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'.'"ÄNDERÖÖN C.H., THURSDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 23, 1871. \76T.TrivirvöLttife wo. ail

cond tour of ob^yationm thlg'SÄiÖ,

ired aapUwo KufKlu^ia jail, over

^^nje^bers-oftWi^fejf^dviSSjor 150 B^pje^u?g?fpm justiceRin the wpads^ ;Sacbii3.a.aunimary.o£

li ofÄe-cMi^|*Wi^monrfYpri 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^ngthflpflions order,.w^n^am^

5toe.coualy.,.;Ap>officer scarcelyexag^grat^_JiD#^*yto^w,hesaid3to me^T'^a«Hb^^°ftfr*?3 ^QoUveiy-^t^.n^a.yo.n

W:^:)'«3^*.n?<ga*e ifljhy disr) ofte^orning.^>rief/: a^rm^ofjljhenmV^ ^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 witharbors of green boughs, stood in an oak groveaearthe 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"*stbo3upon thej^ÄJj^Traors and, ig the'court houseyard, engaged in low and excited talk. Othermen, 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,- absorbedin conversation on the one topic^f She-arrests".Everybody but the negroes and soldiers had thelook of excitement apd despondency alwaysobservaWe'in'tne rnh'abiuints 'ÖTT'conqueredtum,ma ilig^eop^e^^t^ed^gmptaly, as if they feared I mighthttfe come to emp¬ty some new-vial of Government -wrath -upontKel^ewtedJbLeads. A tall, thin man, in ajk^'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 expectedto heara afaofc buttbeje/was non^, and the tallman caÄe^VpvesenWy^wiA anWnrgry*counte-nance, saying, "I'll fix you,jou infernal scoun¬

drel !" and stalked up the street I recognizedhim to be a member of Congress from this dis¬trict, and learned afterwards -that he:is muchhated by the Ku Klux ancLtheirsympathizers,who believe that he has had'much to, do. withorfhging.the heavy hand ,pr the Governmentdown 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-onlydrunk, and apologized, for his, presence ,by .sayring that he did not want to p.ut him into thestreet'in tuat condition. The landlord was ex:eeedittgly attentive and polite'1' arid .trierj "tomake hisi guests as comfortablo as his' limitedknowledge of che ait of hotel-keeping ienderedpossiWfe.'' ;He-'whited at table with his negroservants,-and was profuse and kindiy in his of-ieiK of service; Following his directions,went at once to the house of Major Merri ll, whofftmrnands the post.a large, white house, .witht|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 slouchedha&:andireits of coarse homespun of variouscolors 5tnd degrees of filthiness and raggedness,<jee^Wtbei<fWer.TOai*av and4dnngeq about^mder-the trees. Whoeversaw :a pa,rty.of:cöp-|tt^;b«shwhäilwr3.ät the .effife^of-a ;?rpvostMarshal .during; the war,wm know exactly,hpw \these mefi looked. They had.,KM foreheadsjlong straight hair, Joose-jointea. Hl-formedttbaiej^a^aTlbbk Halfcunning'and half stupid,f&tt'dhe cÄnld Easily imaginewouldChange oh^Jcasieh into4 an e^ressitth of fcrntish ferocity.Rissltrg?throagh tht» iii-favored group into theJÄrOB^'/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 aof the'^Ku.Knui^ whose' w'orife were. ta:Ti by -a stenographer.' Ma^^Merrill;

military autocrat of York county, fs a'inanwith the head, face'arid spectacles dr aGerman

