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O IC/ . -v.Uv^ . .1 iJ... ...'1 ..[r. .. ¦'¦¦¦.> Mi' "iff i-'i - :!,-:-^Ti 9,h n.< .....;;-',,:-r 3:11' ui '.'"ÄNDERÖÖN C.H., THURSDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 23, 1871. \76T.Trivir vöLttife wo. ail cond tour of ob^yation m thlg'SÄiÖ, ired aapUwo KufKlu^ia jail, over ^^nje^bers-oftW i^fejf^dviSSjor 150 B^pje^u?g?fpm justice Rin the wpads^ ;Sacbii3.a.aunimary.o£ li of Äe-cMi^|*Wi^m onrfYpri co^Bj^wbicU. ^ieeni Smki MMBWrifr, m?t;yet,J)F jevei^.dfiy, eg f tar.., mercy, and^thejir; confessions |f:imj)|ijßa|e, persons not before. §üa> i that each, day's. developments :m"oVe' ,bit,,#e g^,aumgric^,3t^ngthflpfl ions order, .w^n^am^ 5toe.coualy.,.;Ap>officer scarcelyexag^grat^ _ J iD#^*yto^w,hesaid3to me^T'^a «Hb^^°ftf r*?3 ^QoUveiy-^t^.n^a.yo.n W:^:)'«3^*.n?<ga*e ifljhy disr ) of te^orning.^>rief/: a^rm^ofjljhe nmV^ ^mufy] 4ft* walked; Up street,from the; depot to .the hotel, the jt|a^^r^t^eJp<)k,of.^ Unyit.ip. jimes, r*e: cenUy.captured.by an..invading army. -There of clean, white tch^t|arraypged in regular rows, with the alleys beweeV prettily shaded with arbors of green boughs, stood in an oak grove aear the station;' A squad of cavalry'Wie' $y; .bide «oatö strolled up and down t'v»"street and <Sj&aged;abbu6the doors of the stei^v in which &ere,eeeTned>tafe ranch: talk and little traffic ^reups-of Couhtrymen m gray homespun"*stbo3 upon thej^ÄJj^Traors and, ig the'court house yard, engaged in low and excited talk. Other men, who appeared, hj their dress, villagers, oqn^^ii»enitkrough;^,pjen doors of law- wJa ."'doctors' offices,' or standing in knots .ae:-ör fourltipoÄ': the sidöwalfes,- absorbed in conversation on the one topic^f She-arrests". Everybody but the negroes and soldiers had the look of excitement apd despondency always observaWe'in'tne rnh'abiuints 'ÖT T'conquered tum, ma ilig^eop^e^^t^ed^gmpta ly, as if they feared I mighthttfe come to emp¬ ty some new-vial of Government -wrath -upon tKel^ewtedJbLeads. A tall, thin man, in aj k^'rusfy-black overcoat and shabby, silk .hat, who walked a. few yards ahead of me, was hissed ^igeoitp of irien gathered upon the steps of] a little dirty store. He stopped, turned, and; *s*Alked in, the throng falling back before him. I heard an angry altercation of a few seconds, snrtte gleanmf a' uisUH-batiei, and expected to hear a afaofc buttbeje/was non^, and the tall man caÄe^VpvesenWy^wiA anWnrgry*counte- nance, saying, "I'll fix you,jou infernal scoun¬ drel !" and stalked up the street I recognized him to be a member of Congress from this dis¬ trict, and learned afterwards -that he:is much hated by the Ku Klux ancLtheirsympathizers, who believe that he has had'much to, do. with orfhging.the heavy hand ,pr the Government down noon them. " The hoteTT round to tte^ IonfeTöw bmldihg, with a broad piazza in front," and a general atr of ^rirty dreariness withio.1 In the office a man lay stretched upon the door apparently dead. Tji* Undjord>Bssured,me thajihe, was-only drunk, and apologized, for his, presence ,by .sayr ing that he did not want to p.ut him into the street'in tuat condition. The landlord was ex: eeedittgly attentive and polite'1' arid .trierj "to make hisi guests as comfortablo as his' limited knowledge of che ait of hotel-keeping iendered possiWfe.'' ;He-'whited at table with his negro servants,-and was profuse and kindiy in his of- ieiK of service; Following his directions, went at once to the house of Major Merri ll, who fftmrnands the post.a large, w hi te house, .with t|j£... cjast>ina^. two-storied, ^ piazza in front, standing at some:distance'from the street in a itfegrove'of 'oiks and pines. 1Ä crowd of ill- lobking fellows, of all ages, dressed in slouched ha&:andireits of coarse homespun of various colors 5tnd degrees of filthiness and raggedness, <jee^Wtbei<fWer.TOai*av and4dnngeq about ^mder-the trees. Whoever saw :a pa,rty.of:cöp- |tt^;b«shwhäilwr3.ät the .effife^of-a ;?rpvost Marshal .during; the war, wm know exactly,hpw \ these mefi looked. They had., KM foreheadsj long straight hair, Joose-jointea. Hl-formed ttbaiej^a^aTlbbk Halfcunning' and half stupid, f&tt'dhe cÄnld Easily imagine would Change oh ^Jcasieh into4 an e^ressitth of fcrntish ferocity. Rissltrg?throagh tht» iii-favored group into the JÄrOB^'/central hail of the house; I was shown ^Jlu1Ip^de^JFmte»:^rge,.we^-furnisbed par- fÖr^mJ^e I |purui ,:ß^tüot .Attorney Corbin Merrill heftijing.the confessipns of a of the'^Ku.Knui^ whose' w'orife were. ta: Ti by -a stenographer.' Ma^^Merrill; military autocrat of York county, fs a'inan with the head, face'arid spectacles dr aGerman Erofcssor, and the frame of ari athlete. He it i who planned .and executed the crusade against the Ku Klux. He came here in the spring and-went quietly at work studying the country and the people, and familiarizing him¬ self with all the detail» obtainable of the mur¬ ders anAftt^jC^rwfft/tba^ Juuib^en^eoinmit- ted. .rHe heard the stories of negroes who sneaked - info his quarters afnight to tell him Wt&JWn«iüeS''-prac^^ he'kP- dwfed two! or: thtee members of the Klan to .oarfeas secretly, he learned the names of a nt jjumber of members, found out. who the ers were, and. after months of this work w^n (the,president's proclamation jv;ax issued, he held r'tKe .