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DoNAIDsoNvILIE SATURDAY, NOVEMBER
Going COurting.

One OF the chief compensations ofa
womam's life is found in the fact th;t
she does not have = to go a counting"
1t must be confessed that, in tllea
days, the modern belle does her shae
Of the wooing, but she does not have
to dress up i'll a stiff collar, aud par
of boots two sizes too small for he,
and walk up to the cannOn's mouth IT
her ipamorata's family, consisting #
father, and mother, and grandmothe,
and maiden aunt, aud half Il dozN
brothers and sisters. and inquire, ina
trembling voice: I" Is Miss Arabela
at home 7"
Whenever man goes accounting,
rvbody seems to know all abolt
it. His demeanor tells the observait
spectator the business he is intelt
upon. He might just as well placad
himself with the legend " go a-couE-
ing" Everybody is cognizant of +,
and looks knowing; and asks hlmf
the 9 non tlern lights were bright lat
night about one O'clock" and " hog
the market is for Kerosene up TO Dadd
Browns and score of other ques
tions equally out of place.
We have III our family at present
a young man who is deeply, we trust
successfully engaged in going a-eourf
ing and our Warmest sympatlHe
have been atoused for him. Whe
Sunday afternoon arrives it is plai
to see that something is about to hap
pen. Our young man Is iidgety ant
non communicative and eau not 81
in one place half Il minute at Il time
He is continually interviewing hi
watch and comparing it with the Ole
eight-day coffin shaped clock in TIN
corner. He looks in the glass fire.
quently, and draws his forehead lock
first back aud then forward, ant
combs them up and pats them down
aud is unsatisiied with the ctfee
throughout.
The smell of bay rum and berga
mot is painfully apparent. Whet
he shakes out his handkerchief mnsl
is perceptible. His boots shine lill
mirrors. There is II faint otlnr 1
cHrilamon seeds in his breath Vile
he vuwns. lie SmonthS his haddit
muStache with afftctionate little pad
and feels his invisible side whisItes
continually, to make sure they IL
there, a fact which is not establisha
to outside observers by the sense
sight He tries on all his stock
Heckties without finding just tt
thing and he has SpaSms of hrushiil
his coat. that commence with vid
lenee, and last till onesgrows nervonI
for fear the broadeloth will never b
able to stand it.
49, He declines saup that day at diifnetI
He says it is because he doesn't fti
hungry, bnt we know it is bccae
there are onious in it. and onions is
every nue knows, do not Sweetn
ones breath to any great extent.
If spoken to on ii sudden. he Sits
and blnslieS, and looks as guilty aif
he had heen caught stealing soe-
thing and directly one does not spsk
to him, he goes back to the delightful
occupation of staring at nothing, al
Waiting for the hand to creep aro9d
ttstyen.
std at seven, he sets forth, elm
an" e1y from top to toe, looking Ie-
elseiS q if he lta0 just stepped on of
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WantAd--.Ynlcan.

When Jupiter, in moment of i'm
patience, kicked his son, Vul AN. down
from Olympus, the latter struck Il
very eccentric orbit; it took him nine
days to come from heaven to earth
through cloudless sky. He broke a
a leg in the fall, and there was not
enough wind left III him to fill the
lungs of a good sized mosquito. His
conduct while here on earth was very
little to Ills credit, and we are some
what surprised, at this late day, to
| find SO much interest manifested as
to his whereabouts. He is, however,
chiefly interesting to men as the hus-
baud of Venus, and the women as the
father of Cupidon. He was not hap
py in his domestic relations. Mrs.
Nnlcan was of rather a lively turn of
mind. Mars was Il frequent visitor at
the house. They had desperate
Irritation together, which finally re-
suited in a terrible scandal, brought
abeHt through certain revelations
made by Ph9bus.
1t caused ut the time great excite
ment on Mount Olympus, was sort
of Beecher-TiltOn affair, and has been
handed down from the fabulous ages
as snlemn warning to all men who
put their trust III beautiful blondes.
Now, we could readily understand
that astronomers, philosophers and
poets might earnestly seek to inter-
view Venus with the hope of getting
at Il true version of her alleged ec-
centricities, pointing out the folies
of her past life, and giving her some
good, wholesome advice; but that
they should search the suns disc for
that lame old reprobate her husband,
is beyond comprehension. A very
distinguished astronomer tells of the
many unsuccessful searches which
have been made for Vulcan, and winds
up by giving the following concise
and lucid advice those who may de
sire to watch tho sun's disc with the
hope of discovering his Whereabouts:
The time between Lescarbault's
observations in 1889 and that of Lum-
mis- in 1872 Hust be divided into such
Il number Of synodic revolutions that
some other number of synodic revolu-
tions previous to 1859 would carry us
back To Sidebotham's observations iu
1919. These two intervals must be
commensurate, and the real sNnotlic
revolution must be common factor.
1t may not be the largest common
faetor, aud probably is not the small
est commons factor. so that there are
several possible orbits which would
satisfy these three observations. Then
we must consider the interval between
the observations of Fritscli in 1902
ila.d- al Deculpis in 1889, which must
he divisible into II whole of equal
svnodic revulntions.a
Just SO. Could any thing he clearer 2
Should any policeman ont of employ
ment feel desirous of making d search
for Vulcan, the following description
of his personal appearance when last
seen may possibly be of use:
" His breast was hairy, his forehead
was blackened with smoke, he held a
hummer in his right arm raised in the
air ready to strike, he was covered
With sweat. He had on beard of
some months growth. "a small round
cap on the top of his head, and no
other clothing. He limps in walking,
and is lame of the right Leg
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NEW S ITEM S.

