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Ilftf llifiti Misfit ,
W. A, SINGLETON, Editor and Proprietor.
VOL. 11.
CAVALRY OF HISTORY.
Th TrOo|) til Ancient Tlmcs—Changei
uni Improvements In ttie Service In
Rurope.
0 initially horses were on'y used in
war for the purpose of bringing the
c'• ietVi fresh into acton, and this was
effect'd by moans of chariots, from
wiiicli tiie warriors descended and
fought tin foot. Even win n cavalry
proper tb-st came in o use tbe l-.ors---
tnen did not charge in organized
bodies or e gage in hand to hand
cncoun'ers, their arms being bows
arid arrows, or javel ns. In fact, *h
first cavalry we e bat mo lined skir
mishers. When Xerxes invaded
Greece the Persian host comprised
caval y who wore accus omed to
cliarge in regular l'orma< ion, and fight
hand to hand with the enemy. Alex
ander the Great was apparently tin
first, among the Greeks to n ler land
the pioper use of cavalry, and to d--
rive full advantage from their momen
tum. Ilia cavalry were of throe sorts:
heavy, with coats of ma 1, hoimets
nnd brazen greaves, swords and short
pikes ; light, with lances sixteen feet
long, used mainly for outpost duty;
and dimachi, genuine dragoons, ac
customed to fight either on foot or
horseb-sk. A exander organized his
cavalry in troops two hundred and fifty
htrong, with eight ranks. Between
the troops he placed light infantry,
a practice wh ch has found favor w,th
commanders wlo lived two thousand
years later. The early Roman cav
alry used neither saddle nor stirrups,
wore no cui: ass, and had only a shi dd
ah I helmet. Their arms were ight
lances, javelins and swords. They
sui on a pul, kept in its place by a
girth, a bre >st-plate and a ci upper.
The Roman cavalry, as su h, were i'oi
sometime o dy used f r reconnoiter
ing purposes, aDd tu pu sue a beaten
enemy. As late as the battle ■ f Can
nte ihe Roman knights hap-d off
their horse to fight, llannibal int 'o
duced gr a' improvements in the
Carthaginian cavalry, and the Ro
mans, ever ready to learn from an
enemy, lol.owtd his example, and
raisi-d the mounted brancti to a h gh
pitch of efficiency.
The Germans formed their cavalry
in double order, with somcimes as
many as sixteen ranks. Their me ho i
of fighting was by titling up to the
enemy without cnarg ng. and upon
arriving within range of their pistols,
they fired two pistol shots each, aim
then the front rank wheeled to the
right or left, and unmasked the pec
ond, which took up the fira while the
leading rank wei e retiring to the rear,
where they termed up in reserve and
recharged then pistols. Each rank
did this in turn until the whole force
hid dii-cbaiged their weapons. A
practice aro-e among th© Fiench
cavalry of charging at full speed,
sword in hand, and the r-suit was
alwavs the overthrow of their oppo
nents. Yet gradually the French
adopted the vicious system of the
Germans, and soon all over Europe
the lunce ar.d sword were abandoned
for a pistol, and the pace of the
cliarge reduced to a trot. Hence,
for sometime, cavalry was of li tie use
in war. Gustavus Adolphus was,
perhaps, oue of the greatest midtaiy
reformers that ever lived. He re
duced the depth of cavalry fo three
ranks, retain and only the cuirass and
helmet in the heavy cavalrv, abolished
defensive armor altogeiher for the
light cavalry, aud ordered the cavalry
to charge at speed, and after a siugle
discuarge of pistols of the first rank,
to dash in with tiie sword. His suc
cesses cuused his practice to be
adopted all over Europe. Frederick
the Gre.it improved oil the lessons of
Gus avus Adolphus, aud brought the
tactics, the orgauizadou, the orill aud
tUe individual instructions of his cav
alry to great perfection. The Aus
tiian regular horse still depended
much on tiu lr fire and were cumbrous
in i heir movements. The French
either attacked, without squadron
inteivals, at a trot, or at speed, in
dispersed oider.