^fhole ,infamous^order w.York jjo^W^'iirl^'the.Hbtiow of. h^hana, and he ir^rashed it as'easily äs a: man' ^buld an egg- sheH?'*^ ' " '. *;Ab ftoori its' the operation ofthe writ oihabcte torpu* was suspended,- he sent his cavalry in small detachments over the county and gathered iip the Ku Klux by the dozen. The people wWopanic-stricken. The garrison Of United Er had been eight months .m Yovk- e!Kü Khix' had doariö tblorik ti^bri \ ^t'the f?ogs. did upp^TKiiig.', Log ,in flp ¦le» The .sudden, .activity of the soldiers^ guided by an intelligence that seemed to know every crime committcd by the midn ight raiders; and to have penetrated the homed masks and of the chief criminals, astonished and led the community. Many of the most igent leaders of the Klan ran away as soon as the proclamation was issued, knowing-were would be trouble, and among these was ithe ''Grand Cyclops" of York coonty, one J. W. iivery, a wealthy merchant of this village, who issued orders for the murder of several of the negroes who wore killed last winter and spring; but a number of the chiefs of the Klaus rc- nained and were bagged in the first haul made by the soldiers. Most of those who then es¬ caped took to their heels without a day's delay, and a great number of the privates ot this.re¬ bel army, who had money enough to leave with, decamped at the same time. The poor inen 'who could not go, finding themselves abandoned by their lenders to bear the brunt of punishment, thought no more of their oaths of secrecy, and flocked into the village, eager to tell the authorities all they knew, honing to es¬ cape arrot in this way. These mcu have been coming in for the past week at the rate of from: Wto^^^'aoa many ftSaiBtwoi xit 'ffiree days for their turn: a£! the* official confessional. ../Ihfi'statem.entfc ofthese frightened penitent?' agiee-sj-.toiihe.oatfe.te^ ;OrjiQr,ith.e .«ante» of. the chiefs.of Klans, and ^omirfejtt-.ftnjliwbippings perpetrated.; M\ say that the object was to overthrow jthe Radi- .eafcpart? and .pW-dowihihe negroes/' and^bati I most of the blacks flogged and kiUed wore not iharged:Jyijh any offensB' beides, belonging to; the Radical party. Some; <o£ .the outrages-de; "itaijödf ifljj&^ei^Tlfessionftlare of -sickening atrocity. An officer who has just, come fiofr ^Uyeai»^i8jen7ce>^n tlur plains says they/are: not equaled in fiendish barbarity/ by the.worst dpfrgs'/Ofnthef. saya^..<J(s:hail-.give the pint)-' stance of a few of these conjfession^in a suuse- <Jd£nfcietter,:. :;!'-i '*)?bnJ 1., ri«'] M . v! |) Among the first-captures, majde by Major, I JldjexrhT waxthe;oath^ eonstitfitiion;,.api.d by-laws: of the Ku Klux, in the handwriting, of the .VErraad.tS^dQfjs^od.'j. J u [Here follows what purports to, be the ohli.-,' garioh, constitution and:by-laws of the organi- zation.l I;, |-nJTdier'<i&j^Gr&n.d. Ctc>>psy Jeferred. to in; the by-laws is understood to be the rebel Gen. Foxresfc h n -tvinO .'i XL . >ii But few.: accents have .been made during.jthe. last ofay or two. The jail is full, and the pffi>: £er3.do;,not care ta'.capture more of the zank and file at present, but ace keeping a sharp lookoui.for-the leaders.'! Occasionally the cav- airy, which is out night and day.1sc0uring.tbei cou/dry,;picks-un one of these gentlemen who has ventured back home)-thinkingrt&hestorm' iuöJbl6wnJaver. .:-j., - &j .'. .:'THE: ÄA!TOFA^TtTKE iOF Kü KUJX TesTI- *roNY.-^The Columbia correspondent1 of the Charleston iveuto'sbows the; manner of'getting u»'testimony,-upon Which to conyict'respecta- ble citizens of belonging to the' Ku Klux or- ganization: Uifti^q )\ .A'ftw nibTe of the alleged Ku Klux prisoners have been'brought to the'jail in tins-oily,'and the;ättests 'in« YorkySpartanborg and IJnioU fcob hties are bCGflmibgmöre rapidand nomerous. T-h&'Iafe arrivals at the jail at<e !from Spartan- bUr^abi'they'manlfes^tn^'iame' enriotis ea- fcrness to accuse themselves oT the 'most- horrir le crimes that has beeuTcmarked in the other voluntary vYe'fims'frbm ihÄeou^ An inter¬ view .with a few,of them :torfoy, resulted, öhly in a repetition.of the fanciful stories of grips and oaths and:countersigns With such, elabora¬ tions as their imagination (of may it not be, Lheif (instructions,) could supply. The sight of these poor wretches and the rehearsal of their stories^abnofc fail to convince any'one toat their organization, whatever it may be, is.not the organization commonly understood as the Ku Klux .KlaSi '.'Many rdf them are colored, half ofibem are Radicals, and most of the lat¬ ter, are. members, and no doubt tools, of the Loyal League^ a far more dangerous organiza¬ tion to the peace of South Carolina than the Ku Klux bogy. One fiction that is maintained in; regard, to .these self-accusing marauders is so transparent as to be an insult to the intelligence of the people of this State. This 'notion'is' that the so-called confessions of these people are voluntary and genuine. All of the officials take'paitisto tell me .that-they do not invite such corifessions',: and that, indeed, they tell each candidate for martrvdom that if he makes ronfessibrfft-ratistbe of his own free will and accord, and not from hope of pardon; but eve- Jybody kHows that by the" old common law, oh winch the.praetice of the Uui ted' States Courts is based, this is .a necessary legal formality which must be observed to enable the confes¬ sions to be used in court, and it is necessary for the