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SOUTH CAROLINA'S SON1
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W.vmiisgtoii, jQciohsr 18j—Secre-
tarv Sherman t o-day furniiliM, tor
5 ublicalion, the following correspon-
ence, consisting of lour letters, which
have passed between liiinself and
Senator Hampton, of South Carolina:
Dagger's Springs, Sept 17, 18S0.
Hon. John Sherman, Secretary of
the Treasury :
Sir—Some days ago I saw a report
of your speech at a conference held
by the National Republican Commit*
tee, at Fifth Avenue Hotel, New
York, and yon were quoted as liaving
used the following language : ‘ And
1 now.you are asked to surrender tafT
you have done into the hands'of
\Vade Hampton and the Ku.KInx
and the little segment in the North
that is failed the democratic party.’
May I ask it you used these woids,
and, if you did so, did you mean to
connect me, directly or indirectly,
with what is known as the Kn-Klux
Klan? Requesting an early reply,
addressed to mo, in care of August
Schell, E-q., New York, I am, very
respectfully, your obedient servant,
Wade Hampton.
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ATHENS, GEORGIA, TUESDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 26, 1880.
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Number 51.
Washington, September 21.
Hon. Hade Hampton, Neic York.
Sir—Your note of the 17th instant
is received, in which vou inquire
whether at a conlerence held by the
National Republican Committee at the
Fifth Avenue Hotel, New 'York, I
used the language attributed to me
as follows : ‘And now you are asked
to surrender all you have done into
the bands of Wade Hampton and the
Ku-Klux and the little segment in the
North that is called the democratic
party ?’ In reply, I have to advise
you that, while I do not remember
the precise language, 1 presume the
r< porter correctly stated in a condens
ed way his idea of what I said. I, no
doubt, spoke of you as a leading rej>-
resentalive ol'tbc democratic parlv in
the South, and refeped to the ku -
Klux Klan as the representative of
barbntons agencies by which the dem-
. ocrats have subverted the 1 civil and
political lights of the republicans 'of
the South. I did not connect you
personally with the Ku-Klux Klans.
indeed, 1 know that you had in one
or two important instances resisted
and defeated its worst impulses. I
appreciate the sense of honor which
makes you shrink from being named
in connection with it; still, you and
your associates, the leading men of the
South, do enjoy the benefits of politi
cal power derived from the atrocities
of the Ku-Klux Klan, in which phrase
I include all the numerous aliases by
which it has from time to lime been
known in the South. Your power in
the Southern States rests upon actual
crimes of every grade in the code of
crimes, from murder to the meanest
farm of ballot box stuffing, committed
by the Ku-Klux Klan and its kindred
associates, and, os you know, some of
the worst of them committed since
1877, when you and they gave the
most solemn assurances, of protection
to the freedmen of the South. These
crimes are all aimed at the civil and
political rights of republicans in the
South and, as I believe, but for these
agencies the veiy State yon represent,
us well as many oilier Slates in the
South, would be represented both in
the Senate and House by republicans.
But tor these crimes the boast, attrib
uted to you, that the 138 solid South
ern votes would be cast for the dem
ocratio ticket would be bat idle
vaporing. But now we believe that
it is sober truth. While I have no
reason to believe that you mr your
Northern associates personally partic-
palcd in the ofTenses I have named,
yet, while you aud they enjoy the
fruits of these crimes, you may in
logic and morals be classed—as 1
classed yorf—as joiat copartners with
the Ku-Klux Klaus in the policy
which thus far has been successful in
seizing political power in the South,
and which, it is hoped, by the aid of
the small segment of .ike • democratic
pftrtydirthfcNorth, imj 1 beixt&rttfed
to all departments of the government.
It is in this sense that I spoke of you,
the Ku-Klux Klan and the Northern
democratic party. Permit me, in
conclusion, while frankly answering
your questions, to say that the most
fatal policy for the South would bel
such ageudosas 1 have mentioned
secure again political ascendency in
this country ; for, I assure you, that
tlte manhood and independence of the
North will continue the struggle until
»very republican in tbo South shall
have free and unrestricted enjoyment
and equal civil and political privi
leges. including.fair votes, fair count,
free speech and a free press, and the
agitation to secure such “results may
greatly affect, injariouslyjtml interests
of the people of the ..South Very
respectfully,^our^ofje'dieut servant,
Charlottesville, Va., October 1.
Sir—Your letter hae been received
and, as yon do not disclaim the lan
guage to which I called, your atten
tion, 1 have only to say that in usiug
it you uttered what was absolutely
false aud what you kuew to be false.
My address will be Columbia, 8. C.
1 am your obedient servant,
Wade Hampton.
lor Hon. John /Sherman.
Washington, D. C. October 18.
Hon. Wade Hampton, Columbia,
S. C.: . ' I
Sir—I.have to acknowledge tbe re
ceipt of'yocr note of the 1st inst.
handed me, unopened, by Mr. O. Me
Kinky ttYew moments ago, after my
return from the Wfflt I had this raorm*
ing rand whatLpurported .to be an ex
it act Of a speech made by -you, pubs
lislicd in the Charleston News and
Courier, and, open your general rep-
utaliounsa gentleman, had'denied
that you had made suck a speech or
written such a letter as is Attributed
you in that paper. What I stated to
you in my letter of September the
,21st 1 beiievo to be true, notwithstand
ing yhUT denial, and it tM be sbqrfrja
to be true by the public records and
a matter of history. * A* you had long
before your letter was delivered to me
seen fit’to make a' public stateroetit of
views of the correspondence, 1 will
give it to the press without note or
comment and let fhe publie decide be-'
tween u*. - Yours truly,
John Sherman.
