?toe Carolina
SPARTANB TJRGJ
P. 91. TKI1IMIER, EDITOR.
Thursday, August 16, 1866.
We ?re requested by the Tax Collector to
state thai he will be at this plaoo on Saturday,
the 18th instant, for the purpose of receiving
taxes. The books will then certainly be clos
ed, and execntions issued against all who fail
to pay on that day.
Personal.
We were pleased to meet with Mr. W. K.
Scott, the gentlemanly traveling agent for the
Columbia Carolinian, who will remain iu town
ror a cay or two, ana will be pleated to receive
subscriptions for this paper. The Carolinian
Is one of the best papers in the State. Subscription,
$0 a year.
Marble Work.
We call attention to the advertisement of W.
A. Nicholson, of Union. We know Mr.
Nicholson, and feel warranted in recommending
him to our people as a skilful workman
He served an apprenticeship of seven years in
Scotland, which with several years experience
in tho pursuit of his business, render him
well qualified to give satisfaction, and to execute
well all orders given to him.
turning of Columbia.
Thie "Review of Northern Assertions and
Bouthern Facts," by Dr. D. II Trrzevant,
tnay be found at the Book Store of T. 11. Anderson.
It contains a <out thirty pages, and
well printed at the Columbia Carolinian Office
Price only 26 cents.
The Stamp Act.
We call the atteution of our readers to this
Act, which we publish on the first page of tiiis
week's issue. It is important that every individual
in the country should read it carefully,
and preserve it forv future reference, that
they may not unadvisedly subject themselves
to the penalties which a non compliance with
the exactions of iliis Act impose. Tho duties
imposed by this document arc felt by every
man in the country. Last week we published
the Act as it was passed last April, but it has
undergone so many changes and amendments
that we thought, proper to republish it.
The La Crottgc Democrat.
It is from this sterling, bold-spoken, independent
defender of Democracy that we make
umny numorous ana trutlitul cxtrue's, over
the signature of "Brick Pomcroy," who comes
down frequently like a "thousand of bricks"
upon the filthy heads of Beast Butler, Prentiss,
Curtis, Banks, the ltump Congress and Radicals
generally. liis " bricks" arc heavy
enough to make all dccauip upon whom they
fall. The Democrat is the boldest and ablest
champion of the party in all the country. In
the pictures it draws of sore-headed Uadicals
and Radicalism, it is only excelled by the foul
doings of this filthy dogma. In short, it is a
live newspaper, well.filled with general intelli
gence and racy reading matter from the pithy
and pungent pen of "Brick Pomeroy," which
is not less prolific thnn it is humorous. The
principles which it enunciates and defends arc
those which all true Southern men feel. It is
"Democratic at all times and under all circuintances"
"Radicals in the Hopper," is the
caption of an extract which we make from it
this weok. We recommend the La Crosse
(Wisconsin) Democrat as a paper deserving the
patronage of all true Democrats in every sec
tion of the country.
CommlMNloncrti of Roads.
The Commissioners of Public Hoods and
Bridges, for this district, held a meeting on
Salcsday la t, (lie proceedings of which we
have no' noon informed officially, but learn
that they adopted measures of retrenchment in
the expenditure o? pnblic funds so as to reduce
greatly their levy, in view of tho increased
lev y necessary to no made by (lie Commission
era of the Poor. We learn that the superintendents
of the difTerent. divisions are restricted
in the number of bridges and in the amount
to be paid for the building of the s&mo. We
heartily endorse this action of the Commissioners,
and regard it as laudable in tne highest
degree, notwithstanding sonic little inconvenience
may result therefrom to some sections,
but certainly uone will object when they know
that this economy has been induced by a spirit
eo praiseworthy. Certainly every coosidera
tion should yield to that of alloviating the con
dition of '.lie poor and suffering of our country,
which class hus been so frightfully increased
in our community in tlsc last lew years. Yes,
retrenchment should be the motto, both in private
and public expenditures, aud more especially
when it has in view tho relief of the
au&ering.
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The question to be decided for the South is
fine splendid raco of men?can they work ?
are they patient ? are they of that st(iff that
can rise from reverses, toiling silently with
hope deferred, with an eye single to the great
object of success ? With the manliness and
frankness of Esau, have they the deliberate,
settled purpose, the unwarying undiscouraged,
unconquerable tenacity of Jacob ?