purposes of tbjs 'prosecution that these con- fes8ionashnuld.be used -iu court, hot!as against the'confessing parties, but for tie purpose of ponyicting_ .other apd non-confessing citizens whom these cowardly fand perjured wretches, almost invariably implicate iu their affidavits, The . whole .'trick and ! device "of this gigantic nrpce^s; of subornation of perjury is glaring¬ ly apparent.' A fuTT and' honest investigation, if su^.a-one could: be horded for, would show that process is 'äjs^föll^we'fh^ifÖu^Qf the. low- est"jjem^5ts in the Loyal League ci»b. pfajcer* tain community, are, senj to',surrender thbm- jielv.es as repentant Ku Klux, and furnished ith stories to repeat in the form of confessions, ide 'jfists of alleged pern" among whom are snclLpf the decent men of that community as have had the misfortune anjd«;tlift. 'hbnor'>tp..b>e( hated by the Loyal Leagues! The confessing leaguers are then in most cases thrust into jail for the sake of con¬ sistency, ^djthe arrest ojt their neighbors be¬ gins. ^o.yt'nt!o{; habeas-corpw can.be inter¬ posed tfl'save. the, latter; they, are crowded, in- sülted'ähd starvedin a filthy jail for weeks, pu* 'obrough.a mockery of a Arial; before a jury se¬ lected by other Loyal Leaguers (collectors of internal revenue) and convicted oh the.affida¬ vits of the original confessors, wlm, it is riee<l- Iess to add, will be discharged. Could the hate of party, the prostitution of power or. the in¬ genuity of demons go further? Siyoui4AB.iiO)iAN yaADinoN..Among the Seminole -Indians there is a singular tradition regarding the white man's origin and superiori¬ ty-, They say that when the Great Spirit made the earth, he also made three men. All of the. men had fair complexions ; and that after ma¬ king them he led them to the margin of a small lake, and bade them leap in ana wash. One obeyed, and came out purer and fairer than be¬ fore ; the second hesitated a moment, during which,.'the.water,I agitated by the first had be¬ come muddied, and when he bathed he came out copper-colored ; the third .did not leap till the water, had .become ]4ack with mud,,pnd he came, put bjacVwith his own color. The Great Spirit laid hefpre^thera three packages, and, out of pity for the, .misfortune of color, gave the black Boan 'the.flrs£ choice, He took hold of ea^h package, and having felt the weights, chose the,heaviest. The copper-colored man phose the next heaviest,, leaving the white man the lightest. !WHen the packages were opened, the first was found to contain spades, hoes ana implements of.labor; .the second enwrapped hunting, fishing and war-like apparatus; the thir4 gave the white man pens, ink and paper, the engines of the mind.the means of mUtual mentalimproveincnt, the social link of human¬ ity, the foundation of the white man's superi¬ ority. -,, .; -. < * -Xr~ . The attention of two drummers was at¬ tracted to a peculiar chimney on a house iu Virginia, and asked a flaxen-haired urchin if it "drawed well." "Yes," replied the boy, "it draws the attention of all the fools that pass Uiis road." . During the examination of a witness as to the locality of tho stairs in a house, the counsel asked him, "which way did the stairs run?" The witness, Who was a wag, replied, "one way they ran up, but the other way they ran down.5' . The President made a speech at .Spring¬ field, Mass., which we give in full: "Ladies and gentlemen, I am very happy to meet you. but as the train is now awaiting my departure, I must bid you good-by." i ,H>|y a Georgian Jost his Fortune of'Twen¬ ty-Fire Millions of Dollars. <;' r^röln »ä teeentfy^ubHsoed worFby'Dr. ,8te- phenson on the-geolqgy,, mineralogy,-Sfe° of, OeorgVwtaK'ett^ ! teresting account pf the diamond mines0 6fj Hall County. Many oT^MWttdfifeWof the State, says the AtlantaNem"Er'd, will recognize} the sfygnjar'advehture T^Iated.Dy.the aütbpr of Dri-DPyd, ih^phnectidn with 'trie diamohd'- hunting: in that valuable section; of the State: Running parallel with the marble is' the im- Trienae',rredge Pf itacoramife/ or elastic', sand¬ stone;' the''matrix of the diamond." Jt extends imödgBöüt the county forthitty niiles, and in eVery JgoId deposit, or braricp^mihe: bearit, haVfe* been foUrM splendid diamonds by the gold washers, whp, beirig toteDy^^Hqrant of I their nature tor, yaluej'either, lost or destroyed most Pf ihem. Sorriewere sent to Europe to: be,cut and set in jewelry, hut most p^t^iem. were lost. Some of thern- are fitlli irf-the handTof the finders, who keep them as mementoes, in their sough. state. Being; entirely ignbran£ of thefr natureor vahtevaone were picked up, butsuch as Werenwithout inertistaUon, which in Brazil and Goiconda amount to on 1 v .flie one-tenth .part of the whole. prorlucfcj. Bour-flKhsi-Pf all the diamonds foundi in any country 'are small, and only fit for mechanical purposes--»in- gen¬ eral, being less than-a half carat, ör from one to two grains. The carat is a fraction Teas tban fonr grains,i (three, .and' one-sixth.)" but.in.al 1 estimates and sales in the mines the carat is put at four grains. It-originated from the use dfitaeseffl of Ki plant.in the East Indies, in the sale of diamonds;; Tins' /berr^/which grows only, in that rcgio^/though'not very accurate, änsWerep th6 purposes of the semi-civilized In,: dians.for several thousand years. " The'yield in" Brazil, for'forty'years, from the