I * / AiJoibas again IWcofrdEjpJlaiJl 1
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LETTER FRO* ATLANTA.
Atlanta, Ga., Oct. .18, 1880. i
f Atlanta has been breathing her
native breath the past week: Relig
iously, socially, politically, and if you
know any word ending in “ ly” which
means a sort of jnmble of all three of
the foregoing, then in that way too we
have had our excitements.
On Wednesday night there was
held at Trinity church, (Methodist,)
a meeting for the per pose of formally
taking leave of the young men recent
ly ap|iointed to mission work in China.
Rev. A.G.Haygood, D D.,opened the
meeting in a.abort.talk •! introduc
tion. Tiien the yoong missionaries
made brief speeches, detailing their
experiences with reference to this
work. They are evidently men of
talent and piety. A religion which
can induce such men to leave land and
home, family and friends, for lives of
toil and hartfships in China has in it
surely something more thau human
power. China is now the centre of
the missionary operations of nearly all
the American churches. The party,
or parties, which in congress or in
platforms seek to catch the electoral
vote of California by any acts or sen
timents likely to defeat the evangeli
zation of China wiil lose more than
they gain. The churches will repudi
ate them and kill them.
1 suppose here is a good point .to
make the transti ion from a religious
to a political topic. Anyway I will
make tt. Mr. Hill and Col. N. J.
Hammond made sjieeches in the Hall
ol House of Representatives on the
night of the .16th. It is thought by
some that Mr. llill did not equal his
usual power. It was natural that he
should not. Mr. llill is not one of
your holiday orators. He has to have
an occasion. He is not good at pyr
otechnics. In this case he doubtless
fell that there was nothing at stake.
The democratic ticket will cany in
this state anyway, and Col. Ham
mond’s re-election is well nigh as as
sured as the election of Hancock and
English.
I notice a dispatch to a New Or-
leans paper purporting to have been
sent from here, and to contain the
opinion of Mr. hill as to the cause of
the defeat in Indiaua. He lays the
blame njion Hampton’s speech at
Staunton, and Bayard’s speech in
New York. Hampton perhaps was
imprudent, but it seems to me that it
is time we had ceased the reconcilia
tion business. The North is always
looking for us to be naughty. If tve
peak onr minds, they pervert our
ords and call us traitors, and jf we
'j' A CTRL FOR SALE.
SPECULATING IN FLESH AND BLOOD.
has likewise made an enormous in
crease". Indeed this is the case
Hartford Times.
In 1870 the population of Texas was
Philadelphia, Oct. 2. — A carious 816,205. Now it is in round nutn-
seherae for raising money by the vir» bers 1.600,000—or double the num—
tual sale of a child nearly 14 years of ber ten years ago. And the f
age, was unearthed yesterday in this ** prosperous in all directions,
city. On Wednesday last the follow. > 3 proper to state this large in
*ng advertisement appeared in a New crea *a in the population of Texas has
York paper - - T . been made nnder Democratic rule.—
. „ , Missouri, also under Democratic rale,
ADOPTION.—Amiable, prepossessing American - - - - - ’
orphan girl, 14; cultured, industrious, and excel
lent child’s nurse: lull surrender; financial mis
fortune requires adopted parents to reside abroad ;
respectable persons willing to pay now tor her
future services address Mm. Caiuk Ncwton,
Philadelphia; references exchanged.
Persistent inquiry resulted in dis
covering that the advertiser was a
woman calling herself Mrs.'Brown,
who, until five o’clock yesterday af
ternoon, bred at No. 607 South
Ninth street. A visit was made to
theliouse, ostensibly tor the purpose
of -ecuring the girl for adoption, and
the following facts were elicited:
Mrs. Brown, who hails from the
State of Indiana, has been in this
city for nearly a year, during which
time her husband has been out of em
ployment. She brought from her
Western home a rosy cheeked
HEALTHY-LOOKING CHILD,
which she had adopted as her own
before coming East. Owing to
financial difficulties, and tbe want of
any income from her husband, Mrs.
Brown stated that it had become an
imperative necessity for her to dispose
of her foster child for a cash consider
ation, which she places at six hundred
dollars. ‘I am very sorry to part
with hcr.’said she, ‘but as my husband
and myself intend to leave this part
of the country next week, and as we
cannot afford to take the child with
us, I want to secure for her a good
home before we go. Her name is
Frances Leota Morris. She was born
in June, 1867, in the State of India,
na, from whence her parents remov
ed to ’he city of Milwaukee, in Wis
consin, taking their daughter with
them. Two more children—a boy
and a girl—were born there. Four
years ago the mother died, and short
ly after this event the father, who
had never exhibited any remarkable
love for his offspring, placed them
in au orphan asylum shortly after
their mother’s death. It is supposed
that he then went further West. I
saw the girl in the asylum and
TOOK QUITE A FANCY TO HER.
As we had no children of our own
my husband and I agreed to adopt
Frances, and we took her from the
refuse to'talk they accuse us of dark
designs and politic silence.
Making love to a querulous girl is
thankless and unremunerative job.
If the North is too pious and patriotic
to like up, why just let the testy old
maid flounce around to her satisfac
tion, and be her own beau awhile.
