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FO T- -H,-SNNTO F SFLIT GN WENSArONN,FBIA At *AW. ~!A~tall -" 4A Aide yst niki4sge- - mumw AMg- A Iiu.e & yts3 aae Pa ro gtb mseoAt pn, a begt- auh - spLie AMAtsbp r mmlaa,di Thse tsberr 7 siig ,b Msi heddthe veuri us~itet ie, aa rr 4a*mt. -Jnx 4waI 0fo S %i*iwr P an -itAs.-at a"-Wei- v,wer the sredy of the Cofederate - 1i5 irll ilbe sor- 0 ber truated aIave reo e owners, but Iie tera fatee - - - an- P - t tefaisa was -9 0 we-~ so-that smaa.sggi e white Il blem ib -biuin. He- ie-aboutn 43'ia of age, 5 feet 8 mnehes ff tal, raghrttbat built,aetive, indus,tal trio!ggAer,.respettful and good~ ei kleag-wiirmore than ordinary a in.dIignce. He avows a desire t< to -Nye in harmony with the whiite oa race, and since he has .I'ecomo a n Iign~aler, advoeates a "Conserv- s1 ag*e" poliey. t B. Odell Duncan--White, is ' aseet thirty years of age. Re was born on Duncau.'s Creek, i Nwberry Distriet, of wealthi, re spectabl&e, and States''rights 3a- U rents. Th'ere is norecord. of the ~ juenile Odell beyond the fi.cts th,at hate damk, and npla lke the S4 ret of mankind, attended country I schools, and finally studied at the Furman University, in Greenville, $bath Caroia. He wa& eminent lyde" a coRegs: Aftft grada tiol be wua sent to Europe by his reltm%fe7ames Duekett, a- man of wealth and integrity. For about ir,eigears he plodded in Germ4 qyidin Franee, in b4is ob "ert*y-nknown eqyally to his Doliinotsvho stidied,jad tpse o4kfrlc A. tbefre th4 se W&ioa ptsoati CaWliGa, thieaos Oopoita pilosopherwrote to v Merue Wrigbt; .then miinter mt'Berin; to sedare -iin lodgings k that city. The Governor, had thei rdoabfe audaeity to in irM Setwowl that -116 .as irt *nt &Ilssia t ..nU up fooms or boys!' uO4het #(ge& in Berlin and dsewhere fr a long time, prefer 'g4e-in9eupus laju-s of' reati dee-diiagng to the dis e intra Q starvig- an be As'tM. At ast he puRhed serhiantrop-yso far- a. to -in ist~uon afather's,seling all the 1ies 10 iWhick *i-_s _,jtwed, Ad *dig him tke Mn6ey thence 11bii atd e L)dhe> li am tgto- feed upan oIt4d tates pag, a4id rfrra e of Uited Statee Co* . Carlsrube! ili.theese r tfie he:;iifi 114ilsarede WiRe,-ehweitber eer wa tobaceo t and then 6 t clss e*cnbi* eremiem I&. relations "and- benefactors, KiA ' oion of1is yoth y~plieing them under the sway sweet-sected...Africans and ~ghteousJaaicLs. Mie even fbr fetd. a-d tell thenA how wickdly 66y have behed.H is sif-de y~ig frtie objects to. confisea nisie would digtive.hiMi of popqrt be expeets in kin wieked lad Uin Qee. inhabits for the ~eae- aWdrand. bairothe singbrifiin hue, t~Iaso atrt of tuoy E!nglish, and sees through trdar'kly. He is-exceedingly liiiJdO$ bThis fa t-ay beeari Saboonued for. - struggles a, wlth f1er pitifuIl -restunerationi feiven do aaday, greenbackh earig'ns lothe baer en hieh is inscribed th'g1in iotto: ",Nraid .No. 1, now cid dreuer,-osi and baaeparable!I 7a'leenderong aliqae.John kise. alias -alinost anything saliese he'ealls himself,1 sidies-is i .1bh'd-iaf, an iual inixture-of white and .negro lod. Whether, like Meichise .ad topsy,e jut"growed,"~ ac eetion shrouded in impene able obeerity. He made his ap ans- in E usa Gerga Spatette-.syears ago, and1 mt the iight oft hia countenance Alie taff Ie was subs4guently 1Ae iiat ei?ya2dearried devbir?y'CoeYrt-bouse, where r a stilteckdssesids toAwelle 1 - egra-s"-res a very~apt boy; I ejundhia' baines quickly,- ( ad (when be eh'ese) performed I i taska satistaetorily. He made a 1ns1f,before long, a carpenter, a shemaker, a briek-mason, a 2 >oper. But his~ chief strength a ~yin glibness of tongue and deft- ~ ss of fingers. Jy means of :the t ~rmer he beguiled his acqnaint-i ace with many ingenious fables- < pecially when be was caught in f scrape-and by means of the lat- < ~r he relieved his dusky confreres e Sall their supei-fluous cash, in the a able game familiarly entitled "old a edge," or "seven up.". He is said i >have labored under one little e eakness-and no logr ago an-last year thiere was some talk, I the Distriet Court at Newberry, e yout a certain "bunty" hen found , ~is yard, Mhich wsts alleged to t abte property of another. c At present, Ieemes devoted him- I ship and the fair sex; statesman ship "without a master, and the fair.sex without stint. Yet he is exceedingly moderate in both. His