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do~~ 17 -l WINNSBORO So .1 "4YMONN HASKELL ON HAMPTON. AN AUTHORITATIVED REPLIY TO "A TILDEN DEMOU1AT." Slanders and Miercprese'nta-ons Ex posed and Denounced. A coient and conclusivo letter from Col. A. C. H hktll, chmenan of the tate Deiiocratic excentive coim mittee, in reply to "A Tildtn Demo crat," is puisithe2d by the Augusta Clhronicle and oen tincl. -No one cou!d answer the ch-trges made by "A Tilden Democrat" more iutimi tatively than Col. Hankell, for he was necessarily cognizant of every detail of the campaign, what wals done and only proposed to ho d me. to lotter is too long to rep:..u-e entire, but wo give sein of the strongest of its miy strong pint.i. Unlessm "A Tilden Democrat" is ready to aeknowledlge the error of his way, it is to bo hoped he wi:l herefter hold his peace. Col. Hmkell. say3: There have been scurrilous articlei written against Gen. IHamupton in a few of the nitreme Radical sheets, but no enemy in the North hms pil) lisihed so base a slander as that con tained in t.he articlo in your col~ 'umns. The piece coul'I not have been published in this State; it is a matter of regrot that it has appear in any ;outhern State or Demo cratic paper. The grounds upon which the writer bases his insidious comments are cither entirely wir.out fonla tion or are 1)(I'er'verd-ons of factsi which occuri-ed. And it is to de clare the truth with rogaid to the assertions made in the artice that I now ad(ress you. Dfene of Gun. H1ampton and (4overnor Til den, or the other gentlemen, would be out of place, and, still imore, n nCecAfry. I shall sspk but of the facts, and of them, only what I can i.y authoiftatively, and of my pe::n-oual1 kniowledge : -The, policy adopted by the 'State in thie August Convention was not the w0ork of a few individuals or leaders, bat'was with more uni ty thm has ever been soon-the uttorance of the will and fixed do turmination which sprung irom tihe ix mass of the people. The policy having been settled, there wan brt't one dfiOtcc of opinion as to the nomination of can didates Whether it should he amupton, the manm the people w.mt cd, but who had a c<,nspicuous war record, which it was foamed umighit injure the nrational paty, or shonId it be a man aguint whom this oh, jection (7id niot lie, and wlho wold. 4Iemndk( the respect of tm' pe'p'e of the Bi3ale. This question was caiimnly and freely disIsed. 1 pakC a4 at membLr of te Coniver tion, where I hr d te debeme. Gen. lUnmjit.,n was also a memue : he was at my hoUse Its a guest. I was constantly i ith him, .a:l uhi views were expressed to me0 fihijy and freoly. He entered into thu cLpivai-ss it grot )1r8sonal sacritie, 11md Would ha-.e boeel muIC ci* "tatifidt could he have consmcietiouAmmy des cldined to eniter upjoni the du ties whichm the people demanded of him. Hie so stated to thle coniventlion, on1 urged the niominationi of thoeanlmi date who could tm1lbet mson god'~ for - the cause, and in eiuher. event prom ised his persFon:d aid. TiheCI vi wr of the National Demo~cratie party wa no ntue up)on the 'onilvenltion), but were invited, and were egarded as of great weight. It was unders s tood that the National Execuitive r Committee regarded t he nomination of Hampton as daungerons. Th'is opinion imemt with earnest suppot from some of our best and ab):est men, and certainly gave nio offence to (Gen. Hamnpton. The finmal de cision was that in the depressed con dition of our people we could not afford to take any but the one mran upo~hom all hearts would unite, and for whose election men, women and children would strive. The Convention felt assured that by pr udent policy the fears entertainme~I by the Northern Deimocrata would be disappointed. H armpton wvas thus niominated by the unanimous vote of thme Convention, and the balance of the State ticket was filled by men of either opinion, all divisi~n having ceased the momuent the quesC tion debated had been settled, I cannot speak positively as to the statement "it was generally recog nized that the cancd icy of Hiamp ton would be distasteful to Gover nor Tilden, becanse the latter feared it would work mischief to lthe Nation al