Meanwhile let the South enjoy onoe
again freedom from that constraint
which makes one afraid to speak for
fear of being misunderstood. We
have little to gain or to lose. If we
should succeed in electing a demo
cratic president wc will have to con
cede so much that he would be little
better than a republican. I ain sure
our best interests are not involved in
national politics, nor our most com
fortable feeling in a vain effort to
speak prudently before the North.
I am led to these reflections by the
contents of the New Orleans tele
gram, and by Capt. Joe Buyke’s big
reconciliation at heme through the
Gate City Guards. In deference to
that scheme this place is the worse
beflagged town just now, on the con
tinent. I do not own a house to dec
orate in these patriotic colors but I
have been Bcriously meditating having
the caudal appendage of certain under-
garments pointed up in “ red. white
and blue.” This would be patriotism
on the “ half shell.’’
Following upon all this perform
ance will be the exhibition of the
North Georgia Stock and Fair Asso
ciation. The city council has sus
pended the ordinance forbidding sa-
oons keeping open all night, tor this
occasion. The council perhaps in
tends to hold night sessions. This
explains why it is when the periphery
of S' man's rotundity becomes dis
tended, he issapl to be “aldermanic.”
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institution. No legal form was gone
through to secure her. We merely
promised to give the child a good
home, and that was sufficient to satisfy
the officials having her in charge.
Now that we need money, and as
there are no doubt many people who
would be glad-to have such a nice-
looking child, we.have concluded to
snrrenderdier to any one who will
guarantee a good, moral home and
pay a reasonable sum for her services
in advance. 8ix hundied doliars,you
know, is less than 81.75 a week from
now until she is twenty-one years old.
Frances Leota was called op from the
cellar-kitchen. She came aliyly up
the steps, with a baby in her arms,
which, Mrs. Brown said was her
owin ' The gjrl’s face w»u rosy ^nd
dimpled, her features regular and in
clined to ronndnesS, and a pair of
dark hazel eyes completed 4 rather a
pretty lace. She was very bashful
nnd’answered only in monosyllables
when questioned. Last night Mrs.
Brown removed from No. 607 South
Ninth street to a house on South
Eleventh street, where she proposes
to remain for a week probably, or uni,
til her charge is disposed of at t
remunerative figure. She claims to
have received a number of good
offers for the child, all possessing
pecuniary advantages for herself.
A LITTLE ADVICE.
I want to give you three' or foor
rules.
One is, always to look at the per
son yon speak to. When you are
addressed, look straight at the person
who speaks to you. Do not forget
this.
Another is, speak your words plain
ly. Do not mutter or mumble. If
words are worth saying they are worth
pronouncing distinctly and clearly.
Another is do not say disagreea
ble things. It you have nothing
pleasant to say, keep silent.
A fourth Is—and oh! children re
member it all your lives—think three
times before yon speak once!
Have you something to do that yon
find hard and. would prefer sot to do?
Then listen. Do the hard thing
first and get it over with. If you
have done wrong, go and confess it.
If ybnr lesson is tough master iL If
the garden is to be weeded, weed it
first and -play afterward. Do. the
RIOT IS OGLETHORPE.
THREE NEGROES SERIOUSLY
‘ STABBED.
[Oglethopc Echo.]
On Monday night last a riot occur
i ed in Oglethope county that for
time threatened to be a serious affair.
It appears that late in the night aj]
hands got pretty well inflated, when
the conversation turned upon wrest
ling. Mr. Bray, with a view to bring
out a champion wrestler named John,
on his place, said he-could dirty the
back of any man on tbe ground.
Willis Howard colored threw open
his arms and said any man who
thought he could throw him might
wade in. Mr. Bray then stepped aside
■ ahd got his nigger John and turned
liim loose on Howard. At the first
pats John measured his length on the
ground, being kisted about ten feet.
Undismayed, he sailed in again and
was this time thrown almost sense
less The friends of Howaid, both
black and while, then took him up'
.and carried Turnaround 'In triumph.
This enraged -the friend* ol the de
feated gladiator, and in less than no
tune an nidiscritaTmile fight com
menced, the white paired off and tak-
rest.—Ex.
y.:r)
The Baltimore and Ohio Railway
Company is being sued by Mr. Pul-
man’s concern, because that railway
proposes to run its own sleepers, as
it is doing its own express and tele
graph business.
Couusel for the prisouen * Did you
see the prisoner at thn bar knock
Itnpeked down,’
nos'd
ing sides with their respective favor- *<• from betraying itself,, displays
ites. Fence nuts, stones, kniv-f and itself in nervous energy and, enables
pistol* into J rcquisition <r lunatic to exercise immense infla
but happily no shots were bred, or enoe over luk fcllow-creatfrfes
else there would have been a bloody
battle. Asit is three negroes—Willis It took 84,349,461 to run the govern
thing yon (don’t like to do firsthand ’Jtoward.RiuhLuflg and Feed Wil- ment of Sonth Carolina for toe three
then with a clear conscience do tl.a jiamq.—wrrp /cat, l.earn^uunie qf years preceding 1#77 under carpet-
rest.— Ex. ‘ ftha wounds being serious. Others bag rule, and only 81,908,512 dun$g
were bruised and beat np. None of the three years just passed nnder home
the whites, we believe, were Imrt. rale. The school attendance has ins
creased from an average of 75,473
llo,! when did you jwturw?,^^Srinf^ 122,463
TEXAS AND YERSOXT.