Erofcssor, and the frame of ari athlete. He iti who planned .and executed the crusade

against the Ku Klux. He came here in thespring and-went quietly at work studying thecountry and the people, and familiarizinghim¬self with all the detail» obtainable of the mur¬

ders anAftt^jC^rwfft/tba^ Juuib^en^eoinmit-ted. .rHe heard the stories of negroes whosneaked - info his quarters afnight to tell himWt&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 theers were, and. after months of this work

w^n (the,president's proclamation jv;ax issued,he held r'tKe .^fhole ,infamous^order w.Yorkjjo^W^'iirl^'the.Hbtiow of. h^hana, and heir^rashed it as'easily äs a: man' ^buld an egg-sheH?'*^ ' " '.*;Ab ftoori its' the operation ofthe writ oihabctetorpu* was suspended,- he sent his cavalry insmall detachments over the county and gatherediip the Ku Klux by the dozen. The peoplewWopanic-stricken. The garrison Of United

Erhad 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 knowevery crime committcd by the midn ight raiders;and to have penetrated the homed masks and

of the chief criminals, astonished andled the community. Many of the mostigent leaders of the Klan ran away as soon

as the proclamation was issued, knowing-werewould be trouble, and among these was ithe''Grand Cyclops" of York coonty, one J. W.iivery, a wealthy merchant of this village, whoissued 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 madeby 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 poorinen 'who could not go, finding themselvesabandoned 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 'ffireedays 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 notiharged:Jyijh any offensB' beides, belonging to;the Radical party. Some; <o£ .the outrages-de;"itaijödf ifljj&^ei^Tlfessionftlare of -sickeningatrocity. An officer who has just, come fiofr^Uyeai»^i8jen7ce>^n tlurplains says they/are:not equaled in fiendish barbarity/ by the.worstdpfrgs'/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.lI;,|-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 . >iiBut 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 zankand file at present, but ace keeping a sharplookoui.for-the leaders.'! Occasionally the cav-

airy, which is out night and day.1sc0uring.tbeicou/dry,;picks-un one of these gentlemen whohas ventured back home)-thinkingrt&hestorm'iuöJbl6wnJaver..:-j., - &j .'.

.:'THE:ÄA!TOFA^TtTKE iOF Kü KUJX TesTI-*roNY.-^The Columbia correspondent1 of theCharleston iveuto'sbows the; manner of'gettingu»'testimony,-upon Which to conyict'respecta-ble citizens of belonging to the' Ku Klux or-

ganization: Uifti^q )\.A'ftw nibTe of thealleged Ku Klux prisoners

havebeen'brought to the'jail in tins-oily,'andthe;ättests 'in« YorkySpartanborg and IJnioUfcobhties 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- horrirle crimes that has beeuTcmarked in the other

voluntary vYe'fims'frbm ihÄeou^ An inter¬view.with a few,of them:torfoy, resulted, öhlyin a repetition.of the fanciful stories of gripsand oaths and:countersigns With such, elabora¬tions as their imagination (of may it not be,Lheif(instructions,) could supply. The sight ofthese poor wretches and the rehearsal of theirstories^abnofc fail to convince any'one toattheir organization, whatever it may be, is.notthe organization commonly understood as theKu Klux .KlaSi '.'Many rdf them are colored,half ofibem are Radicals, and most of the lat¬ter, are. members, and no doubt tools, of theLoyal League^ a far more dangerous organiza¬tion to the peace of South Carolina than theKu Klux bogy. One fiction that is maintainedin; regard, to .these self-accusing marauders is so

transparent as to be an insult to the intelligenceof the people of this State. This 'notion'is'that the so-called confessions of these peopleare voluntary and genuine. All of the officialstake'paitisto tell me .that-they do not invitesuch corifessions',: and that, indeed, they telleach candidate for martrvdom that if he makesronfessibrfft-ratistbe of his own free will andaccord, and not from hope of pardon; but eve-

