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The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1860-12-20
Equal to the Emergency.

Not many years ago two Frenchmen-
one wealthy and in possession of ready
cash. and the other poor and pennilcss-
occupied, by chance, the same room in a
suburban hotel. In the morning the
"seedy" one arose first, took from his
pocket pistol, and holding it at his fore
head and backing against the door ex-
claimed to his Mortified companion:
aIt is my last desperate resort; I am
penniless and tired Of life; give ME 500
francs, orsI will instantly blow out my
brains, and you will be arrested as mur:
dcrer"
The other lodger found himself the hero
of an unpleasant drama, but the cogency
of his companions argument struck him
"cold" He quietly crept to his panta-
looms, handed over the amount, and the
other yamoscd, after locking the door on
the outside
Hearing of this, another Frenchman, OF
very savage aspect, one night tried to
room with tai, raw. boncd gentleman
from Arkansas, who had been rather free
with his money during the day, and evi-
IDENTIFY had plenty more behind. Next
morning 'Pike." awaking, discovered his
room mate standing over him, with pis-
tol lcveled at his own head and evidently
qualsing with agitation.
"What the deuce are you standing thai
for in the cold" said Pike, propping him
self on his elbow, and coolly surveying
the Gaul
aI am desperatew was the reply
'sYou give me 500, or l will blow out my
brainsw
ssWell, then, blow and be d--d" re-
piled Pike, turning over.
"Bote you will be arrested for re mur-
daire !" persisted the Gaul, earnestly.
"Eh, what's that?" said Pike; "oh,
see J" and suddenly drawing a revolver
and five pound bowie from under his
pillow, he sat upright.
ga man may as we'll be hung fora sheep
as a. lamb" he coolly remarked, and, at
the word, he started for the Gaul; but the
latter was too nimble; the "hoss pistol"
innocent ofload, exploded in the air, and
with one frantic leap our little FreDeeatce.sssst'f
was standing in his nigh robe at the foot
ss1n15lst:ffr rcase-a proof that what may
suit one person will not answer at all fol
another.
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Winter is Here.


The year has fulfilled it's duties and is
now prepared for hibernal repose, that it
may be reinvigorated wnen Spring calls
upon it for action. Autumn gives place
to winter, but it does not leave us with
out some rernenbrances of its beauty and
its prodigality. Now and then beam of
sunshine glows among the barelimbed
trees, which stand like giants around the
throne of the Frost-king, and the noun
tain streams still murmur over the pebbles
the same delicious music which fell.upon
the autumn-laden air of October. Some
times breath from the sweet South
steals like placid summer dream over
us and the emerald-tinted grass seems to
have caught deeper hue from the ceru-
lean ceneave; these linger as if 10th to
part from lis, while all the delicate forT-
ers have hidden themselves away aud the
song birds have winged their flight to
balnaier zones. But the bright autumn
nal smile of the sunset yet remains and
though it may be compared to the linger-
ing beauty of death, before q decays efa-
cling fingers" destroy it, still it is inefa-
bly, grand in its wealth of purple and
cold. But soon all will be hnshed in Ma
lures night; the streams viii seek their
winter sleep, curtained by ice and canopi-
ed with snow; and the winds viii form
hillocks Of the earthstrewn leaves, to
stand like grave marks in the woods;
but the germs. of the water lilies will re-
pose beneath the coverlids of every rivu.
let and at the foot Of every leafess tree,
the spring flowers will nestle with closed
eyes awaiting the breath of May to ava
ken them And thus we may read the
moral of the season. Man sinks into the
slumbers of the tomb to rest and dream,
but the immortal spirit is not confined by
the icy fetters Of the grave nor kept
down, like the eliained Titans, by the
superimposed structures of monuments or
urns storied with deeds Of human worth
and dignity. Under the genial Influences
of Divine love it prepares itself to burst
its cerements" and rise to an eternal
bloom and fruitage in the heavenly Eden
of eternity--LoNsalHe loarnal.- So
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WHAT WE ARE MADE oE.-Oliver Wen
dell Holmes tells what we are made of, in
the following complimentary style to hui
man pride:
If the reader of this paperlives anoth-
or year his sclfp1idc principle will have
migrated from his present tenement to
another; the raw materials even of which
are not yet put together. A portion OF
that body is to be well ripened in the
corn of next harvest. Anotherportion OF
his future person he will purchase, or 9th
crs will purchase for him, headed up in
the form. of certain barrels of potatoes.