HE STUCK TO THE PR OM
ISE MADE HIS MOTHER.
' Charlie Owen, express messenger
Oil the train that w,as wrecked just
west of this town las Friday evening,
was struck between the shoulders by
a box, temporarily paralizing his
arms, but when offered a glass oj
whisky by the physicians :he refused,
and when the doctor urged him be
again refused. Insisting, the medical
__ _____ _ gentleman and several others stand-
thronghont”th'e* * solid South!*’” And >"ft near told him he must take it to
the republican editors, remember^ 31 savc W ,:fi * ,TIn
of this section, and lo<
to admit the truth, have been trying
to charge the increase to fraudulent
census taking! This is absurd, tor
any considerable fraud, in any State,
would present its own means of ex
posure. Gen. Walker is not disposed
to believe such stuff about the work
done by his subordinates of the Cen
sus Bureau; but to satisfy the clamor
about one State, he has taken meas
ures to ascertain the truth in the case
that has been chiefly disputed—South
Carolina. Meantime we have the
significant fact that all the Southern
States show a great increase in popu
lation. It is apparent, also, that they
are enjoying a greater degree of pros
perity than they have had. In tact
tlie South, relieved of both its old
slavery system and of carpetbag and
bayouet rule, seems to be entering
upon an era of prosperity greater than
anything it has ever known. Its mild-
climate and productive soil will
soon begin to attract emigrants from
Europe. The South is peaceable, in
dustrious and prosperous.
Now let us take tbe situation ot a
State which is always under republi
can rule. The Rutland (Vt.) In
quirer has to say of Vermont:
‘Col. Worthington, who has been
employed to gather statistics relating
to labor and wages in the various
States of the Union, reports that the
ernge wages paid for labor in the
State of Vermont, is considerably
less than in any State north of Mason
and Dixon’s line.
‘ Gov. Proctor, in a recent speech
this town, stated that a large in
crease of the number of convicted
criminals in this case was a cause of
the greUly 'ncreased cost of its gov
ernment. He reported the number of
criminals to be nearly three times as
great as it was a few years ago.
' Judge Dunton stated in his charge
to the grand jury last September that
the amount paid tor intoxicating li
quor? consumed in this State in the
year 1870 was $6,700,000, and it had
increased in amount since that- time.
Now, this would furnish to every
voter in the State forty-five gallons of
rum at 82 a gallon, a quantity suffi
cient to keep every one of them drank
300 days in the year.
* Vermont has always been under
republican rule
‘ Thus it would appear that the
State of Vermont is remarkable for
five things, viz:
‘ It has the largest per centum of
crime.
‘The lowest wages.
‘ The least gain in population.
* It,drinksthe most rum. '
‘ Aud has the largest republican
majority.’
save bis life. 4 No, sir !* said the
Young nkan, firmly refusing. 4 When
’ I went to railroading I promised my
mother that I would never touch
whisky, and I’ll die here in my tracks,
gentlemen, before I’ll touch it.’ Aud
-be sat down on bis safe dod a box t»f
silver until relieved from duty. Few
such examples ot heroic fortitude are
mat with.’
The above is from the Roanoke
News of the 29th ulL The Knoxville
Tribane commenting on it has the
following to say:
, ‘The young man mentioned it a
brother of the agent at KnoxvillerHe
is but nineteen years of age, and has
been in the employ of the Southern
express company for a few months
only. He has been tried on several
roads, and on account of his integrity,
intelligence and close application to
duly, has beeu promoted by his route
agent to the position of • first-class’
messenger. He left Lynchburg Sep
tember 24th with a heavy 4 run’ of
freight and valuables. The entire
train left the track near Big Lick, and
the express car and contents were
crushed and torn to splinters. Old
railroad men say that it war the most
complete wreck they have ever seen.
Charlie was dragged from under the
wreck, crushed and bruised, and was
evidently suffering greatly. His first
words were to call for his safe and two
boxes ot silver. When brought to him
he exteuded his bruised body over them
and watched his valuable ‘run’ through
the long hooraof the night. He re
fused opiates, fearing they might put
him to sleep and render him unfit to
watch. ! Sqch examples of faithful
ness and-fortitude are rare indeed and
deserving-of the highest commenda-
NEW VIEW OF INSANITY.
The latest theory announced is that
ot a German physician, who claims
that insanity is not an unmitigated
evil. In fact, he claims that there is
much good in it, and that in many
cases it is a boon rattier than the re
verse to tbe person immediately
affected, lie reasons thus: The loss
of reason lands the sufferer from a sea
of trouble into one of comparative
calm, and often ii.to one of decided
happiness, and all attempts to restore
such an one arc cruel iu the extreme.
This a novel idea ot insanity, and
robs it of its most repulsive features.
The world, however, will be slow to
accept this pleasant theory. All past
experience teaches that it is the most
fearful calamity that befalls the human
family. It is the most dreaded ol all
affiio ions, and produces in the hearts
of the friends of the afflicted the keen
est pangs of sorrow.
We are glad, nevertheless, that
somebody has found good, even inoqr
extremes! sufferings, and can bring
comfort out of our mo t dreaded mis
fortunes. He says all emiuent men
are more or less mad. Many of teem
are dangerous monomaniacs, whom it
to shut up, but who, nevertheless,
achieve grand career* and are credited
with doing a vast amount of good.
Th'a false notion he attributes to the
tact that the greater mass of mankind
are also insane and quite unable to
distinguish between good and evD.