Jybody kHows that by the" old common law, ohwinch the.praetice of the Uui ted' States Courtsis based, this is .a necessary legal formalitywhich must be observed to enable the confes¬sions to be used in court, and it is necessary forthe purposes of tbjs 'prosecution that these con-

fes8ionashnuld.be used -iu court, hot!as againstthe'confessing parties, but for tie purpose ofponyicting_ .other apd non-confessing citizenswhom these cowardly fand perjured wretches,almost invariably implicate iu their affidavits,The . whole .'trick and ! device "of this giganticnrpce^s; of subornation of perjury is glaring¬ly apparent.' A fuTT and' honest investigation,if su^.a-one could: be horded for, would showthat 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 furnishedith stories to repeat in the form of confessions,

ide 'jfists of allegedpern" among whom are snclLpf the decent menof that community as have had the misfortuneanjd«;tlift. 'hbnor'>tp..b>e( hated by the LoyalLeagues! The confessing leaguers are then inmost 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 ofinternal revenue) and convicted oh the.affida¬vits of the original confessors, wlm, it is riee<l-Iess to add, will be discharged. Could the hateof party, the prostitution of power or. the in¬genuity of demons go further?

Siyoui4AB.iiO)iAN yaADinoN..Among theSeminole -Indians there is a singular traditionregarding the white man's origin and superiori¬ty-, They say that when the Great Spirit madethe 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 smalllake, and bade them leap in ana wash. Oneobeyed, and came out purer and fairer than be¬fore ; the second hesitated a moment, duringwhich,.'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 tillthe water, had .become ]4ack with mud,,pnd hecame, put bjacVwith his own color. The GreatSpirit laid hefpre^thera three packages, and, outof pity for the, .misfortune of color, gave theblack Boan 'the.flrs£ choice, He took hold ofea^h package, and having felt the weights,chose the,heaviest. The copper-colored man

phose the next heaviest,, leaving the white manthe lightest. !WHen the packages were opened,the first was found to contain spades, hoes ana

implements of.labor; .the second enwrappedhunting, fishing and war-like apparatus; thethir4 gave the white man pens, ink and paper,the engines of the mind.the means of mUtualmentalimproveincnt, the social link of human¬ity, the foundation of the white man's superi¬ority. -,, .;

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. 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, "itdraws the attention of all the fools that passUiis road.". During the examination of a witness as to

the locality of tho stairs in a house, the counselasked him, "which way did the stairs run?"The witness, Who was a wag, replied, "one waythey 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 andgentlemen, I am very happy to meet you. butas the train is now awaiting my departure, Imust 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 6fjHall County. Many oT^MWttdfifeWof theState, says the AtlantaNem"Er'd, will recognize}the sfygnjar'advehture T^Iated.Dy.the aütbprof 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 extendsimödgBöüt the county forthitty niiles, and ineVery JgoId deposit, or braricp^mihe: bearit,haVfe* been foUrM splendid diamonds by thegold washers, whp, beirig toteDy^^Hqrant of Itheir nature tor, yaluej'either, lost or destroyedmost Pf ihem. Sorriewere sent to Europe to:be,cut and set in jewelry, hut most p^t^iem.werelost. Some of thern- are fitlli irf-the handTofthefinders, who keep them as mementoes, in theirsough. state. Being; entirely ignbran£ of thefrnatureor vahtevaone were picked up, butsuchas Werenwithout inertistaUon, which in Braziland Goiconda amount to on 1v .flie one-tenth.part of the whole. prorlucfcj. Bour-flKhsi-Pf allthe diamonds foundi in any country 'are small,and only fit for mechanical purposes--»in- gen¬eral, being less than-a half carat, ör from oneto two grains. The carat is a fraction Teastbanfonr grains,i (three, .and' one-sixth.)" but.in.al 1estimates and sales in the mines the carat isput at four grains. It-originated from the usedfitaeseffl of Ki plant.in the East Indies, in thesale of diamonds;; Tins' /berr^/which growsonly, 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 thelabor .pf, from thirty thousand to-sixt^ 'thousandbands, ranged^be'tween onethousand and twelvehundred ounces. Of this largo amount theyrarely found more .than three orYdur, arid nevermore than' ten, that weighed more than thirtycarats, These .facts strongly confirm the opin¬ion that, when developed, Hall County will beasi riph in diamopds. as Brazil,,and pontainjevena largerper cent^ of sizable ones' 'ofthe firstwater. In washing for gold, all the large ones