labor .pf, from thirty thousand to-sixt^ 'thousand bands, ranged^be'tween one thousand and twelve hundred ounces. Of this largo amount they rarely found more .than three orYdur, arid never more than' ten, that weighed more than thirty carats, These .facts strongly confirm the opin¬ ion that, when developed, Hall County will be asi riph in diamopds. as Brazil,,and pontainjeven a largerper cent^ of sizable ones' 'of the first water. In washing for gold, all the large ones would,., from the construction, of the machines, aecessarily be lost .or. thrown away;wi#r the jnartzgravel with\jrhu^:they .are asropiated, and only such as pasoed inW.tthejiffi'eri^with -he grains' of .gold r»nd fine sand, would be found in the panpjne after the/day's, work was ione. All of those found in Hall County were thus found, ,weighing from two. to six carats, some few less, and three were of large size.. 3ne of these, as-before stated, was. broken up to see the cause of .their lustre, by the ignorant ninore. Another was used for years,.by the boys, as a "middle-man"- in playing m&rbles'J md the largest.one by far was lost by Dr. Loyd, vhp was employed to oversee thirty negroes In vdrking the Glade'GPld Mine, a deposit twelve niles northeast of Ga.fnesv.iile., . Düring the four years he was employed, he kicked ont of the sands of the panuings for jold every night, after'the day's washing was >ver, uuoui naff a pint Or preccy'otuuea, *?uh,-u le gave to his wife, who put them in a mus- ard^bottle in an old cupboard, except such, as he children took a.fancy to, which were gen- jrally lost When the bottle was full she made L little bag, and put them into that for future imusement Some of these, from theii; size a,nd eputed lustre, must Jiave. beep, worth from ;wenty thousand to fifty thousand dollars. But he "big one" was found'by'himself, whilst vorking in the .pit.in place of a sick hand.:. Ee. said that about two hours by sun (he had 10 "watch,! while raising a gravel, he found a itoncJust like the little ones, except that it vasf'bright and sluing only on one side, the )ther side being covered with a crust of brown ituff. It, was. about the size of a "guinea egg." Being hard pushed to keep the wheelbarrows illed with gold gravel, so as to furnish grit for jonstant washing; he laid-it Pn the bank, by a rum tree'which stood close by, until night, when he intended to take it up to the.cabin ind give it to his wife and children,-as .being ;he largest of the pretty stones he had found. But when night came the machines were emp¬ tied of-their gold sand, and in the hurry of the noment he forgot all about the pretty stone. Twelve years atterward he was shown a rongh liamond, and at once-reeognized the contents sC-.thei -^mustard ¦ pettand. the " big one?' he bad laid up by/the gum-jtree. Soon after he found the "big pretty stpne," the'lease expired, and the company who employed him sent home the hands, and quit work. About the same time Mrs. Loyd died; and his daughter, who bad reached womanhood, married, and moved away toSouthwestern Georgia, and took the little furniture they had, among which was the tfupboard which then contained the fated bag. When he became satisfied of the valne of the stones, he ät ohee left. Atlanta, where he was keepingthe WashingtOto'TIall, and went to his daughter ; but she had^'hb knowledge of the bag or mustard bottle. They were gone. He then went to the mine, ane looked long and anxiously for the stone by the gum tree. No tree was there. The ground had been cleared and cultivated in corn for ten years. He look¬ ed in yain for any sign of the place. None ex¬ isted. HP now washed the gravel from the heaps where he thought it Was, for weeks and months, but he foundrt not. Discouraged, and and wearv of hunting; he returned to Atlanta to die. From his description of its size and character, there can be no-doubt of its being a diamond; arid being, as-he described it, about as large as a "goineateggv"- must, if pure.Jiavc been worth aboht twenty-five million dollars. :' t.< ¦' 11 nil A TltöDxmr..Wheh the day daw-nB. and we arise to find the sky clear arid the bright hours all1 heforie us, how loth We are to lie doWn upon our pillow again. There are so m Jury* things to idb^such pleasant things some of them; our friends are coming, or We are, going-to visit them; there is a walk or a drive, or a little feast in prospect.it seems so pleasant to be awake ! But When the idny has gone, and night has come again, we aregenerally ready for it. AVe are, at beat, tired with our frolic or our pleaspre. Ten,to one, wc arc disappointed in something. Some little unpleasant incident has marred the brightest hour. , Some skeleton has taken its seat at the. feast, or peeped out of a secret clos¬ et It is so delightful to fling off the finery it rejoiced us to put on ; to put out the light and lie down, courting slumber. , So though, in the heyday of lite,, we dread that last long, quiet sleep, no doubt those who live to be olu hail it as their best friend. The loves and hopes of early life have ended in dis¬ appointment. Their dear ones have left them alone. The life that seemed so sweet has changed to bitterness, and all the sweetness is with death. Just as wc wearily climb the bed¬ room stairs with our tired feet, so wc will climb life's last steps. Wc have danced and toiled al¬ ternately; we arc as tired of our