Dip the Atlantic ocean dry with a
teaspoon ; twist your hec) into the toe
of your boot; s nd up fishing hooks
with balloons and fish lor stars ; get
astride a gossamer and chase a
comet; choke a musquito with a
brickbat—in short prove all things
hitherto considered impossible to be
possible; but never attempt to coax
a woman to say she will when she's
made up her rnind to say she won’t
I3U BKA VISTA. MAR ION CO U 2STTY. CIA*, AUGUST 20 1877.
An Incident of tUe Mexican
War*
Gen. John Mugruder, of sub eqticnf
Confed-rate fame, was then an officer
in the U. S. army, end plum and
i imself higblv on hors- tnun-diip.
One and iv he rode across the *q>iare in
the ci'y of Mexico on a snn rb ani
mal ihat he tmd just boughl for
lugh pi ice, and came to the window
bv which Shields lav wounded, that
the latter might see anil udmiro his
nurcidse. The cm voting of th • steed
and ihe bearing of the rider drew a
crowd into ihe -qu ire, and presently
there wen- a thousand or mere sol
diers, citizens and armv fo loweis of
all kinds watching nnd admit ing Jack
Magrudor stio ■ off. After a time,
when Magrnder had sopped a mo
ment, one of the Mexicans eaitie up
io him, patted and praised the horse,
and'old ifie officer hat In- rode nl
mo t i.s well as an inhabitant ot the
countrv.
Almost, MagruJcr cried. I cun
ride a- well as any Mexican. Sln-w
m one who can ride better.
Nay, said roe Mexican, you cl im
teo much. You tide wei, but it is
not po-sible that you can know our
horses qni e as well as we do.
Magrnder insisted, and growing
warm offe ed t' bet a dozen cloub
1-ons that lie could ride his horse bei
ihan t'-e otner could. The M- xican
objected ; sad he did not like io
bet, and did not like to show off his
horsemanship in public, but at ia-t,
as Magrudi-r grew mure urgent, he
reluctantly Cunsenixl, and the mon y
was out up iti • tie hands ot another
Mexican. For Judge ,an American
was ho- n by Magi ad r, a Mexican
by tiis adversary, and the two to
ge hei chose for the tli rd a F- ench
man. Than Mogrmler put his Inns
thrall'll fus pace-, first walking aio n
the square, then trotting, then gdmp
ing, id finally pulling the animat to
top speeb, with a niagnficent bursi
that drew cheers and hand clappings
Irom die crowd. After a few moments
the Mexican eatne forward tor his trial.
Without touching his hands t > the ani
mal he vaulted on ins back, and went
through with precisely the same per
formance as had Magrnder, and really
proved himself to be the more accom
plished horseman -f the two. Magru
der himself joined i the applause, ami
admitted frankly that be was (airlv
beaten. The M xican bowed, and said :
Now, if the senor will wait a moment I
will show intna feat of horsemanship the
Ike of which he has never seen.
Mugruder assented, -and the Mexican
rode halt way round the rqua>e, and
then, putting spur to the boise, disap
peared in a twinkling.
What the d— ! does that mean ! said
tbe ownet of the horse.
I only know one man who can tide
like that, said a bystander, and that is
Molino.
Molino, the gueri lla! groaned Ma
gruder.
The same sir. I don’t think you’l
ever see your hor e again.
He never did; ud the Mexican win
held the stake- had also disappeared;
probably one of Moltno’s men. Magtu
der never beard the last ol this explon
among his brother offi-iers, and while his
Vexation asled he declared that he was
“the biggest fool in the American
army."
A Cure (or Consumption.
A Correspondent of t he Southern Plan
tation writes as follows about die powei
ofh well known plant: I have discov
ered a remedy for pulmonary consump
tion. It has cured a number of eases
at'ier they had commenced bleeding at
the lungs, anil the hectic flush was aI -
read on the cheek. Alter trying this
remedy to my own satisfaction, I hare
thought philanthropliy required that I
should let it be known 10 the world.
Ii is die common mullen. steeped strong
and sweetened with coffee sugar, and
drank freely. The limb should be gath
ered before the end of July, if conven
ient. Young or old p'ants are good
dried in the shade am. kept dry in paper
hags. The medicine mnst be continued
from three to s x months according to
the nature of the disea-e. It is very
good for the blood vessels also. It
strengthens the system, and builds up
instead of taking away strength. It
makes good blood and lakes iuflamation
away from the Jungs.”