Dermocracy," It certainly wais stated that such was the view of so~me of the commnittee and working members, but my imrpression is thamit it was said Mr. Tilden's own view wa i favor of Geon. Hampton's nomni enonral Hampton was not '-over ruled by his friends," but asking the Convegiton to weigh thme party cx p~ediency of his candidacy, lie ac. copted their judgment and - con sented to the position to which the unianimnons vote elected him. I did, as chairman of the Stato iCommitte , writ a to Mr. Hewitt; *gave him the opinion that we could carry the State, and applied for ssistance-provided that he eon eurre4 in our opinion, and would egard this to be a true disposition of means for the benefi6 of the AtiHisj rely wa en bettor that his assistance shoulMl be rendered elsewhore. We accepted thei answer mnd went on upon our own resVourceB. In fact we par donied persnsn imih nearer home, Nwho fan'ied. as Mr Hewitt did, that our hupeS transi-ieended our pros pectsm. His answer was not a rebuff. We mtde no appeal for charity, but submitted our demnand solely upoKxn its meritS. The reply did not irritae Go.n. Hampton, who was, by day and by night, canvassing the State with an energy and a inu de'Uce tha . has never been etcelled; nori did it il anvwinei diminisih kis eflortFs, which were always br..ve arid e~rnet~ in beh: f of the NAiWnj Denii. rati. Pridential ticket. It is ut!ly nu m ( 119 "tLivt in the Can pYin whc etnnutd Ge-n. H-ltmptou eunlined himatelf 6o making votoe for the ,:tate tieket, and let national p ii and the candidacy of GoXer nor Tildenl severe aime." Toe evi (11 e given to ranin tain this asser tion in tio puerile for notioe. Gen. Hrapton's mpowelis were not advocacies of Stato candidateA in prson Lly more than nat.ional. 1nor were they arguments on petty polities. Tey wore oppeakl; ',o 4he pepleJ in behlalf of 1odejs-:ty and ueform.a Thet.'.e words comprehend ed everythin(, nd whe le pined votes( he g.ined tiieiu for t", whole tCeket, srte and N din:d. The F;i ;ht dierepa.ncy of a few hundred votes Ain -L Vote of 183,0)00, bt.wceen the ,t 1nd N.t(.ional ticket, is due to the ineei thlat theie inre in the Stte it A, Illuimdnad IReubl1icans who air hnst men, :nd fire frotu the sh :1(;hls Which h ve h1ed L)gether Ulu c r ct1I ,d c(.. T he1e meII re ml:dmrtd true 0: Vhe Nat.onal Re-pub., liem p11t3, buat iprnted the t. v l 'eo1e c,)Ol',ay by their M m i:tiou f eI t le h ; o fe it W:nich was! being c-olrAuveJ 1"t4d thlem.. A.1 in viia (4er. H:1. EL: ddIJ.oll i1 not devi-Ate fromi.ho poicy of oitIer' the Naion~dor L3a~ Deoc ci * * * * * * * * The truth with rogird to the above i (the withdrawal of the icetor:l Crket vijd to have a)V-fn eont4!mplat. - i 1 ! i) thi,: Oi thei niglIt of t:o day afe Mr C Ia e.'in' nonAti by the R.li.ds, Jidge Caoe and ,j ud" M""kay cale:l at te o.'me cf the exelive committee in Coluim bia (Glen. Htilptoni was alt Abb1e v.le) tndk liar.1 their intendtin to jo)i n in th Ie St 4(1e onte't. TIhey hd.d en e.urnest supportersi of Mr. Chiclh~O . in, but lpudiht:d his iket.'r Thiml wia h it,. They d I n zo rhe abndio.uaent of the na idon a' ContesEt ; tRe a-gU;ent., too, was fo eible They sutted that we conrhl n ot thereby inIjure the Ntion,' al D~eincray, su~ini.: 'we wei e *re " i dit s a uthi a i.*,suIent, r-t er tua <-neh, o tlo pty, (we Ld h-:ard l valUe from other Sourvei,) :.n I coud greatly benetit tie State. Judge M.* ac(.y si. taed t'Hat the pla of t i Rical leliders 'wai to bo Ive fut a tjie, il':ego that they fm fCar f vai olene ; men while to (excite) ;:ot and xiolemiite am~on;g the col'4red rw-e(, caluse bloodshed, and then inv.Jkt militar'y inteeee. IL C OX ;n t c:sd hil coneT'.ionl th it suc(h wasu the Stato and Natijon,: el in, anid events have prove'd thle elxac . c.