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The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-09-24
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CHARLESTON. SOUTH CAROLINA

THIS FTRsT-CLASS BOTEL. SITUATED IN
pleasant location, and in the business portion o. .oo
city, renders It the most desirable Hotel Ior en@
permanent or transient guests. he serommGosnoM
fnnisned anartrnents ior frnies AID single gentle
men. The % proprietor viii endeavor 70 nantain tho
high reputation enjoyed bytbe "chariestoaa, j., as
Hrstclsss house, and no eaors VIZ Uv hsrets
fore bestowed upon It. -. ,,-r,
The best Of Livery accommodations Will De founa
adjoining the essseIishrnent ~, ..,.hr..sd ar...
s,., M water OF which delightful baths can be bed
s.nA o.sS., San nr NIGHT K. b. JACKSON,
einTt liz "a Proprietor.
The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-09-24

The retail branch of the firm at the corner
Of King and Market streets, 80 we'll known to
everybody in Charleston, keeps up it's old repu-
tation for frst-class goods and reasonable
prices
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1869-06-25
The Duty of Parents.

1t is given to but very few of us to hand
down to posterity name made great ana
famous in the worlds strife. We are
most of Us plodding, uninteresting folks,
who seem to leave no mark on the world;
history will never know Us. But the ca
pacity for producing either misery or
happiness is hereditary, and does not stop
with US. The children of captious and
cxacting pareuts are often themselves
cap,ious and exacting; while the MEM
ory of loving sympathy bestowed upon
ourselves in our young days begets in us
the like sympathy towards others.
In this way We can do good work in
the world, and leave behind us lovingre-
membranes. What is it man dwells
upon in the memory OF parents passed.
away? We fancy it is the games played
and races run together rather than the
money left behind them. 1t is the parents
who must really edl cate the child; the
schoolmasler will never do it. lie may
cram o certain amount Of Greek and Lat
in, into boys head, but there he stops.
He will never supply the place OLA father.
II is for the latter to arouse in child u
taste for what is noble and beautiful.
Above all. youth should be time for love
and peace, and happiness; for none can
saw what shall come after! Who does not
creep with pain at the cry OF q childP Let
he little ones, at all events, have hap.
py childhood to look back upon, and then
let fate do its worst, it cannot rob them OF
the remembrance OF the past joys. which
are their inheritance forever.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1869-06-25
After Brigham Yomng WhatP

can discover no successorto Brigham
Young. He has men Of ability-men of
fanaticism and courage-around him;
able instruments for his will; but I see
no coming man" for his place; no one
who can stand In his shoes, who can
command such obedience among follow
ers, such fear among outsiders. such Sc
rene victory over himself. Most Of his
wisest and ablest associates, men inspired
with the traditions of the church, and in
spring the faith Of it's members, are old
like himself. They and he must soon die;
and, if not before, then will enter into the
elements OF doubt aud indifference and
disintegration. In response 10 the elements
of change and revolution and recreation
that follow The banners OF civilization and
OF democracy everywhere. No Mormon
will admit this perhaps; butt is truth by
diviner sight than any that he possesses.
Devout rs Mussulman, devoted as n
Romanist, Jealous as Methodist, there
Is higher truth than he has mastered-the
truth of revolution in the interests ofequal-
ity, Of indiy iduality snd woman's inde-
pendence. These are against him; these
will conquer him, pray he ever so sacred
". fight he ever so valiantly. Brigham
Young, Louis Napoleon, the Sultan and
the Pope are all doomed by the same
law. Slavery went down under it; poly
.amy will follow Samuel Bowles.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1869-06-25
NUMBER %.

the calf Of the leg, and so tightly button
ed across itthat circulation is stopped, and
violent headaches follow. Wives and
mothers! ! say as l see the heating and
burdensome panier tackled on the most
delicate portion Of a woman's frame, to
make still lmore confirmed invalidism.
Oh. the relief Il is to see healthy,
6rm-stepping, rosy broad chested woman,
clad simply in dress all ofone color, and
free from punches and rags! I turn to look
at such 4 one with true respect that she
has the good sense andcourage, and good
taste TO appear on the street in dress be-
filing the street; leaving to those poor.
wretched women whose business 1t is to
advertise their persons, a free field for
competition. If fI'seem TO speak harshly.
It is because feel earnestly on this sub
ject.
Oh, how wish that q bevy of young.
handsome girls, Of good social position,
would inaugurate plain, lady-likc cos
tune for street and church. say young
and handsome, because il an old woman
does this, the little chits toss their heads
and say, "Oh! she has bad her day, and
don't care nov-and we want ours"
Fanny Fern.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1869-06-25