England demands §14,500000 for 12
years lea?* of Canada fisheries.
_A. DEMOCRATIC F NEWSPAPER.
Three Men Murdered by Se
groci.
We find the following in the Mont
g -merv Advertiser, of Sa'urd'y.
We le irn Irom Mr. J. K. -Spence,
of Pickenß county, that on last Friday
afternoon, at Pickensville, Pickens
Count v, a negro man struck Mr. An
drew Bush. a good and peaceful cH
ecn, on the liead wi-h a bidet ■ -f wood.
The blow fractured the skull, and
death result- and next morning. The
murderer rt <l, but two citizens, nam
ed Win. Story ami Thomas Kilpatrick,
s n of tiie county Tax C-lleetor, ar
ranged t•g 'in pursuit of him. 1 bis
fuct was known to the negroes in the
community, and a party of them way
la ed the road they were to travel,
and about eleven o clock, on Sa> unlay
night, only a short distance from P'ek
ensvill-, fired on them, killing both
t them iust 'iitly. Ai er shooting
dr. S orv off his horse, the fiends
took Ins gun and shot him again in
:he head and f.ce, aim >st s!i -oti- g
them away. They then laid him out
n the road, crossed his nan-.s, and
aid his gnrt and saddle across his
dead hotly. Mr. Story hail been act
ing ns a deputy sheriff for the counly.
Mr. Kilpat.i.-k wu- eft in the toaxl
where he was sliot and hied. Tilt
bodies were discovered in a short tint
after the murder, and the whole com
munity tinned. A clue to the per
petrators was soon l i-rned, warrants
were is-ue t for the arrest of a large
.lumber of negro'-s. Seven ot whom
were committed to j iil to await the
law. We nnd. rotund tha' two ot the
-cvi n have conf- s ed the m ilder, and
through them all ihe facts will be
developed. The negro who killed
Mr. Bush is still at large.
A Mi rue Hi ous lisc a |e.
A correspondent of the Sandersvii’e
Herald writes as fol'ows: In Johnson
county, on the evening ol the 3 Ist oi
July, Mrs. Nancy Move, a widow lady,
and her daughter, Miss Sal lie M'-yc,
w-re silting in their house seemingly se
cure from ail harm, lightning struck an
oak in about five feet from the door
steps, tearing the bark from it, tiom
there it was communicated to tiie pi
azza, demolishing a small room and hi
tered apparently from various direction
al the main body of the dwelling. How
either of tnetn eso-ped is a m racle, tm
ihe floor was splintered immedia civ un
der Mrs. Moye, ripping up ihe floor in
about three 'set in ihe rear of Mis Sal ie
Move bursting into splinieis one of the
comer post of ihe house, and splinterm
the ceding he ween the piazzi and th--
main body of the dwelling Boih wereem
c derablv shocked by the electric fluid,
hut Mis." M.ye much less than her
-laughter. When she tecovere-i
-he found her daughter pros
trate upon the floor. She appli-d a
shower bath widen somewhat restored
her, and 'hen went for l>r. L. A. Gray
bill, who was near by, anil under h s
judicious treatment she is, strange io
say, npidly recovering, although het
body bears tbe marks of lightning;
whether it be the daguei ieotype of the
surroundings or not, 1 am unab etosay,
hut the impress as of the scratches is
plainly to be seen.
The Instinct .( Mosquitoes.
An exchange savs : The mosqui
toe?, it ha- lv<n iliscov r and by
learned profess r, are possessed ot
•treat powers of observation aud pen
etra ion. Down at the sea-ide we
notiei this fact ourselves. When a
big t. uuk was land'd fro uan exp e-s
wagon into the etrry of a hotel, the
niml) e insects usually mad for r,
aud crawled through the keyhole f u'
the purpose of t>k ng not's. It lie
clothes within betokened that a tat
person was the owner, me mosquitoes
would stay w thin and b ■ cairied up
to the room, where they would lay
for the fat person until bed time. If
the garmentsbel ng to a thin person,
the insocts would pile through that
keyhole in double quick order.
