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The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1879-09-17
The Cotton Crop of lS7S-79

We arc indebted to the Commerciai
and Financial Chronicle for proof
slips of its statement, of the cotton crop
Of the United States for the year end
ing September lst 1879, for which it
appears that the total receipts at the
Atlantic and Gulf shipping ports this
year have been 4 Al ,276 bales, against
4,345, ,545 last year.
The total crop according to the
reckoning Of the National Cotton Ex-
change, already published, is 5,O74,-
ljj--a difference Of only 624 bales
from the total, as given by the Fma7-
ciat Chronicle The close approxima-
ton i'll figures Of the two great author
tiles on the cotton crop is an indica-
ton Of the thorough completeness of
the machinery that Is now used to as
ccftain the result Of the growth. The
most striking feature in the table is
the large increase in the overland
movement for the year, which is put
down at Al, ,255 bales, against 81 $50
bales last year.
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Judge Mackey.

This is the first visit ofJudgc Mack
ey TO our town and most favorable
impression has he made. In convcr-
sation he is lively, bright and interest
ing, being familiar with any subject
that you may bring up, and always
giving new light and information to it.
This makes the Judge exceedingly
popular; but it is not this alone for
which we commend him. As Judge
he is fair and impartial. His charges
are clear, lucid and pointed. He knows
40 one in tie discharge Of his duty,
and while he dispatches with great
rapidity the business of the Court, yet
he does NOT run over with y careless
eye what comes before him. but scrti-
tinizes carefully all thst u bronght
before him. The impression Of the
bar is most favorable, and we are glad
that the Judge has so. impressed odr
'pe.g4c. &C CJmdcH JoTpqf
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a .STRAIGHT0GT TICKET.4


The Following strong straightout
ticket has been ssaminated by- Col. a.
NJ. Speights in the Greonyille City
Item:
For Governor, M. w. Gary.
For Congress-4th District, 7. w.
Woodward,
Col. Speights, in commenting upon
the nomination of Gen. Gary for Gov
ernor, pointedly says;
The suggestion Of Cen. M. w Ga
ry's name as a candidate for Governor,
isas heartily approved by many of
our citizens, as It IS slesp pe1nsely op-
posed by number, Who nSe afraid
that he will tel the fruti, on some cc-
casion, and throw the fat into the fire
This IS the poorest excuse for opposi-
tisa Go q good man we ever heard adj
/. vanced. IfGcn. Gary can't make the
trip because he wont whitcw0sh any.
body, and make saint out OF sin
ner, then things have come to terri
! bic pass. The Democrats Of South
Carolina can ms9kc up their mindsnow,
:odancc squaee upto thr!uusic, and civ,
the prominent working Democrats
seats in front Of aIi~tucracv, or suffer
ngmominious defeat i'll the election.
The Ahhcvillc Ncdiun in its com
mcntS on the above, remarks:
The next campaign in this Statc
will be very unlike anything ever
known in South Carolina politics. Th,
Democratic voters will send men t.
the convention to vote, not for tho
man who has "moot influence with tn,
Republicans and can poll the largest
colorcd vote" but for the best and
trucst Democrat, who will hold the ad
ministration of the laws higher than
the safety Of Il radical criminal anC
the harmony Of the home democracy
more worthy Of consideration than the
pleasure of any outside party or iniiu
"iTuv. Thy ""UI hiuSy Der,,2,rut," .Iv
coming in for share of the honorS.-
They arc tired of family combination.
and little cliqucS. They want fail
play and they are going to have it
1t Is all stuff to say that their claim:
will split the party-this is the old or,
we have ever heard in such cmcrgen
cics. The working Democrats mad,
the party what it is, not for a few
chronic otfice-scckers and 4 spccia
family circle, but for the good of tn,
State. lfthosc who call this treason
do not like the ring ofthc metal they
can organize party on their own &c
count but certainly not shape the fu
turc of the straightout Democracy.
The Lancaster LEDGER, havingiust
about rs much at stake as either ono
of our cotcmpOraries, above quoted
(and with all duo respect to the hon
ora!le gentlemen whose names they
have brought Forward would advise
kindly, that Spcights and Hcmphill
Of the Medium, stick their heads il
their boots and wait awhile.
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LFeonfthe Piedmont Press. =