sleepless nights, when NIL beside my
thoughts were at rest, Ihave wrsstIed
with the consciousness Of approaching
death, until at last it has forced itself up
on my mind; and although to you and to
others. it might now seem but the ner-
vous imaginings of q girl. yet, dear G--.
IL is so! Many weary hours have | passed
in the endeayor to reconcile myself 10
leaving you. whom I love so well, and
this bright world ofsunshine and beauty;
and hard indeed il is to struggle on sill
emily and alone with the sure conviction
that am about to leave oil forever. aud
20 down alone into the dark valley! But
know in whom / have trusted, and
leaning upon His arm, l fear no evil
Don't blame me for keeping even all this
from you. How could subject you. of
all others, to such sorrow rs | feel at
parting, when time will soon make it ap-
parent to you! I could have wished to
live. if only to be Mt your side when your
time shall come, and pillowing your head
upon my breast. wipe the death-damps
from your brow, and usher your depart
ing spirit into its Makers presence, em-
balmed in woman's holiest prayer. But
il Is not to be SO, and | submit. Yours is
the privilege Of watching, through long
and dreary nights. for the spirits final
fight, and OF oftransferring my sinking head
from your breast to my Savior's bosom!
Aud you shall share my last thought; the
last faint pressure of the hand, and the
last feeble kiss shall be yours; and even
when flesh and heart shall have failed me,
my eye shall rest on yours until glazed
by death and our spirits shall hold ono
last communion, until gently fading from
my view--the last Of carth--you shall
mingle with the first bright glimpses ofthe
unfading glories of that better world
where partiugs are unknown. Well do
know the spot, dear G., where you VIII
lay me often have we stood by the place,
and as We watched the mellow sunset as
it glanced in qnivering flashes through
the leaves, and FURNISHED the grassy
mounds around US with stripes of burnish
gold each perhaps has thought that some
day one of lis would come alone, and
whichever it might be, your name would
be on the stone. But we loved the spot;
and know you'll love il none the less
when you see the same quiet sunlight
linger and play among the grass that
grows over your Mary's grave. know
you'll go often alone there. when am
laid there, and my spirit will be with you
then, and whispes among the waving
branches, Il am not lost but gone before ="
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1869-06-25

The following most touching fragment
of a Letter from dying Wife TO her h1s-
band was found by him some months al
ter her death, between tho leaves OF re-
ligious volume, which she was very fond
Of perusing The letter--which was lit
orally dim with tear marks. was written
long before the husband was aware that
the grasp OF fatal disease had fastened
upon the lovely form of his wife, who
died at the early age of nineteen:
when this shall reach your eye, Dear
c., some day when You arc turning over
the relics of the past, shall have passed
away forever, and the cold white stone
will be keeping its lonely watch over the
lips you have have 50 often pressed, and
the sod viii be growing green that shall
hide forever from your sight the dust oi
one who has 80 often nestled close to
your warm heart. For many long, aEd
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1869-06-25
A HIT at the Fashions.

When say that the street dress OF tho
majority of respectable women Of New
York today is disgusting. but feebiy ex-
press my emotions. Isay the respectable
women, and yet, save to those who know
them to be such, their appearance leaves
a wide margin for doubt. The clown at
the circus wears not more stunning or
parti colored costume; in fact, his has the
advantage of being sufficiently "taut" to
use 8 nautical phrase-not to interfere
with locomotion while theirs, with what
disgusting humps upon their backs. and
big rosettes upon their sides and shoulders.
and loops, and folds, and buttons, andtas-
sells, and clasps, and bows upon their
skirts, and striped satin oil too short to
hide often clumsy ankles and more colors
and shades Of colors heapod upon one
poor little fashion-ridden body than ever
gathered in one rainbow-and all this
worn without regard to temperature, OF
place. Isay this presents spectacle whlch
is too disheartening even to the comieal.
One cannot but smile at the young girls
who are, one day-heaven help them!--
to be wives and mothers. Wsres and
mothers Isay to myself, as see the throat
aud neck with only the protection Of
gold locket between itself and the cold
autumnal winds. Wives and mothers! !
say. as Psee them running their feet, and
throwing their ankles ont ofshape, in vain
endeavors to walk on heels, like cords,
fastened far into the middle of the sole OF
their boots; and those boots 80 high upor
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1869-06-25

Hnn Crop ia Nem EnaLana.