A little Greeley, Colorado, girl who
was picking peas, had gatm-red eigln
gallons during one lorenoon. She
sa\s of a girl thirteen years old :
‘•She cried for had an hour because
I had picked a gallon more than she,
and while she was crying, I picked
another gallon.” Such is life.
Dudley, Mass., was Cargngoggag
gogmanchoygagog once. Well, once
was enough.
HI M iItIiABLU URAISS.
A Bullet Taken From a Mar’i Ileail,
and n Nail From a Woman's*
A Conf derate soldier from the
Va'i y of Virginia, savs the Wheel
ing Register, in one of the battles of
•t>ie late civil War was struck on the
head by a minni - ball. The ball
passed through the skull, and the
surtreons, afraid to probe the wound
in search of it, left the man to die. In
the course of time lie recovered, but
had lost his reason and was sent to
ihe insane asylum nt Staunton, where
e r< mnined for eleven years. At.
length Dr. Fa n leroy obtained per
mission from the asylum authorities
arid friends of 'lie insane mm to
make a surgical examination ot the
head wi'h the hope of finding the
hall. He was successful, and found
the bull imbedded on the inside ot
iff- skull and pushing against the
brain. Unable to extract it wi h any
instrument -it hand, he took a chisel
and mo tised it <mt. As soon as the
ball \va - r- moved reason resumed is
control, and the a- ranged one was
in h s righ l m nd. He s iys le is not
e msc-dus of anything that occurred
during the interval of eleven years—
irom the time lie was s ruck on the
hat le i-Id to the moment the pres
sure \ as removed from tiie b ain, nil
was a blank to him. Another case
in the same county of Augusta was
t hat of a boy whose gun burst- and
while shooting, and drove the lock
Intot! e brain. The piece was t.ken
out b-- a ski'ful surgeon without se
ll us injure to the p-tient. Hut the
most remarkable cas • in the same
neighborhood was that ot a woman
-object to fits of mental derangement,
and w ile in a spell of lunacy drove
an ei-lit p'-ny nail into the top of het
head, penetrating down into the
b ain—th- nail having been driven
up to its head. 'The nail was drawn
nut, and lie woman has been in
sound mntal condition ever since.
Bain fall.
How great the quantity of rain
which fails on the earth I Had our
readers thought of it? That you
nay foun some idea of the quantity
and weight of rainfall, read what
Hon. Thus. P. Janes has to say
about it :
An English acre consists of 6,272,-
640 square inches, and an inch deep
ol rain on an acre yi- lds 6,272,640
cubic inches ot water, which, at 231
cubic incites to the gtllon, make
27,154 gall n£, nd as agdl -n ofdis
illed water weighs 10 pounds, the
rainhili on an acre is 271 540 pounds
avoirducois ; counting 2,240 pounds
as a ton, an inch deep of rain weighs
over 12T tons per acre. For every
one-hundredth of an inch in depth.
12 tons of water falls on an acre, and
for ev.-iy tenth of an inch, 12 tons of
Water.
On an average in Georgia, from 46
050 inch's ot ran falls in a year,
making the equivalent of 5,600 tons
or m me of water on a single acre-
Some idea kpv be dnis formed of the
enortno is supp y nature furnishes.
It wou and take ten 1-ads a day even
ilav in tm- yeai to supply, on a single
•ere, tne quantity of wa er which
nature funds es gratuitously. These
I ic s give c-me idea i-t the impossi
bility of tbe i rigation if crops, ex
cepi wneti water can be cheaply con
veyed by natural forces io where it
is need tl. Irrigation also b intended
only to supplement an ii-sufficien
rainfall. Climate is essential. It
must furnish us tree. The distribu
tion <-f rainlall is far more imperial)
than die actual quantity. * * *
Excess nnd defect are alike injurious
o crops. The distribution in Georg a
is Mich as to secure a go and general
average of crops, and the elimut'- in
thi- respect may be considered favor
able.’
A literary gentleman, wishing to
he undistmbed one day, instructed
his Irish servant to admit no < nc, and
if any one inquired lot him to give
him *m equivocal answer. Night
came, and the gentleman proceeded
to int rrogate Fat as to his visitors
‘Did an\ o■& cal ?’ ‘Yes, sir; wan
geutleinn. ’ ‘What did he say?’