Htman quapri'pr.o. ?The Shenandoah H?r
aid tells that three weeks ago the wife of Mr.
Nimrod Wells, living five miles North of Woodetook,
gavo birth to a child having four legs.
"The unnatural appendages conneot with the
body, we are told?one above, the othor below
the blp "
The reckless appropriations by the late
rangrees are equal to one-tenth of the enormous
national debt
For the Carolina Spartan. i
The Philadelphia Convention.
Ma. Ebitob : A writer in your last paper,
on the subject of the Philadelphia Convention,
severely condemns the action of those who
took steps to have this State represented in
that Convention. The writer in question goes
on to quote ce^ain papers, letter-writers and
speakers, in order to show that our people
Bliould not be represented at Philadelphia.
Hut who does he quote front ? He would not
favor us with all the names he quoted from, but
he gives two names, yes, two names ns authority
against our being represented at Philadelphia
, and who are they T Mr. Speed, late
Attorney General, and GcneRtl Lognu ! Did
your correspondent kuow that these two men
were Radical "Union" men T Did he know
they wanted the net/rocs at tho South allowed to
vote, f Mr. Speed resigned his office as Attorney
General because ot his Radicalism. Gen.
Logau is one of the most notorious Radicals in
all the North. They dou't want the Philadelphia
Convention to meet nt all ; they fear its
success ; they know that should the Philadelphia
Convention succeed in rallying all the
friends of I lie South, iti one grand party, the i
result would be, that at the election for Con? j
gresa next fall in tlie North. tli? Radicals would
be defeated ; conservative I'nion men would j
be elected over the present Radical Union men :
who hold sway in Congress, and the Southern
States would be allowed to scud their representatives
to Congress und help defeat the
schemes of the Radical Uuiou uicu for giving
to negroes the power of voting.
The papers your correspondent quotes from
may profess to c: Union, but they are Radical
Unionists. They are opposed to the Philadel
phia Convention because it is Conservative
Union, because it g>>cs for justice to the South,
and is opposed to negro voting. The very
effort which such negro suffrage men as Speed
and Logan arc making against the Philadelphia
Convention ought to be enough to show
Southern men the interest they have in the success
of the Philadelphia Convention.
Your correspondent should remember that
the Radicals all call themselves "Unionists."
but they are Radical Unionists, while the Philadelphia
Convention are conservative Unionists,
or friends of the South.
r'AIR PLAY.
[For the Carolina Spartan]
Mb. EuiTon ; in these trying times, when
old systems are being revolutionized and old
customs repudiated, and the machinery of trov I
crrimCut is liirticrirtlly (tn-1 ?o^lully ucficiviit
in some of its most essential faculties, and
"Gaunt Famine" seems to threaten our land
with destruction aud starvation n]>i>cars imminent,
we perceive with pungent regret and
painful solicitude, the down right, spiritual
apathy into which our people arc falling. "U jd
is not in all their thoughts " and "The fear of
Uim is not continually lefore their eyes " We
have sutfered front the bitter ravages of "Fire
and Sw ml," and have passed through the
most terrible ordeals incident to war ; our
heart-strings have been strained well nigh to
bursting, at the loss of those who are near and
dear to us Those who made "the light of our
eyes" have been ruthlessly torn from our sides,
aud from competence and luxury wc have hocti
reduced to absolute want. And why ? For
what have we suffered ? The reasonable answer,
and one adduced from lloly Writ is, that
we might through these afflictions be brought
nearer to God; brought to rccoguize His
mighty hand in the government of the world ;
arrive at clearer views of our responsibilities
to our Maker in the school of practical experi
ence ; taught to perceive the "Divinity that
shapes our ends brought to n greater subjection
to the will of Hiui "who dceth all
things well," and made more humble before
11 iui. lie who "watcheth the sparrow fall"
hath certainly taken cognizauce of our actions
and scut trials upon us. Our sins have gone
up before Him, aud His 'chastening rod hath
been heavy upou us," and all, we firmly believe,
for the iniquity of which wc have been
guilty. What has this chastisement developed? '
Arc we huuible ? Have we "turned from the '
error of our ways t" Are we ready to say
"Though He slay nte, yet will 1 trust tn Him? ' I
"The Lord hath given and the Lord hath taken '
away, find blessed be the name of the Lord !" I
l)o we perceive a 'smiling lace behind n frown- I
ing Providence f" Ilave these nOiictioiis, sent !