Whole nations are, he says, occasion
ally seized, like individual persons,
with attacks of madness, and led by
eminent madmen, either destroy them
selves or their neighbors. These par
oxysms are, he admits, undoubtedly
dangerous, but when madness is
Mended-wHhr just sufficienteeltcontrol
to keep it within bounds and prevent
tion. May he live (png to exemplify
the teachings of his gdod mother.’ ‘
THE FOGS OF LONDON.
The London correspondent' of the
Manchester Examiner writes: 4 Loir-
doners who are stow arriving home
aAer' theirJidlidi^s sill be disma'ly
reminded.BJr tbe yellow fog which has
for several days hung over the town
of the horrors which will but too soon
efface the reco lections of the sunny
skies of Italy aud France, aud even
Margate and BroadsUirs. Tbe fog
plague has come upon us unusually
early this year, and one cannot but
feel depressed when he tuts to fight
the gas on what ought to be a bright
September mornidg, and recollects at
the same time that when fogs oome so
early it is almost a sure sign that they
will stay long. There is no donbt
that the London fogs are getting
worse every year. Lost winter the
clouds scarcely lifted from November
to February, and now we are threat
ened with even a worse prospect-
Surely it is time that both science and
art turned their attention to the amel
ioration of what may be fairly des
scribed as a pestilence. Much might
be done if the legislature rigidly in
sisted on the homesconsuraption of all
the smoke which hundreds of thou-
sadds of chimneys belch forth from
from early morn till late at night, and
for the rest of the evil it ought to be
within the power of science Undevise
a remedy. The fog may never by any
possibility, become so dense as to
asphyxiate tbe whole population in
one night, as Mr. J. D. Hay has lug
ubriously predicted, but that it has a
terrible effect on the public health the
weekly bills of mortality in the winter
abundantly prove, the increase in the
death-rate from fog being, as a rale,
not less than from eight to ten per
thousand, and frequently more,
A SINGULAR LOSS. ,
Mrs. Emma Simms, residing at
No. 1325 Fifth street Northwest,
Washington city, but stopping in
Baltimore, dropped a package of notes,
amounting to'#l,390, from her pocket
on North Gay street, near Dallas
street, about ten o’clock yesterday
morning. The money, somewhat
scattered about, was picked up by Mr.
John Mye-a. He remembered that
it was the day of the grand proces
sion, and looked upon. the shower -of
greenbacks ns a sham, of some adver
tising delusion* and at once .resolved
to make fe,a complete give ajvav and
handed the money around to all who
desired it, with an abandon beautiful
to behold. Scenes that were ludicrous
in the extreme ensued, although their
ending was serious. The idea of Mr.
Myers took readily, and five-cent ci
gars were coolly lighted with twenty-
dollar notes, nearly all. the meney
being in notes of that denomination
Street gamins pasted a few around on
awning posts to deceive unsuspecting
strangers. A boy sold one 820 note
for 25 cents, ard it is said 8500 addi
tional were sold for the same amount.
A lady, residing not far away, got a
S20 note, which she said she would
keep in memory of the great celebra
tion. A friend begged her tor it that
she might frame and keep it, and the
lady gave it to her. Mrs. Simms
meanwhile informed officer Gibson of
her loss. He hastened to the spot
and managed to recover 8450 of the
amount, among it the 820 note gotten
by the lady mentioned above. The
discovery of the facts caused conster
nation among, those who liad so freely
made away With what they believed
to be bogus treasure, and much re*
gret was expressed for the loss suss
tained by Mrs. Simms. The case is
decidedly one of the most singular on
record.—Baltimore Sun.
THREATENING ASPECT
OF AFFAIRS IN IRE-,
LAND.
Raleigh Near* end Observer.
Ireland is again in an appalling
condition. The wave of sympathy
which swept over America !a*t fell
for the suffering people ot that ill-fated
island has ecarcely'subsided, when we
are called on to view qnrte a differ
ent spectacle. The people have be
come, from one cause or another, ex
tremely disaffected towards the gov
ernment, and a political crisis is im
pending. The Fenians are again
busy. The Land Leaguers are tern
TELEPHONES IN THUNDER
SHOWERS. ' -'
The following, from a Northern.ex
change, will be ot interest to our
readers: ' ,
People having telephones in their
houses were rather' alarmed . during
the recent heavy thunder »tortri, J tmd
a general impression prevails that the
instruments are dangerous. . The,feet
is, a house is safer with than without
a telephone. The following from the
Rutland Herald should be read by
everybody interested in the subject:
4 It is of much importance to onddr-
suod the relations which tfifl tele
phone wires and the instruments
attached bear to the electric current
in the atmosphere during a thunder
storm. ■ The telephone, hung upon the
hook, should be left there until the
shower is over. The crack and the
flash will do no damage, and the
lightning arrester, which is the wire
leading the current to the ground,
will cause it to hop off without harm.
Every house with a telephone is real
ly much safer than one without,
siuce the wire acts as a lightning rod,
and is as efficient for that purpose as
most rods in use. While there is uo
cause for alarm in a thunder shower
on account of the presence of wires
and instruments, it is very unwise to
use them while a shower is near. The
sharp crack which is observed in the
telephone with each flash of lightning,
is liable to injure the ear of a person
who may be operating at that time, or
rosnlt in a severe shock to the nerv
ous system. Every house having an
instrument, aud the entire communi
ty, is safer from harm during an elec
tric storm than without that protec
tion. The intelligent and proper use
of the telephhone, as herein suggested,
all that is necessary. This instruc
tion should be strictly observed.’
