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TvUS-Ko. 53. " TRO OK INGHAM. NORTH (PAROLINA, DECEMBER 0. 187C. Whole JSTo. 155.
ONLY WAITING.
Only waiting till the shadows
Are a little longer grown j v
Only waiting till the glimmer
Ofjthe day' last beam ii flown f
, Till the night of earth U faded
. From the heart once full of day i
Till the stare 6f heaven are breaking
, -Thro' .the twilight aoft and gray.
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Only waiting till the reaper
Hare the last sheaf gathered home;
For the summer time is faded
And autum winds hare come.
Quickly, reapers I gather quickly
The last ripe. hours of my heart,
For the bloom of Ufa is withered,
; And I hasten to depart.
Only waiting till the angels
' Open wide the mystic gate, '
By whose side I long have lingered,'
Weary, poor, and desolate.
Even now I hear their footsteps,'
And their voices far away; .
If they oall me, I am waiting,
Only waiting to obey.
Only waiting till the shadows
Are a tittle longer grown;'
Only waiting till the glimmer
-Of the day's last beam is flown,
Then from out the gathering darkness
Holy, deathless stars shall risej
By whose light ay soul shall gladly
Tread its pathway to the skies.
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A AIliilT LCDtiCB.
When I was in iny twelfth year,
papa ami mamma made up their
minds to take a pleasure trip to the
"Far Wast" This was soniethin
uniuual; they seldom left home.
Well, tliey went, and my two sisters,
two brothers and niyself had a guv
time "housekeeping."
our servant jrirl wera invited to n
dinner party. I confess I dreaded to
have them go.
"ivato, , wa will bring you ain
amount of candy."
"Now, pet, you know you and Sid
ly can stay here just as well as not"
"Don't bo a baby, Kitty" wen
the words directed to me.
-J! molly I resignedly bade tUcm "gei
out of niy sight."
Sally uhi I vrzre good friends; sin
told me stories and sang songs till j
oegan 10 unua. it was quite a tme tmng
to be left at home. .
Tired of staying in the house, 1
6.mnUrcd down the 'front walk, and
ftiuujod myaolf by indulging in a for
ridden pleasure swinmn on the
gate. , -.':.,.;,
Looking down the road, I cpied a
man coming along. I flew to the
house, and satisfied that he was com
ing in, I ran to Sally. Seizing .her
drees with both hands, I exclaimed
- "Oh, Sally 1 there is a dreadful look
ing man cowing in."
Sally picked up the "poker and
walked to tho door, while I, imitat
ing her example, snatched a stick of
wood. Suddt-idy Sally cried:
"You little goose, it is Bill McCar
tyl" Sure enough, it was Sally's beau.
Her mother was very sick, and Mc
Carty was se at to bring Sally home
immediately.
: Here was a dilemma. Sally didn't
want to leave me, and unless she
started home then, she might not see
her mother alive. It was nearly
time for the reet of the folks to come
home, so I managed to "raise courage
enough to Bay I was willing to remain
alone. .-. ." '' ' V ' , . . .. ' ' -'
In few minutes Sally was o and
and I was left in possession of our
great house, which never seemed so
largo to me before. I tried to read,
but it was impossible; all the murder
stories I had ever heard come to my
mind.
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I remembered that none of our
doors could beT locked. Papa, who
aad a few Strange ideas, declared
ocks were a nuisance. . I felt that I
F8 doomed.
I went out to the yard, and, to my
dismay, ducoveored that the sky was
jTcrcast and a storm near at hand,
could see the rain coming'; faster
"d faster it came; it was soon at the
house. Oh, now it did rainl '
On each aide of 'our yard was
brook, pretty and peaceful in pleasant
weather, but a very little rain trans
formed them both into raging tor-
renta
As I stood at the window I saw
first one bridge, and then the other
swept off. . I knew now that I must
stay alone all night; it would be iru
possible for my brothers and sisters
to get homo.
Travellers, or, as Sally called them.
