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Milford chronicle., 1878-10-04
A New Orlea ,Cemetery.

In the cemeterie at New Orleans
everything is quiet d orderly. But
few graves, comparP y, are dug, the
remains being, for most part, de.
posted in the oven-li aults for which
New Orleans is famoQ When the body
is deposited in the ed barely sunk
below the surface, fl 7Eo and half
feet there is wafer. %potter's field,
however, there ], rs .'nNand horrible
hurry. When hYh ,,1tOf dead come
out at once a treIic6 &. $Rug capable of
holding five or Sax. 4Ais is just deep
enough to enable the yorkmen to cover
the coffin nothing. l9c,,o., Some of the
dead are in rough Eoxee loosely held to-
gether-others in piuSd cofins, bearing
the name in chalk. , o distinguishing
mark is placed upon l. grave but in
one obliteratlng sweeHf1e burial is ac-
corapished, and = ''Ndtity of the friend
less dead is lost ful,.
To enter into port S;Of the scenes
of misery resulting y the plague
would require the pendT Of Dore and the
genius of Poe. A visit ito the quarters
of the poor reveals ST. 4te of destitution,
disease and death that fle mind refuses
to accept as reality andFemembers only
as a fevered, horrible dream. To every
sense there comes a horror, and with the
blstering heat of the Esl'ient's brow still
burning the palm, tbs stencil of filth
and disease yet filing lbs nostrils, the
sound of the groans and curses and
prayers and shrieks ofShe lelirlous ring
ing in his ears, and wi -. his eyes still
haunted by the imagea of the writh1ng
FORMS. swollen featureg and maniacal
expression of the sick, Or ny the memory
or the discolored, spotted, hideously
yellow dead-the visitor to the lazar
house passes out, only to think and dream
Ghe scenes over and over again without
2espite, until even imagiaatio z nd mem
lry are exhausted al. DC uInd refuses
5G act.
,Still, in the calm be&ify of these ex-
luisite southern nights, :Ehen the last
,ar has hummed into dikttnee, and un-
orollen silence folds theScity, look forth
nto the peace of. the mi t5Hl;t street and
in? it hard to believe tlTs& within circle
,a> mile radius there are ten thou
ia sufferers tossing OH thS bed of fever,
md That an invisible specte is beckon-
hundred duy to tlfF grave.
Milford chronicle., 1878-10-04
Russian Honesty.

During the late war Russian general
wrote that he had purchased thousand
oxen for food for his men, and sent on
vouchers and drafts. A few days later
he wrote that the murrain had broken
out and that he had lost two hundred
head of cattle, and that the remainder
he considered it wise to have slaugh-
tered, sailed and timed, bills of which
were forwarded, There came another
letter, to say that having his doubts as
to whether the meat was fit for food he
had employed a chemist to analyze it.
and the man of science had declared it
dangerous stuff, hence he had had the
meat thrown into the sea, in proof of
which he inclosed the analysts report
and bill and the bill for taking the meat
out to sea and throwing it overheard.
Milford chronicle., 1878-10-04

"Alden went to MAJOR Edsall, in
Goshen. and found that knew what l
was talking about. Then lie struck up
a bargain and gave jersey Bill $500 for
the mare. and threw in an old wagon.
Goldsmith got Bill Bodine, who has the
track at MiddletOwn, to handle the mare.
don't think that any one else would
have had the faith in the animal, and the
patience to try and make anything out
of her. Bill Bodine says that Goldsmith
would have parted with her for almost
anything, any time for a month or two
after he got her. Tt took four men to
hitch her up when they first commenced at
her, and she came near killing Bill once
or twice. But he conquered her, and
then everybody began to see there was
stuff in her. Instead of the 800 Alden
promised me, he offered me Volunteer
colt. I didn't think much of Volunteer
stock then, and wouldn't take it. I told
Goldsmith I would call it square if he'd
let me name the mare. wanted to her
her Ella D., after my wife. But Alden
wanted his name to her, and he called
her Goldsmith Maid, and that's the way
the matter stands to-day.
w ull0 Dill OOOlu6 WIS uhuulluS IIlO
mare he met Ed. Brown, of Port Jervis,
now one of the. Under Sheriffs of this
county. Brown had a mare that he
thought was a good ene, and he and Bill
made match for $500 to trot Lady
Brown, as"she was called, against Gold
smiths mare. That was tie first race
the Maid was ever entered for. It was
to come off in Middletown, and the for
felt was $50. But Goldsmith wouldn't |
recognize BodiDe's action in the matter,
and entered his mare IN a race at Goshen |
on the same Gay the race was Ito come |
off in Middletown. Bill had TO pay his |
$50 forfeit. The race in Goshen was
with the New York flyer for those days,
Gen. Walker. The Maid beat him easy,
and that was her first public race. I
lon't know whether the price that Gold
smith got for the mare when he sold her
vas ever made public OF not, but he told
ne that ne got $40, 900 for her, and that
yas cheap enough. 1 take considerable
5ride in the fact" Mr.. Decker con
,luded, "that ] brought the brilliant
title mare out into notice. Salthough I
eel that I let fortune slip away from
ne wheh accepted Jerse%Bill's check"
Milford chronicle., 1878-10-04
What it Costs.