Gen. Tchernayeff is at Belgrade.
The Palace hotel, Topeka, Kansas,
burned.
Cardinal Antonelli died Monday
morning. -
Sixteen Iusiness houses burr,
Grenada, Miss.
Boyce's fax factor,s~''' M''n'is' -
diana, burned.
Decrease Of national debt IN DC
tober, S3,8S3, 139.
4 Thousand Spanish tronps arrived
at gavana, Saturday.
President MacMahon has pard"ned
tlfty-tWo Communists.
Gov. Tilo,n made speech IN
Brooklyn, SATURDAY night.
The works of the nuffalo Hardware
Company burned. Loss $4,000.
Mr.. Walter, editor of the. London
Times. dined with President Grant.
Official investigation shows 500
persons killed by Turks IN Bulgaria
The Produce and Manufacturer,
Rank of fTitusyille, Pa, has suspended
/ One death from yellow fever "A
Savannah, Tuesday. Six on MohtiaN
Il trhe schooner Warner wrecked "l
4 the coast of Labrador. Only one ma
! ! saved. ck,,
The American brig Mary A. Chas
fouudered at sea. The crew wei
rescued.
The town of Orleans, Ind, W.
!. flooded by heavy rains. Damas
s75, 200.
The schooner Early Bird was abal
doned at sea and three of the ere
drowned.
a italian elections have resulted
= favor of the government by u lar
: majority.
: John A. Lee committed suicide
u Augusta, Ga, by shooting himself
:, the head.
n A number of lottery agents WI
20 arrested in New York and their sto
70 confscated.
~ "a A deficiency of 100000 is reporf
n n in the accounts of the Philadelp
- city Treasurer.
he The record of newspapers for
he tober shows eight dailies started
six suspended.
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PATTON, THE TnUNDERER.-The e..
Louis Democrat says:
We thought that the campaign coId
hardly end before we heard frona ar
friend Patton of Louisiana, and Pt-
ton has been heard in tones ofthundr.
He has telegraphed in alarm to te
chairman of the New York Democraic
committee, saying that in New r.
leans ten thousand Democratic Gil
zens are now being arrested" ;" Patpn
always does things on a large scse,
and there is something SO maiesticlr
the magnitude of his news that it ist'
be regretted that he did not compile
his bulletin by adding that the el
thousand Democratic citizens ht
been arrested by twenty teousn'
Radical deputy marshals, dragged e
fore fifteen hundred justices of II
peace and made to give bail ia b
snm of g, s,00a, 900.
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Discipline at Sea.