>rreatnes~s of his~ predLic(ti us. .Judgec C'o,.ke contam~le I thle viewsu Ibove nitid, snying he knew of cou' eipl .ed rior. und blood shijling~ fromu conversaMutionf with 10 .ding IRepublicans with whom he weA abie Ikup to that. time. TheP'i~ 'wooitionl was dIiscussed by the comiittee, but no acetion tlk(kei, aboud b ' done without (cnsutationi wI h the national oeentivo com mittee. Tho next (day Judge Cooke went to Abbeille, to appear' on the stand an a spea:ker' m boualf of our parity. Col. Hdyf., of the executive comimit Lee, went to Abhbevillo with him, anmd there, as instructed b~y 4tho commlilttee, 'o'hferre~d with Gen. 1 amptou and somo other geni ties. mien. The r'easions advanced were at iret sight regairded very strong but no decision was arrived at, ex cCIpt that no such step should be taken exceopt with the approval of Mr'. Tilden on the ground that our, p)osition was embal~zrraHsing the na tionde party---the withdrawal then to ho under a protest3 stating the plot as laidi down by Judges Maickey anmd Cooke, and announcing that we wijthdrew to prev'ent the interven tion of military forco which would rob usof tihe exercise of our constitution al rights. Gen. Hampton wroto to Mr. Tilden through Mr. Manton Marble. I wrote to Mr. Hewitt. Befor'e their answers had b~een re ceived Gen. Hampton had, on re,% flectionl, comle to the conclusion that t 10 propo~sition was n'ot wise or proper. Tho committee had comoe to the samifo col~f~luo. The re sponsies from Mr. Tildon and tho National Executive Committee eon curred with our views. We wvere assured that wo wore not embarrass ing but aiding the national cause, and the proposition was thus finally. settled and never again thought of until brought up by your corres'' pondnt.The preposterous idea of tsndefet by lack of time is utterly wvithout foundation The executivoe committee reogarded itelt as fully~ possessed of the power, and would at once, had they doomed it p roper, have anno wed that the Electors1 were 'withdrawni fromi the okb THE HOME O 'T.E GRUIAT AILU[?n CAY B('tLPTOR. I I know it will intorot your read ore, wyho miust all apprecisto the "tno ad1 tihe beautiful," to ho.'r In actcoiult of the hom10 wheo tise. attributes reign supremue-the homne of America's well.-known calptor, Henry Kirko Browne. Sixteen years ago it was my good fortune know him and his genitio invalid wife, at the tilre when the "tar of our prond Stato was ill the aisceIdint, ami Colmnlbia the contro of eitiv'alfe1 society and refinied ;weAlth. MAr. B rowne had beent invit ed thith.l er, comillissione(d by the t::" o.vemilent to maho a grony of 11t.dnary which wan to support the lsoiiawnt of tie new capitol. The cent'etd figure of th3 group; ten in nimber, represented it beautiful W"omn, with features of the noblest Iomai.1n type, yet with a sweet inno (enco of exprescion which softened the imajestiy of her mion. Her brow wa eneireled by stars; anl ill her right hand she bore tho olive braitlh. At ! Peace was indeed within in our walln then. But the war-cloud lowered. and Mr. Browne was com polled to ecits the work so dear to his heirt.. As yet only a plaSter r-kst of this superb figuro existed, though the block of marble thirteen fet in length, from which it was to b cut, stood already in the studio, -nd several cllips had been taken f.;om it. Of one, the srulptor form e.1 L smll papor-weight, and cmirry iig his initialsi thercon, presented it to yonr correspondent as a souve nie. When Sherman fired h' first shot in our doomed city-tli e gun directed by his own hand towhrd the lisnening white pile of the State house in the distance-tha't shot, sitrangfle and solemn omen pierced t a s tudio which stood noar souti west aide, and glancing the 'Molid Wadl of that splendid building, which i still a sad monument of our disap pointed hopesn, tore off a projecting co'ir. The statuo of "Poaco" wati s b-i.teredl ! In the present condition of our political iffairs in South Carolina, we canlot, of course, anticipate the completion of any great national Work ; but when Reform and lHamp ton sh dl have redeemed the pros trate tate, perhaps in some - bright future the N orthern sculptor may re tiun to tile sunuy Jand he loted Ro well, and "Peaco" will raise her star crowne.l head upon the battlements of our now ruined head and deiecra ted capitol. But I min wandeling far away fi om the little villa on the Hud son. It htd be'en raining for weeks dur ing our stay in New York, and we ihad heun to feel as if "Probabili tie." were against us and our long hoevd-for trip' 111) tile "Rhino of Americta," when we awoke one worn in'. and