would,., from the construction, of the machines,aecessarily be lost .or. thrown away;wi#r thejnartzgravel with\jrhu^:they .are asropiated,and only such as pasoed inW.tthejiffi'eri^with-he grains' of .gold r»nd fine sand, would befound in the panpjne after the/day's, work wasione. All of those found in Hall County werethus found, ,weighing from two. to six carats,some few less, and three were of large size..3ne of these, as-before stated, was. broken upto see the cause of .their lustre, by the ignorantninore. Another was used for years,.by theboys, as a "middle-man"- in playing m&rbles'Jmd the largest.one by far was lost by Dr. Loyd,vhp was employed to oversee thirty negroes Invdrking the Glade'GPld Mine, a deposit twelveniles northeast of Ga.fnesv.iile., .

Düring the four years he was employed, hekicked ont of the sands of the panuings forjold every night, after'the day's washing was>ver, uuoui naff apint 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 madeL little bag, and put them into that for futureimusement Some of these, from theii; size a,ndeputed lustre, must Jiave. beep, worth from;wenty thousand to fifty thousand dollars. Buthe "big one" was found'by'himself, whilstvorking in the .pit.in place of a sick hand.:.Ee. said that about two hours by sun (he had10 "watch,! while raising a gravel, he found a

itoncJust like the little ones, except that itvasf'bright and sluing only on one side, the)ther side being covered with a crust of brownituff. It, was. about the size of a "guinea egg."Being hard pushed to keep the wheelbarrowsilled with gold gravel, soas to furnish grit forjonstant 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.cabinind 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 thenoment he forgot all about the pretty stone.Twelve years atterward he was shown a ronghliamond, and at once-reeognized the contentssC-.thei-^mustard ¦pettand. the "big one?' hebad laid up by/the gum-jtree. Soon after hefound the "big pretty stpne," the'lease expired,and the company who employed him sent homethe hands, and quit work. About the same

time Mrs. Loyd died; and his daughter, whobad reached womanhood, married, and movedaway toSouthwestern Georgia, and took thelittle furniture they had, among which was thetfupboard which then contained the fated bag.When he became satisfied of the valne of thestones, he ät ohee left. Atlanta, where he was

keepingthe WashingtOto'TIall, and went to hisdaughter ; but she had^'hb knowledge of thebag or mustard bottle. They were gone. Hethen went to the mine, ane looked long andanxiously for the stone by the gum tree. Notree was there. The ground had been clearedand 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 theheaps where he thought it Was, for weeks andmonths, but he foundrt not. Discouraged, andand wearv of hunting; he returned to Atlantato die. From his description of its size andcharacter, there can be no-doubt of its being a

diamond; arid being, as-he described it, aboutas large as a "goineateggv"- must, if pure.Jiavcbeen worth aboht twenty-five million dollars.

:' t.< ¦' 11 nilA TltöDxmr..Wheh the day daw-nB. and we

arise to find the sky clear arid the bright hoursall1 heforie us, how loth We are to lie doWn uponour pillow again. There are somJury* things toidb^such pleasant things some of them; our

friends are coming, or We are, going-to visitthem; there is a walk or a drive, or a little feastin prospect.it seems so pleasant to be awake !But When the idny has gone, and night has

come again, we aregenerally ready for it. AVeare, at beat, tired with our frolic or our pleaspre.Ten,to one, wc arc disappointed in something.Some little unpleasant incident has marred thebrightest hour. , Some skeleton has taken itsseat at the. feast, or peeped out of a secret clos¬et It is so delightful to fling off the finery itrejoiced us to put on ; to put out the light andlie down, courting slumber. ,

So though, in the heyday of lite,, we dreadthat last long, quiet sleep, no doubt those wholive to be olu hail it as their best friend. Theloves and hopes of early life have ended in dis¬appointment. Their dear ones have left themalone. The life that seemed so sweet haschanged to bitterness, and all the sweetness iswith death. Just as wc wearily climb the bed¬room stairs with our tired feet, so wc will climblife'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 allbefore us.