joy as of our sorrow, and wc will hail repose eternal, as wc hailed the repose of the night when life was all before us. . What is the difference between a fool and a looking-glass ?.one speaks without reflecting, and the other rellects without speakiug. A'Sketch of Gen. John B. Magruder. ; This old warrior sleeps the sleep of a soldier in a rude Texas grave, over which there is no monument' The'grass was growirig about it.jh "the early".8Ummer, and there were some flowers there, withered and faded, scattered by-a W0- iaairls [Hand; A votary at' the shrine of nature, And,finished diplomat ,at the wurt of-Venus,. It fis fitting, that there .shjouid be largesse of e6n-gr0wing grasses "and live- flowers. If öes Are the' tehr-tirops' Of; angels, as the beatf- .tifol Arab belief puts forth poetry, .then is thig lowly mound a.-hallowed, spot, and, weds ,:not the sculptured 'stone, the fretted column, the ivy 'nnd the obelisk.' ';" Magrüder was a wonderful man. He stood siH febt feur inches in height, arid had a form nren .ejryiad and women^ adored; His nerves were all iron. Foreign travel and comprehen¬ sive culture had given ,to his wit a /.est that was ijtfway's, crisp arid ."Sparkling. He never lacerated, t To the sting of a repartee he added the hpriejrof the clovef. He cbnld fight all day arid dance all night. In the morning a glass of brandy and a strong cigar renewed his strength' and caused the cup of his youth to run over with the precious wine of health and high spirits. He loved "magnificent uniforms, magnificent horses,..magnificent riders, and, magnificent women. Gifted and graceful in conversation, he was a pet }n the boudoir and a logician in the bar¬ racks. He had studied French in Paris, Ital¬ ian rri Home, 'ahdiSpunish fri the Hal Is Of the Montezumas. The sabre exercise he leartfed from a Turk. His "horsemanship was of the English'kind, that is to say, not graceful but iiripo6siBle to be surpassed for firm riding and endurance. He. wrote little lqte songs that were set to music, one of them, 'Tmogene," bad in it the plaintive melody of a lover and the feaid rythm of burial bugles. In the Crimea he astonished the French offi¬ cers by sleeping at the front with the chasseurs under fill' In Mexico he sent back to the archbishop a lady's perfumed glove he had found in fire pal ace when the city was won, and .with it a note which read: "It is pretty enough to haye belonged to a Queen. Would she have parddri'ed me if I had appropriated it ?" As the archbishop sent him the next day a basket of delicious wine, it is supposed that the, fair owner of the glove must have looked leniently upon the handsome Arnerican soldier. Later, andhewas'riding with Gen. Scott down the long street of Iturbide. Gen. Garnett joined them, and Magmder drew a little back for jiis supe¬ riors to confer together. A white pnffof smoke ourled wit from an open window, a sudden re¬ port followed speedily, and Garnett and horse fell hard and bloody. An ounce ball, intended for Scott, had broken. Gam eft's thigh, and killed his charger. Fearing another fire, Ma- rruder galloped to the side of his chief aud :overed his body with his own. The old man's jyes never dropped; nor his voice Changed an intonation. "How long will it take you to aatter down that house ?" he spoke curtly to Lieutenant Magmder, pointing with a sweep )f his finger to the one nearest, and froth whicn he bullet came. "An hour bv the watch, gen- rndTeave"oTone"atonec utodnÄ* railce- It.was done, arid well done, and those who saw Magmder soonest afterwards noticed that ae had another bar on his epaulettes.he had 3cen made a captain. War was his clement, ;he bivouac his delight, and the battle his per¬ fect happiness. Besides, prodigal, fashionable, foolishly brave sometimes, a spendthrift, gen¬ erous, s true friend and staunch comrade, the rottender at Appomattox made him an aged nan in his prime, and wrinkled his features, which had before resisted* all the attacks of time. What a book his life would make in the tiands of some men. He once intended to write xn autobiography. Whether it was begun or not, we do not know.most certainly it was never finished. The brave, fond heart is pulseless now. The form of the stalwart soldier is dust in its far away grave. The laurels that he gathered and wore so well are faded and gone. Back from the unknown land no voice will come to tell of what rank he takes in the spectral columns, closed up and silent, waiting the resurrection day. Yet God deals gently with a soldier.. \Vhen he is brave, and noble, and courteous, and merciful, he has those attributes which as- srmilate- heaven, and, therefore, is he foreor¬ dained to happiriess after death. It may be Late in coming; the bivouacs are right cold and dreary, we know, tor some, but after the night the morning, and after the judgment day the New Jerusalem. The Importance op Establishing Man¬ ufactories in the South..The financial depression, underTtre ffffitrence of which every branch of industry seems to be suffering, is caused mainly.by the failure of the people to build up nndaustain home-'manufactories. Every agency that can possibly be introduced in the South by the ingenuity and energy of Northern capitalists, is designed ultimately to impoverish our people; and we may not be expected to recover even the same degree of financial prosperity enjoyed