A third fraction is yet to be gathered in
the southern rice field. The limbs with
which he is then to walk will then be
clad with flesh borrowed from the tenants
of many stalls and pastures, and now un-
conscious of their doom. The very Or
gans of speech with which he is to talk
SO wisely, plead so ;eloqucntly, or speak
effectively. must first serve his humole
brethren to bleat, to below, and for all
the varied utterances of bristled or feath-
cred barn-yard life His bones themselves
arc to great extent in posse and not esse
A bag of phosphate flime, which he has
ordered from Prof Mapes for his grounds,
contains larger part of what is to be his
skeleton. And more than all this, by far
the greater part of his body is nothing at
all but water, the main substance OF his
scattered members is to be looked for in
the reservoir, in the running streams, at
the bottom of the well, in the clouds that
float over his head, or diffused among
them all.
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Walking a Raft.

INcro was Il IellOW OllCO ol0PP0t O"o "a
door of D tavern on the Mississippi,
meaning to walk mile up the shore to
the next tavern. Just at the landing
there lay big raft, one of the regular
old-fashioned whalers-a raft mile long
Well, the fellow heard the landlord say
the raft was mile long. and he said to
himself, 81 will go forth and see this great
wonder, and let my eyes behold the tim
bers that the hand Of man hath .hewn."
So he got on at the lower end and began
to ambulate over the wood in pretty fair
time. But just as he got started, the raft
started too, and as he walked up the river
it walked down, both travelling at the
same rate When he got to the end of
the sticks he found they were pretty near
ashore, and in sight of tavern; so he
landed and walked right straight into the
bar room he came out Of The general
samencss of things took him little aback,
but he looked at the landlord steady in
the face, and settled it in his own way:
"Publcan," said he care you gifted
with twin brother, who kept similar
sized tavern, with duplicate wife, a COM
porting wood pile, and corresponding
circus bill mile from here"
The tavern keekcr was fond of fun,
and accordingly said it was just so.
"And, publican, have you among your
dry goods for the entertainment of man
and horse, any whisky of the same size
as that of your brother's?"
And the tavern man said, that from the
rising of the sun even unto the going
down of the same, he had.
They took the drinks, and the stranger
said, "Publican, that twin brother of yours
is fine young mana very fine man, in
deed. But do you know, I'm afraid that
he suffers good deal with the Chicago
diptheria!"
s:And what's that?" asked the toddy-
sticlSer.
SIT is when the truth settles so firm in
{. man, that mono of it ever comes out
Common doctors, of the catnip sort, call
it lyin'. When left your brothers con-
fectionary, there was raft at his door,
which he swore his life was u mile long
WE'LL publican, 1 walked that raft from
bill to TIL fIa,a- -Ais,daor to yours~-NoM,
know my time, and just as good for. my
self as for hess, and better for that than
any man you ever did see. l always
walk amile in exactly twenty minutes, on
good road, and I'll be busted with an
overloaded Injun gun if I've been moron
ten minutes coming here, stepping over
them blamed logs at that"
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A young bacl1woods lawyer lately con-
cluded his argument in case of trespass,
with the following sublime burst: "If,
gentlemen of the jury, the defendants
hogs are permitted to roam at large over
the fair fields of my client with impunity
and without yollcs- -then-yes, then, in
deed, have our forefathers fought, and
bled, and died, in vain !"
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THE PRINCE AT MOUNT VERNoN.-A
few weeks since a little group gathered
reverentially around plain and humble
tomb on the banks of the Potomac
There is nothing in such a scene which, OF
itself, need excite our special wonder. 1t
is the familiar lesson of mortality, that
friends and kindred often frequent the
resting ylacc Of the loved and beautiful
who have gone before them into the dark
and silent land. And were this an ordl-
nary visit of surviving affection to- the
grave Of the departed, we would not tear
away the vail of privacy which should
guard the sacred scene The rude world
should not know with Whit griefs the
heart is breaking, and how the eyes over
flow with manly tears. 1t is rather q
representative scene, historic pageant
which we are beholding. 1t is even
something moro than the reconciliation ol
personal enmitics at the tomb of a gener-
GUS foe which we are witnessing. The
spectacle is one of worldwide significance;
leaving it's lesson of wisdom to this and to
all coming generations of men. The
tomb is Washington's, and he who bares
and bows his head before it is the imme-
date descendant of one who, three gener-
ations ago, branded the man, whenl living,
as rebel, set a prize upon his head,
would have handed him over to the exc
cutioner, and hung and quartered his
body as that of q traitor. 4
But what q sublime vengeance has his
tory, or rather Providence, talser upon
the past That grave is now hallowed
spot, planted around with laurel and palm,
aud adorned with trophies; and this
youthful visitant comes to it, not to in
dulge in reerinrinations, but chat he may
muse upon the changes of time, and IN
flame his breast with the memorials OF pa
triotism and virtue. An heir-apparent OF
the English throne doing homage to the
remains of Washington
There is something of the morally sub
lime in such sight, which should COM
mend itself to the lovers of the true and
the good. 1t symbolizes triumph over
enmity and detraction, never to be for
gotten by the brave andpure. Let patri-
OTIS hereafter revert to it as an illustra-
ton of the ultimate vindication of their
fame among men, and let all who strug-
gle for the right henccforth do so with a
more abiding faith that time will be the
avenger of their dishonoF, and bring even
their enemies to do reverence to their
memory.-PhHadelphia Inquirer.