HO W DRY IT WAS.
An honest old farmer from the
country gave his recollection of the
hot spell as follows :
Tt was so dry we couldn’t spare
water to put in- our whiskey. The
grass was so dry that every time the
wind blew it flew around like so much
ashes. There wasn’t a tear shed at a
funeral for a month. The sun dried
up all the cattle,..and burned off the
hair till they looked -like Mexican dogs;
and .the sheep looked like .pood.le
Duppies, they slirank up so. We
lad to soak all our hogs to makeftheiu
hold swill, and if any cattle died in
the morning, they-would be dried beef
bly inflamed, ^re presaipg th^r, darJf ^ wood)rdried up8olhat
views with unheard of energy. Great the fiU . mer9 chof)ped Ma80ned f timber
demonstrations, attended by fifty
thousand people, have been held .at
different points in honor of Mr. Par
nell, who has verlually assumed the
role of a Fenian leader. The 'blood
of MoDtmorres has bunted the air and
added lrenzy to the excitement of the
people.
An attempted revolution is irami-
ment. Heretofore the Irishtenants
have had much eympa’hy from all
parts of England, but the poa-ibiKty
of an attempt to separate has not
been considered. It will meet with
no favor fropn the balance of the king
dom.. It would operate to unite .all
elasses against Ireland, and, jrithoujgh
it might begiu under favoratjle ipir-
cumstances, yet' it x would * pfove, in
the end* a great disaster and augu-
ment the distresses of the people. Al
ready military preparaiions are in
progress. Suoh troops as can ,be
spared will qniipkly be thrown into
the arsenals and fortifications of Ire
land. , Imprudent counsels may pre
vail* and those who sow the wind may
Let the biithday of each' member
of the family be always remembered
when it comes. Let there be-a little
JP . _ ipt.oi the ordinary routine^in the ar-
reap the whirlwind. But we caono'tlrangement of the table; cookies fash-
loaeour sympathy for theactunl suffer- loned as Jennie tikes them best; one
ings of the tenants, nor for their of Frank’s favorite plain puddings, or
dreary yoke, being linked for all time Julia’s special-liking, a loaf of ginger
ton foreign people wbo are indeed cake,_ or a wonderful lemon pie, aimb
their political rulers.
THE SENATE OF GEORGIA.
Union and Recorder.
Looking oyer the names of the
Senators elect we are struck with the
absence of many who are familiar to
the people in the past as members of
that body. With one or two excep
tions they are new mm. Mr. McDun-
would be desirable oo puhlia growujp rite
e event
asked Snopsoh of~hi»~’Jriend" Bihna,
whom he met on the street. ‘Why, I
haven’t been away,’ replied the latter.
‘Too haven’t?’ incredulously asked
Snopeon. ‘You look so worn out and
n«t r dead that I positively thought
you had been away to one of the
watering places for the benefit of
. your health.
Governor, be tbe most suitable man
to act in that capacity, temporarily.
Bat" an impediment in his speech
would seem to incapacitate him for
the duties ol the chair. There may
be other Senators of as much ability
and fitness for tbe position as Judge
McDauie', but they have never been
tried, and are therefore wholly un
known to the people of the Slate St
large. The larger cities have gener
ally furnished a presiding officer of the
Senate, bat in the late electiou Sav
annah was the only city that had a
Senator, and he is quite a young tnan,
with talents, but no experience as a
legislator. -
Duggan, of Fannin.—Duggar,
the well kown copperas breeches leg-
i*lator of Fannin county, was elect
ed Wednesday to the Senate from the
Forty-first District. He has t en in
the Legislature, so Jong that the body
-wbiald Vt be itself wiUfont bhn. ' It
ttesid-Uint every session, be piles bit
family op in an ox cart, moves out
to Atlanta,
The Springfield Republican states
that ‘among personal influences which
contributed to tbe result must be
reckoned also the 10,000 CampbeUite
voters in Indiana, very donnish, many
of them Demccrst8 heretofore, but
a Unit for Elder Garfield.’
all through August, there ain’t a
match through alb the country—in
feet, no wedding since the Widow
Glen married old Baker, three months
ago. What few grass-hoppers are
left are all skin and legs, and I didn’t
hear a tea-kettle sing tor six weeks.
We eat onr potatoes baked, they
being all ready, and wecoqldu’t spate
water to boil them. All the red-haired
girls w ere afraid to stir out ot the
house in daylight; and I tell yon truth,
1 was afeard the old fellow :with tie
cloven foot had moved out of. bis flld
home, and settled down with us for
life. Why, we had to h&ul water
all summer to keep the ferry-boat
running, and —say, it’s getting dry;
lei’s take sulhin’, all,around.’’ ,y
THE DIFFERENCE
A woman will take .the smallest
drawer in the bureau fop her own pri
vate use, and will store in it dainty
fragments of ribbon ai:d scraps ollace,
foamy ruffles, velvet things, for the
neck, bundles of old love letters, pieces
of jewelry, handkerchiefs, fens, things
that no man knows the name of, all
sorts of fresh-looking, bright little ar
ticles that you couldn’t catalogue in a
them she wants withont Disturbing
~else. Whereas a man havs
ing tbe biggest, deepest and widest
assigned to him will put in it ? coup
le of socks, a collar bor, an old necktie,
two handkerchiefs, a pipe and a pair
of braces, and to.save bis life he can’t
shut the drawer without leaving more
nda sticking out than there are pieces
in it.