before the war un¬ til accomplished by the establishment of facto¬ ries and iron foundries, and all the facilities necessary for preparing the products of our soil for the markets of the world. The truth of this suggestion is evident to the mind of every person who has considered the general welfare of our commonwealth ; but the simple truth of the statement, without some action upon it, will noi only fall to build up the bro¬ ken fortunes of the South, but will continue the wholesale expenditure of money, time and labor by the people for the benefit of Northern manufactories, as it has been carried on since the war, until the building of factories by the Southern people will be out of the question, and the entire cotton crop of the South will become the property of Northern purchasers long in advance of its production. It is evident that factories established at eve¬ ry available point in the South for the manu¬ facture of cotton goods alone, would furnish employment to a vast population, who are now only consumers of the products of a still small¬ er number; would keep the proceeds of the farmer's toil at home, so that he could reap the benefits in the price of goods at less than those of Northern manufacture, and would be of incalculable aid in making the Southern people self-sustaining, nnd in a great measure independent of the "commercial rings" in the North, by whose influence the annual decrease of wealth in the Sonth cannot be estimated. When will the people cease their strife over the untenable propositions of dangerous and designing politicians, aud direct their energies to building up our land to that degree of pros¬ perity which is easily within their reach ? . A lady teacher in an Iowa school made a boy stand up und show how he hissed the hie girls in the woodshed, in hoi>cs that he would shed tears and promise to do so no more. All the bnyn arc leaving the other schools now and going to this lady teacher. . An unlucky chap replied, on being asked what he cleared on a certain speculation, ' Nothing but my jackets.'' a Racy Description of the State Fnir aud the At -Ball. rr vi Brother Bacon, .of.ilic.Edgefield Advettiter, haä such a peculiar knack . of-tlescTfbfng* men andthi.ngs.that.we.transfer, .to.onr colsunns hisl -comments upon recent events at the capital. 'Mm* JBsuretHhnf*dtfr flm eWttic; picture.:.. z-- if-t \ r. r-s.'vT "The" Bustle. The Crowd, The Hotbls. The Su<A a-crowd j Such throngs at every hotel I Such heaps of ladies, with; theW big trunks,! packed into one small room ! Such troops of young- fellows without a place to lay thefr! heads I Shch;'a>.tt9hfng an of vehicles from morning until night I Sncha tsampling of! feet, aud himing of. voices,,and rustling,of robes I SiicVpublic 1 ovc-makii:>. and snchfrnn- lic flirtatious f-Such .W'ihflrftfTrf ^mp]#'jbtidcs in lilac. s!|fö;l^'cliTMue! betting,on Uta horse races I Such weary plodding to:,distaht' shedk and pens to see the big^ulls'ia^tt/tlieT^Tg! hogs,'!; Such fierce cuntcnÜbnr.anäi.'cnvy among, the hordtj.nien I Such prancing of saddle horses and showy', young".MW!M\'th^ Tin^i'lSwUritarM steer^raccs ! Such tiresome ploughing matches! ^jch_an ignoble torrrnument! Such 'inspiring strains of Strauss and Offenbach from the mu¬ sic stand.:. So many streets," aisles-,-corridors, spaces, corners, nooks, buggies, carriages, full of curiousj-laughing, chatting, bedizened peo-1 pie, each givinghisor her opinidn of the won-1 dera, and glories öfJtfie~Fair.! Siicji valuable! slims oTCmonefwasWd uphr&^he -«fat JrWrnfj and the "edueoteft-jp^g^Aaftditihu bogus "Indi¬ ans i^iSuuhrrafcim?-^Lcp^^^e at Shiver's and] at Kipard's !.,Suchend grabbing at falserbair' and 'flowed 1ft Mrs. 'McCbrmicfcV and Mrs. .Reed's! SuWlidcvo'uringrof'bystere and' turkey, andisuehtpburing down of hot coifee, at;theiLa- dles' Bazaar in behalf gf; tlie Spldlfts Monu¬ ment ! Such indi^orirrjinate and cripiinal whack¬ ing'orjpianos I Such?";infcrnal cHOkihg" hnd clacking of sewing machines ! 'Such erfthüsias'- tic shouts o£ applausex>vcrthe exquisite: and machless.portraits .and,photographa of^Vearp and Hixl Such brightness,'and gaiety and mer¬ riment, and color,-all around and oil every ?ide! Such.well, we'might- go Oit; till -the ©ay 'of Judgment overtook ps^bubiwe thiuk oiir fpic- Uirc tolerably complete. The Ball .of the South Carolina' Club. Sbciklly, this Bäll'.'was the great festival oc¬ casion of the Faifwftck'. The South Carolina Club was organized two years ago. Its objeet is-thepromotion of-social» intercourse and re¬ fined amusement among the gentlemen ofSotitli 'Carolina. Our popular townsman Major W, T. Gary, has been President of the Club since rte organization. After .presiding gracefully and well at two annual balls, however, Ire has laid off the robes of office, and been'succeeded by Wade Hampton, junior. Major Gary has effi¬ ciently furthered the interests of the Club in its first years, and its members, with one accord, award, him a hearty and loving "Well-done I" And just here we would ,nsk our friend, where arose the soft and lovely azure star (a blue sat¬ in rosette) which he wore upon his breast the other night. Did this star arise in the East, or in the West ? Report says in the West. Cornel^ The BaTl was oh Thursday 1ßr^.