To write {" NJ. P" after ones name
costs youud spm for the privilege. At
a recent election in England an unsuc-
cessful candidate for Parliament ex-
pended GS. 1856 16s. 3D., while the cleo
tion of his rival cost e10,000. In the
expense account Of the defeated candi-
date we're the following items :e3, 1876
15s. for conveyances and railway
rasses;' e2, 0s Sd. for "ageney .
81 .443 Ss. 10d. for "rooms. clerks. can
vassers and messengers" and G977 rs.
I'd for " advertising and stationery"
The coutest IN Argylshire. Scotland, two
weeks ago, involved outlays estimated
at G20.00O In addition to the ordinary
sources of expense each candidate had a
ANAL feet OF steamers at his service.
Milford chronicle., 1878-10-04
The Mound Builders.

Two years ago, says a, vspaper cor
respondent, a student of { nell Univer-
sltJ, and myself, foTmE, of Kenyon
College, obtained 1lor'.,@ from The
wlier of the p |,h a noted
mo und is situata$, -~IIe. Ohio.
to make an op35 Ms..4' Ne imme.
diI Itely began OxuavatiD@ ilftiosb center
~ q Mt in the top of the StinyH.d. After
7 aging downward about5rlp9ee and a
feet through richr tyack soil
w, ,ch had evidently been 4 J3med by the
delay Of leUvrs Ftnd vyy,KT3; S,AnSl1mI'Ia-
ton of many years-we dii Kl a hu-
man skeleton. lying in al 3edingIy
singular position. The Of the
legs we've crossed in such ner as TO
permit the'feet to be neal loulders
One hand was placed nea lead, and
the other by the side. V so found
near one of the hands q hatchet.
All the bones were relnON... with great
care and were found to be in rather a
good state of preservation. Large guam
titles of charcoal were intermingled with
the soil about the skel6 ton. One re-
markable popularity about the submax-
Hilary or jawbone of the specimen is that
the teeth are perfectly round and very
smooth on the crown or top.
We found, however. greater wonders
than this discovery to recompense our
labors. Our spades soon came in con-
tact with dry bone-dust and charcoal
and from this point to the base or bot
tom of the mound, distance of twelve
feet, there was nothing to be found but
these substances. It is evident that
hundreds of bodies hsveSbeen burned
here, and that this beautiful green ele-
vation of ground was once funeral pile
for ancient races.
Milford chronicle., 1878-10-04

TELEGRAPH1Ne. In the matter of
gross revenue, the Western Union heads
the list with ain income of very nearly
$10,000,000. England comes next with
SO, 100000, Russia has S4,4O7. ZOO,
France, So, ,255, 900; Germany, SO, 034,-
900 !; Austria Hungary, 81, $40, GOO; Jta-
ly, 81, 445, 900; India, 1910, 900, and
Spain, 1857, 900. Mono of the other coun-
tries which have furnished returns have
a larger revenue than half a million dol
lars from kilograms.
Milford chronicle., 1878-10-04
>. 1 can't hold this baby anv lone

-. 1 can't hold this baby any longer. "
called out the young husband and father;
i" It's getting too heavy" "Pshaw.
Edward" replied mufied voice from
the other side Of the room "you used
to hold me for hours and never COM
plain, and baby is but as a feather COM
pared to what 1 Was" 81 was q fool. "
said Edward. And she wasn TOO sleepy
to dispute with him.
You can always tell a gentleman by
where he spits.
Milford chronicle., 1878-10-04

CUTTING FODDER CoRN I take out
two rows from every four, leaving the
two outside rows standing. Cutting only
half instead of cutting clean as far as one
goes has several advantages. The fod-
der cut suffers no loss, and the rows
which remain after the others have been
removed secure great deal more air and
sunlight than when standing thick.
Milford chronicle., 1878-10-04
TWO. POEMS-