found tho sun shining "The very day for the Hudson !" we exinimed with one breath ; and nine o'clock found us en route. TI)c steamwer passed0L rapidly (Alt of sight <of the greait abln; the Imoise anid c onio.an of thef cit y were thnsof the pa't as gen fly rolling hills and v'erdantt vadleyr stole uponl the sight. Presta~y Werhmawke-n enmoe ito) still c:,ils fronm the ground ; and furtheron(5, the b,>ld outlies of the palisedes ;still further Sing Sing atl.1ructe:l ourn at ten tion, but we saw Tae indwasvery brisk and chilly. able di im:nifoi't. HI:>woiver, wo cherulygave our gatrments to be walfteel hiithecr and thither, and stood firm) with flnttering veils and torn pbirne , an I wildly flap~pi'g shals:W1 and water -proofs. it seemeod ai kind of virtue to beair these; evils cahnmly, for were we not on "classie ground" I-or', rather, wa;ter I There was considerable difforence of opinion amuongst the numerous "contennial tourists" wvho thr-ongedl the dleck and e)xpresaeod themselves freely as to "what was what." Sonme timos it grew ludhicrousl y serious. "That's Yonkers," said one of thle utnterrtified Demrocracy south of M. & D's line "No itsn~ 't at all," resplonlds at llu Wsrnhoosior, with his hands in his pockets. "I know bottcr'n that; "I ink~ y~i'on are mistaken, sir," r enariked a cut-and-dried, genuine Yankee. "I guess thamt's Cold Spring." Somebody produces a "Guide," but that on~tly contfounids the confu sion ; and~ I turn with solicitude to a pretty New Yorkor, who sits ab sorbod with her novel in a snug corneor.. "Do plenso," I begin imnploring~ly, "doll uwhat place that is,' pointmg donthe river. With a subduod smile, and, no doubt, some disdain for our provincial ignorance, she re plies, "I think itis Tarrytown," and then we settle down under thme shmol ter of the cabin and collect our his torical nmrmorios to find out what did happen at Tarrytown. The lovely panoi-ma glided by "like sweet thoughts ini a dream,' and the boat stopped at the New burgh landng There stood a tall figure to welcorne us, and we recog muzed after a lApse of sixteen years, a pair of wondering brown eyees, whbich once soon one can never for get. It was our artist trionA Ha I teod 11 in the carriage, and a span !of high-bred, litho-limbod bays bore us rapidly out to "Little Brook," the fairy villa two miles north of New buirgh. Past stately homesteads aind substantial country-seats, along the smooth road we bowled. Hero a msHivo gateway, overrun with sc.rIolet Virginia reeiper ; there a st melodge ivy screoned ; stables which looked likely country church 01, end itirics huiitating Swiss cots -li set in a golden haze that soft ened the nearer views, and lent a giocey to mountiain and hilland river. A sudden break in a long, den(se hedge roveAc1l a fresh picture of delight. An cmerald lawn thickly dotted with partorres of bright fowers-a leolet glistening like a silvor shield ; the noisy little brook fretting over its pebbled bed from thence to the river below-a rustic bridgo-a strotch of sward and meadow, brokon 1)y, pictursq(uo cl1m of trees-ll this at a glance, aid outr hlost standing Onl the low porch, welcomed us to "the hut," as he *payfully styled his exquiite home. Into the sacred hospitalitics of that home the public will not in trudo, so we pass over inl silence the alppoiln tmens and adormuen ts with. in the walls where the purest taste and most refined culturo reign su preme. Luncheon over, and the chat across the fruit and wines sharpen ing our desires for the pro:nised Viit to thi studio, we adjourn thith er, pausing on the way to adfmire one of Natture's chej'ouvres., an Alderney cow ! It is not every day that one isees a quadruped of this kind, valued at five hundreod dollirs, who coues when she is called, and crops daisies on tile banks of the Hu1dson , Only she was not "cropping daisios" now, but very sensibly keeping the grasses at a good length, and furnishing milk warranted to produce a pound of but ter to every si quarts. Let us im. port somo Alderney cows forthwith. But there is the studio,* a white building adjoining the stables ; 1 am not ire but that it is a-ttacled to the stablos, for the sculptor lodges his