views in politics only extend to the subjection of the white to the African race, confiscation of white property and disfranehise ment of white Southerii men ; and his desitrea in regard- to the "fair" are generally satisfied by the pos session of two or three wives; and never extended to more than six. Jeems increases and multiplies ac cording to the original patriarchal style. Jeems is brae and generous; he severely haidles his wives.oni pro vocation- fet,- when a dangerous man comes about h'm, e is said -tadd discretion.to the list of his virtses and betake himself .to the bushes. Ieeuw is, notwithstanding all the foregoing, probably, the most intelligent delegate from Xow berry. Th Washington correspondent of the Baltimore Sun, under date of the 4th instanti writes: Si*e the reinstatement of Mr. StantoD, the President has persis tently refused to hold any, offeial coMMunicationy with him, and of this*e complains bitterly, to his Iends i.n Cngess and, in com plianee with his repeated solicita tie%nsr theMfilitary Comittees of ltwvolee" are jointly endea roring. to perfeet some measure xhich will restore to the War inister a portion at Yeast of the ibsolute power whioh le has for ears wielded. -The- interesting and exciting eature of .congressional. proe 4 &w!be :Sidae. oR o the House of the correspon Ionce between General Grant and President Johnson in regard to -einstatemnt of Mr.-Stanton, and be retiring. pf .General. Grant rom the way _oee,- as has been ieged, in violation of his ex ress agr'eement with the. Presi 1t. ois correspodenee was eld for by a resolution :of the. Toee festerday, and the. Secre ary of War ras requested ta fur iskit. Why be.should hav4been alled-oipon t'o do so, when he- was it interested as a eorrespondent, s-a-questen~ for those in the full eerettodetermine. As soon as-the speaker prehen ed it to the House all other busi fess was suspended,. the further nidera.tion of the pending bilL. wa postponed, and the reading of he letters was ordered. That some -ih.developments were .ezpected gainidieated before a word was -aed, by the 'unusual quiet into rhich the members at once retired. !he buzz of oonversation was in tantly hushed, and amid a silence. oticeable on account of its rarity he clerk commenced the introdue ory letter of Secretary Stanton, in hjbieh he said~hie had had no comn nunication either.through or with he President since his reinstate ent by7 the Senate. Then fol 6wed the 'spicy correspodence ietween the President and the leneral-in-Chief. When Grant's etters were l'ead the republicans miled and rubbed their hands with a satisfied air. Mr. Thad. Itevens sat in Mr. Van. Wyck's eat, near the clerk, and Mr. E. B. Washburne, as the sentences of he General-in-Chief were read, ndicated that they felt, if they id not say, "Now, you have him 'ul." But then came the Presi ent's version of the same matter, .nd the mention by him of the iames of Cabinet officers ~as wit iesses in ~his -behalf aod as author ty for his statements created a ensation. After one of- General Grant's atters had been read there was a light manifestation of applause, rhich was promptly ebecked by : hie speaker ; and when the letteri f the President followed, and the tepublicans looked a little' blank, fr. Elr e, from his at,i tann-i ted them with the remark, "Why don't you laugh now ?" General Grant, however, had the last say, for his reply to tbe President's communication was dated only yesterday, the day upon which the resolution of inquiry was of fered, and the question naturally arises whether the whole thing was not got up as it was for the purpose of giving General Grant's views last totbe country and be fore the President could have an opportunity to reply. After the reading the correspondence -was referred to the Committee on ]Re construction. 'The issue is now plainly -made up between the Presideut and the General-in-Chief, and there is a di rect question of veracity bet*een them, and each is- equally positi*e that he is correct and that his op ponentis mistiken. The issue is dirent and p1ain. General Grant says ositively that he did not say and do what the 1.resident' is equilly - positive in saying he (Grant) did say and do, and the question to be determined is who gives the correct version - of tfie whole "interesting transaction. While General Grant relies en tirely upon his own assertion; the President backs his with:-proof, and gives the Cabinet officers, who, he"says, wil' testify to-the correet n-ss- of what- he states. It is' ex pected that some 'further riclh de velopments ani sdicy correspon dence will follow this matter. A CHINESE 'GOD-FACTotr.