. What is the difference between a fool anda 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 soldierin a rude Texas grave, over which there is nomonument' The'grass was growirig about it.jh"the early".8Ummer, and there were some flowersthere, withered and faded, scattered by-a W0-iaairls [Hand; A votary at' the shrine of nature,And,finished diplomat,at the wurt of-Venus,. Itfis fitting, that there .shjouid be largesse of

e6n-gr0wing grasses "and live- flowers. Iföes Are the' tehr-tirops'Of; angels, as the beatf-

.tifol Arab belief puts forth poetry, .then is thiglowly mound a.-hallowed, spot, and, weds ,:notthe 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 formnren .ejryiad and women^ adored; His nerveswere all iron. Foreign travel and comprehen¬sive culture had given ,to his wit a /.est thatwas ijtfway's, crisp arid ."Sparkling. He neverlacerated, t To the sting of a repartee he addedthe hpriejrof the clovef. He cbnld fight allday arid dance all night. In the morning a

glass of brandy and a strong cigar renewed hisstrength' and caused the cup of his youth torun over with the precious wine of health andhigh 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 theMontezumas. The sabre exercise he leartfedfrom a Turk. His "horsemanship was of theEnglish'kind, that is to say, not graceful butiiripo6siBle to be surpassed for firm riding andendurance. He. wrote little lqte songs thatwere set to music, one ofthem, 'Tmogene," badin it the plaintive melody of a lover and thefeaid rythm of burial bugles.

In the Crimea he astonished the French offi¬cers by sleeping at the front with the chasseursunder fill' In Mexico he sent back to thearchbishop a lady's perfumed glove he hadfound in fire pal ace when the city was won, and.with it a note which read: "It is pretty enoughto haye belonged to a Queen. Would she haveparddri'ed me if I had appropriated it ?" Asthe archbishop sent him the next day a basketof delicious wine, it is supposed that the, fairowner of the glove must have looked lenientlyupon the handsome Arnerican soldier. Later,andhewas'riding with Gen. Scott down the longstreet of Iturbide. Gen. Garnett joined them,and Magmder drew a little back for jiis supe¬riors to confer together. A white pnffof smokeourledwit from an open window, a sudden re¬port followed speedily, and Garnett and horsefell hard and bloody. An ounce ball, intendedfor Scott, had broken. Gam eft's thigh, andkilled his charger. Fearing another fire, Ma-rruder galloped to the side of his chief aud:overed his body with his own. The old man'sjyes never dropped; nor his voice Changed anintonation. "How long will it take you toaatter down that house ?" he spoke curtly toLieutenant Magmder, pointing with a sweep)f his finger to the one nearest, and froth whicnhe bullet came. "An hour bv the watch, gen-rndTeave"oTone"atonecutodnÄ* railce-

It.was done, arid well done, and those whosaw Magmder soonest afterwards noticed thatae had another bar on his epaulettes.he had3cen 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, therottender at Appomattox made him an agednan in his prime, and wrinkled his features,which had before resisted* all the attacks oftime.What a book his life would make in the

tiands ofsome men. He once intended to writexn autobiography. Whether it was begun or

not, we do not know.most certainly it wasnever finished.The brave, fond heart is pulseless now. The

form of the stalwart soldier is dust in its faraway grave. The laurels that he gathered andwore so well are faded and gone. Back fromthe unknown land no voice will come to tell ofwhat rank he takes in the spectral columns,closed up and silent, waiting the resurrectionday. 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 beLate in coming; the bivouacs are right coldand dreary, we know, tor some, but after thenight the morning, and after the judgment daythe New Jerusalem.