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VIRGINIA OFFERS. Norfolk (Va)
Argus is "crcdibly informed" that the va
rious offers to Governor Gist, of South
Carolina, of the personal services OF Ylr-
ginians, in case she should need them, al
ready embrace bands comprising in the
aggregate about 10000 men.
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Fey Pure love is the sunshine which
steals slowly and silently up to the barrep
hills of life, and stays to bless us with its
presence through all lifes weary way.
MS A goodwaJ' to light some cities
with GAS would be to set fro to their
editors.
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H@ To spend the spring time of our
existence in dissipation; to consume the
brightness and the vigor of our days in
selfshnes, ,worldliness and dvanity: to live till
we are old in idleness and selfindugence;
and then, when the senses grow dull, and
pleasure pals upon the appetite, and we
have become incapable of much benefit
either to ourselves or others, to turn to
the calls of our duty and the pursuit OF
our salvation, is to extract tSs sweet,
ness from the rose of life, and present it's
withcred leaves to God.
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When we are alone, we have our
thoughts TO watch; in the family, our
4enper in company, our tongues
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The DEAD W1FE.AIn comparison with
the loss Of wife, all other bereavements
are trifes. The wife; she who fills SO
large a space in the domestic heaven;
she who is busted, so unwearied; bitter,
bitter is the tear that falls on her clay.
You stand beside her grave, and think Of
the past; it seems an amber colored psth-
way where the sun shone upon beautiful
flow rs; or the stars hung glittering over
head. Fain would the soul linger there.
No thorns are remembered above the
sweet clay, save those that your own
hands have unwittingly planted Her
noble, tender heart lies open to yoursin
most sight. You think of her as all-gen-
tlenessj all beuty and purity. But she is
dead The dear head that has so often
lain upon your bosom, now rests upon
pillow of clay. The hands that admins
tered SO untiringly are faded, white and
cold bcncsth the gloomy portals. The
heart whose every beat measured an eter-
nifty of love, lies under your feet. And
there is no white arm over your shoulder
now-no speaking face to look mp in the
eye Of 1ov7ie-no trembling lips to mur-
mur, "oh, it is too sad~ There is q
strange hush in every room! No smile
to meet you at nightfall-and the clock
ticks, and ticks, and ticks 1t was sweet
music when she could hear. it. Now it
seems to lSnell only the hours through
which you watch the shadows of death
gathering upon the sweet face. But
many tale it telleth of joys past, sor-
rows shared and beautiful words register
cd above. You feel that the grave can
not keep her. You know that she is of
ten by your side, an angel presence
Cherish these emotions, they will make
you happier. Let her holy presence be
as charm to keep you from evil. In all
new and pleasant connections give her
place in your heart. Never forget what
she has been to you-that she has loved
YOU. Be tender to her memory.
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Be. Just and fear not.
The Iowa transcript. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1858-1866, 1860-08-30
[CoRREsPONDENcr1

At meeting Of the citizens Of York and
Salt Creek Townships, in lama County Iowa,
irrespective Of party, held at Redman, on Sat.
urday, august 18th, 1860. On motion, it was
publican party Of Tama County, known as the
IOWA TRANSCRIPT, has seen proper to publish
political articles, wifi are not only disreput
able and disgraceful to the publisher Of said
paper, but highly and aggrevatingly insulting
70 many OF our m.st reputable citizens, and
utterly unfit to be longer patronize rs q na.
per Of general circulation: W. therefore thus
publicly request the publisher thereof, IN. G.