•He axed was y< r honor in.’ ‘Well,
what did you tel him? ‘Sire, I
gwe him "a quivikil answer, jist.'
How was t .at?’ ‘I axed him was bis
grandmother a monkey,’
Ten Tlioiisniid Dollars tor a
Drink of Water*
In one of the- hotly contested fights
in Virginia, during the war. a Fed
eral officer fell in front of the Cnn
ledcrate breaGworke. While lying
t-ere, wounded and crying for water,
a Confederate soldier (James Moore,
of Burk-county, N. C.) declined his
intention ot supplying him with
drink. The bullets were flying thick
from both sides, anti M"ore’s friends
endeavored to dissuade him from
siu-h a hazardous enterprise. De
spite remonstrance and danger how
ever, Moore leaped the breastworks,
canteen in hand, reached his wounded
enemy and gave him dtink. The
Federal, under a sense of gratitude
for the 'imely service, took out his
gold watch and offered it to tiis bene
factor, but it was refused. The offi
cer then asktd the name of fie one
who had braced such danger to s-'C
cor him. 'The name was given and
Moor - returned unhurt to his posi
tion beh nd the embankm nt. They
saw nothing more of earn other.
Moore was subsequently wound and,
and lost a limb in one of the engage
ments in Virginia, and returned to
is oine in Bioko county. A few
ihiys ago e received a communica
tion from the Federal soldier to whom
he had given the '‘cup of cold water’
on the occasion alluded io, nnoutic
ing that he had settled on him the
sum of SIO,OOO, to be paid in four
annual Instaim-ms of $2 500 each.
Investigation lias istablisheJ the
fact that there is no mist ke or and cep
ion in tiie matter. —Raleigh News.
Be Something.
Man was not mode to rust out his
life. It is expected he “should act
well his par-.’’ And is it not the
duty ot everyone to assume some part
as actor on the great stage of life?
Many thmk they can vegetate, as
it were, without being anything in
particular. This is a great mistake,
and one very common; man has a
work to perfonn, which it is his duty
to attend to —h- must tie somebody.
It is a principle in tiie creed of the
Mohammedans that everyone shop Id
nave a trade. Is a man to live upon
the wealth acquired bv his am e-t -rs?
Is lie to pass through life as an au
tomaton? Asa citizen of the world
has he nothing io perform? Amm
who does nothing, is use e s to hi
couii' ry as an iniiabitaut —he is a met e
ciphei-, he (foes not fulfill the obliga
tions for which he was sent into the
world, and when lie dies he has no
finished the woik that was given bint
to do. He is atm re blank in crea
tion. Some are born with riches ami
honors upon their beads, bui does i
follow’ that they have nothing to do
in their carver through life ?
Be soim thing. There are certain
duties for ever- one sint on ti is ear h
Don’ live like a hermit, aud die uu
regretted.
Be something. Don't be a drone.
You may rely upon your pres- nt pos
sessions or on your future prosp cts,
but these r ches may fly away, or
.it h r hopes may be blignted, and if
y--u have no p;ace of your own, in
sue i a case, ten t> one, you w II find
your i-ath Ls-1 with in my thorns
Want may come upon 30U before you
are aware of it, and having no pro
f ssion of any kind, you find yourself
in anyt .ing but an enviable c ndition.
It. is, therefore, important that you
should be something. Don’t depend
upon fortune, for site is a fickle sup
port, winch often fails when you lean
upon her with the too greatest c -nfi
■ lence. T ust in your own exertions.
B • something. You certainly have
a part to act, and the honor in per
forming th&‘ part depends upon your
self. Everyone is capable of learning
smne -ait, dale or mystenand
can earn a competence for himself.
Children should oe taught t be some
thing ; to know how to provide for
thein-elves in case of necessity, and
to act well lhe.il* part they will reap
the honor that therein lies.
The safety board of the town of
Canaan, Conn., in 1776, sentenced
Hannah C'apron to be public y
whi ped ; 20 lashes on the naked
body, to be brand and on her forehead,
wear a rope around her neck during
life; and to bo whipped 20 lashes
every lime she was see i with the rope
off, because she had left her husband
and aken up with Joseph Lincoln.