no doubt in mercy, and as wi.?e Providential
dispensations (or our spiritual good, softened
our hearts ? We fear not. It rut her appears
demonstrated that we, a:, a majority, '
love our wealth more than our Uod. Avarice j
has cngulphed our piety, seltishuess has hardened
us; selfish considerations, worldly uggran
ii'.cmenl, Mammon have taken the place
of pure and undefi cd religion." Even those
whose special duly it is to "let their light
shine to the honor and glory of God," seeni not
to have escaped the general corrupticn, and
there is sadly manifested, on the part of those
who arc professedly pious, an indisposition
towards "godly conversation" and "calling
upon (lie name of the Lord." A general hikewarmuess
pervades the minds of the people.
Even the Church teems not properly aroused
to an appreciation of our moral condition.
What may we expect if this state of affairs romains
unchanged ? ,Vill the "Word of (Jod
return unto him void ?" Will omnipotence be
defied ?
We believe that the chastening will not cease
till we are properly humbled. There uiay be
heavier ordeals. Then how important is it
that the "wicked forsake his ways, ami the
unrighteous his thoughts, and call upon the
Lord that he will huvo mercy upon us !"
C H.
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Grandest Bell in the World.?Dropped
by the burning of the tower which upheld fiat
Moscow, this "king of bells" whs used afterwards
as a chapel, the tongue being its motion
less altnr. This hell is two feet thick; twenty
feet high, and sixty seven in circumference,
weighing four hundred thousand pounds. It
was computed to be worth more than $2,000,000,
but has increased in value, according to
American calculation. It is the largest hell
in the world, and its name ^a- Tear Holokoi I
[For the Carolina Spartan.]
A Bank Needed.
Ma. Editor It strikes me that ono of the
greatest difficulties, if not the greatest, under
whioh the people of this State labor, is caused
by the scarcity of money. Money is the cry
in every community. Business of e*ery description
seems to be in a languishing state
for the want of it. Many are suffering for
mcaus wherewith to bay the barest necessaries
ot life. Creditors are clamoring for pay, eeeu
in part of their justly due debts ; and bo the
debtor even so willing, lie cannot find means
to pny the smallest portion of his debt He
cannot raise funds even upon his properly.
Where can he find a purchaser for his house
or his land? Who has the money to buy
with ?
The removal of the Stay I.aw doe** not of
itself work a hardship, it is only so because
there is no money to l>e had in the Slate, and
the consc<pit-nce is. that the debtor's property
is sacrificed under the Sheriff s hammer.
Is ilierc no relief for this stale of things ?
It strikes me that there is. We need Hunk*,
and such as arc not taxed ten per cent. Our
people privately have not the menus to establish
them. Let the Legislature then, when
it assembles, take the necessary funds out of
the moneys lately collected in taxes, invest in
U. S. Loads, and establish at once a National
Hank, pay the Treasury back in a I ke amount
of the bills of the bank, and the relief afforded
to the people will be soon felt from one end
of the State to the other. The profits of the
bank will go to lessen the taxes of the State,
and by loaniug its funds liberally, yet discretely,
to the people upon the customary sccurcties,
debtors will have the wherewith to pay, and
the process of the Law will work as smoothly
as before. At nil evculs, if we must Lave
greenbacks, let us have litem of banks of our
own. W.
[For the Carolina Spartan.]
Is there uo Itemed v. ?
Mr. Editor : Arc we awake, or arc we
stumbling along witli closed eyes, unconscious
of the impending danger which every where
threatens our alreudy miserable country. Is
it an unknown fact that starvation is at the
prcsnt moment stalking in horrible garb among
us ? Arc we so blind that we cannot see the
emaciated mother bearing in iter arms the dying
infant, who day by day asks the pittance
at our door ? Have you, or your numerous
readers taken the trouble lately to visit homes,
the abode of starving women and children ? If
noi, iet one who tins, demand of you ami tiiem j
a moment's reflection. Sir, from what 1 have
observed in the last few weeks, I aui compelled
to believe, (bat without strenuous ami tmntcdiI
ate efforts in the right direction, famine, with
all its horrors, will visit.oiir distressed section.