For the past twenty years the navi-
CATION OF The Catawba river has been u
subject of more Oh less discussion--cs-
pecially in political circles and by citi-
zcns along the river who will be finan-
cially benefited. Eycn as far back as
1S2Oit was thought practicable by our
ioreiathcrs torun boats along this river.
During tkal year Il prospecting com
pany was of the opinion that it would
be Il GOOD investment to put the river
in condition for hoats, and went to tho
expense of having it surveyed, and iu
fact this company went so far ~ to
have work done III the waysof improv-
ing the river Dams and locks Mt
various places were built. Some Of
our readers will remember when work
was being done on the Devil Shoals
above this place. AT this early period
the general government took very
little interest in Improving our inland
streams, The company referred to
was expecting aid from the State, but
this aid failing to come or by some
other means the enterprise was aband-
oncd.
In iS75, when Congress seemed more
favorable towards internal improve
mcn;I, an examination Of the river
was ordered. Con. :, T. Albert, of
Washington, WAS delegated to make
this examination, which was done, but
Congress never took action upon his
report. During the last session Of
Congress the matter was agitatcd
again. Whcrcupon four bills were ny
troduccd for the purpose Of securing
an examination of Catawba river in
North carolina, Catawba river in
South Carolina, Watcrce and Santco
i'll South Carolina. These different
sections all being Il Fart Of ,hc same
stream a combined Arrangement was
effected to have one party do the
whole work. Col. J. VI. Walbrcct, of
Washington, but whose headquarters
are now at Norfolk, Va, was appoint
ed to this service. He for some time
has been engaged in examining the
Ncusc and Trent rivers in the eastern
part of this State but that work
having been accomplished, he pro-
cccdS at once to work on the Catawba
river.
About two weeks ago Col.Walbrcct,
with his corps of assistants, began
making preparations at Old Fort to
descend the river. The other mem
bcrs Of th6 parry are Mcssrs c. De
Witt, +. +. Walbrcct, -. J. Aims
worth and \. VI. Kirkland. After
building Il flat boat and battcau and
getting all their other equipments
arranged, they hoatcd Off down the
rippling Catawha. The weather haS
been very favorable thus far, enabling
them to make rapid progress. They
stopped in Hickory Thursday evening
and stopped to rest a few days and
make some repairs. COL w. informs
us that the trip thus far bo. been
pleasant, and says also Judging from
his prospecting observations it Is alto
gcthcr practicable to navigate the
Catawbo from here 60 GIT l}nrt The
greatest obstruction. found above this
place are Mt Horse Ford and Devil
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Byeniag Report


MEMPHIS, Sept. 13.-9 p. NIB
new cases in all, 10 white, l3 colored,
were reported to-day. One additional
death has occurred.
The donation to the lIowards to-day
aggregated 81 ,545, 81 800 being from
Gco. III. Morgan, secretary Of the mer-
chants Exchange, st. Louis, which
makcs $1,000 as the total subscription
Of that exchange to the Howards.
The total numbcr Of new cases Ne
ported for the week was 1872, white 81,
colorcd 20. The total number to date
is 1876. The total number of deaths
officially reported for the week is 4S,
whites 81, colorcd rs.
The weather is clear and pleasant.
The thermometeF ranged from 62 to 76
to-day.
Sundays Report.
MEMPHIS, Sept. 1i.-But one new
case was reported to-day. Four deaths
have occurred since last night. The
uowards to-day assigned twenty
nurses, and an increase in the number
OF cases may be anticipated. Claude
Prestidgc died this AFTERNOON ut 6
o'clock. The weather is clear and
cool. The THERMOMETERS this morning
n ti.Fsi4tt trspf Sk-9Pe1 IT, ~
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Yellow Fever Reports.

MEMPHIS, Sept l3.-rcn new cases
Of yellow fever, 3 white and 7 colorcd,
have been reported this morning.
Three deaths have occurred since last
night. The weather is clear and pleas
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OFFICE tHERAw Il CHESTER X. RI
Chester, September l6, 1870.
Leave Cedar ShOal Depot sO0a m
Leave Rich Hill at S3Dam
Arrive at Chester ut 300 I'M
Leave chester AT 800 pm
ArriVeat Rich Hill at 400 y IN
Arrive at Cedar Shoal depot 4 30 p M
After this date the train over this
road Will run daily, making CLOSE
connection with other roads.
Freights delivered promptly.
w. III. HARDIN, President.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1879-07-16
NUMBER 90.
Women's Growing Independence OF
Men.
Boston Transcript