The Importance op Establishing Man¬ufactories in the South..The financialdepression, underTtre ffffitrence of which everybranch of industry seems to be suffering, iscaused mainly.by the failure of the people tobuild up nndaustain home-'manufactories.Every agency that can possibly be introduced

in the South by the ingenuity and energy ofNorthern capitalists, is designed ultimately toimpoverish our people; and we may not beexpected to recover even the same degree offinancial prosperity enjoyed before the war un¬

til accomplished by the establishment of facto¬ries and iron foundries, and all the facilitiesnecessary for preparing the products of our

soil for the markets of the world. The truthof this suggestion is evident to the mind ofevery person who has considered the generalwelfare of our commonwealth ; but the simpletruth of the statement, without some action

upon it, will noi only fall to build up the bro¬ken fortunes of the South, but will continuethe wholesale expenditure of money, time andlabor by the people for the benefit of Northernmanufactories, as it has been carried on sincethe war, until the building of factories by theSouthern people will be out of the question,and the entire cotton crop of the South willbecome the property of Northern purchaserslong 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 furnishemployment to a vast population, who are now

only consumers of the products of a still small¬er number; would keep the proceeds of thefarmer's toil at home, so that he could reapthe benefits in the price of goods at less thanthose of Northern manufacture, and would beof incalculable aid in making the Southernpeople self-sustaining, nnd in a great measure

independent of the "commercial rings" in theNorth, by whose influence the annual decreaseof wealth in the Sonth cannot be estimated.When will the people cease their strife over

the untenable propositions of dangerous anddesigning politicians, aud direct their energiesto 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 hiegirls in the woodshed, in hoi>cs that he wouldshed tears and promise to do so no more. Allthe bnyn arc leaving the other schools now andgoing 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 theAt -Ball. rr vi

Brother Bacon, .of.ilic.Edgefield Advettiter,haä such a peculiar knack . of-tlescTfbfng*menandthi.ngs.that.we.transfer, .to.onr colsunns hisl-comments upon recent events at the capital.'Mm* JBsuretHhnf*dtfrflm 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 ISuch heaps of ladies, with; theW big trunks,!packed into one small room ! Such troops ofyoung- fellows without a place to lay thefr!heads I Shch;'a>.tt9hfng an of vehiclesfrom morning until night I Sncha tsampling of!feet, aud himing of. voices,,and rustling,ofrobes I SiicVpublic 1 ovc-makii:>. and snchfrnn-lic flirtatious f-Such .W'ihflrftfTrf^mp]#'jbtidcsin lilac. s!|fö;l^'cliTMue! betting,on Uta horseraces I Such weary plodding to:,distaht' shedkand pens to see the big^ulls'ia^tt/tlieT^Tg! hogs,'!;Such fierce cuntcnÜbnr.anäi.'cnvy among, thehordtj.nien I Such prancing of saddle horses andshowy', young".MW!M\'th^Tin^i'lSwUritarMsteer^raccs ! Such tiresome ploughing matches!^jch_an ignoble torrrnument! Such 'inspiringstrains of Strauss and Offenbach from the mu¬sic stand.:. So many streets," aisles-,-corridors,spaces, corners, nooks, buggies, carriages, fullof curiousj-laughing, chatting, bedizened peo-1pie, each givinghisor her opinidn of the won-1dera, and glories öfJtfie~Fair.! Siicji valuable!slims oTCmonefwasWd uphr&^he -«fat JrWrnfjand 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" hndclacking of sewing machines ! 'Such erfthüsias'-tic shouts o£ applausex>vcrthe exquisite: andmachless.portraits .and,photographa of^Vearpand 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 'ofJudgment 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 CarolinaClub was organized two years ago. Its objeetis-thepromotion of-social» intercourse and re¬finedamusement among the gentlemen ofSotitli'Carolina. Our popular townsman Major W, T.Gary, has been President of the Club since rteorganization. After .presiding gracefully andwell at two annual balls, however, Ire has laidoff the robes of office, and been'succeeded byWade Hampton, junior. Major Gary has effi¬ciently furthered the interests of the Club in itsfirst years, and its members, with one accord,award, him a hearty and loving "Well-done I"And just here we would ,nsk our friend, wherearose the soft and lovely azure star (a blue sat¬in rosette) which he wore upon his breast theother night. Did this star arise in the East, orin the West ? Report says in the West. Cornel^The BaTl was oh Thursday 1ßr^.^nfhi*