horses in royal style, and as he nes them for models, has their welfare constantly in his mind. The first object withim the studio, and of course the most attractivo and imposing, is the equestrian stattuo of General Greene, for which Mr. Browno hias been commissioned by Congros. The plastor-catst of tlis spirited work st nds in the centre of the room ; the hors;e of sul)erb propoi tions, every limb tense with vivid acetion ; tie very veins and muiseles traclme, as tihe prouid creaturo spurns the ground with lifted feet. The figure of the Revo lutionary hero ha1s not yet been completod, but we gained a general idea of the whole from a miniature mondel. Iflowever, this must, of no co.sity, Juacic the perfectioll of detail vlich the lifeisized figure will pos, tiess. Mr. 13. wvill probably coml pheto this work m Italy, as he re gardm thme advantage to his art much greater ini that favored country. And whein one considers that lie spent twelve years of his life there, wtith sneh :onlgenilz minds as Powers and his confree to enhance the poetry of existence, one cannoitt woinder that he longs for "la bl/~a Italia," and Rome, the city of the soul." Many other figures and groups in varJios stages of advancement, he sides copies and1( models of his best known wvorks, are ratnged aroundl thme studio in graceful confu,,on. Hieo is a Confederate soldlier, which one would recognize at a glance, in the thin, clear1 cut Southernl p)rofle and unshorn bioard and1( streaming hair. He standsl loaning upon his ride in an attitude of sad reflection, as if gazing up)on thme dead figure of a comrade after battle, and tue pt thos of oxpression in face and f rm brought the quick tears to-our eyes. 'This statue was modeled at the request of au Jady in Charleston, who designs it for the grave of her well. beloved son, slain in the wvar. Not 'far from this are full hength lgures of Stockton, General Kearney, and Governor Clinton. A model of the famous statue of Lincoln, wvhich now atdorns IdadisonSquare, New York, occupies a corner of the room. Even the sculptor's ideality could not make1( the martyr President graceful, and iso he wears-an is lit-his bag gy trowvsers instead of a Rioman toga I All who have visited Now, York will remember the equestrian statue of General Washington, on Union Square. This is Mr. Browne's wvork, and considered the finiest of the kind in the United States. But we linger too long in this en chunted spot, where we were busy recalling reminisconcos of our paust ; anid flow we have barely time to visit the stables, whieh, like those of English establishments, are kept in suga1 order that ladies may enter them with pleasure. The famous model of Mr. Bfrowne's famous horses stands in her stall nearest tihe studio., The groom is washing her ladyship's dainty feet, and she stands with the dignity of a prin cess to be examihed by our admiring party.. "Black Beoss" is of Lexing-. ton blood, and it was she who bore thme brave guerilla, John Morgan; on his last midnight ride, when he was betrayed to his enemies by a womaa! I masy not pansa. h.ra to Amani.t upon thin,subject, for whither would it load me 1 After this episode, for we heard the history of ."Black Bess" on the spot, we hmurried away to get our wrajps, and were presently scitod in the luxurious pheaton, dashing along the river road northward toward the i Duyvol's "Dance Kammer." The droad-sounding name is the designa tion of a step declivity, over the sumiiniit of which the local Indians formerly hld their corn dances, a religious festival in the harvest sea soil. The dusky figures of the red skins, as they capored around in t c11cenltric circles inler the ligit of tihe yellow m1o(n, with their w(eird chamts and grotesque coromonies, m1ust Iave suoieod inldod it diabolical procooling to the matter-of-fact Knickerbocker withiout invitation to settle on the rich lands of the Mohawks. Bat the "Dovil's Dance Chamber" is silent now, and only the rushing river and solemmn codars reaimti uichanged around lio ipot Whe0ro the originial lords of the soil worshipped the Great Spirit upon this uountain, Tihe lodge at the open gateway Wals appar'ently tenniaitless, so wO eliered(1 and drove