The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1881-01-20
BULLOCK am BROyN.
a War-L'to tncidont-EOw tho Augustn
hrgnnlI Wac Captured.

Lh'Hli'a 10 ttic oufutlIluN MOlWtng
! EcW$, says: ~ R i
met cx-Govcrnor IL. Il. Bullock
yesterday morning on tho street, and
he approached mc wish u emile (hc al
ways %tnilcs n"w-a-days) and remark
Ell: - see ven arc writing up the
Confederate Generals"
">Gs,' replied, "but you and Coy
crnor h!nw always kept too fur in
the rear 10 become Gcncrals."
WITH 4 broader smile he continued: !:
''1 on did not know that was one
of Governor Browns brave yolun-
tecrs W hen he demanded the surrender
or the Augusta arsenal from Captain
Elzey, did you"
or course, l replied with surprise,
that did not. and he at once proceed
cd to describe how tho volunteers were
got together, armed and marched out
in the rain to the arsenal, where Capt.
Elzey had about fifty men at tho ports
supplied with forty rounds each, and
ready to "blow h--ll" out of Browns
volunteers if they attacked the arsenal.
Happily for both sides thoro was no
conflict, and when the brave volun-
teers marched back TO tho hotel and
formed in line in front Of it; Cover
nor Brown, standing on the balcony
under broad umbrella that sheltered
him from the rain then falling, thank
ed the corps for their patriotic zeal
and promptnoss in responding to Ills
call. Governor Bullock was Union
man, but all his interests being in
Augusta, where his children were
born, he WIS one OF tho first TO re-
spond to the call then made by Cover
nor Brown. Captain Elzcy was a
true Southern man. yet he would have
died at his post in defense Of the ar.
scnal unless otherwise ordered from
Washington.
-Jhc colored men Of Tennessee de.
mand share of official patronage Of
the administration, and have forward
cd committee to Mcpior. The re-
sponse of General Garfield to the
Southern committee, headed by Elliott,
OF South Carolina, is significant in this
connection. Said the Prcsidcnt-rlcct: +:
"This is not tic time nor tho place for
me to indicate anything as to what |
shall have to say and do by aud by in
al official way. But this I must say {:
l noted as peculiarly significant one
sentence in the remarks of General
Elliott to tho effect that the majority
OF Citizens. rs lie alleges, in some por-
tions Of the South, arc oppressed by
the minority. If this he SO, why is il
50! Because Il trained man is two or
three men in one, in comparison with
All unframed man, and outside of
politics. that suggestion is full, cram
full Of significance; that the way to
make tho majority always powerful
over the minority is to make it's mcm-
bcrs as trained and intelligent as the
minority itself. That brings IN the
equality of citizenship, and no law can
confer and maintain in the long run a
thing that is not upheld with n rea-
sonablc degree Of culture and intelli-
gcnce. Legislation ought to do all it
can. Some Scotch poet said, or put
IN the mouth of some prophet to say,
that the time would come
When Bcrtram's right md Bcrtrom,s m,pht
shall meet on Ellcngownn's height,
And ii was when the might and the
right Of people meet that majorities
'iS iC'Ui "I'I. ~-,,>A ~, -v.:tE--.O -
BuslHEsS FAILURES. Tho suspen-
sion ol four well known business
hon:rS OF Charleston WAS announced
Monday. They arr as follows:
i. NJ. Greer. book and stationery,
southwest c"rrcr Of King pnd Beau
'nin streets. Foreclosure Of mortrnmc
Liabilities" about - 800. a meeting
Of the creditors viii be called in few
days.
y. lrryca. rIrthinm, 276 izir.: street.
En*?r"H"H~- liabilities reported at ST.
uAu.
i, Is. HcnNiIi", stationery, 20 Fast
N"E. @'Hu' ~ "sSiEnmcnt--liabilitics
reported ni $500.
j. '. Hcr, dr., book and stationery.
- Nil": street. Made an assignment
go ,a"i.liios reported at about 93,SOO.
Inc formal statements Of the assets
nnd fui!!tirs of these firms have not
I"t been prepared. The assets in
moN OF The cases, if not all, will, how
ever, il is thought, nearly, if not quite.
cover the liabilities. All the SUSPEND
cd houses are we'll known, having been
engaged in business in Charleston for
number Of years.
MIR. STfrHENs.-Nlr Stephens looks
well and talks heartily. Ilc follows
the proceedings closely. John Gra-
,"'', vi H>''h''ta, mas just come on TO
be his secretary, and finds myriads of
letters to answer. Everybody writes
to Mr.. Stephens and he answers every
letter. After he comes from the
House, about four every afternoon. he
eats dinner, and then in the twilight
settles down for his game OF whist,
which he plays with us much glcc
as skill. Tie is really proud of his
excellence in the game. But he never
gets into ii so deeply that he forects to
watch tho hands on his little French
clock as they slowly whirl to nine
and then he rolls his chair out of the
parlor and is soon in bed asleep. Next
morning lie is up early and checrtullv
begins the days work. His sad, pa
ticnt face never wears a frown, and
when il lights with smile is intense
~ Interesting. Truly, it seems that
aflliction has refined his soul to the
pure gold of continual gladness, and
that from his "woc he has wrought tho
wondrous cloqucncc" Of life which
will be remembered rs long as Amcri-
can history is read.
~ CONGRESSMAN SOoTIIRD.-A now,
member OF Congress had undertaken
to break the back bone Ofthc uns mo.