Weiting, Esqr.,) to no longer send his paper
to such OF 10 a. are subscribers thereto, and
that such Of our subscriptions as have been
paid ths publisher is welcome t. keep and all
others will Day up accounts upon present q ton:
We deeming It highly improper that such pub.
lication should enter our families longer, until
proper sense Of propriety shall govern the
persons eeatrclling said paper.
The Iowa transcript. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1858-1866, 1860-08-30
NOTICE

Is hereby given that on the goth day Of Sep
tember A. D. 1860, in pursuance Of a decree in
Chancery rendered In a cause entitled Samuel
F. Amcs against Joseph A. and Martha A.
Brown, in the District Court Of the United
States, District Of Iowa, Northern Division. on
the 10th day Of May. A. D. 1860 at the April
term Of said Court, holden at Dubuque in said
Division-l will proceed to sell at auction to
the highest and best bidder for cash, at the
front door Of the Court House of Dubuque Coun-
~, at 10 o'clock in the forenoon of said day,
the following described real estate, to wit:
Lot No. one (l)in block No. one ~ in Bru-
ner's addition to the village of Monticello, sit
uated in Tama county. Iowa.
Said sale being made to satisfy the sum
found due to said Amcs, and entered in said
decree at 968 56-loO dollars, with interest from
said 10Th May, 1860, to the day of sale, and
the costs taxed at 81 95-IOo dollars, and all
further accruing costs; and the purchaser or
purchasers at such sale will acquire an abso.
Lutte title to said property.
HORACE FUTILE, Commissioner.
Poor, Adams & Cram, Cou gel for Ames.
Dubuque, August II, 1860 ~
The Iowa transcript. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1858-1866, 1860-08-30
PrOgra mime OF the Republican
Mass Meeting to he held at To-
IedO September 9th, 1860.

The Undersigned, committee heretofore
appointed for the purpose Of making arrang-.
nents for Rernaioan Jflss Meeting at To-
ledo. on Thursday September 9th, 1860, re-
port the following Programme thereof
The delegations from Genesco, Buckingham
Perry, Crystal Carroll, Spring Creek, Carlton
and llo.ard Townships. will meet at kirfmans
School House at clock 4. NJ, on the 9th.
Of September.
The Delegations from SAT- Creek, Yerk and
Otter Greek townships, will meet a, John
Bishops at 10 o clock.
The delegations from Indian Village, Coum-
b:a and Richland Townships, will meet al
John Ross at half past 10 clock.
Tho above delegations will be me, at the
times and places above set forth by the Chief
Ma, shall and his aids accompanied hy the
Vin,on Sase Horn Brass Band, and escorted
into town.
Upon the arrival Of the al tserent delegations
in town, the rrocessioa will form under tie d.
rection Of the Marshal AMI his aids, and the
Narshals Of the several delegations. and pro
coed to the ground selected for the Mass Nee-
ing. Speaking to commence at Il o'clock. NJ
The following will be the officers o., the day
President, +. Walter jackson.
Woe Presidents, t. +. Clark, ]. j.. Graham
J. I. Ames, ". B. King, S. Strong, f. Ruggles.
John Fay, Jos. Powell F. w. Nc LELAND II.
L. Saith. a. Wilkinson. j. .urley. !, 4. Gre
ham, J. Brooks, W. Guilford
Chief Marshal, VIM H. stivers
Aids, G w. Cowles, I. d. Martini D. H.
Shaicr.
COMMITTEES
Table Committee, j. c. Vermilyen. b. A.
Hall, j. Z. Farley, II. Free W. w. Davis p.
Wiley. T. Muckler t. j. Staley, J. S. Moor
l tSoncr, W. Rogers.
Ground Committee, F. W. Crosby, J. Burge,
I. A. Graham D. steiner, s. Ebert, 4. b. Olney,
A, C. Mucklcr, w. Hillnlon g. H. Coaant, K
Dexter.
It is hoped that the Delegations will be
punctual in arrival a, the place above assign
ed to them, Each Delegation is expected 10
have ut least one MARSHAL, and to furnish Mn
sio as far as possible. BY order Of Committee
Of Arrangements. +. ". CROSBY, JAS
BURGE, GEO. RAiNES, J. C. VERMlLYEA
VIM Fl. STlVERS, Committee.