-The Rev. Mr. Allen, a Methodistlmis sionary Qf the So-zthern Church, in a recent letter, describes avisit toy nfaitoryi of skkA u'SI, a~rge, walea, imanuity of China. Here, also, I observed. numerous good-factories and their zealous devotees shaping out of shapeless clay their forms so 'ter rible. Thousands were already made and set up to dry. Others were being polished, painted, or gilt,, and prepared for market. Others, again, were being mariu factured,foi toys and "dols-the prithers of idi>latry, by which.the infant mind becomes familiar withj its superstitions, and ' terrors, and' is traine.d by its guardians, not "in the nurture and admonition of the Lord."but in the way of~ death and darkness," with a zeal and effiiency-which shoul make ~ many' L Christamn mother blush. I appeared curious and onI expressing astonishment at the undaunted fa- ~ miliarity wvith whi'eh they treated ~ I weath, thunder, fire, water, mercy, - revenge,, they, with the uUmost sang froid, replied that they were yet powerIess, beig destitute-ofthe Ling, or "Spirit.'' Those designed for toys, therefore, are never en dowed with that-living principle,' nor are the others until the time J of their installment as a reigning divinity. At that time, however,. th.ey are possessed -of the "LAg"1 by means of a small hole in the centre of the back ; if the idol be diminutive, or a large, oblong one, in the more august, in which there are deposited pearls, gems, or somet of the more nrecious metals, such as gold and silver of various esti mations. The hole is then closed. and sealed, the god perfected, and henceforth worshipped, as well by his makers as :bose more ignorant cf his origin. This fact will also assist us to account, at least in part, ror the iconoclastic fury? of the rebels. They were to despoil andt destroy thbem, not so much because tiey loved the idol less, but because bhey loved the gold his back con tained the more*, The Amerieus Republican re- p gretfully declines a communication eause the editor cannot read it. [f he could make out even the a irst sentence he thinks he might si ossibly manage to guess at some h >f the balance, but he stalled on k l hae first line. A Terrible Scene on a Rail road--Destruction of a Sleeping Car in Rapid Moticn. i The Chicago Republican gives t the particulars of the burning of v the magnificent palace sleeping D ear "City of Chicago," on the Bur' r lington, Quiney and Chieago Rail road,.a few nights ago. It says: The train was moving at good if speed, when suddenly a kerosene 11 lamp in the rear end of the car ex- c ploded, and instantly that part of t the coach was in flames, which. r with frightful rapidity. seized the . bedding and woodwork. Had it :t been the forward lamp, and the P flames been ~driven back upon. thei' prey, there- is little doubt a that several lives must have been P lost, with snch fierceness did the, lE devouring element make progress il even against the headway of the b, train. Mr. Bishop our informant, e, was sleeping in the middle section, p and answeiing the firot alarm, e sprang for the door. Rtqrning w to get his boots from beneath his h berth, he was driven back in baste ' by the fianes and stifling smoke. p For a few ininrufes the utmost t alarm prevailed, and one or two of the passengors- were with much fc difficlty saved from their own e< rrantic efforts- to leap from the p, train. All, however, safely reached tj the earin front, but mo -t of.them pl eft behind in their berthssuchar- io tieles of apparel i6d valuables as pi 'hey had laid aside in disrobing Ja l>r the night. This brought two di 1ifo(rtunates out in thcir light un- ra Iress uniform,'for a winter night. of )f cotton shirts and draWers-a sa tate of afairs which instatly. th alred for contributions from the- k( While all this was transpiring to n the escape of passengers, the W lames had taken possession- of the fo: .xtire ill-fated car, . forward- and eft, and were leping and stream ng through the .rear -windows, >resenting a most extraordinary Qi 1*ctaele, as