Hay crop ia Near England.
Very near at hand is the season when
the farmer must attend TO the securing of
this important crop The question as to
when this shal-bc done, that is. at what
particular period in the growth of the
grass, and in what manner shall it be
done; II properly decided and practiced
upon, will greatly enhance the value OF
the crop beyond what ii would be If the
grass is cut anG cured under some OF the
modes too often praeticed.
The amount of hay made in New Eng
land this summer, will probably amount
TO five million of IONS, and its cash value
will undoubtedly be something more than
fifty millions Of dollars.
This value may be very essentially de-
creased by the methods adopted in cutting
and curing the grass. The almost uni
versal practice for many years past has
been to cut the grass early in the morn
Ing, before the dew was Off cut with
hand scythe--and sometimes it is cutin
that condition with the moving machine.
The grass was then spread, turned at
noon, exposed to the sun all day, and just
at night put into cocks. In many cases
the grass was not put into cocks, but
merely thrown into windrows.
On the morning of the second day, as
soon as the dew was off the hay was spread
out again. turned once or twice during
the day, and at about three orfour o'clock
in the afternoon 1t was taken in. In some
cases the hay was cooked second time,
and again opened and bad third days
summing!
The inquiries of every farmer ought to
be-What effect has this process upon
the grass? Is my labor upon it merely to
dry it so that it can be preserved for win
ter use. or is there some other object to
be gained Mt the same time?
We have often given orr opinion on
this matter, and have stated that they
w re founded, not upon mere hearsay
but upon reading. observation and care
fal experience in cutting and curing the
grass, and feeding it to domestic stock.
Let us now see what others say aboutit.
A writer in an old number of the Ohio
Farmer gives the following excellent ad.
vice on the
PHILOSOPHY OF CURING HAY.
"Donr dry your hay too much. Hay
may be dried till il is as worthless as
straw. As good coffee-maker would
say, Don't burn your coffee. but brown
IT, so we say. don't dry your hay, but
cure it. Our good old mothers, who re-
lied upon herb tea instead Of 'potecarv
medicine, gathered their herbs while in
blossom and cured them in the shade.
This is the philosophy Of making good
hay. Cut in The blossom, and cure IN
the shade. Tie sugar of the plant when
it is in bloom Is in the stalk, ready to form
the seeds. If the plant is cut earlier, the
Continued on fourth psge.l
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1869-06-25

NOVEL MODE of TYING HoRsEs. The
Icelanders have q curious custom, and a
most effectual one, of preventing horses
from straying. Two gentlemen, for in
stance, are riding together without at.
tendanis. and wishing to alight for the
purpose of visiting some objects at dis
tance from the road. they tie the tail Of
one horse to the head of the other, and
the head of this to the tail of the former.
In this state it is utterly impossible that
they can move either backwards or for
wards, one pulling one way, and the other
the reverse and therefore if disposed to
move at all, it will be only in a circle,
and even then, there must be an agree
mcnt to turn their heads in the same d.
raction, s ERE %a4
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poetrp.

LIES Lot.
know not IL the dark or bright
Shall be my lot;
Ifthat wherein nv soul delight t'
BE best or not. IS
Imsy be mine to drag for years
Tolls heavy chain; 1a
or day and night my meat be tears
ON bed of pain.
Dear faces may surround my hearth
With smiles and glee:
orimay dwell alone, and mirth
BE strange to me.
Nv bark is waited to the strand
BY breath Divine;
And on the helm there rests hand
Other than mine.
One who is known in storms to sail
Ihave on board;
Above the raging OF the gale
hear my Lord.
HehoIds me midst the billows' might
shall not fail; q
II sharp, tbs short; IL long, It's light:
He tempers all.
safe 90 the land-Safe 20 the land,
The end is this;
And then with him GO hand in hand.
Far into bliss.
Dean OF Cantbury.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1869-07-16
SUPREME COURT.
Condensed Decisions, Reported for
the Memphis Appeal by H.
Clay King, Esq.
SUPREME CoURr,