I Believe me, sir, when I tell you that to-d iy
there are families witltnu' the commonest ne- j
ccssilics <>t life, and no hope ol getting them.
But you ask, where is the remedy ?" Sir, I
will tell you my first idea of remedy. Let our
law makers, and tlice empowered to execute
law, immediately institute a rigid and impur
tiul examination into the business of whiskey
distillation?let that distillation be made a
ctime, with a doubly severe penalty, ami then
let the law take its course, and the penalty be
executed irrespective of person Do this, sir,
and my word tor it, yon secure to tnc citizens
of this district 10,000 bushels of corn, which
under the present system, will be brewed into
living poison. Lot this step be taken at once
without delay, and let till good men aid in its
execution. This, without along dissertate n,
is the thought of an 1. O. O. F.
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Dentil of Mrs. J. Calhoun
This venerable lady, the widow of the great|
est statesman South Carolina ever produced,
uay. that ever lived upon this Continent, died
nt Pendleton, in Anderson District, on the
night of the 26th ultimo Her name should
be revered, if there were no other reasons, on
account of the great statesman whose consort !
DMC na?. ??? pilUIIOII ?IIV lUIIWWIIIg IMt'Ill' ri.'ll I
taken from tlie Anderson Intelligencer :
Popart ed this life, in Pendleton, S C , July
20, isi'.r,. Mrs. Fi.okiio: Calhoi'n', idiot of the ;
late 11 on. John C. Calhoun in the 75th year of t
her ape. I
She slerps in Jesus, awaiting the trumpet's '
sound at the last great day when those who, j
having finished their course in the confidence
of a certain faith, and in the comfort of a ren
sonahle, religious and a holy hope, shall bo
received into everlasting habitations lly her
removal, another link has been severed of the
chain which united ns with a free, happy and
glorious past The wife of John C. Calhoun,
Carolina's greatest statesman, ami most honored
son, it were belter she should depart than
longer live to witness the deslruetion which he
so atdy and earnestly endeavored to prevent.
Few who have occupied a like elevated posi
lion, have been so generally esteemed and heloved.
lly her mnny noble trails of character
she had endeared herself to the community of
which she was so long an honored im-mhor ;
and heartfelt was the sympathy exhibited by
her many friends during her painful ami pro
traded illness ; and now that she rests ju
pcac , her memory will he cherished by thcin
with peculiar icspcct and veneration.
The President is expected now, or iminedi
ately after the adjournment of the Philadelphia ,
( Convention, tonrike sotne vacancies in various
offices in the Northern States, and fill thein by |
the appointment of national Union men. There- i
fore there is much pressure upon the Presi- ;
dent for otfices, from the highest to the lowest i
grado. Some of the more lucrative Federal
offices in this district will probably undergo
a reform.
The Aroostook (Maine) Pioneer says that a
peculiar religious movement is making in j
Maine, looking to emigration to Jerusalem. A i
b-.rk is now fitting out at Jones port, to carry '
the pilgrims to their new homes in the Holy
Land. She is expected to he ready to sail
about the middle of the coming month. Land
has been purchased near the ancient Joppa,
where it is proposed to m ike a permanent settlement
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Radicalism In tbe Hopper.
There is a trembling throughout the land.
There is a tremor in the Luces of abolition
oilice-holders. They fear tholuss of oltice and
the consequent exposure of their swiudluig
and rascalities. The sweet cake is being taken
from their nigger mouths. They are in doubt
whether to die iu the Humes they have kiudled
or to forsako the ship which was no well scuttled
by a single bullet hole !
It was scuttled in Washington?it is settling
all over the land?going down like some leaky
tlal boat?rotting out as old ruils rot out, and j
fading from mind as do passing jokes !
And the cowardly inob which forsook the '
ship of State to dance on a Hat boat ; to eat i
their food thereon, snatched wiih dirty, greasy i
fingers, are now at sea without map, chart or
compass, and daily crying for help as they
are dashed on the breakers of political disintegration.