the train kept on its -w VaY with heightened speed, it N iaving been decided, on short con-"' ultation, to make for the water ag tation at Bada, a-run of -twelve wi nites; where it was hoped the tal limes might be drowned out. w' Tain hope!i for the unfertunate ne 'ar, m stead of -being rescued, ly li-agged the water station and an de ,djoiniing wood pile to share its th ite, all'being burned together. The instance is full of warning K hat none will take earlier than CO he managers of the Fuilnan line, a o instantly and forever banish th he fatal kerosene from- these nt plendid cais. They were dhosen, of re1now withi a view to sedring d ,brilliant light, and adopted with bo he best and most secure of known sel ppliances. Bat this reeent proof tb i enough to demonstrate their tea eril and decree their banishment. pr 'he "City of Chicago'' was a mag- of ificent coach, built-at the Auroi'a do hops, at an- original cost of- over me wenty thousand dollars. thi - - - - - - - -ha SfairArgY.-1f the image of' my tis riend rises iup 'spontaineously, as thb were, in the mind, and- dwell8 toi here like an actual presence, so fit bat every lineament of the coun- vel ananee, every glance of the eye, ful Srepresented as vividly as if' they 'ere indeed before me, and the >uud of their voice is in-my ear, firmly believe that at the very old ioment that person is thinking of sh< ie. This is sympathy. Why, if' fro 2is is n-ot the case, does that phan- ani >m rise up unealled for- by any us, revious word, thought, or associa- wIb on ? Impressed with-this delight- Ma il conviction, I hld sweet commu- les ion with tIle absent, and in the Pe tmosphiere o&f thought enjoy the wl urest sensation. tue( When a young gentleman kisses hei young lady,' she very naturally eas iys, .OhDick, the idea?" And On e, also naturally replies. -"No, fro ye; not the -ge,' dear ; but the his i.ek"-Whih - is perfectly true. the Plant Corn., It appears from statiAtics pub shed in the Charleston Kews, bat over 1,000,000 bushels of corn ,ere imported into South Caroli a during the past year, the recur euce of which we earnestly hope, -e shal never have to chroniele. Corn is needed, whether cotton i high or low, and should not be >oked upon as a marketable arti le merely. - We mean, it ought be the endeavor, beyond, any eassonable contingency, to, rise > much of it a is necessory. f ae maintenance of the farm or lantation. The experience of the past year. i well as the suggestions of sound riniples clearly indicate that es botton should be planted. At ie present price of cotton and.. readstuffs, it is obvious that rery farmer should raise his own revisions ; but it is to his inter-1 at to do more than this, if he -ishes to enliaoce the value of is cotton crop. When brmadstufts -e dear,., the large nmjority.of 3ople in the world are corn.pelled buy less clothing, td&be'able 'to 1rchase food, and th6 4emand 'r cotton, and other things-being jual, its price also, will e pro )rtionally lessened. It is always ic true interest of the .cotton snter, therefore, to keep_provis ns as cheapas possible. At the esent time, taking the world at rge, breadstuffs Are not abun nt, priees rule high, and cotton isers feel the effect on the prie 'cotton. We do not intend to Ithat this is the only -cause of e depression in the cotton mar Ot ; but .we are-sure it . is' one of X:a" APInd one htch- oqr.cot n raisers can, . ea,T e unhesitatingly advise, there- I re, an inerease in the giain crop. [Lantcaster Ludgerb INTERESftNG NEWSPAPER SUIT. lite. a novel .case was tried last 3ek in the .Supreme Court' ot aw York before Judge Mullin. 'he- World iNewspaper Cownpany ainst Charles P. Clineh," in tieb some poinits of great impy>r,. oee to the journalistie prfessi~on wre decided. Inasmuch as every wspaper published has freqtent. had to pass through simiIa~r or' als we condense the risults -'of i trial : - Soon after the death of Collgor ng, who, it will be remembered, mmitted suicide by jumping. off Terry boat into the~ East river, e plaintiffs-inserted an advertise- f mnt several times in thie World 'ering a-reward of' five hundred ( liars for the reco Very of the dy. The advertisement was a to the omtee with the name of e defendant and two other enis ~n house officials .attached. The1 Lesent suit is bronght for the sum ] one hundred and