Boston Transcript.
Perhaps ii is because of the growing
scarcity of available men, perhaps ii Is
because of the increasing independence
of the fair seX-whatever the reason. If
is a fact patent IL ali who frequent
places Of amusement that ladies ven
ture abroad IN the evenig without male
escorts far more frequently than they
did ten years ago. and it Is greatly 10
the credit of our city that they can 10
50 with impunity. \ lady would hard
ly 90 out alone of an evening. but if ac-
companied by another of her sex. .cs-
pecially If one of the pair be tolerablv
along in years lit i not necessary to
give exact iigureS-both feel eompara-
lively safe. The result i that Young
men arc not quite SO much of necessi-
~ As they once were, and are made TO
feel that they are no longer indispensa-
bic Time was when a young man, sim
ply because he was man, was permit
ted To feel that he was very important
creature, but now that male escort
can with propriety be dispensed with
on occasion, he has been made to de-
scend from his high horse He was
wont TO impose his cheap "horse talk
and slang on his lady friends, and was
permitted to parade his conceit and ig-
norance, simply because he was neces-
sary evil but times have changed all
that, and he now often finds that unless
he can command respect bv his knowl-
edge, his character or his gentlemanlv
department, his room is considered
more desirable than his company All
of which is having an excellent effect
upon the average young man of the pc
riod.
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euir he'd horseIf A. much as in war Ia the
halls al C0ugrrs~-in the senate CHAMBER
IA the forum, ia the cabinet on the bench al
the bar and IN the pulpit. Mississippian- have
aiwsys occupied the foremost raab.
Such Mr.. President, j. my native State ;
such are hsr people. | would he craven
hearted ii ! did not defend her AMI her people
Whenever sud wherever assaulted. and | would
h. unworthy ol my name and ANY lineage ii
did mot return blow for bioe. whether IN this
Convention OF ,l-.vherr. j. there a d.-lssste
here Wlio woald not doss have done.
Brsathes there a man With soul - dead,
" hp never "a himself has -aid
This T. nay own my native land
Alter this defence Of Mis-i--ippi, Col. Clai-
borne continued lo discuss the State debt
question IL cpnteu.l.d that thi5 was 4
question which the Convention hsd the power
and the right 70 settle. lie pictured the pow
rrty 81 the agricultural classes told how bur
deu-0ue taxation had become, and maintained
that it was mot reputation Ia refuse IL pay
either am illegal fraudulent debt lie said
that the present bonded debt greater
load than the taxpayers conld bear, and ii
same time advocated equitable adjustment
OF the public debt which would be acceptable
10 the people.
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A BROKEN STRING.

Sing, and to you! No-no-with one note Jared
The harmony OF Lies long chord is broken
Your words were light and by light lips were
spoken,
An yet the music that You loved Is married.
One string, my friend, is dumb beneath your
band
Strike and if throbs and vibrates at your win,
Falters upon the verge of sound, and still
Falls back as sea waves shattered on the
strand
Touch it more for you shall not regain
The sweet lost tone. Take what is left, or
let
Lies music sleep to Death. Let US forget
The perfect melody We seek in vain
And yet perchanee some day before we die,
As half in dreams We hear the night wind
sweep
Around our windows, when we fain would
sleep,
Laden with one long sobbing moaning cry.
One faint, far tone viii waken, and will rise
Eand will touch hand and lips touch lips
again,
As in the darkness it recedes and dies =
Or lingering in the summer evening glow,
Then when the passion OF the crimson west
Burning like some great heart that cannot
rest,
Stains as with blood the waters as they flow.
Some old forgotten tones may rise and wake
our dying youth, and set our hearts atiame
With old Sweetucss-to our lips the name
OF Love steal softly, for the old loves sake
-Cornhill Magazine.
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About Women.