No. 46. McFerrin & Menifee vs.. b
+. White and wife; from Memphis
Chancery. White borrowed of Nc
Ferrin d Menifee, in Ohio, $4,000, and
executed to them his note for $500,
and with his wife, executed mort
gage on his wife's land in Memphis to
secure the payment of the note. There
was usury in the note but not ex-
pressed on its face.
Held: /. That by the laws of Ohio
and Tennessee the note was good TO
the extent of the money loaned and
interest; and that the note being valid
to that extent, the mortgage, as col
lateral security, was valid to the same
extent.
,. That married woman has the
power to mortgage her land Cher gem
eral estate) to secure the debts of her
husband.
No. AZ. Winters Il Cross VS.. Bed
ford. From Memphis Law Court.
This was a proceeding by man
damus, on the part of a purchaser of
real estate at execution sale, to COM
pei the Sheriff to execute a deed to
him. The property was town lots, but
all sold together by the Sheriff. The
execution debtor was permitted to be
made a party to the proceeding, and
resisted the application.
Held: That it is irregular to sell
town lots together. This method of
sale interferes with the debtors right
of redemption. 1t is his right to re-
deem one or more, or all, at his OPP
tion. No deed having been made, the
sale will be held void, for irregularity,
and in such case the relief sought by
the mandamus viii be refused. Man
damus lies against a Sheriff. to compel
the execution Of q deed in a proper
case made out.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1869-07-16
The mississippi River Railroad

Editors -4DDec!s As the contest for
the rival routes for the location of this
road promises TO eliminate i'm hostili
ties, or VeXatiOus litigation which
must delay if not Illustrate this enter
prise; and as leading men from both
antagnnistip sections, to avoid this
4" little unpleasantneSs," have pro-
nOunced in favor of a compromise on
what Is known as the central line viz:
running west of the hills between
Wolfe and Hatchie rivers, crossing
near the mouth of Big creek, thence
along the level dividing ridge between
Big creek and Hatchie, through or
near and between old Mrs. RalstOn's
and DIR. PeytOn's, crossing the plank
road at a point where five roads CON
verge, and will accommodate and
command and satisfy the whole
country from the Ohio road to the
Mississippi river; | cali gpon the
nirsGtQEy t. at least survey this line
at once and quiet this clamOT. / may
add that this identical line was pro-
nOunced by ESQ. RalstOn the old
county surveyor, Ramsay and Meri-
weather civil engineers, the most
eligible route to CovingtOn. For my
self am satisfied it presents the n3cst
beautiful profile and -5I1ulnletrical line
as WeH g. central laeatiOn, that can be
run, and neoessitating no greater dis
tance. The present engineer Pm told
has never examined, much less run it
with Instruments. ! respectfully in
Vite the Directory to these considera-
tiOns and suggestions. JUSTICE.
July 18th 1869
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1869-07-16
NEWYoRN
SsriOBs Railroad Aeeideat Vessels FIT
tiRg out foT Service Sinking Of a
StsamiBg, Etc. Etc, Etc

SsriOss Railroad Aeeideat Vessels Fit
tiag out loT Service Sinking Of
Steamigg, Ete,, Etc, Etc
NEW YORK, July IA dispatch
to the Democrat from NiddletOWn, in
this State, states that the night eX-
press train on the Erie Railroad, from
this city last night, ran into a freight
train which had been left partially on
sue ltacE Instead of tie side track,
shout thirty miles from BorTyis Rock.
The engine, tender, baggage car, eX-
press ear and smoking car were
thrown of the track and smashed;
ana one sleeping and one passenger
car We're thrown of the track and
smashed Oat 81 all shape. The splin-
tered fragments and cars came in con-
tact With scattered fire from the loco
motive, and a cOnfiagration ensued,
in which timbers. baggage. and
wounded passengers all went to feed
the flames. Seven cars were des-
trcved. Six passengers were burned
10 aeath, two, OF whom axe rom New
&Ork-one supposed to be Rev. Benz.
Halleck. Another dispatch says that
ali through mail in the post car was
burned.
The steam gunbOats Severn, Hart
ford, WashOnda, Detroit, Colorado and
Swatora are fitting out rapidly, at the
navy-yard here, for immediate ser
vice.
"a. sIeaia tl,g sunk et HobOken to-
day, drowning the engineer, Charles
Van Orden.
Peter Bonita, a boy who had his
I1rr ont hsv O raaorrn no mol
Carpenter. last week, died yesterday.
BigelOw, who murdered his niece,
was hung at Monticello, in this State,
to-day.
3 The survey for East river bridge has
peeB completed, and material Is being
prepared Tor the abGhnents on the
liver and shore.
Eleven indictments have been fouad
against prominent bankers and bro
kers, for violation of the usury laws.
The arrests viii probably be made to-
morrow.
In the case Of Fisk rs. the Wabash
Railroad, q number of the directors OF
the road were examined in the Su-
preme Court for contempt. J. II.
Coleman has been appointed receiver
Of nineteen certificates said to have
been deposited hero. The case was
laid over until tomorrow.
The District Attorney hss been au-
ehofized by the President to call on
tine military and naval forces here to
prevent the departure Of a Cuban ex-
pedition said to be about ready to
leave this port. He has taken meas
ures with the officials and military in
the forts to obey his instructions.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1869-07-16
JACKSON MISS.
Trial Of YergeF-- ReOpening OF Testimony
for the Defense.