When DestH from some fair face
Ia stealiy1e life away,
All EeeRk says che, the grace
hat earth shall lose to-day.
When Time from some fair facO
Steals beauty year by year,
For her slow-fadiug grace
Who sheds, save she, a tear3
And death not OftenIares
Sowake the worlds distress;
Willie Time. the cunning, mars
Surely all lOveliness.
Yet though by presth and breadth
Fades all nur fAtrcst prime,
Men shrinh nom cruel Death,
. But honor crafty Time
The branching shades, in wOCL- and gladcs,
Seem to the under-fern
Wide as the night that leaves no light;
Noshape can they discern.
And we, who seek in senses weak
Loves form to entertain,-
So far Loves whole o'erspreads the SOUL.
Too oft see only pain.
FRANCIS W. BowDILLA.
Milford chronicle., 1878-10-04

Nearly all the British East Indian
troops have been sent home from Cy.
prus.
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1878-03-12
Religious.

Mr.. EDIroR: The Union of the
Southern section Of the Moriah Associa-
ton and the Moriah Union will both
meet at Sand Hill Baptist Church,
Kershaw County, Tor the purpose Of
forming one Uni,n of she ,w', on Friday
before the fifth Sunday in March. The
following will be the business Of the
Southern section:
1st. A subject TO be discussed viz:
What effect has hope on the Christian $
life? Rev. John Fail to introduce the
subject.
End. An Essay tn be read by Mr.. j.
S. Gardner. Subjec;-what are the
evidences that a person is not converted
or born again?
Ord. An Essay to he read by Mr.. j.
n. Jones. Subject-to be chosen by
himself:
Mr.. Editor please publish the above.
and you will greatly oblise
Yours Respectfully,
A. s. WILLEFoRD,
Mod. S. S. NJ. W.
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1878-03-12
Nateree Free Bridge.

Mr.. EDITOR As very unnecessary and
often severe comment is made against
the County Commissioners, in regard to
the Free Bridge across the Waterce
river, and as credence is too frequently
given to bold assertions and unjust crit
icism, by many who are not acquainted
with the actual status OF affairs, allow
me, very briefly, to state some facts in
this connection.
The old Board of County Commis-
sloners we're unable, owing to their un-
certain tenure Of Office, and the many
eulbarrassmcnts that surrounded them
at the time, to make specific tax levy
fnr the repair Of bridges, highways, &c.
This left the new Board with an empty
treasury for all such purposes, and the
law dis inctly declares that no fund shall
he diverted from one channel to another.
| might, If necessary, quote the exact
language of the law upon this subject,
but it is unnecessary. Now, in this
unhappy condition. what were they to
do? Many will say, "Why, borrow the
money" Nowhere are the County Com.
missioners allowed to borrow money,
except in certain cases, other than the
one mentioned, and only then with the
consent Of the Legislature. This being
the case, they were left entirely without
funds without too, any means to b"r-
row-and the next best thing 10 be
done. was quickly done, aud that was to
ask the merchants Of the town to meet
item in consultation, and see it some
means could not be devised to put this
costly structure in safe condition. 1t
will seem strange, strange indeed, that
men whose interests We're so at stake,
whose trade, to large extent, depended
upon the western side Of Wster'e river,
would be so oblivious to their interests
as to ignore call of such vital impor-
tance, but your correspondent was in
formed, by member oi the Board, that
out of sccrtecn inritdtions, one lone
man responded. Now, this being u
plain, unvarnished statement of facts,
can the blame not rest somewhere else
beside upon the shoulders of the wor-
thy board of intelligent gentlemen who
now constitute the Board Of County
Commissioners? Surely it must. Can
not, then, some Of our en;crprlSing mcr-
chants devise some means to save this
property, so valuable to the town Of Cam
den If not, it must, from present ind-
cations, 20. aud no thoughtful man will
deny that it is one Of the main avenues
to the business prosperity OF the town.
Let it 90 to decay and ruin, and all
of the cotton and trade from Longtown,
Spears Crock, Bear Creek. aud their
surroundings, will seek other sources,
and this | am sure would be extremely
disastrous to the town.
WEST WATERLE.
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1878-03-12
Xlae @amaeH Journal,
w. ID. TRANTHAM, Editor.
G. e. ALEXANDER,
Business Manager,
CAMDEN, S. c., MARCH II, 1873.
The Debt Question Settled.