They have had a pleasant voyage?too pleasant
to last long. Soon ripe, soon rotten ! It
was au excursion party ; not of statesmen but 1
of clowns, Hat-boat men, tyrants, swindlers,
rotten democrats, time serving politicians,
men longing for money, gabbing women, and
old maids in love with lusty niggers, bran eaters
and long-haired Yankee pedagogues, ihirs
iv i><r e-mopiuu aroma, coutisii aristocracy, I
jilityed-out Milooii loafers in officers uniforms,
cotton stealers, mule thieves, spoon
hunters, jewelry tinders, house breakers, women
iiiMilicrs. or|ilinn makers, and irresponsible
adventurers.
It nroM- in ilie night while the people slept.
It put a ti vt boat pilot on tlie ship of Stale?
it went from Kansas to .Springfield for its leader,
it took its leader home in sham sorrow,
holding bayonets to those who would not weep
? it prepared and killed its fatted calf on the
route?it made its barbecue a funeral pyre?
it roared it- parks of artillery?it subsided
with a pistol shot, and the excursion party is
going home to the bosotu ol Abraham, wherever
that bosom may be.
It was au excursion party the like of which
never was seen betore in the history of a people.
It was a nest of black suakes. It was a
rope of blood-red ants. It was a swarm of J
poisonoti- lice. It was a current of death. It
was au army with fire, poison, ropes, gongs,
cotlius, skeletons, widows, prostitutes, dead
men and devils, all in procession. It was a
crowded ll it boat of iutamy. It went from
happiness to hell by water and by land. It
burnt, stole, pillaged, robbed, murdeied, insulted,
strangled, ignored, irritated, tantalized.
tyruniiixed, usurped, wounded, devasted
and destroyed even its own, iu the hellish
frenzy ot drunken exciicmcut. It went by
water to Washington?it mounted its llat boat
on wheels, and went with it back io the prairies
ol the West, cursing (Sod and insulting
those who would not weep at the mysterious
Providence.
And the tuitions excursion party which had
for a figure head, a dusky weuch iu place of
the white goddess of Liberty ; w hich said :
' Tear down the flaunting lie,"
and which instead wurnlii|ipi>J a plaid shawl
and Scotch cap-?11??.? chain ol' lice, of frog*,
of >C"i j ;oii?, of plague*; this hand of thieves'
i>i tyrant.*, oi jokers, of Union natcrs. of inau
hill, is, ol people robbers, of Stales rights ignorers
went to the c.ipitol, p .isoncd the air,
| reddened the sod with itiiioeetit blood, taxed
the poor and voted unto themselves United
States bonds, made llieiu to bear large inter
est, made the n lion taxable, and went home,
| to revel in the wealth wrung by the millions
from the pooi people of the land they ruined.
It had its aiiiosi'iiieiit> !
Ureal Father in Heaven?Amusements!
While the ministers prayed to Hod, the dea
con-, strangled intnnviii Democrats for the
amusement t the singing sisters!
While the ehl rs were pa-sing the sacrament,
the members were sma< k.ng their lips over the
typified blood >! l.'hrist, seasoned with the
Idood of mens biains, beaten out to appease
the idol of hiyaity. This excursion party went
abroad, tilling prisons, dressing the women in
I black, making children fatherless, tilling dun
genus, hanging innocent men to trees, mobbing
J women and children, gutting printing offices,
destroying types and presses, shooting I hose
who ran, ostracising those who dared to remain
and tight, lis cause was misery ? iispath
was rain, and no one will mourn wheu the
chain ot lice?the vermin of fanaticism arc
ground forever between the upper and the
[ nether millstoue.
' The mills of find grind slowly,
lint tl.cy grind exceeding small!
Tlio with patience stands lie waiting
With fjiictHesi grinds He all.'1
Hold the net her stone steadily !
I Turn the upper stone swiftly !
l'our in the ones who tor five years fed liu- :
inanity into ihe death mill of N w England ;
lla.licalisDi, and let us have no more ul tins*
sec'ional. iutoleiant, bond holding, btatc haling,
p.- plo robbing party.
fit srrat. W. II. F. I.he.-General W\ 11. F.
