary. "If the same persons who threwaway their money on thit occasion hadbeen solicited for aid fó some »¿bool orother worthy purpose, probably, not 75cents would Lave been collected.

Profesional bäll f)h»yi% *s *nareand a delusiob, and tbe sooner it di< sa natural death, the better it will befor the morals and tíiSÜtíern of'ail

j eöh'd'erbed. As it Healtfy i xereise foryoong men, bebt bbty Oil amusementand physical dcvclopmëfft, there cao beno objection to a game of base ball !biib tlie 2o-öd!!ed professional gameaare calculated to product bo gc-'M resoltato society.- We hope, therefore, thatthe dUhonesty abd blackguardism ofthe Atlanta ,professions and theirbackers, will Lave tfië w&ol&orae effectof bringing people t" their senses, andthat the professionaï basé hitit Nuisancewill be abated in the Soto!?.

Juliuá Cgsáf;ÛoluthViâ BtetiPà', '

ft was to bc expected t bSt fe Wood¬row> opponents wool3 criticise the pub¬lication of the catting satire, entitled"Modert? Play of Jolina Cíesáf," just aathey would criticise anyibing skid ordone in fci5 behalf, ö*r condemn anybodywho raised a voice in bis defence."What ia virtue in Brutos, being nt*tributed to Caesar, becortfea vite ia htm.?It ts natural, too, that they shouldthink the presetrt a* very improper timeand ÜT. W oodfow'a paper an ináppro-pria te medium for its publication, jostas a boil always comes at the wrongtime äffd fócáteí itself ö'tf the wrongplacé.

But rt is rather superfluous for thosewho think Dr. Woodrow's views are m-[consistent with Christianity and con-'s?» te n't with infidelity to say that thepublication of the piece shows a want ofChristian charity.We see nothing improper in the com*

position itself, or itt1 its publication, orin thc time and matine? of ¡ta publica¬tion. Í£ is a fctfmoroäs but telling com-

I «éftfa*ry opón the persecution to whichthe Doctor has beeb subjected, and wo

say, "Let the gilled jade wince."

The Cèar's Hauet oe jfnlgarleuI iv*, f. SÜü.

If laird Salisbury bas really wanteda pretest fdr diverting pribfic attentiontim the Irish question* to foreign com-

plfcaikrtrs he should now feel satisfied.Against the deposition of JCngland a

protege, Prince Alexander of Bulgaria,by a. revolution plainly fom'ébted byKassian á'géóís, the British ForeignOffice must needs earnestly protest, and

j if protest is unheeded it mtfst eitherfight or for the presfeöt abdicate; the po-Sltldh or* a first cläs* power in Europeanr/olitica*. The festige of Englandcould not bear a second snub like thatadministered In the Batoom ¿flair.

fiiis ft thë second and bf far themost important step in the process ofencroachment by which Russia* seems to*have resol ted to get back piecemealwhat the Berlin tfeogreis forced her io*surrender in block. She if fast recot-

ering the conquests wbící? fíte Porte'provisionally saocffcfte'cf^ Sara Stefano,-and of which she was deprived', parttythrough Bismark's breach' of faith, botmainly through the actiVë interposition!of Beaconsfield. No dobo? the Germât*Chancellor looked on' #Tt!i Çtflgt ap¬proval, but it was the. British rrentîëf*who extorted the CaarV promise not td

fortify -Batonm or rmptose etfsfouW do-tics io that port? orri fíat)' odeé moro

pushed Russia behind fife Bawvbe' Y>fepHttlifg ftrîgafîa iff twiîn; &tè ar¬ranging that even tue nbrtnctà* löbie^should be coutroHed bf fontanels" Üb*-'trie" to Russia.

ÀkisLnàet I.

Alexander t, Prince of IMgSfïi, frthe Sou of Prince Alexander of éatïéo-r/urg,- arad à nepne* of tïê Bâté' Emperorof Rifssia. lie is 29 ycáfí ófdf. Oeserved with the Russian army duringlh*fat with Turkey. The ÄsSeuiMyof Notables of Tfrnova elected Bim he¬reditary. Prince of Bulgaria io 1879.and the Gi ard Ñational Assembly inÍS81 investee: him with extraordinarylegislative powers for seven years".

In September last year South Bul¬garia, which by the treaty of Berlinhad been left under the control of thoPorte, revolted against: äs Turkish Gov¬ernor and declared itself a part ofPrince Alexander's dominion of North¬ern Bulgaria. Prince Alexander de-

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elared himself Prince of North andSouth Bulgaria. The revolution w«»

accomplished without blriJtànèd. Theevent aiaYmét}' the KtfropeaTO powers*wiro* ferfre'd írM Ibis summary settingaside of t¿léiftmj of Berlin" might leadto a general war. Serf»' ami'. Greece,alarmed at thc sudden extension of thoterritory and power of Bulgaria, at once

placed tneinsel*es* npon a' war footing.Prince Alexander tiatf made h iuiself.....

personally unpopular arith hi» cotrsm tW--C£ar, á» frc had dismissed Russian1 offi¬cials and governed the country withoutfígaYd fo advice from St. Petersburg,though the dar now exerted bis'iu'-{faence to humble Priuce Alexanderand prevent the onion of tike Bulgaria*.Alexander's repbtatrotf ind prestigeWas greatly enhanced* if His completevictory over Serti*, tftoTté'Jimea rashlyinvaded ÉkfgâVfr. fhrY ¿Vent andother ejwes greaVr^ w^a^i^tf thé dp-posftfoffóf áúYdpr ftj'tnë* «ion of ibotwo sections: Toe d'rjft)*,' however,was'not destined to be ftrtt^ Completed,Russia still oppositígf iif ^ Turkeyclinging'tferiâttîbùïlîy tû'tte /fanant ofher European ëmpiré. ftintè' Alexan¬der final ly in place of com pl eté úeíóhreluctantly as>uMnseir the G^èrriorsliipof South Bulgaria fe* É fer** of yeatsVThe failure of ife eàîftîs" fe* öehient a>

satisfactory unibH' oet'tfcén» ¿Éte r^aec-ñbbs; t!i^ oBnoâoo's lioîd! ùPïcn'?fÙtkéjstill has úbbti' Ä)tftn' É^^aVia1. autfrrinceR-ussitf, trhödl'fSe ^rl^äriaiii re-

g^V(í aifiTieiV d'éKVér'er Prom- TaYW-1«idle, aVé AibriV rho cú^bs tnat nîiv -

uh^xbr'trtiH«^ i Kfe r't'tWo' ami rcd; tc hi i

Cípul^bti- rVó^' tffe cbs»!try. :

^ftb fatml'y of r¿ ^iW» M:c\Vhir*vche of \VliW>5» v^ft kffled' abd the otb« '

pertnanenYfy injfui1» â in' toe Sanice tre-tlb calamity,- îkvé ib>tTtütida'gai^St tÜ'e Su^tbeaMeni IWd for ^50 -

OOtydrfraa^es. SPr. T. Moultrie Mor-diícav i¿ t?íc átt'cíit'y in *Lc case.