From all accounts the captain of
man -of-war must he u very unhappy
being. He is grand, you know, but
he is lonesome. He has his separate
cabin, dimes alone, reads alone, and
when he ascends the deck, all of the
officers at once cross to the other side
to leave him one side nnohstructed.
He could not be more left alone it he
had the small -pox. Officers claim that
this unbending rigidity of behavior is
alone of the most potent elements of
discipline with Il crew. The crew OF
a man-of- war is largely made mp of
reckless, dangerous men. In number
they would always be able to seize
upon the small arms of the ship and
overpower the officers aud turn the
vessel into piratical cruiser. To
keep down n gang of reckless men of
this class the slightest infraction of II
rigid discipline can not be passed over
unnoticed.
A story told of Commodore Ammcn,
of the navy, the inventor of the steam
ram. illustrates how important is nm
hesitating action in case of mutiny.
So severe are the penalties for mntiny
aud 40 closely are the men held III
check that mutinies of late have been
very rare. At the close of the war
Ammen was the captain of Pacific
Mail steamer. He had shipped as II
part of his crew IL lot of soldiers, men
who had been sailors before the war,
but had served since that time in the
army. They were il reckless, bad lot.
Almost before the steamer had left
New York it WAS evident that there
was going to be trouble. These sail
nrs Haunted at the grub furnished
them aud said they must have as good
as the cabin passengers. One day
the affair eliminated by this gang
forming and coming aft, when they
entered the saloon. They were headed
by two despcrudoes who had melted
the mutiny. At their appearance sev
tepred their services to Ammeu. He
thanked them mildly. but said he
ouli not need their help. He walked
forward Iauguidly toward the mnti
ueers, aud without giving them time
to say Il word. he took ont his watch
and said: "Nnw, men, | want you
to go right back To the fokestl. |
will give you enc minnie to go."
Ammcn has The nppearence of :, be-
nevolent old deacon who would weep
with pain at the necessity oi killing
fly. His voice was AS soft as if his
mouth was lined with plush velvet,
and as sweet as a maiden'S whisper
when Ainlplius first encircles her
tinid waist.
When he said sftnirlt'sta the men,
g Now, want You to 60 right back
to the fnkesel," the leaders grinned.
This nntiny WAS to succeed too east
ly. Su during the minute they scoffed
ut the old man, At precisely sixty
seconds after the expiration of Am
mems remarks he raised Il pistol and
shot one of tho ringleadrss dead.
" Will You go back to the fokesA?"
said Ammcn to the second iingleader
aleasantly. The man hcsitated; q
| tis<h "a report, and he, too, fell dead.
Me deadly, persistent blandness OF
Amm,n's composure drove terror
throug, .he ranks of the mutineers.
They Vet forward, and there was
never anymore trouble. This prompt
action alon> saved a very rich stlp
aud a large n,mder of passengers from
plumber, outrage and murder WASH
ington Correspondent Chicago Times.
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AnAnelIi'S Death.

The death # Cardinal Antodlli
closes @ ,itio;,', ait oa,ee,3f the greatest o.
the pontificate of Grrt dr,. p',,'y9 W. ""HI Ia
Prime Minister under ~ - * f,e
life of this ambitious alit; - III,
statesman has embraced ss ~ nf Il.
most stirring periods in the st.r,f
the Church of Rome. Into shais
was committed the secular powe,t
the papacy. How unrelentingly 81
astutely he welded it, the world S
long since known. The Pontif, g.
cious in demeanor and endearedp
multaudes of the people by his nj
fortunes and the vicissitudes whl
he has endured, has noe been assd
ated in the minds of most men wi
the willy, scheming aud naughty ca
nal who served his falling State
we'll. Antonelli has bravely fons
against the resistiess march of even
But he must have tasted the bite
ness of death when fhe last vestige'
the temporal power of the Holy S
disappeared, and Rome became I
capital of united Italy. There vi
in these later days, less opportunt
fer the exercise of his commando
abilities and, though he has in
time played many parts which Gang
the attention of the tcivilized wor
it is not likely that his removal
death will have the slightest effect
any court of Europe outside of
Vatican.
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sy Monroe Ifetligencer The gin
lrouse on the West Side plantation,
belonging to the uiccession nf Col. G.
II. Mnrrsson, withabout fifteen bales
ef cotton, was dcstl'~ed by fire.
tg Attakapas Regater Glorious
weather for the cane. The rain and
cool weather has put onshe finishing
stnnei. IL il isestinafed tIhtssSt.. Mary
will produce this year 10000 hogs
beads OF sugar, ne there nere,was finer
prospect.
Fv st. james Sentinel: \ corn
housc belonging to H. Q. Cdomb's
Columbia plantation took fire and |
was burned Co the ground. The bfld- |
lug contained quantity at corn, tsy
and wood, valued at about si2ut
which was ali consumed.
~ Omlousas Courier Most of
the sugar planters in our parish have
begun grinding. We have had an
other rain since our last issue, the
weather is favorable, and the yield
promises to be a good one. The cot
ton picking season lis nearly over.
w Ibcrville South: We are relia-
bly informed that the great Leveqne
levee, i'm the Parish of West Baton
Rouge, has cnyed into the river. II
imme,liate attention is not paid To
this great cave, great extent of couil-
try will he subject to overflow at the
nexs high water. We call the atten-
4ion of the State authorities to this
matter aud we hope the Levee Board
willact promptly.
E Vermiiiun Banner, Nov. !:
Nearly all the planters OF this parish
isye commenced rolling this week.
we learn that the yield is tolerahly
good, but the weather has been too
warm and dry for large yield
Mr.. David Frank WIS dangerously
stabbed last Thursday night at ne
gro bal at this place. We are in
formed that Mr.. Frank charges Mr.
Vnorhies Trahan with the stabhlnS,
and Mr.. Tralsan denies it.
w New Iberia Sugar Bolrt, Nov
2: Some of our planters will make
a ruu this week, but the majority VIII
wait till after the November elections
before starting their mills. The canes
are not well matured, aud We're much
injured hy the long drouth. The late
rains, although perhaps of no mater'a
benefit to the cane to be ground, has
been of preat service to that portion
mt up for seed. More rain is needed
and NAV come in tiule to Keep tlit
seed canes in q good state of preser
yation.
V st. John Mcschdeebe: On Fri
day, October "a, died in the parish Q
st. Mary, at the age of IS years, Mr.
Gabriel Laclaire Fuselier, one of tII'
unknown great men of Louisiana
After completing his education at th'
college of Ste Barbe, in France, wher'
he graduated with high DONORS, Mr
Fuselier settled as planter on Bayol
Teche. He was eminent:y successful
aud was considered one of the riches
men of that rich section at the begin
ming of the war. Although then All
vageed in age he took an active par
in the bioaay contest, was twice cap
tured by the Federals. and twlc
made his escape. His unhounde'
generosity to the ragged soldiers 9
the Confederacy is still fresh III tn
memories of the members OF til
Eighteenth Louisiana regiment. III
"Chasseurs " of st. James will Ion
remember the modest hero of the pa'
ish of ST. Mary.
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SQUARES.