win's Hall, a lanr**. room latelyfinish^u i nis"nalL is ventilated only by twocracks or openings in the roof. Consequentlyit is very hot.no, that is, vulgar.warra.ijC youplease. Guateinozin smiled on .burning coals,and the holy St. Lawrence on his blessed grid¬iron. We all emulated their 'heroism at:thisball, 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 heartsfull of lightness and love, do not care an idtaabout temperature.- Tophet or an ice-bcrg-.itis 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.Thesupper-.provided we suppose byMxKen-;

zie.was, truthfully,1 fit for a-- röyal banquet!Heavens! how tiroes.have changed since theday.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 calamitywhich fell upon, this region last week worthy ofscientific investigation. The testimony of tliecooler-headed survivors of the fires at Peshtigoand Sugar Bush and Williamsvillc is united as

to one phenomenon. They say that the firedid not come upon them gradually from "burn¬ing trees and other objecortothe-windward, butthe first notice they bad of it was a whirlwindof flame, in great clouds, from above the topsof the trees, which fell upon and envelopedeverything. The. atmosphere seemed one offire. The poor people inhaled it, or the. in¬tensely hot air, arid" fell dowii dead. This isverified by the appearance of many of thecorpses. They' were fouhd dead in the roadsana open spaces where there were no visiblemarks 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 wdrefound in the open road.-betwecn fences, whichwere only slightly burned. >"o mark of firewas upon them, but they laid there as if asleep.This phenomenon seems to explain the factthat" so many were killed in compact masses.

They were evidently regarded at the momentas tho safest placfcsy liwny from buildings, treesor other Inflnmable material, nnd there to havedied together. Fences around cleared fieldswere burned in kpota of onlv a few rods inlength, and elsewhere not touched. Fish werekilled 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 hadeome. They needed not to be. terror-strickenfor such imaginings. What other explanationcould be given to that imminent time, whenthere was an ominous warning and sound com¬

ing from.the distance; when tho,sky, so darkjust before, burst into great clouds of fire, thebeasts of the forest came running for suecar

into the midst of the settlements, and the great,red, consuming, roaring hell of lire fell uponall around. The dreadful seehc lacked nothingbut the sounding of the last trump.and in¬deed the approach of the awful roaring, andthe premonitions from the distance suppliedeven that to the appalled imaginings of thepeople.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. Thosefires 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 severaldays 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 thannkof

.it¦¦wiir^e-^rktifyine to fremccrate-toknawdml

.the lpi^es elsewhere hayAiJKrt bpfift .spTseriouft

.apdthatjji^pra^ eases poe.irirej^rid satisfatforygains nave'Vcn made. 'Generally spea^mg,the party has held its own. .TÖÖinnvoZ ift

In New" Jerscy"t^verf^ majorityis mbre-than'0,0(40.^ HTh©;Repnbncaa'')raaj<j|ity^CeHgressmcTf.lasfi.yflarwnspycr 3,000, whjgtJihpws.a DemoQr.%tic,gain onf,the popular voteJoT over. 0,000.. Tlie'Mte Is so disk'ieWm^ifoV'bTthc T^tpüriHcans that1 the' Leg?sfiffn*reddes i«frlhirlyTT»i^m^thferK)liticaleemim^.of,thene«plc. It isj^nublißau in, both branqb/e3,,as,,ft was last-""TTie toiaTvcfoots hp1pnblifean> 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 1U,00O. It will- be seen, therefore, tha* the Demrberat»» utand relatively a little better than lastyear. ,They have also made^a handsome gainrrrtlfc,'Hfons¥'i,o'f Representatives;'! Last<yearthey elected 34 memoers, this year 5Ö;'*The-LabMiteforoU'ra arftneariwill have but.two,jqpre^en^iyes in .the?