The Demopol.is News tell the fol
lowing story: Our census enumerator
reports, a colored woman oh Martin
Rice’s place one hundred and fourteen
years old. Seeing that the old woman
was prond of hrr age apd ot her rec
ollections of antiquity, he aak^l , her
1 ‘Is Heaven a tranquil state, do
yeu think?’ inquired
> Atlanta, rents a little bopra one ofl _ . , _
the suburbs, and lives at home all Mr. • Toplofty. ‘Afr,T,*eaity di
daring the session. : He also carries W»He6t. Mv llopweaddh frf'tliai
bis pine knots a long with him.— * * ■■ ■”"'" **'
Hartwell Sun.
George Bancroft, the historian,
will probably bead the .list of Han
cock electors In Rhode u|acd. . tend.
J. Yr. 'WA.'xrHiiiMA.iiT,
PROPRIETOR.
MARRIED BY-TELEGRAM!
THE CEREMONY PERFORMED O.VER
550 MILES OF WIRE.
St. Louis Republican. a, ;
The first telegraphic wedding for
tha ‘
American .Union Telegraph-Cow.
y was solemnized over that com-
OBSERVE THE BIRTHDAY.
as only mamiqa can make.
Then there must, be presents;
some times people may think they
cannot be afforded; but reflect, the
little ones needs shoes, dresses, aprons
and many other articles.
Purchase one or more for the birth
day. It will seem jast as much a pres
ent to her as though sho - was not
obliged to have iL , ■ , . .
Next comes school books and story
books, a set of furs and a pair of
skates (should the birth-day come in
winter), a pretty little dinner basket,
column, atid at any time sbe can^ go or if the parent can afford it, a little
to that'drawer and pick up any one pf gold band for one of the white fingers,
a necklace, a watch with a shining
chain, or a pory that has been' wished
for so long, t i ' f » ■< - •
Encourage the little ones jo giving
to each other, aud remember father’s
and mother’s birthday too, | and, be
lieve me, it will V>e bread cast upon
the'waters; the" day will only bo a
few ere some returns, and there will
be a never-failing supply as long. as
yon and your children live —Memphis
Baptist.
1 .K’i.lriP *'
During the late campaign one can
didate for legislative honors.in Dong*
lets county .twitted bis opponent with,
being a lawyer. The latter'was : great
ly incensed at this mode ol warfare
some questions touching^Uen. Wpsb— until he met a friend who consoled
ington’s horse and the, revolutionary him wi.h the remark; “Well, never
war, yll of which being satkifactorily, mind ; if it will do you any good I
answered,he said: 4 Old lady, you will give you a certificate to the effect
pnost have beard tfie Roman Empire that you are not enough Of a lawyer to
when it fell V ‘Idon’t xac’ly”.nember ' ' "
de circumstance you spoke of now ;
but I heard the mighty rumblin’ noise
de year de stars fell, and I spec’ lit
mu-ta been dat Things' was con
stant failin’ dat year.' and il it fell in
old' North Carolina yon bet your bot
tom r^g, honey, I tyas dar !*
hurt,’’ Aftei that no farther objec
tions was made by .the gentleman at'
being dubbed a lawyer. , . , , ,
pany
pany£. wyes^-yesvtydayj afternoon
under the following' cirDumstanr.es:
A telegraph operator of that com
pany stationed at Albany, Mo., near
St. Joseph end about 15Q miles morth-
west of St,-Louis, had arranged for
his wedding to Lake place this week,
but owing to the business necessities
of the company^’ he Could not gel a
leave v of absence to go to Portland,
Ind., about 390 miles east of 8-.
Louis and near Fort Wayne, to get
his bride, and rather than postpone
the wedding and dtsappeint the young
lady, arrangements were made by
Mr. Chas. W. Hammond, of St Louis,
the superintendent of the American
Union Telegraph company, to have
the marriige ceremony given by tele
graphic communication, and with the
consent of the bride and groom,
fixed the time at 1 p. m. Sunday.
Sept; 26, St. Lonis time. The Ameri
can Uuion line had no direct com
munication with Portland, and contd
In^napofis^an
with .he Western Union Telegraph '
Conjpauyfo awiat in, the wedding by
communicating'with' Portland,' the
dispatches having to be carried by
messengers Trom one lelegraplTdHice
to the other Vff Indianapolis. The
groom consentecTtb have the wedding
recorded by' telegraph in Mr. Ham-
mond’s office in St. Lonis, and to be
given to a reporter of the Republican,
invited to hear the ceremony. Tlie
bride was Miss Sarah J. Faria, whose
parents live in Portland, Ind.
The grooht was" Mr. Albert H.
Latham, telegraph, operator .at,Al
bany, Mo., and a son of. ex-Senator
Latham, of California. The groom is
about twenty-five years old, and the
bride about five'years younger. Yes
terday during the ttredding ceremony
the bride and groom were nearly 550
miles from each other,
The ceremony as received at the
St. Louis office of the American Un
ion line by Messrs.' C.-.8. Kirtland
and Chas. P. Higgins, operators who
were specially detailed for that pur
pose .by Superintendent Hammond,
was as follows: Tfie time given was
that ot tbe St. Louis office, which
was twenty minutes slower than
where the bride was and fifteen
minutes faster than where, .the groom
was at the same instant.