"trampers," oftem stopped at our
house over night, as there was no
public house near. . To my horror,
now saw one or them coming across
the fields. Should I bide ? No, that
was not to be thought of, Without
stopping to knock, the great rough
man walked in,
"Can I' stay here all night?"
I dared not refuse him, so, as firm
ly as I could, answered
"Yes."
He seemed surprised at seeing no
one but myself, and questioned me
much. I told him my brother was
up stairs writing; that we two were
alone. That was the firstthing that
entered myghead to tell him. Such
a villainous countenance that man
had!
His hair was cat close to his head
leaving his ears in bold ivliefr Wick
eel looking eyes, and a brutal mouth
completed his general expression of
ferocity.
Btdtinio came- end I directed the
man to a room up stairs in the ser
vants' department, not the "up stairs'
rhf re I had eoid niy brother was.
JTow that there was real danger.
was calm and reasonable. I fast
nod the door that lsmd up stairs with
my fiftbttidt ry scisseirs, which hnp
pened to bo im my pocket, so as to
juard against surprise, and hurriedly
collecting our silverware, carried it
to mamma's - room and hid it iu the
beef. No ono would have supposed
the bed had beeh disturbed.
I was ehited at my ingenuity,
I thin hunted up what jewels the
jirls possessed, and placing them.
with what money I could find in a
box, I tied them in my pocket Af
ter eioin" thin, I stole down stairs
end niuovi d my tcissors from the
lodr. Xheso scissors were counted
among my luust valuable treasurers.
I Lad liad Iht m many yearB, and had
uo intention of losing them now.
I expected the man would only
wiattillhe thought I and my fictitious
brother were asleep, and would then
search tho house for valuables, and
fiiilkih by killing me
Only e-no plan for cscapathat I
jriginuted seemed feasible. I deter
mined tj wait till I heard my lodger
in the rooms .below, and then wrap
myst ltf in papa's shawl, and jump
out of the window. I was not kept
ong in suspense; the peculiar, squeak
of the sittinjr room door warned me
that it was time to act Quietly I
raised the window, and just as the
steps approached the stairs, I jumped
to the ground. Fortunately, there
was a bed of lilies directly beneath
the window and they softened my
fall
That there was danger of breaking
mv neck I had not thought 1 was
,
determined to csenpe.
It was as dark as Egypt, the rain
" i i i i
vna Tionnner down in lorrenes. uuc
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this was nothing in comparision with
the horror within the house.
Half a mile back of our house lived
friend of papa's Mr Vincent I
resolved to go .there. I ran along,
stumbling against fences and falling
into ditches, thinking I never knew
such along half mile.
Finally I reached the house, and
managed to tell my story. Several
young men happened to have been
delayed there by the Btorm, and, head
ed by Henry Vincent," andyoung man
of some twenty two years, the pre
pared to capture my visitor, -
I was two excited to remain at Mr.
Vincent's. I declared . I would go
back home. They all tried to per
suade me not to dq this except Henry
Vincent, who said "such a little he
roine should do as she pleased." With
my .band tightly clasped jn Henry s,
we sorted
. When we came within sight of our
house, we saw a ligbjyflitting from
room to room, and a few words of
boisterous song floated to us on the
breeze. Silently my friends surround
ed the house, guarding every avenue
of escape. Henry and I (I would
not let him leave me for a moment)
entered the house. We found the
vagabond searching papa's desk
He had found several hundred dol
lars that I had not seen, when pre
paring for flight He started to' run
when he saw us, but finding men and
revolvers on all sides he was ob$gcd
to surrender. -
He was safely bound, and then
questioned. It appeared he. was
noted thief who had long baffled the
police.
He said when he learned the house
was occupied "by only twoindivid
uals he was much elated. . lie did not
intend to proceed to acts of violence,
unless my brother and I troubled
hint too much. When he found the
house deserted, he concluded I had
not told him the . truth -that I was
alone. Not finding me, he supposed
I had hid, and he would not huntfor
me.