Ico imiiiedii.tely alter the unfortunate tcrmi
nation of events, pulled oft hi- coat (ii lie had
one) rolled up his sleeves and "pitched in"
like a good fellow. Noble example ! What a
withering rebuke to those young men who
throw away their lime in I'rtftlcss searches
niter sett positions, surli us clerkships, drum- 1
mors. Mtt'l so on ! Tin? owner of live thousand !
tier os ot the best land in the State, the dashing ;
and gallant cavalry officer, the accomplished j
soli ilrir. the thorough gentleman, the trained
soldier. in short, the son of Kobcrt E. Lee,
is not ashamed to walk hclwecii the plow
handle- ! General Lee's present residence
i- a small ..ibin, recently built. It stands in a '
clump of trees near the river hank, about ;
one mile below the ruins of the "While House.'' |
llo has no Inmily, having lost his wife and
children during the war. Previous to the
building ot the cabin, (lie General slept out on
ihe ground. His table, "so called," is supplied
with soldier's fare.?Jiichmond Times.
DirFr.ur.nck or Timr at Prominent Points.
?The inauguration of submarine telegraph
communication by means of the Atlantic eable,
makes it interesting 10 inquire into the differonce
of time In the various cities iu different
parts of the world. When i* is 12 o'clock high
noon at Now York, it is 55 minutes and -12 !
seconds after 4 P. M., at London; 57 minutes I
and 20 seconds after i! P. M., at St. Petersburg; )
17 minutes and 24 seconds after 7 P. M , at
Jerusalem; 51 minutes ami 41 seconds after ft
P. M , at Constantinople; 40 minutes and 32
seconds alter 4 P. M , at Madrid; 31 minutes
and 20 seconds after 5 P. M., at Bremen: 30
minutes and 54 seconds after 4 P M . at Dub
1 in; and 41 minutes and 24 seconds after 6 P.
M? at Florence.
The difference of time between the extreme
east and west points of the United Slates is 8
hours and 50 minutes. In the China Son, between
Singapore and China, it is midnight
when it is noon at New York.
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Over two hundred buildings are now in the
course of erection upon the ruins of the Portland
fiic ,
Jefferson Davis.
Chwlfs O'Ccuner, Esq., oouumI for Jsffarson
Davis, arrived in Washington August 3d,
from a visit to bis client at rortrsaa Monroe.
He finds Mr. Davis' health in no wise improved
since his Ion visit, and thinks if anything
he is physicially a liltlo weaker, though
bis mental (acuities continue with their wasted
freshness. From sunrire to sunset ke it
allowed full freedom inside (be fort, going un
attended, bo being ou parole ; but the returning
of the prisoner to close confinement when
the sun goes down is what is now affeotingbis
condition more than aught else. The nights
being warui and close, and, what is Still worse,
being away from bis wife and children, at
twilghl, be feels bitterly this continued overanxiety
of bis military confinement. The reports
of the Cong!essioual Committees regarding
Mr. Davis have given no cause of apprehension
to the counsel or client that any complicity
of the latter in the assassination of
President Lincoln can be shown. The visit
was in no wise the result of that report.?
When or whether Mr. Davis will be tried at all
cau at proem) be purely a matter of speculation,
the authorities in no manner giving the
lenst hint. Mr. Stanberry. the new Attorney
General, will give his attention to the various
papers in the case as soon as he shall have
been a little more conversant with thedutieo
of his office, nnd before the October term of
the Virginia United Stnies District Court, th#
several legal advisors of the Government will
hold u consultation with reference to the merit#
oi mo ltmiciuicnt.
Why Early Uitut'T T \ki Washixqtox Citt.
?The credit ofsaving t..is city is due alone to m
hull ami a barrel of whisky. Said bull wu
the property of Mr. George W. Kiggs, the
hanker, and was much esteemed for bis many
excellent qualities and intrinsic usefulness.
The whisky w as a barrel of choice old Bourbou,
found in Mr. Montgomery Blair's winecellar.