^nf hi* win's Hall, a lanr**. room lately finish^u i nis"nalL is ventilated only by two cracks or openings in the roof. Consequently it is very hot.no, that is, vulgar.warra.ijC you please. Guateinozin smiled on .burning coals, and the holy St. Lawrence on his blessed grid¬ iron. We all emulated their 'heroism at:this ball, andi-npt only smiled but.dauccd through¬ out the evening. Columbia ought to have a better hall than this. But after all, young'peo¬ ple,'dressed and ready for the fray, with hearts full of lightness and love, do not care an idta about temperature.- Tophet or an ice-bcrg-.it is all the same 1 The hall, however, was Tiril- liantly lighted, t^c floor was beautifully waxed) the music was good, and the Committee were attentive and efficient. The attendance was large. The great men of the State and the gor¬ geous women of society were there in astonish¬ ing array.' The fray began :it about 10'.' Qua- drille, galop, walte; quadrille, galop, waltz 1(' And so it went until three in the morning. The supper-.provided we suppose by MxKen-; zie.was, truthfully,1 fit for a-- röyal banquet! Heavens! how tiroes.have changed since the day.when John .the Baptist was glad to get lo- Oiushl and wild honey, whieh, by-'thc-by. sopie commentators, bow say was only grasshopper* ^dTbceswax J j.,,^,, 'M. ?, (»I i .We. never attended a more brilliant or a more; enjoyable'Ball tHKh this^and therewith we. end. Phenomena of the Northern Fibe.. There are some phases of the great calamity which fell upon, this region last week worthy of scientific investigation. The testimony of tlie cooler-headed survivors of the fires at Peshtigo and Sugar Bush and Williamsvillc is united as to one phenomenon. They say that the fire did not come upon them gradually from "burn¬ ing trees and other objecortothe-windward, but the first notice they bad of it was a whirlwind of flame, in great clouds, from above the tops of the trees, which fell upon and enveloped everything. The. atmosphere seemed one of fire. The poor people inhaled it, or the. in¬ tensely hot air, arid" fell dowii dead. This is verified by the appearance of many of the corpses. They' were fouhd dead in the roads ana open spaces where there were no visible marks of fire nearby; with hot a trace bf burn¬ ing upon their bodies or clothing. At the; Sugar Bush, which is an extended cleäribgj' in! some places four ' miles in width, corpses wdre found in the open road.-betwecn fences, which were only slightly burned. >"o mark of fire was upon them, but they laid there as if asleep. This phenomenon seems to explain the fact that" so many were killed in compact masses. They were evidently regarded at the moment as tho safest placfcsy liwny from buildings, trees or other Inflnmable material, nnd there to have died together. Fences around cleared fields were burned in kpota of onlv a few rods in length, and elsewhere not touched. Fish were killed in the'streams.as at Peshtigo. We hear the universal testimony that the prevailing ideas among tho'terror-stricken peo¬ ple of the places was-that, the last day had eome. They needed not to be. terror-stricken for such imaginings. What other explanation could be given to that imminent time, when there was an ominous warning and sound com¬ ing from.the distance; when tho,sky, so dark just before, burst into great clouds of fire, the beasts of the forest came running for suecar into the midst of the settlements, and the great, red, consuming, roaring hell of lire fell upon all around. The dreadful seehc lacked nothing but the sounding of the last trump.and in¬ deed the approach of the awful roaring, and the premonitions from the distance supplied even that to the appalled imaginings of the people. The Epsy theory, wc think it is, that con¬ tinued and wide-spread -fires will bring on rain, seems to be exploded iii this- instance. Those fires had lasted nearly or quite four weeks, rav¬ aging forest* over a groat area, and still not a drop of rain. Tho rain only came with a change of wind to the northward, and several days after the worst burnings were over with.. Green Jittu Advocate. The November Elections, \iaib -jii. The political revurutfun iu this city and State has so s^rterVtrrt> ptfbtjcinflnd*b$«jfcss than nkof .it¦¦wiir^e-^rktifyine to fremccrate-toknawdml .the lpi^es elsewhere hayAiJKrt bpfift .spTseriouft .apdthatjji^pra^ eases poe.irirej^rid satisfatfory gains nave'Vcn made. 'Generally spea^mg, the party has held its own. .TÖÖinnvoZ ift In New" Jerscy"t^verf^ majority is mbre-than'0,0(40.^ HTh©;Repnbncaa'')raaj<j|ity ^CeHgressmcTf.lasfi.yflarwnspycr 3,000, whjgt Jihpws.a DemoQr.%tic,gain onf,the popular vote JoT over. 0,000.. Tlie'Mte Is so disk'ieWm^ ifoV'bTthc T^tpüriHcans that1 the' Leg?sfiffn*re ddes i«frlhirlyTT»i^m^thferK)liticaleemim^ .of,thene«plc. It isj^nublißau in, both branqb/ e3,,as,,ft was last- ""TTi e toiaTvc foots hp1 pnbl ifean> 70.000. Adams;: Dernocrat",: 48,000; Chamberlain,; Labor ,-Jiefprin, ^,000.; Pitman, Temperance, 6,500^ majority for the Kepub^ lican over.the^mpcmtm.cajididate of 27,000, and over All 6t ISfiW. Last-Tear Claflin's ma¬ jority -over Adams was over 31,000! 