eighty-eighti liars, the price of the advertise- e mts. The advertising agent of A e World testified that Mfr. Clinch .i d told him to insert the ,adver- t ement. Mr. Clinch ~,admitted a at he did, but alleges that- he v~ d the agent it was for the benie- 6 of the heirs. The jury found ae rdict for thue plaintiffs for the a 1 amount claimed.. ' "Where's the Labor 1" 3 'Fag est ab hoste doceri." T he 2 ! assic proverb tells us that we e >uld not disdain to learn even r m an enemy. It is not pleas- o Sto see ourselves as others see but it is sometimes very si olesome to perform the autopsy. ec ,ny of our readers have doubt a s heard of the Radical satirist tl troleumn V. Nasby. P. M., etc., n o, under the guise of aen- v ky Democrat, throws hot shot a o the ranks of the "Copper ds," and Southerners, and oe ionally gets off a good thing. ni e of liis last letters is dated Ii m Montgomnery, Ala., and gives p experion6e and adventures at t< Sha aantre of Sonthern nn. 4oattUtional . onventiona. He hits off the foiblev of some- of the young men of-our best'famil.ies in this wise : "Why," said .4ihnQgtle, J. - "the old man w3 he departd thjs gifd ft; ne a tbhousand akers av land, bu4 wit w i,t g4 fqr I hed no niggers! The accursed whelps refoosed to work without wagis, and tbat-4woodent pay onv on prinsiple.. Finally they eon' menst makin offers for laifd, in patches av from the tofifty akers,. and erooeM necessity .compelled me- to ateept it. The money I. ies"Ked I vug compelled, -to live on, ontil -ty paternal akerm wUs redoost t.o a scant hundred. - T-h produx u-a hundre<;lakers.wo4d support me, but it *on't perdoose. I hIer no labor-where kin I git the labor' "Yes," exclaimed all ofthe dozen young men,-rollia overontoie'r elbow, itat's e.seis our We all- ker land, bit where's the labor?" I W"z abouto..to eonasecrate em when the -barkeepe, streekin, He wod sejest,. he remarkt tha-e possibl,. under the cistanes it would be -better' if, instid uV laying on tber elbows, a"ki !'wher's the lab-or?" thvy shod go and do aUtterlV it theMseLves. Troor if they shood_doit, he wood ent seeez-m ut om,. but they' wood be able to. pay sathin for-- ~ 1the aor they -one-oorned. Pmr 's.--Printers aie inilike ithers classelfldhnwi. Tbeirsoca tion imparts to them.-intelli gence tbat pes nott -rea-*t from vny other buin;Wss. .Dealingwi. language eXeldsivelyr its eei aragraps,ptheyae on 4rought into communion wt thoughts and theI r king, and Lhus insensibly Jcome.imbued-_ with the. ideas of those rains whose creationis. they help tea em >ody into those fbrms that give bbem to the world. TheydihtemaWy - ;et grammar at their fingers'enge~ wvhile picking. up- the Vypes that Rorm sentenees that are gramnist -41. - S eling comes to 'th na a itrally as.breathlin g,~for they fall nQ1o Corre,et orthogFghy. ~roi'bl oree of-habit. The charactieristig~s >f printers.are not s ooabte to xersonal thrift ss those pf 4ther >r(Jfessions. --They partake ofthe ottire of artists in some degree mnd are:generally iieral to a fault; boughtless of the fuiture, and f're7 1uentli'iproviden t fir t heVreen -flash with a good situatonam& lead broke when on a tramp. rhey may' be the working Bohe~ nians of the world of noratives. - - [-Eekange. CiRcUMLocUTrow.- Art Engllade ntpertell.ocrircumfocat udon in tbe 3ritish War Ofic It says~ t.Fiere s a tradition, saLid to be Ihistniveal, oneerning a .elerk in, the. War )meie, who onee wanted- a pe* dhereon to hang his hat. 'i esare he expernse of a carpenter, -he pplied for a hammer and nail rit,h which to drive it in himself, lix monihs pitssed before lie re 'ci'ted.any answer to his request, nd he had long ago set up a peg ~f his own,;when a special messen-. er of' the Tower arrived in Pall tall with a frammer sent to hin. t last through the medium of' umberless requisition and authn-. izations. At the same time he ;as imtermned that it was not the rovinceof the Tow r offieialto Lupply nails, but that these would ume to him from Woo'lwieb ; and tfter a few mon ths further waiting, bey really did arrive-a pound of ails, brought by agreat ambulance ragon, with its half dozen horses nd its dozen attendauts. A Western paper strikes the ames of two subscribers frotn its st because,they were hung. The ublisher says he was comrpelled be severe, because he did not now their niemnt addrasw