JACKSON, July 13s-After some OBJ
I lection and discussion before the Mill
tary Commission, to-day, the counsel
for Col. Yerger were allowed to intro
duce g new batch of witnesses, in fur
ther testimony Of the prisoners in
sanity.
DR.. W. NJ. Compton Of Holly
Springs, testified to certain conduct on
the part Of the prisoner during the
sitting of the Constitutional COnven-
ton, in January, 1868, too unreason-
able and eccentric to be attributable to
a sane man. Witness knew him to
occasionally drink and be social, but
never saw him drunk in his life. In
an atfray, when, on the adjournment
Of the Convention, Capt. Townsend
caught Col. MOrgOn by his beard and
was going to cOWhide him, Col. Yer
ger. who knew nothing whatever of
the difficulty, ran up, and seemed TO
be greatly more excited than any,
body else, his eye flashing and his
face flushed, and, brandishing his
cane above his head, shouting, 81 am
determined there shall be fair play.
l viii die right here. There are only
two men engaged in the fight, and if /
any man interIeres he shall die right |
here" He was far more difficult to /
be quieted than the cOmbatants.
Jukge Amos r. johnson testified !
10 a long acquaintance with the Rc- /
cused, and TO his singular and unac-
cOuEt8bi0 ways. Never saw him /
under the influence of liquor; did not /
believe il possible that he could ever /
have had delirium tremens.
Mr.. Fulton Anderson, of counsel for .
the accused, was next called. Was (
brOther-in-laW to the accused. Had
known the prisoner from his infancy; .
knew that in youth and early man .
hood he never touched Intoxicating
drink When he had arrived at ma
ture years, he took it by the advice of /
Or. Stone Cf New Orleans. Ihe pris-
never drank to excess, and could not
have been afflicted with delirium ire
mems. His manners, Of late years,
were eXcentric, and his alienation
from his family and friends, who were
uniformly kind to him, could only be
acUUUutea for cn the ground Of un-
sOUndnesS Of mind.
Wiley p. Harris, also Of counsel for
the accused, testified that he had
known the accused several years.
L nefF his extravaganza and eXcen-
fricitv Of conduct, amounting to puz-
zle and 4 mystery to dis friends.
Knew that he did not drink Ia excess.
4 few other witnesses remain to he
1alleii for the tiefence,
The Commission adjourned at three
O'clock TO meet at nine and a half on
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the matter, and the object of the depu-
tatiOn in waiting upon Mr.. Bright was
TO ask the government, through him,
to take the subject into consideration.
This promise was made. Would it
not be well for the persons interested
in providing means for crossing the
Delaware from this city to Camden to
look at tunnel in that connection?
The New Orleans Times, in com
menting upon the action of the Con
gressiOnal Investigating Committee
which was recently in session in tina,
city, remarks: An attempt wat
made to galvanize life into the report
current about election time of scores
revolutionary societies, but ali these
having died out since the election, it
will take more than the visions of the
scared freedmen, or the artful designs |
Of scheming politicians, TO invest !
them with either plausibility or sig
nificance. Much of the time has been |
taken up with quarrels among the |
a Congressional Inves-
igating Committee affording an eX-
1ellent opportunity for wreaking per-
5Onal spites and furthering selfish
ends. By the time the report is made,
all Importance it might once have |
leen invested with will have been
buried among the dead issues that
rave il birth ~