The Penn's Grove record., 1883-08-18

Mr.. EDaToR:-Last week whilst IL
the city of Washington, D. g., l was
favored with an introduction to Com
modore A A Semmes, in command OF
the Washin gten Navy Yard, who took
us on board of the monitor ''Wyan-
DOTH" lying in the harbor, doing re-
cruiting service for the L. s. Navy.
The .sWyaEdoth" is indeed a lovely
piece of mechanism. Her crew capac-
ity consists of 80 men and nine officers,
and is manned by but two guns, which
weigh 10 tons each, which are en-
closed in a single turret of IL inches of
iron, in thickness. The weight of tur-
ret and guns alone, weighing PAL tons.
Each gun carries a solid shot which
weighs from 440 to 480 pounds and a
shell of $50 pounds, a single charge of
powder being s. pounds. She contains
ii furnaces, two rows of seven on each
side, and can travel at the rate of seven
knots an houI. Her deck is nine Inches
thick, consisting of a layer of five
inches of wood and four inches Of iron.
During action, nothing appears above
the water but the turret. The pilot
house is rather picturesque, being To-
Gated in the turret, just above the guns
The men MI sleep in hammocks below
deck, in a room perhaps 20x20 feet.
The air is received by them through
the medium of two large revolving
fans. We were also favored with an
introduction to Major G.. Il. Houston,
in charge Of the Marine Barracks, to
whom we are indebted for his courtesy.
file showed us the FIRST flag carried by
the Marine Battalion in the first battle
of Bull Run. 1t was literally in shreds.
Lieutenant Hitchcock, of Marines, was
shot through the head, 1.-THE ball pass
ing first through the flag, during this
engagement, whilst urging his men for
ward, commanding til EN- to do mo
but to stand up like men,
shows forth this nyble fact, that the
first shot always is at '~'prineipal,n the
next at -nlan." How much we should
revere tie many the memory of the
dead, and cherish the living @'hsree3'a
of the late war. The Commodore gave
a small piece Of the flag as & relic.
We also visited the War, State, Navy
and Treasury Departments, and were
the Soldiers Home and Hospital,
in fact we visited all points of interest
and only regretted that Our time was so
p. p.
Thecurative power of Ayers Sarsapar-
lila is too well known to require the
specious aid of any exaggerated or fictl-
tious certificate. Witness of its mar
cures aie to-day living in every
city and hamlet of the land. Write for
names If you want home evidence.
The most deadly foe to all malarial
diseases is Ayers Ague Cure, a CON-
bination Of vegetable ingredients only,
of which the most valuable is used in
other known preparation. This re
imedy is an absolute and certain specifc,
and sHccerds when all other medicines
fail. A cure is warranted.
BRIDEGROGM'S BATTLE.
Ayoung gentleman Of Lowndes County
"met his fate" in the person of one Of
Lcwnde's County's fair daughters, and every
arrangement had been made, the time APP
pointed, the guests invited. for q
ton Of the interesting event The time
came for him to come over TO claim his
bride. He got in his buggy and drove over
to the new bridge Mt Rocky Ford but alasl
the swollen current had been too mush for
the bridge, and it was impossible. He
hastily retraced his steps a milo or W. and
then drove rapidly down to S~tartlings
Ferry, thinking that the high water would
not prevent his crossing ON a fat, and PET
chance, by hard driving, he could make the
time. He put whip and made as fast time
as possible over a wet and bad road. Ar
irving at the ferry, he was greatly troubled
at finding that he could not cross. He next
thought of the Belleville Ferry. eight or ten
miles lower Town the river. At once he
made for that place, but before he reached
the fiat he got into a lagoon Of water and
after driving soine distance into it he saw
that he could not cross, He turned his
horse to retrace his steps, and as soon rs the
animal got out of the road it began to beg
and plunge in distress. The young man
hastily displaced his clothing preparatory to
getting out TO cut the horse loose, and in do
ing SO he lost q valuable pistol and some
gold coin which was laying loose in his
pockets. After some considerable difficulty
he got the horse out of the hog and rolled
the buggy out by hand. His only alterRa-
tive now was TO travel up the river twenty
Eve or thirty miles to Quitnlan, take the
cars for Valdosta, aud hire a conveyance,
which he did. When he arrived at the
place where he was so claim his bride he
was nearly two days behind time. and he, Of
course, found the family aud friends in o
uistufDea sthte Oh hiuu, tof thes un not
know the rver was impossible and could not
account for his failure to come to time. A
few words explained the trouble and the next
day they were made happy in each others
love. -Aiau Constellation.
II is a mistake to both Else early and take
fate rest. The rising early is good as a b
Of life If IL ,L,es not mean robbing nature If