The safety-board of Canaan did noth
ing whatever to Joseph Lincoln
Annual Subscription $2,00
3STO. 46
Wit anti Junior,
‘l’m practically uneasy on thin
r o : nt.’ as the fly sdd when the lailor
s 1 uck him on the end f ueetlie.
Why is a newspaper like a tooth
ache? Because everybody should
have one of his o' n, and not be bor
rowing his nei hbor’s.
•Don't show my letters,' wrote a
Rockland young man to a young
lady whom he adored. ‘Don’t be
afraid was the reply;’ ‘l’m just as
much ashamed of them as you are.’
‘What did you get?’ asked a wife
of her husband on his roturn Irom a
hunting excursion cf several days
duration. ‘I got back,’ he senten
tiously replied.
Spicer is anxious to know if tiie
merchant who advertises ‘full lines of
underclothing’ is connected with the
party who walked of with last week’s
wash from the back y ard.
Yet another warning. Joseph
Bates, of Vermont, falls dead while
carrying in an armful ot wood. Show
this paragraph to your wile. Nay,
cut it out and pin it to the woodshed
door.
‘Madam,’ sai l a certain nameless
one to Mrs. Brown, the other day,
‘you ate talking simple rubbish.’
‘Yes, sir,’ replied the ever-crushing
lady, ‘because I wish you to compre
hend me.’
Before they are married she will
carefully (urn down his coat collar
wnen it, gets away, but after that
he’ll jerk it down into position as if
she whs throwing a door mat out of
the window.
“Miss C said a young
gentleman, one evening, ‘why are
ladies so fond of officers?’ ‘How
smpid!’ repded Miss C ; ‘is it
n.it natural and proper tbai a lady
should not like a good offer, sir ?’
A writer says that when a swimmer
gets a cramp, he should turn his toes
towai <1 the knee. Another good way
is 10 turn your toes toward the mid
ole of the pond, and paw for the
nearest diy land.
The Chicago Journal figures 13,-
000,000 American schoolboys will
ear 38,000,000 holes in their pants
-lut iug the summer vacation, and this
in addition to stone bruises, explo
sions, drownings, falls and the colic.
A sc'ioolmaster attempted to flog a
a Racine girl the other day, but she
just ripped off half a dozen ribs of
her hoopskirt and sloshed around
until he Couldn’t have spelled Con
stan inople it ho had to been hung
for it.
Spilkins came down town with a
nosegay in his buttonhole. ‘Hullo!’
said a friend ; ‘why, Leandi-r you
look as if you had just come out of a
gieeue house.’ ‘No,’ replied Spil
kins, mop >ing his fevered brow ;
‘but I passed the night in a hot bed.’
A Pacific-slope Indian was pleased
by his n’loduction to a ga vunic
1 attery, 1 hough it doubled him all up.
Because,as he u-maiked to his squaw:
‘Me buy ’em one for you ; knock .-pot
out you spose you no good woman.
You sabe me, Mrs. Jim.’
O e test of a grea .mind is its in
stantaneous availability in an emer
gency. The boy who can drop a
paper-bag of eggs on the sidewalk,
and pass on without changing bis
gait, interrupting his whis le, or
looking at w hat he has dropped, has
a fu ure before him.
Lightning struck a hive of bees in
Kansas the other day. The p ( infill
s ory is soon told. The misguided
ightning came ou' of that hive
quicker than it went in and shot off
into space with its tail between its
legs. Moral—Never pick a quarrel
when you are not acquainted with
the folks.
It was at a party, and another fol
low had marched triumphantly off
widi hisgrl. ‘That’s the way,’ said
he sadly ; ‘it isn’t merit that wins in
the world—it’s brass watch-chains
and paste diamonds and dyed mous
taches.’ And ho swa)lowed down his
Adam’s apple fully three times before
i would stay; such was his grief.
‘Which is the most valuable—ex
perience or instinct?’ was the subject
np for discussion at a country debat
ing society recently. One member
said experience teaches ns to back np
to a hot stove when we are cold, bnt
when our coat-tails ketch fro instinct
is boss