Transient advertisements 81 90 persquare
first insertion; each subsequent insertion,
10 eents.
All official notices 81 90 per square each
publication.
Editorial notiees-in local columns, 90
eeuts per line.
Brief communications upon subjects OF
public interest solicited.
No attention paid to anonymous letters.
The editor is not responsible for the views
Of correspondents.
Address: CHIEF. Donaldsonvillc. In.
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AGENTS FOR tue CHIEF.

ASCENSION PARISH.
WIN. G. Wilkinson, Donaldsonviile, La.
Or. John Dominique. neminiqUe's Landing
Augustus Knight, Iinwood Plantatlen.
John Dixon. New River.
=. B. Hahar,. - a.
Alex Meyers, Manehae and Port Vincent.
RLsEwHERE.
J. Curtis Wnl6p, New Orleans, La.
tlee. p Rowell& Co.. New York.
Rowell g. Chesnan, St Louis, Missouri.
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DEMOCRATIC EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE.

In pursuance to the call made by Hon
Thomas Y. Simons, member of the National
Executive Committee for South Carolina, the
State Democratic Central Executive Com
mittee assembled in Columbia last Thursday
evening. The following gentlemen were
present: M. G. Butler, of Edge6eld, Chair
man Thomas Y. Simons, M. P. O'Connor
and F. w. Dawson, of Charleston; S. P.
Hamilton, of Chester; Samuel MCGOWAN, OF
Abbeville; johnson Hagood, of Barnwell
William Wallace, of Richland; W. S. Simp'
SOD, of Laurens j. S. Richardson, of Sum
ter; and w. w. Sellers, of Marion.
The committee, after a free and earnest in
terchange of opinion, fully recognizing the
gravity of the situation, prepared an address
to the people of the State, recommending the
immediate and thorough organization of the
Democratic voters of the State, as vital for
the public welfare, and preparatory to State
Convention to be held at future date. In
the address, which We shall publish next week,
the committee sustain Governor Chamberlain
in the stand he has taken in favor of honest
government and incorrupt officials.
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cJRCUIT COURT.

The January term of the Court of Com.
mon Pleas and General Sessions for York
county, his Honor Judge T. j. Mackey pre-
siding, convened at IL o'clock last Monday
The following grand jury was empanelled to
serve during the present year:
White.-James E. Smith. Foreman; John
R. Alexander William j. Collins, E. N. Da-
wilson, B. F. Garrison, Robert H. Harris,
William S. Moore, W. j. Martin, Reuben
Nance, William H. Stewart, Robert A. Steele,
@. M. Wallace, John B. Whitesides. Color
ed-William Crawford, Bristoe Davidson
Jesse johnson.
The charge of his Honor to the grand jury
was quite brief, containing only instructions
in general way as to their duties as the
grand inquest of the county.
The following petit jurors were empanelled
to serve during the present term: r
JURY No. 1.-White-J. H. Barry, Fore
man w. j. Anderson, E. G. Culp, James
Dillingham;, w. D.. CASTOR, j. H. Hood, Jas.
Kimbrell. CoLored.-Richard Barry, George
Brum6eld, John Erwin, Samuel Faulkner,
D. H. Hetherington.
JURY No. 2.-Wbite-J. G. Minter, VIM.
J. Miller, VIM. S. Starr, z. D. Smith, James
A. Ratchford, w. A. H. Wilson, G. S. Will
son, Wm. w. White, W. H. Warlick, T. P.
Whitesides. Colored.-Prince Mckinney,
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FATAL ACCIDENTS.