Lifting me into his lap, Henry Vin
cent called me the "bravest little wo
man Leever know." All the others
praised and flattereel me, till I began
to think men were greater talkers
than women. A 11 that night wo staid
there, but before morning I was "rav
ing like a madman." Three long
weeks I remained unconscious.
When I became sensible, anxious
2cs were bendiug over mo. Fapi
mainmi, and all the folks were at my
bedside.
"What is the matter i" I asked.
In a moment that dreadful day
came to my remembrance.
"Oh, I know," said I, witha shud
der. ,
It was a long, long- time before
regained my strength.
Every person .petted and praised
me. x was tne neroine oi ine neign-
borhood. Henry Vincent never tired
of descanting upon my bravery, and
devoted lnmself to me in a manner
that would have been very aggravat
ing to his lady friends had I been a
few years older.
My "lodger" was sent to prison to
meditate for seme years. .
Judge Bond.
This partizan J udgo who is rep
resented to be ready to do any
thing without regard to law for
lis master, Grant, is thns described
by the Baltimore Gazette:
"His Honor, Ilugn Lennox Bond,
has hied liimjo South Carolina to
work for his masters. Anything
required of him in tho premises
will bo promptly done. That's the
kind of a man he is. Tho Judge
fully understands the length and
breath of the homelv phrase, that
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friend in need is a-friend indeed,
and by his'.snpersertficeable zeal in
behalf of his party has made that
sublimated institution feel, like
laine of Maine, that life would
almost worthless without its Bond.
ust at this time South Carolina
presents a fine field for this enii
nent jurist, and no man in the
country can better help his friends
to reap where they have not sown
and gather where they have not
streKred. j In the mean time, wliile
the recussant members of the lie-
turning Board are in the peniten
tiary, where they properly belong.
Chamberlain and.his precious, crew
are still busily ehgaged in attempt
ing to thwart the ends of justice,
setting at defiance the solemn de-
rees of a court, and shamelessly
gloating over the ruin they have
made
Grave as Libaniusj slumbering o'er
,.- the laws, ' " '
While gold and party .zeal decide the
cause.
The parly risers nowadays are
tho thermometer und the. booae-fly.
TUE LEGISLATIVE LOCK. .
Democrats Encamped Inside the
Constitution aud tne Capita!.
Tliey Gain Posmsion of the Hall
of J!ejre8entativea ly a Cov.jhd&
Main Blank Astonishment of
the Cho?nberlain Crowd at Ma
neuvre A. Dramatic (scene tn
Hall Speaker" Wallace in ' the
Chair- Vain Appeal ofMachey
. for Bayonet Aid.
Special Dispatch to lh Newt and Courier,
Columbia S. C
November 30. 0 P. M.
Wheri the people of Columbia
lay down to rest last night, they
little dreamed of the eventful day
that shonl dawn upon the morrow.
Pursuant Jto adjournment the
Democratic House of Representa
tives convened at 10 o'clock this
morning and immediately went in
to secret Bession. From the hur
ried manner iu whiclu membei s
went in and out of the hall, it was
soon suspected thatJjBomo decided
action had been dctermineeTTipon.
A few moments pasted, and then
the plan became r.pparent to all.
The Democratsrhad. at last, deci
ded to make a bold stau i and de
mand their right in the Legislative
Hull of the State.
In sqaads.of fours and eights
they steadily pressed nearer to the
State House. At the door of the
State House stood a guard of the
United States troops; but they evi
dently had other orders than those
under which they acted on Tuesday.
The Democrats were admitted, and,
in a 6olid body, ascended the stairs
towards the door of the Hall . of
Representatives.