'and: ovei al 1 U,00O. It will- be seen, therefore, tha* the Demr berat»» utand relatively a little better than last year. ,They have also made^a handsome gain rrrtlfc,'Hfons¥'i,o'f Representatives;'! Last<year they elected 34 memoers, this year 5Ö;'*The -LabMiteforoU'ra arftneari will have but.two,jqpre^en^iyes in .the? :'Jrn"^irglnia4h^^ a briFfiahtf. an* almost overwhelming- vielöry». Their popular majority; in- the. legislative; vole will not be» less, than 30,000.a gain of more than 20.0Q(J'ovcr the Congressional vote of Jasi year1;1 They will haVe a twö^rhirds majority in both Houses (if the Legislature;- ' <;. J The Republicans;.were' confident of making heavy gains in. Macylwo^aniL .even indulged in hopes of carrymgtJic^tatc^ ^Baltimore tel¬ egrams from a'-ftepimlr&u^ theinorn- ing^JHfter the ,olection'rdcclai^::the'Stateid,be -H* doubts, But ^ nearly; \completer returns;.giv/e .the..Democracy,, tjie.Suite by, Jrl.SOO.majority against'19,p0P( rhajp'rfty' last year.a' loss, hut not more serious thnTi that of the Republicans hi Massachusetts.' The-Republicans ptteceeded in elecfeingiten JiepresentatLYCs and one Senar- tor in. the Legislature. There weie1 large Democratic gains in the legislative elections in 'Mississippi, though the Democrats made but a feeble effort, "and'in some counties no contests whatever.; ;The last estimate made at Jackson gives the Democrats 29 Representatives anoT'5" Senators more than last year, reducing the Republican majority on joint ballot from 74 to 18. ui ; Returns from about half of the counties in Illinois.of'.the vote for Congressman at Large show that the "Republican majority will j5e about* the ^a'm'e as 'last year^perhaps''a fe# thousands less. All the* Republican stronj»*,, holds in the north part* orHhe^t^A^^3^' heard {wm^i^xo^-^^^^^^t000' «.^Ha-nniesota, Governor Austin, the Repub¬ lican candidate, ran ahead of his ticket/ anö his majority is estimated at 10,000. The Re¬ publican- majority pn Congressmen lastycar was 7,344. The indications are that both par; ties have held'their own. The''Wihcbrisin,yetiu;ns for' Governor- iridis cftte a majority for. Washhurn over DoolittJ* sjighü): larger-thap, that of the Republican* 'for Governor twq years .ago. The Republicans gain in the Senate" and the -Democrats "fir tire House. The returns, however, on the^ popular vote are still very meagre..N* Y. World, Tie Two Pictflu;es.Chicago and the South. , In 1866 a commUtce of Southern ladies n ade au appeal to the liberal minded of Chicago for fund* to build pomes for the desolate children of deceased Confederates. The ladies addressed a note, to the Chicago Republican, enclosif circular and asking its pablication. ..The editor of the Baltimore EceningJournal, from which 'we copv. has in hiß' possesaiqn the original of the' fdl lowing letter written lh'W- sponserof-l.be appeal pan* ....toqmi Office of THs-ÖHieAee Republican, ^ - .ißqf^a^rDeeewber-T* Wro'^'J Esteemed Ladle*:.In. response,to yptir, .re¬ quest' for a co^ribtfrTori'to biiildhbuses foVdes- -tltute'ehildfen'o^dei^ased CowfeiievAtesbWiW, please find, enclosed five hundred dollars in--the currency, of the,; deceased <^nfe4eracy, f;Ve^i say ' that""the shrinking delicacy and,pride/of the''Southern" peöj>le, forbids the idea of coW- ducting tfte establishment upon thö prlfliriplP or plan of an ordinary charity." We cordially coincide wjth this policy, and as ordinary char¬ ities are supported by "greenbacks," you win 'appreciate that lofty scrisc of cftlvalric pfoptie"- t^Whieri'le&ds'uste contribute to the snpiwA of your enterprise a currency Which is opposed in a41 r.esjfcects to greenbacks. :.t "ipurs, very truly, ThE CHICAGO KErCBLICAN Co." The foHowing answer was sent: '- '". Chicago, December 8, M881: '. Ghicagv'BrptU)Ucah Company: -> Gentlemen :.NVe are in receipt of yÄar very jiberal donation of five hundred dollars (Confederate money) in aid of Southern or¬ phans', and for which you will please accept th rongh -us the acknowledgments of destitute and,starving children. ( Wc arq ,wpmeii and strangers in your city.^ and as such, entitled' to some little show or courtesy. We arc not politicians, nor häveiVfe come here to appeal to or attack your prejudices, ppljticaLor religious; our.appea'l is to the gen¬ tler charities and human sympathies 'of a Christian people, irrespective of party or sfeöt. Yours is the first instance, since we left-ottr homes upon this mission of love and charity, .(hat, an attempt has been made to insult us or the object of our labors. , the other side. I- : i:> 3VI3 )-¦; From that picture let us turn to another.-^ The following letter has "been receivea'bV the diairniattof the Citizen's Relief Committee of Baltimore1: . . .. m>a ini[ OhicagO, November's; 1871;° Röb&rf 'R; Kfrkland, Esq., Raffimori.' DEAk Sin:.lh accordance With your favor of 3d'instant, f have this day drawn Upon McssTsi.JIcKim & Co. for the sum of thirty- two thousand eight hundred and fifty dollars ($32,8n0), in favor of the Chicago Relief and Aid Society,'to whom I have entrusted thfe work of receiving and distributing subscript tions for the relief of sufferers by the late fire in this city.' Please accept yourself, and convey to the generous citizens of Baltimore, who joined you in this good work, the warmest and most grate- j ml thanks of our afflicted people for their mu- nificcnt help in this}the time of great need. and assure them that the blessing of many Of the thonsands who have by this calamity oee*i rendered homeless and destitute, will follow them for their nobltTalTd"practical sympathy. YoursVverv trulv. R. B. MASON, Mayor of Chicago. . Barbers make many friends, bnt scrape n ore acquaintances.