When Jubal Etrly and his rebel host
reached the defences of Washington, they were
both hungry and thirsty, and went to searching
the houses of the neighborhood for whatever
was good. The bull was discovered and
slaughtered, mid the rebel Generals and their
stalls banquettcd on him. And there was
great rejoicing when the bnrrel of whisky w
captured and brought forth. When these rebel
gentlemen had filled their stomachs on ths
llesh of the bull, they hud such a fondness for
the whisky that they allowed it to steal away
their bruins. Indeed, they gave themselves
up to feasting and drinking, and quite forgot
that they had been sent to capture Washington,
which they might easily have don?, for it was
at that time in a defenceless condition. The
delay caused by ibis riotous conduct on th?
part of Early and his subordinate Generals
gave the old Sixth corps time to come up, when
they scampered back across the Potomac, and
the scigc was raised. ?Xational Krpu\liean.
Horrirlk Tkaukoy ?A horrible tragedy
was enacted in Caldwell county, Kentuek, en
Thursday last. Andrew Alexander, sixty
years of ajfcc, had frequent and violent quar*
rels with Ins wife. Early on Thursday inoru:..gi
vvLcf both man u:;J wife were alcr.c is
the house, the wife shot her husband twice,
killing him inslnntly. Alexander's son was at
the barn, mid hearing the reports of the pistol,
went to the house. As he entered the door
his step mother turned and fired upon bim
t wice, slightly wounded hint eaeb time, lis
tied to the nearest neighbor's f,r assistance,
anil while on the way he heard Ihu report of
the pistol again. When the neighbors arrived
they found her dead in (lie yard, she having
shct herself.
Uxitkd Statks UisruicT cofttT.?His Hon
r Judge Bryan, together with the othcers of
in? < oiin, nave Keen in our iowd tor several
days, awaiting whatever of business maybe
presented fur their intention. In the Court
proper there has been ucthing requiring a scss.un.
Yesterday the jurors for the next term
of t tie Court were drawn.
The assembling of this Court is another
grin dying evidence of the progress of reconstruction
upon the platform of {'resident Johnson,
who, notwithstanding the heat and venom
of his tipposers, has brought the State thus far
forward m the Union.?(Irtmv&U Mountaineer,
&t/i inttaul.
Thk Bounty Law.?The new bounty law
passed by Congress, gives $100 extra to men
who have served lor three years and been houorably
discharged, mid $o() extra to men who
entered for two years and served out their
time, l'ruvision is made tiint in case of death
in service of the soldier, who, it liviug, would
be entitled, that the bounty shall he paid to
their widows, minor children or parents. Eve- '
ry soldier aim has sold, bartered, or in any
way transferred his discharge papers, will loso
the benefit oft his provision. It is estimated
that $7o,tttW,fUtU will be sufficient to pay all
the bounties secured by the act.
Sut Lovegood, says of a certain class of
Vankees:
' They air.l human no how. The mint at
Kiladelly is that* heaven ; the}' think their (?od
cuts half dimes fur breakfast, hashes the levins
fur dinner, and swallows a cent oq a dried
appil fur supper, sets on a statu pin machine
fur a throne, sloaps on a crib full ov half dollars,
an measures men like money by count.
They haint one ov tlicui got a soul but what
cud dance a jig in a cahbegc seed, an leava
room for the fiddler."
The total number ot great fires for the year
1 Ht'.f) was one hundred and fifty-one, an<I the
losses resulting from these tires were estimated
tit $17,5:28.000. Cp to the first day of July
of the current year, tlie nuuiber of fires is givcu
at two hundred and eighty-nine, and the
aggregate of the property destroyed is valued
at $82,078,000. When it is considered thai ^
this estimate embraces only half of the present |
year, it will be seen how vastly this year will
excel nil others in these terrible statistics of
fiery desolations.
Rev. John A. Rroadis, D. i).?In several
of our exchanges wc havo seen the notion,
which was copied from the Richmond Times. Wo
are authorised to say that this invitation,
though so flattering, and offering the strongest
inducements, pecuniary and otherwise, haa
been promptly declined. We are gratified that
Dr. Broadus remains to discharge the important
duties devolving on hiin here, in connection
with the Southern baptist Theological
Seminary.? Greenville Mountaineer.
Santa Anna's Estates Confiscated.?The
Imperial Government of Mexico has by decree
ordered the sequestration of the domains of
Don Antonia Lopex dj Santa Anna and appointed
a receiver.
A special dispatch to the New York Evening
Tost states that Attorney Geneial Staaberry 4
j has given an opinion that the nominations for
i public officers rejected by the Senate during
j its recent session can bo legally made by tha
| Vresident during the recess.