CoL A. C. yiaskell and Mr,
James L. Orr headed the body, and
were stopped at the door by a Uni
ted States Marshal and the Radica
Scrgeant-at-Arms. They asked for
admittance and were refused. The
members ot tho -front rank drew
their certificates. The door-keep
ers, not expecting the crisis were
nonplused. The door was opened
to pass the front members in, who,
on getting half-way in, flung' open
the door and the democrats as a
body marchedinto the Hall and
took their seats. There was but
one sharp decisive struggle, and al
was over, although at one time it
seemed that bloodshed wad immi
nent. ' -
Inside of the hall were seated
about forty ef the negro members,
who stared with blank astonish
ment at the influx of the white faces,
Gen. W, H. Wallcce. the legally
elected Speaker, proceeded at once
to the Speaker's stand and took
the chair, followed by the "Demo
cratic clerk, who also took his posi
tion on the stand. The Democrat
ic Sergeant-at-Arms remained ; at
tho door alongside of the Radical
eant-at-Arms. -Things remain
ed at a standstill for about five
minutes, when Gen. Hampton ap
plied for admittance at the door,
and was refused by the Radical
bereeant-at-Arms. A scume en
sued, and trouble again appeared
inevitable, but betoro tho issue
came Gen. Hampton declined to
enter and withdrew.
Five minutes more passed, when
uerybody's attention was attracted
to the door by the entrance of E.
W. M. Mackey, A. 0. Jones, Uni
ted States Detective Hubbard and
others of the hangers on. Ab they
neared the Speakers stand, Speak
er Wallace rapped with the grav-
and Baid, "The House -of Rep
resentatives will come to order."' 5
Mackey and Jones ascended the
steps, and Mackey, trembling with
excitement and gasping for breath, 1
said to the Speaker: "You will
please vacate this seat."
. Speaker Wallace remained Beat
en and replied! "I have been elect
ed by a majority of the House of
Reprcsentativesof the State of South
Carolina, duly sworn in, in the
Carolina Hall, on Tuesday, the 28th
day of November, instant. The
Constitution provides that the Leg
lslature shall meet in tho city of
Columbia, on the ' fourth Tuesday
in November. Lamakcs no pro
sworn. Speaker Wallace did the
same. No one came forward.
Several Democrats then rose and
were recognized by Speaker Wallace.
Several Radicals did the same, and
were recognized by Mackey. - Both
Democrats and Republicans began to
deliver speeches, each addressing bint
self to their own party. At this stage ,
Mackey had a oonforence with Dennis;
and sent a message to Chamberlain '
stating that the House was disturbed
by men not members, and calling .
upon him to send troops to eject them .
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vmuu mai wre noiise oi xwpresen- menn;g went off smilinff. and Mackey
tatives shall be be organized in Jsaid triumphantly: "Order will be
this hall. On Tuesday last a ma-f restored in a very short time and the
jorty of the members of the mem- illegal members will bo ejected.
bers of the House of Representa
tives, with certificates of election,
were refused admition to this .hall.
They retired to tho Carolina Hall
and organized with a membership
of thirty-six, who, according to the
constitution, were duly sworn in
ana tueir omcers elected, we are
Andrews, of Sumter, moved to ad
journ, but the Radicals refused to
adjourn, the Democrats taking no
notice of the motion. .
Reed, of Beaufort, got up and mado
a speech in which he said no one de
sired peace more than he did, and
concluded by hoping that the Demo
crats would go out and be admitted
hero in pursuance of our rights nn- by the certificates of the secretary of
der the Coo6titntion of the State State, recognize D. W. M Mackey as
of South Carolina, We desire to Speaker and have peace.
oppress no one, and to deprive' no 'Mr' Gra7 Greenville, (Dem.) and
one of his rights on this floor. We Gibson, (Rep,) both got up and both
desire to claim only the righto that f.:Onj
belong to us,.and those rights we tdeT' Speaker WaUace called
. . , . n Gibson to order, and neither came to
, ,.t ,. . T order.. After these two had finished,
macKcysaiu, "x naim uw x Mr. Sheppard. (Dem.) of Edgefield
was elected Speaker of this House ana Minort, (Rep.) of Richland, boti
by a legal quorum of members le- got up and started to speak. Mackey
gaily sworn in. We do not .reoog- called on the Radical sergeant at arms
nizo that any others than those to compel Sheppard to go outside of
sworn in liere on Tursday last are railing and stop disturbing the
nm.nKno TTi.,t,n I ocace of the llouse. Sneaker V '
itii.iiiiri.i n .71 luu . . iiiniT. niiti Liirnn . t - i
men who are visiting this hall with
out our consent must . keep osder. I
must again demand that you, Gen,
Wallace, leave this chair."