:'Jrn"^irglnia4h^^a briFfiahtf. an* almost overwhelming- vielöry».Their popular majority; in- the. legislative;volewill not be» less, than 30,000.a gain of morethan 20.0Q(J'ovcr the Congressional vote of Jasiyear1;1 They will haVe a twö^rhirds majority inboth Houses (if the Legislature;- ' <;. JThe Republicans;.were' confident of making

heavy gains in. Macylwo^aniL .even indulgedin 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.majorityagainst'19,p0P( rhajp'rfty' last year.a' loss, hutnot more serious thnTi that of the Republicanshi Massachusetts.' The-Republicans ptteceededin elecfeingiten JiepresentatLYCs and one Senar-tor in. the Legislature.There weie1 large Democratic gains in the

legislative elections in 'Mississippi, though theDemocrats made but a feeble effort, "and'insome counties no contests whatever.; ;The lastestimate made at Jackson gives the Democrats29 Representatives anoT'5" Senators more thanlast year, reducing the Republican majority onjoint ballot from 74 to 18. ui; Returns from about half of the counties inIllinois.of'.the vote for Congressman at Largeshow that the "Republican majority will j5eabout* 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/ anöhis majority is estimated at 10,000. The Re¬publican- majority pn Congressmen lastycarwas 7,344. The indications are that both par;ties have held'their own.

The''Wihcbrisin,yetiu;ns for' Governor- iridiscftte a majority for. Washhurn over DoolittJ*sjighü): larger-thap, that of the Republican*'for Governor twq years .ago. The Republicansgain in the Senate" and the -Democrats "fir tireHouse. The returns, however, on the^ popularvote are still very meagre..N* Y. World,

Tie Two Pictflu;es.Chicago and the South., In 1866 a commUtce of Southern ladies n adeau appeal to the liberal minded of Chicago forfund* to build pomes for the desolate childrenof deceased Confederates. The ladies addresseda note, to the Chicago Republican, enclosifcircular and asking its pablication...The editor of the Baltimore EceningJournal,from which 'we copv. has in hiß' possesaiqn theoriginal of the' fdllowing letter written lh'W-sponserof-l.be appeal pan* ....toqmi

Office of THs-ÖHieAee Republican, ^- .ißqf^a^rDeeewber-T* Wro'^'JEsteemed 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--thecurrency, of the,; deceased <^nfe4eracy, f;Ve^isay

' that""the shrinking delicacy and,pride/ofthe''Southern" peöj>le, forbids the idea of coW-ducting tfte establishment upon thö prlfliriplPor plan of an ordinary charity." We cordiallycoincide 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 snpiwAof your enterprise a currency Which is opposedin 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 yÄarvery jiberal donation of five hundred dollars(Confederate money) in aid of Southern or¬

phans', and for which you will please acceptthrongh -us the acknowledgments of destituteand,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 häveiVfecome 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 thediairniattof the Citizen's Relief Committee ofBaltimore1: . . .. 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 UponMcssTsi.JIcKim & Co. for the sum of thirty-two thousand eight hundred and fifty dollars($32,8n0), in favor of the Chicago Relief andAid Society,'to whom I have entrusted thfework of receiving and distributing subscripttions for the relief of sufferers by the late firein this city.'

Please accept yourself, and convey to thegenerous citizens of Baltimore, who joined youin 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 Ofthe thonsands who have by this calamity oee*irendered homeless and destitute, will followthem for their nobltTalTd"practical sympathy.

YoursVverv trulv.R. B. MASON, Mayor of Chicago.

. Barbers make many friends, bnt scrapen ore acquaintances.