At 1 >. m. Mr. Latham telegraphed
to Indianapolis. asking the Western
Union line to get Portland etatipn for
him, and in abqut two. or three
minutes the announcement Was made
that the telegraph colurrrunicatioh was
open'for the electric marriage.
1:05 p. it.—The groom telegraphed
io thy operator;at Portland 4 Are you
ready?’ ,
1:45 P. M.—Mr. Ji O. Potter, the
Portland operator, telegraphed'to the
groom: ‘They arehere; will:be ready
inn few minutes.’; j About two jnin-
,utes after,,Mr. Potter telegraphically
exclaimed : ‘Here they come.’ Before
Mr.'L.athaui could afore than receive
the message an operator at Kansas
City broke in on the circuit to send
several hundred words of a commer
cial dispatch and delayed tlie wedding
about twenty minutes.
2:06 p. M.—The groom telegraph
ed : 4 Rev. David ■ Mills, Portland:
Am ready for the,marriage; go ahead
witl| i ypur questions.’ The Kansas
City operator, who discovered by this
what iyas' being done, telegraphed :
Pass.cake arwrod.rr "s.ih : ; .
2:25 K:M.-mThe following dispatch
was sent from Portland to . AJbany:
4 Albert, Latham, you do take Sarah
J. Fariatobe jrcfo'r lawful and w&ded
wife, to live together until 1 death :yoo
do part, i Doiyou promise so ta ; .do?
R. J. Parrett, minister.’
2:30 p, v.—‘From Albany to Rev.
R. J. Parrett, Portland: Yes, sir, I
do. Albert Latham. 1 Immediately
after this message , was wired the
bridegroom received tbe following
greetipgs; From Indianapolis opera
tors : 4 Shake! You’ffe gone.’’ From
St. Louis : * Yoii do not care who is
President now.’:’iFiom Kansas City:
4 Send a bottle of wine and piece of
cake this way.’
2:65 F. M.—From Portland to Al
bany : 4 Albert Latham, by the au
thority invested in me,I now pro
nounce you husband tmd wife. Amen.
Rev. II. J. Parrett.’ Before the
message was complete a young lady
operator at St. : Joe broke into tlie
circuit and asked the bridegroom to
4 Accept onr congratulations ’ . s
3p. m.—From Albany to Port
land : 4 Mrs. A H. Latham—When
do you slart ? Will I meet you m St.
Joseph or at Isadora? A. H. Latham.’
About twenty operators in. different
arts of Missouri, Illinois and Indiana
iroke into' the circuit and sent their
respective congratulations to Mr. and
Mrs. A.iHj Latham, and delayed
Mrs. Latham’s answer to. her hus
band’s ipquiry fur the rest of the
afternoon. , '
The style of the congratulations
sent by the telegraphers was as fol
lows: r. ; ■ , a il-titf ,1.. ,
JTrora Atobiwn, Kna,,: , 4 We con-
gratulatc you, and hope your future
days may te pleasantly' and profitably
spent.*
From Helena, Mo.: ‘May you live
ever bjtppy the remainder of your Life,
is the, wish of your friends for yourstll
andybur Wife* ’ *’ J
From St. liodlst ,: May yohr ‘cur
rent’through fife ; he unbroken .by
crosses,’,,may jour ‘cup’ of bliss. be
full, majLyoi'Jiaxfl no Jground’ to re
gret, your .elqetrical step taken to
day, and" when you’get 4 30,’ may it
be peacefittl*”**' * > rVt '
Mr:'Lalhdmreplied ‘Thanks.’
K«. >(] ti >'l ' ii ,’*mm—L...n--' <1,;,
The St.' Augnstine Press says;
“People should bp particular a^ what
time they are baptized. Last Satur
days party of church people went to a
baptizing, and on theiv 'Way home they
oy ofigOt into a general fight; causing qev>I|.
n’t eral, swelled bead* and severe,threats.,
; ft -Two of thp participants lire speuding.
is onto a tewwitowy. ’'‘ M ' ‘ ‘a short vacation'in 1 the city ’prison.”
sTifima -;tl —nt. -j ,„i »mj ni santfiu^ <\ti m? -rtiAH A
A preacher, it' Chicago advocates The New Your World thinks
the introduction of fady u*kcr|i in tfie Brooklyn rwttf-give 25#60 democratic
chhroh to raakb the )ipnito',meit ntr .majority end New. York city 65,000 !
TafeWnh Iknf .•!<> • 1 wMBWSM w p
Governor. Kinkeadv of; Nevada,
Mas issued, 1 (proclaim*tiRn . calling
upon all deetflW.of that, 8t$te to sig
nify at< the general electipn their will
■as, to ’he continuance, or prohibition
flf.chmefa .immigration , by, placing
ppcafheir halUrt^;< 4 jF ! or t Cl*jnese Im-
migration,’.if in fe»orioftU>r ^gainst
Chinese Immigration)' «> opposed-
tnlu hl.- ' •'•o
The manner oi newspaper reporting
in a provincial .tillage.; fAn {accident
Which might have resulted fetqUy, hap-
pened yTStednrto'Minerla Marquis de
Bohbeck.aged eighty •yifcfrs.r ! ‘Editor-
Tnchtef,’‘maHa# cmrtiairiu*- •'We
n<oA put her doWn at thirty-fire or
Vhe Will '««(> her subserplion.’ -v
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