Speaker Wallace: "I have al
ready declared that I am the legal.
ly elected Speaker of this House,
and I must request you to retire."
Mackev ; "The Sergcant-at-arms
will please step forward and en-
forcce my order."
Speaker Wallace : "The Scrgeant-
at-armawill please step forward and
enforce my order.
The Democrrtic and Republican
Sergeant-at-arms marched up the
asilo together, and each obeyed
the orders given them, and several
of the Democrats and Radicals as
cended tho stand and stood behind
tlieir respective leaders,
lace called on the .Democratic sei-
geant-at-arms to make Minort come
to order. Both sergeants-at-arms at
tempted to obey orders, and both foil
ed, and the double speeches contia-
ed. .
, CONCLUDED OK SECOND PAGE.
War-like young iadies Sally
port and Emb'rasnrd."""'
bc-
Winged Merchants -Bees,
cause they cell their honey.
Moving for a new rial Court
ing a second wifoT
A Western settlerr-The contents
of a six-shooter.
What is nothing? A footless
stocking without a leg.
To escape trouble from your
Neither noisy children eond them to your
Speaker Wallace nor Mackey mo v- neighbor's visiting.
ed, and there was a general crowd
ipation of a fight. But no fight
A vinigar-heartcd old baokelor
looked nndef the;
head of "marriages" for the news
came ! Both parties held firm, the Qf ,i fl w-ej.
bergeants-at-arms standing on eith
er side, glaring at each other. J A father, bent on instructing
One of the Democratic members three-year old Bon, said : "If
then moveo that a committee of six vou three apples and should
be appointed to adjust tho matter. &v mo one, how many would you
Speaker Wallace appointed Messrs. ave left ?" I wouldn't do it, pa,"
Simpson, Allen, Shaw, Gibson, was the prompt reply.
I 1 ILlllllLIIH Hlltl ITIJIll I . . w a . v...
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AiacJcey cauea out to nis crowd tof , , , T ,
take no notice of the Democratic " J . ' v h"
Speaker's commands; and told Jones10 umJ person in court.
"You have no right to commit a
nuisance," said the offender.
to call the rolL Jones proceeded to
call the roll, while the Democrats con
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v..n i, m t ' A watering place correspondent
a a n.u,n a- om- wnte that very few bathers bathe
beinff Answered onlv bv Eadicala at tho West End," whereupon Mrs
Mackey said: ; "A Majority bcinclPartington Bay8 Mbo "ad an idea
present, the proceedings will bo open j they bathed all over.
ed with pravor."
A Bronklyn girl was asked by a
very thin gentleman if 6he didn't
think she could learn to lovo him.
"I might, if you was stuffed," was
Thomas, of Newberry, the mulatto
chairman of the committe of privile
ges and elections, who admitted the
negroes . from JLJornwelL yestcrdav,
then went upon the stand and offered the laughing reply.
inr. uray,omreenvnie,moveauiatr . : - .
the chair appoint a committee of three t;o"" VUi "BU" '
to inform the proper authorises that "76"? 1 11 teU I ' der reft80n V0
the House of Representatives was elis
turbed and usurped by a band of in- j
surgents. Speaker Wallace appointed
Messrs. Simpson, Allen, Shaw, Hamil
ton, Meyers and Gibson. Gibson, one
calls our boy Hans liecause dat
ish his name." .
At a wedding recently, when
the clergymen asked tho lady t
of the Radical on the committee, de- " M luuu UBTO w w "V
dined to serve. Mackey then called wedded husband, she with a modes
upon all the mombers who had net ty that lent her beauty an addition
been swora to come forward and be al grace, replied : "If yoa please.'
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