On a capital of IL cents Philadel-
phia woman built up a business, the
good will Of which she has just sold for
$500.
\ number of ladies have petitioned
Mrs. A. f. Stewart to reopen the
former Woman's Hotel as a woman's
hotel at reduced rates
Mrs. Sarah Winter Kellogg, author
of many entertaining stories, published
in Lippincott's, St. Nicholas and else
where, lives in Iowa.
Mrs. ]. w. Gilbert, of Hartford,
Conn, is the champion woman chess
player. She is said to be one Of the
strongest players in the world.
a Canadian girl saw flames bursting
from the roof of house. She seized
ladder, carried it to the house, mounted
to the roof, and with n dozen pals of
water put the fire out herself.
Miss Mary Hall, sister of the late
Ezra Hall, has been appointed a Com
missioner of the Superior Court Of Con-
necticut This is the first appointment
of a woman to an office Of this kind in
that State.
The Sultan of Turkey has instituted
a new order for women, an order of
Charities" in recognition Of the great
services of ladies toward sick and suffer
ing Turks during the late war He has
appointed Baroness Burdett-Cutts Il
member Of this new legion Of honor.
June the Commencement of the
Boston University took place. Diplo-
mas were conferred on the graduates
from the different departments and a
good number of these were women. OF
twenty-five graduates from the College
of liberal arts, ten were ladies. Ten
ladies also graduated in the school of
medicine, in Il class Of thirty-fve; and
of thirty-one receiving diplomas from
the school Of oratorv, twenty-seven were
women. Two ladies graduated in the
class from the school Of sciences.
In London a Protective and Provi-
dent League for working women has
existed for some years. Its Secretary.
a Mrs. Paterson, has at last been able
to secure the appointment Of Il woman
on the legal Boards of Inspectors of fac
tories and workshops in which women
are employed. Since tlre beginning of
time, SO to speak, working women have
nowhere suffered worse hardships than
in Paris, but the spirit Of modern pro-
gress has at last touched that volatile
city, too. A workingwoman's league
has been formed there, modelled OH the
English one. It's objects are: 10
protect the trade interests Of women
to provide fund from which a weekly
allowance may be obtained by members
if sick or out Of work to collect use
full trade information and register EN-
ployment notices, and to promote the
interests of women in all practicable
NUnN- -
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Do the DYING snffer Pain

People do not ike Ia think of death.
II l. an unpleasant subject but ii con
stantly obtrudes itself. and there has
been much speculation as II whether
mental or physical pain attends the
final act Observation teaches us that
there Is little pain OF either kind in
dying Experience will come 10 Us one
Of these DAYS, but it will come too late
to benefit those who remain. 1t seems
To be a kind provision Of nature that.
Is we approach the dread event our ter
rors diminish, and the coward and the
hero die alike fearless, Indifferent or
resigned. A. Il physical pain. DR. Ed
ward IL. Clark, in Visions" says:
The rule Is that Inconsistencies,
not pain, attends the final act To the
subject II it death is NO more painful
than birth. Painlessly we come :
whence We know not. Painlessly we 90 ;
whittier we know not. Nature kindly
provides an anaSthetic for the body
when the spirit leaves it. Previous to
that moment and in preparation for it,
respiration becomes feeble, generally
slow and short, often accompanied by
long inspirations and short, sudden eX-
pirations, 50 that the blood is steadily
less and less oxygenated At the same
time the heart acts with corresponding
debility, producing a slow, feeble and
often irregular pulse. As this process
goes on, the blood is not only driven TO
the head with diminished force and less
quantity, but what flows there is loaded
more and more with carbonic acid gas.
a powerful anasthetic, the same as
taken from charcoal. Subject to its in
huence the nerve centers lose conscious
ness and sensibility, apparent sleep
ereeps over the system then comes
stupor, and then the end
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Sippings of Punch.