Mr.. B. R. Miller, worthy and respected
citizen of Bethel township, in this county, at
tempting to tighten key of the master-wheel
of the horsepower attached to bis cotton.gin
while it was in motion, on Wednesday Of last
week, became entanged in the gearing of the
band.wheel and an arm of the master-wheel,
which drew the lower portion Of bis body
through space of only three inches, crush
ing it in fearful manner, from the effects OF
which he died in forty eight hours after being
hurt Mr.. Miller was one of our most ener
getic citizens, and at the time Of the unfortu'
nate occurrence was in the prime of his life.
On last Thursday, at the plantation OF Mr.
D. T. Partlow, near Wright's Ferry in this
county, colored boy named Jeff Dixon, met
with almost similar accident, which was
likewise fatal in its results. He attempted to
correct some arrangement in the parts of the
horsepower of cotton-gin, while the ma
chinery was in motion, and was crushed be-
tween two wheels, killing him almost in
stantly.
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fjan&ial a1l6 Gonrnnrtia!l!.,s

yopVILLE, January r. CoTToN: 81 10 l2a.
TIVRPOOL, January R.-Cotton.-Dull
,,;ddsg uplands, 8 1s-l6d.5 .'n aat8a aiihdetl
mlGtTISRL OTTE, Jan. l0.-C0TToN.gSThe market
10 easier on Saturday last at the following
ciGSy: cog: Good middling, 12a; middling, 1A low
pLmilling, 12s; good ordinary IL; lower grades
hour, hfS $500 to $3.50 per sack from wagons,
IN, 60 to 65 cents per bushel; Peas, 80 TO 50;
Its IS to 60. d. .eG ..ni ss., g., 2,. ~. "a. -
NEW YORK, Jan. 12.-CoTToN.-Strict good
ordinary, l2s; good ordinary, II 7-18 ordinary,
10. Futures quiet-January, Is l-32 to Is, i-l8;
February. l3 3-l6 to IS 7-S2; March, 1915 TO IL
1880: Hpril, I3 2l-S2 to- l3 1l-l6; MaysElStsto ID
90 SO; june, IA 1-18 TO l4s. ,,,ly sszgyEf nl<y
Comparative Cotton statement ',sy,, 4,
NEW YORK, January 1.-THE following 70
the comparative cotton staterne ent Tor the wee week
ending to-day: .aSt0. Inn oos 80 ;oo,1oo
Total receipts to 4zzZS 1yo, " ,SH ,ssS
Exports for the week, ,......... ~, - 1I,asS
Total exports to date 6Ss i,dI0,c1S
Stock at all United States ports w u s4aas ,as
Stock at interior towns..., ,ooaCo
Stock at Liverpool aoSWv
American afioatfor Great Britain, ,290, ,OO0
.#a ,l3 AFtnancia1.ilEie sStls5 81 Y SO 80.
NEW YORK, Jan. l2-@Gold 12e TO ~. isslsa !.
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Sgetiial 89tllIls'sl.. tees.
Lee Monument Associations

Editor Esquirer:-The Board OF Directors OF
the above Association, have requested me 70 acs
as a Commissioner in Yorkvillep and ithe county,
for the purpose of enabling our people 70 Join 1n
the patriotic effort Of rearing 2 monument y
Gen. ROBERT E. LEE, and his followers, IN l,i the
Army of Virginia. The bare announcement OF
this object would seem to be sufficient 70 secure
for it the prompt recognition Of those Of our peo-
pie, able to contribute. '' ~. . 'aa D't>.'t
As January 18th is the anniversary; Of General
Lees birthday, 1t is suggested by the Board, that
active work to secure contributions be had on
that day. Will the little boys and girls Of York
Vile and Rock Hill, and Of other populous neigh
borhoods, organize themselves into committees
to solicit contributions on that dayi All contri-
buttons should be handed to me, with names OF
donors. so that the county may have proper Of
IL, Tet ~. fellow w-citizens, remember the noble
dead for their sacrifice was at our bidding Hit
- a.. jTaH4Na ~. JAMES F.HART. 4