The Iowa transcript. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1858-1866, 1860-08-30

Resolved. That the above be sent to the
Iowa TRANSCRIPT and TAMA COUNTY FARMER,
requesting the publisher. thereof, to publish
the same. JAMES r. GRAHAM,
f. A. BURNHAM,
JOHN FREEMAN,
JOHN L. COBB,
SQUIRE GRUBS,
T. r. DODGE.
No. Yes gentlemen we wild it; gladly do
it in order to show publicly your scrvihty to
the Democracy of our town, and the low spr-
it OF revenge which actuates yon. Elsewhere
in to days paper we have shown the sicken.
ing dctestation in which the Democracy hold
the truth. This is another illustration of the
same. You know gentlemen that it was n
meeting of the Democracy and not of the !" cit-
liens of your townships retrospective of
party, as you assert. You know that your
manuscript letter is in the handwriting Of Il
certain Democratic official in our town and
was frs. written with the word Democracy in
stead OF :: citizens and the words !" irrespec-
tive of party are inter-liued. We will stop
yeur papers after this issue, at your request,
although every one Of you are indebted to US;
and had you been as sensitive Of your cbliga-
tons to others rs you seem to be Of the honors
OF the foul political party to whichyon belong.
YOU would have accompanied your orders with
some kind Of pay. But candidly gentlemen
what ails you? Are you offended at the mir
ror which reflected the images of your party in
our paper two weeks ago. Are you disguised
with seeing your party rs others see il? Dare
you say that We uttered single untruth il
regard to the conduct Of your party on the
day and evening Of your Mass Convention -
Ii so dare you set day ahen you will meet
us and have the same proven by afhdavits ?
The fact IS the night Of your Convention was
truly mada hideons by drunken and profane
carousas until nearly day break Sabbath
Morning; some were dragged out Of the S;.-
looms, others in the daytime were arrested for
being found drunk aud some Of you immortal
six we believe were knowing to the ma ori-
,y of these facts. Soberly gentlemen, are
you not ashamed to belong TO political party
whose history is insulting to g our most re-
putahle ctizens.' and which is as YOU saw
"highly improper to enter your " families ~
Are you NO, ashamed tabe supporting q party
SO mean that you dare not let your families
know its whole history? Is not every lesson
taught more fercibly by example than precepl?
Gentlemen We advise you to reform to leave
the party to which you are attached Look
about you, for You are in bad situation, and
must when you come to re llize your condition
exclaim with the poet,
'Plunsed in gulf Of dark despair
We Mretched sinners lay.
The Iowa transcript. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1858-1866, 1860-08-30
The Democracy and the Bred
scott Decision.

The Democracy have always been justly ac-
cu.ed Of making foul efforts in conducting
political campaign. They are notorious for
rescrting to all sorts Of ,illianous practices
to deceive and cheat the people and thereby
secure the election of their candidates. Not
the least among their deceptive practices is
living simon pure double distilled lying rfct-
Ted only by active Republicans when it meets
their gnze. Since this is their mode OF war;
fare there is no longer any use of ,nincng the
matter by saying they nlisconir,lc, aaisinter-
prct deceive or cheat; tho fact is they lie, lie
outright and outraqeoasly. Many lie knowing
ly. others, we will be charitable enough tosay
ignorantly; the latter perhaps was the case
with the Former in its issue of the ed. The
editor in his leader says:
at is we'll known that the leaders Of the
Republican party are endeayoring to make
the people believe that the bred Scott decis-
ion carries Slavery into The Territories against
the express wishes Of the people through their
Territorial Legislatures. They assert that the
Federal Government is bound to protect SLAVE
nv in the Territories nader that decision. 70
nut an end to this false charge Of the black
Republicans, we will quote from letter
written BY Hon. Reverdv Johnson TO John
Clancy, Essr, Of New York, dated May llsh
1860
We have not room for the letter, but in it
Mr. Johnson says, that the question of Terri
torial power over Slavery has no: been deci-
ded by the Supreme Court in tbe bred Scott
case.
Now let us see il this editor and Mr.. john
son, whom he quotes to sustain his assertions.
are correct. Chief Justice fancy, in the bred
Scott decision, after stating that CoaeFess las
no authority under the Constitution to prohib-
it Slavery in the Territories, says:
"And if Congress itself cannot do thi.-if
it is beyond the powers conferred on the Fed
eral Governmental will be admitted we pre-
sumo that it could not authorize Territorial
Government to exercise them
Is this not plain and pointed? What thea
IS the use to lie the record down? The trouble
is, that Popular Sovereignty and the bred
Scott decision, which tic Douglasi.es say they
endorse, do not agree. In fact they openly
conflict, and the people arc fast finding this
ont; hence tho necessity Of lying to the people
by saying that, that Decision does not ignore
the power of the reople over the subject OF
Slavery in The Territories Honest people
how mu lon .er will you BE- deceived by the
phantom OF Democracy?