A pen may be driven, but the pencil
does best when it is lead.
a pig born in May does not turn into
Mayhogany way you can fix it.
A good many men would have more
than at present should they earn hal
that they yearn.
1t is hard to believe a man is telling
the truth when you know you would lie
if in his place.
A grocer advertised in the following
terse manner: Hams and cigars
smoked and unsmoked."
There isn't much romance in the ex
istence Of member of hose company
his life is too reel.
Missouri farmers are reported to be
driving posts into the ground to hang t.
when the cyclones come.
The Duke of Connaught will take W
his abode in Tara's halls, and rebuild
the soul Of music shed. F" = Boston
Post.
A farmer on the shores of Lake On
tario has had nine acres washed away
in twenty years. He evidently loset
ground.
When a baby stufs his toe into hit
mouth he little realizes how hard it vii
be for him in later years to make both
ends meet.
A smart uptown boy lately informed
his grandfather that he didn't like tC
hear him joke; its bad-in-age," he ex
planned.
According to the New Orleans Plea
yune the child who is ordered to stoI
crying will carry concealed weepor
through stifed sobs.
A man who got a pair of square
shoulders from his tailor came very neaI
being indicted by the Grand Jury for
false wearing.
Grandma-'' Yes, children, when ]
was young as YOU are / used to walk In
my sleep. Tommy eagerly Say,
grandma, what time did you maker"
1t is rumored that the elephant is one
Of the few travellers who succeeds in
going through the country without get
ting his trunk pasted all over with hotel
cards.
g Isn't my poetry of high order?''
asked spring poet, Indignantly, when
it didn't appear in the paper. /" It is,
il is" replied the editor, recolleeting
that he saw his wife papering the gar
ret with lot of it.
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OF Corson, Riser. Roi.b. Mcmillan, ,se would
also love to tell
How 5 Prompt t'ey were Tor luty hos. At Baker.
Geo; , 3" ilson, Philip Wilkinson and the two
Gave up their lives on Champion IIil-.l honor
- .Bren, Hendricks. Riser, and r. T M.Hi-sn
Were boy oi whom wc an do like 10 think
and speak as3iu;
There we're other just as gallant, tut who still
are spared
That IN tlo-- times Of trial with their fallen
comrades shared.
Our battle we're not MANY, our campaigns
But no duty did se dodge, no dancer did v-
fear;
W. wers ready Ike true soldiers, to answer
7" remain ia quiet camp, or to enter IN tte
FRAY
From Snyler's BIuH To- Warepton, we Eurr tine
ground ri.nt we'll
And familiar ee hee1ne uith the sound OF -not
and -brit.
And while viek-burs wa, invested, aud rationS
became slim,
The weather being warm. We could afford To-
be quite thIn.
But the war has long been over, and now again
meet.
As comrades in an hpuored cause, U- bow 10 its
defeat
And Will. with mourniuI pleasure We may re-,
view the past
10 the present and the future lot our steady
gaze ~ cast.
W it'll oar weapons now uf peace our state i'm
EItrs each one
Fo main tain her glory as iu other times we've
done
That SO wen All resolve on this glad Reunion
Day,
+ the sentiment, Pm sure, Of good old Com
Pany A.
Ia this glorious line Of duty, we shall have the
powerful aid
pf each wife and mother, sister--yea, each
lovely Southern maid,
la those days Of faintest promise, their faith was
ever bright:
Their hope was like the star in the dark and
gloomy night.
In the trying times OF war they labored,
prayed and planned -
All, great was their endcavor-their devotion
pure and grand:
God bless our noble women they're = blessing
to our race
In all the affairs Of life, they're the salt, the
saving Grace
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PRITcHARD THE ENeINEER.

Margaret J. Preston commentaries ia spirites
verse the brave act Of Pritchard the railroas
engineer. This obscure hero stuck to his al
CINE near Cumberland in Maryland, and los
his life rather than let the train which he wa,
running with IT, passengers, break IN piece
by striking the obstacle ca the traei@.
Right on the track Of the flying train
Lay the huge bow Ider. Quick Is thought,
Grasping the throttle with a strain
frightened and terrible, Pritehard caught
Hold OF the br:si1e-bar On IL way,
Crashing t. hcsiiene ruin rushed
Ma'tiy the engine, till il lay
Hurled on the bowijer, wree 6ed snd crushed
smltien with horror. pale with fear,
fastened the anxious crowd t. see
Whether the faithful engineer
drawer or better none thau he}
breaihe,i as he stood there with hi5 face
Grand IN its stoadiast purpose SET
showing The ordeals awful trace
Stamped GA the rigid features yet
III.
What did they find one hand a-strsin,
Grasping the throttle with clutch
Closer than deaths aud one in vain
Clinehing the brave-yalve bar with such
Spasll OF grip they could undo
Only with wrench OF strength applied,
Seeing the bolt that pierced him through,
Failed to unclasp II; 50 he died
~.
Dled ~ his post a brave man should,
Sinking no duty, danger, strife;
True to his trust although ii would
Cost him-he saw it so-his life.
These are the heroes noblest far
Men who can meet without fear
Death, with their hands upon the bar,
Even as Pritehard the engineer
Margaret J. Preston
LEXINGTON, VIRGINIA.