The debt question, which has been
the subject Of discussion in the Legisla-
turc for nearly two weeks, and the
termination O! which has been regarded
with the greatest anxiety by all the peo-
pie Of the State, may now be considered
as practically settled in a manner honor
able to the State and satisfactory to her
creditors. The terms Of the settle
ment, for which We are indebted 10 the
Necs and Courier, as agreed upon in
the Democratic caucus on Saturday, are
briefly as follows:
A sufficient tax shall be levied to pay
the interest upon the Consolidation debt
Tor the current year, funds for the interest
of last year being now in the treasury
three circuit Judges. to be named by
the Legislature, shall pass upon the va
li3ity Of claims reported against py 'he
Bond Commission, the State having the
right Of appeal to the Supreme Court
the interest on the debt recognized as
valid by the Bond Commission shall be
paid the interest on disputed claims
shall be paid whenever their validity
shall be established no bonds oil
stocks issued since April, 1868, shall be
funded under the Consolidation Act
until they shall have been examined and
found valid; and the Little Bonanza
debts and the unfunded debts..and liabll'
tiles of the State. including the bills Of
the Bank of the State, and excepting
only advances made for the Lunatlc
Asylum and State Penitcntiary, shall
be funded at fifty cents on the dollar in
six per cent. bonds.
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1878-03-12

ability, and many other ennobling traits
best fitted him to become the leader OF
the people. and the Governor OF the
State we should name Hampton. We
are anxious to do justice to the last, and
willing to see him again made the Gov
ernor of South Carolina, regardless OF
the fact that, in the opinion OF many,
his administration has been marked by
some serious mistakes. The people are
generous and charitable, and are un-
willing to have Butler and Gary de-
nounccd as "e.rtren,ists," realizing as
they do, that they are entitled to their
own opinions, and that the largest
comparative majorities given for lIamp-
ton, in the last election, came from
Aiken, Edgcfld, Larrens, Union and
Spartanburg, which have heretofore
been regarded as the most Independent
and extreme counties of the State; be-
cause they resisted Radical rule, and
were most enthusiastically Democratic.
They have not forgotten the noble self
sacrifice of Kershaw, nor the services OF
many other G Garolinians, who have bound
themselves to The State with hooks Of
steel nor will they cease to remember
Hampton, who in obedience to their call,
took the "Stright Out" Democratic bau-
rer of reform, from that August conven-
ton, and with the support of the peo-
pie, and the assistance Of their other
leaders, bore it in triumphal march to
victory. No man is greater than the
party or the people, and now that the
battle has been won. and the enemy
routed, we should not quarral over the
spoils, and allow them to reunite their
shattered ranks, but every leader should
obey the demands of the people, that
the march Of the "Staight Out Demo
cracy" shall be continued until the cn-
tire State is redeemed. Let US do jus
tice to Gov. Hampton, and as far as i:
consistent with our best interests, unhes
tatingly support his administration, and
place tho Democratic banner in hi
hands again in the next campaign.
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1878-03-12
Editorial Items.

| c4iOS1 2cs1 4tOAhS'
Ex-senator Ben Wade, of Ohio, i.
dead-died the Cd instant.
One hundred and twenty.threc men
and twenty-five women committed sui
eide in New York City last year.
THE University bill has passed both
houses of the General Assembly, re.
ceived the Governors approval, and
now only awaits ratification.
The Gcorgians Gre troubled about
Senator Hill. lie has been on every
side of the silver bill. They wart to
know what is his position on the subject
at the present time.
THE press of of the State, with few
exceptions, iavors standing by the
pledge of the Democratic party and tho
settlement Of the State debt as accom-
plished under the Consolidation act.
The veterans of 1912. whose names
were sicken from the pension rolls be-
cause of their sympathy with the South
in the late war, have had restored to
them all Of their rights and immunitics
az survivors of war of 1912.
JUDGE COOKE announces that, though
defeated in a re election to Circnit
Juagrship, he is unalterbly allied with
the Democratic party, and that hence.
forth, for veal or woe, he will act in
concert with it,
PEACE both between Russia and
Turkey, and Spain and Cuba has been
proclaimed. Russia gets about all she
wanted, and Cuba renews her allegiance
to Spain upon the most favorable terms
that she could have asked.
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1878-03-12
the Supply Bill.

The bill for raising supplies for the
present fiscal year, which the Committee
on Ways and Means has recently com
plcted and presented to the House Of
Representatives, fixes the general State
tax. exclusive of the two mill school
tax, at at fue and One-hav mills. ln
addition to this there will be the regular
County tax of three mills, and an extra
tax of perhaps two mills for past indebt-
edness, the bridge tax, and the poll tax
which is limited to persons between
twenty and sixty years of age. The
taxes are payable in gold and silver
coin and national bank notes. in two
equal instalments. in May and October.
It is however made optional to pay the
May instalmcnts in May, or the whole
in October with a penalty OF six per
cent on the first ins,alment.
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1878-03-12

ITp to last accounts the debate in
the Legislature upon the debt question
was still going on. Tho decision,
though very earnest, has in the main
been characterized by that courtesy and
fairness which one would expect Of the
Representatives oflhs Democratic party.
It is not known on what day a vote will
be reached in either house, but it seems
that those in favor of re-adjustmcnt are
in The minority.
THE next State tax will be five and
half mills. This, with the school tax
of two mills, regular county tax, tax
for payment of past Indebtedness, bridge
tax, &C., will make the total tax for
this county about thirteen mills, which
is very decided Improvement upon
the levies made few years ago, when
We paid twenty and twenty-five mills.
But the tax must soon be made much
lower still.
Col. James ~. Hoyt, Editor Of the
Columbia Register, but formerly of the
Anderson Mteltigencer, at recent con-
vcution Of the Democracy of Anderson
County resigned the position of chair
man of the County Executive Commit
tee, position that he had filled with
signel ability and fidelity for several
years. He is succeeded by the present
Young and talantei EDITOR of the Mfrl-
liqeaccr, Maj. L. B. Murray, under
whose lead the Anderson Democracy
will be safe. Col. Iloyt will hereafter
devote his attention more exclusively
to the management Of the Reyister
which ranks among the most reliable
and ably conducted papers in tho coun-
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1878-03-12
|. O. 0. L.

As stated in your last issue. Mr.. Edi-
tor. that would conclude my remarks on
odd Fellowship by giving statement OF
some Of the advantages accruing to its
membership. | will preface the statement
with II reference to the condition OF the
Order from its first decade TO 1876.
At the close of its first decade, in lS29,
when the Anti Masonic prejudice sIent i:s
uncaled-for fury, the cause received
ficsh impulse, and numerous Lodges were
instituted throughout the United States
and the Territories This impulse was. no
doubt, owing in u large degree. to the ei-
forts of that gosl, pa,riarchal father of the
Order, Thomas Wildey who labored unfal-
teringly in its cause. In 1896, he had Wis
tied England for the purpose Of inducing n
concert of action on the part of the Man.
chester Unity, in the work of the Order.
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1878-03-12
Reconcile Your Differences.

That excellent Democratic paper, the
Carolina Spartan, contains In Its issue
Of the 9th, instan! an admirable editor
ial on the political situation in South
Carolina at the present time. The
suggestions made are so timely, and the
tone of the article so elevated, that we
are constrained to transfer much of 1t
to our columns. Every voter should
read it, and ponder the lesson it teaches.
Weextract
Tn the future, as in the past, if we
wish to succeed we must sink all per-
sonal differences and ambitions, in the
desire 10 secure the success of the
Straight Out" Democracy, and our
battles must be fought, and differences
settled. inside Of the Democratic Party.
Il will not do to allow the Radicals,
either by virtue If superior numbers,
or as holding the balance of power, to
cuidc the destinies of the State, for our
neople have been instinttivcly fighting
for nhite ci,cilization. and it will be a
fatal mistake for us. to suppose that the
Democratic lion and Radical goat will
ever lie down in peace together, or that
the white man will submit to negro or
Radical rule, in part, or as whole, at
any time, in the future. I'rogress must
be the watch word in the next cam
paign, and VIC must move right on in
the next election to the perfect and
complete redemption of the State, until
our people are restored to their own,
not only in the up. but in the low coun-
try. and until white civilization has
been restored IN Beaufort, Georgetown,
charleston and other counties. This
is all necessary, in view OF the great
national contest, which must take place
in 1880, for the complete restoration Of
Constitutional Democratic Government
at Washington. by and through which,
alone, can the State feel secure, in the
enjoyment of home rule.
II will not do to ascrlbe our success
in the last election to any one man, and
our people know full well that it was
the united influence Of many causes,
and many men, which achieved the
victory at the ballot box If We were
asked who precipi,aicd the Straight
Ont" movement, and thereby rendered
the most signal service by saving the
State from making fatal mistake, We
should answer, Butler and Gary, at the
August meeting, where Chamberlain
was cowed, and our valuable ally, Mackey
was converted and also at tho August
convention, when their cloquence and in
Aucnce secured the nomination of Hamp-
ton. If we were called upon to name
the man who has displayed the loitiest
and most unselfish patriotism made the
greatest sacrifices for, and chung to tho
State, working for her redemption,
through good and evil report the fruits
of whose liberal and high minded policy
were reapeed io the last State and na-
tional elections, we should name Ker-
shaw and if it were necessary to point
out the man, whose prestige. remarkable
decision of character, and executive