round 11n1d round tihe teriaed ascenat to time top of the Jill whero the country-seat of the Hon. Bancroft Davis now stands. A unignificent view is had from this poiit, and on() could not but wonder if the fortuirtte ownemrH of this fine placo did lot p.miletimise yearn for the sconi uponl which we now gazed, in their volunitry exilio Onder den Linden. Mr. Davis and his fimily have been abroad for some thme, as he represnts theio governmont at the Court of Imperial Germany. But oven here where the "i1mlter" is away, ovu.aything iii kept in trim array. Uw cli.irmng is all this to eyes only acculstomed to the careless beaulties3 of ourl rich L.md ! It SOOmIs ams if thoro is now "trash" here-no weeds, no briers, no fallen leaves. The very grass Seenms to "grow to order ;" and tie boughs of the over hianging greenwood wore as regular as a clipt hoge. Wo laughed when im reply to a quoetion is to whether those cedars were kept trimmed on contract, our iiglt youllg colpal ion, Mrs. B.'i nephow, said serious ly : "Why they grow So Night is closing in as we dash home, glad to osc.atpo from a "lip ping mitid an eager air" into the warmth and light of tile cozy parlor. A cheerful coal fire welcomes us like i a home face, and cinmid the comfort and congeniality of this lovely 110111o, we forget that wo are "straligIrs in a traimge land." Before the autumn sfun al risen) high next mllorning, we were out drinking the delicious elixir of fresh air, while tho duncolored Storm King asross tile river wais still wArapt in His mist cloak, and thie sides of Northi Beacon covered with gray shadows. Across time ward stream ed broa(I rays of sunlight, glancing from the rosy applos. and goldlen Porsm tlat lmft falen On their' ll 1me(' aid velvet bod( (during thoe night aind glittering on the glass roof of the grapeory, whence lnscious cluis torn, pnk, purple anid white, scnd out op)alin0 ray3s of dlhicaito color. Aero14s the i ustic bridge and bnb bling little bmook still telling its serect of the hake, whlose bright bosom bears a fleet of snowy (ducks -upi a gently rising pa1th to wvhere tihe sitrawboreiry beds lay on the Southern slope--downI again among. the ras1:phorr'ros, trained 0on hoizon tal1 wires--and thence into a w~oodh hand which extends to the river's bank. All this we ramiblod over be, fore we were slummnond to the bright breakhfast pairlor, wvhoro flowv or'a and standn of fruit lit up the hospitable board "The feast of rason," etc. (stale q'uotaltion! ) always- onfhainces5 111r1 epicurean and gastronomic11 pl easures; and1( 1 must not forget to relate several rare anecdotes, which, as they concern certain well-known pesngs are considered public Our hoist had entertained "thme government" at a lunch party last sumor, and -on that occassion Goneral Grant was paruticularly gracious, koeping upl a spirited con versattion with a sprighmtly Southmern lady, Mrs. (G, WVhen cigars were handed(3m, tihe Presidn1t refused, and Mirs. G. playfully remarked: "Why, General, you have thile repumtation of being a great smok or." "I have the reputation of a great matny things wvhich I do not de seirve," was the historic reply. "Whly don't ladies smoke?1" lie continued ; "they always profess to be fond of tihe odor of a cigar.". "Oh I yes," Mrs. 0. assented, "but it gets in tho hair." "Well," rejoined the Great Silent Man, "then they can hang it out of the window." You muay call this a genuine bon mot, n'est ce pas / "Do you see those faint blue lines i to the north ?1" the sculptor asked as we sauntered togetheor one eveyu Ing, "these are the Berkslir'e Hills.; ?tw*s over there last week to een Mfr. Bryant. 'What a glorious oldi follow he, isi l T H celebratei ,iis eighty-second bthM ga~j~r an , ehe is reveling in e~hg yom~~ On $'ibbathk he asked nie to gy "t chukch, andi he always walks. I acom~paied him. 'I will send thei carriage for yon,' his danghte*,whis t pored, for she, knows her father's ways. At the ond of thyoo m1iles .p reached the churAh. aii'nl you may Ua sure whon-seuvied was oVer, I was glad to find the carriago waiting "Come, we wi rid1 homej", . said "I like'a littlo s'troll after church," he said ; "I vill walk home," and ho did. "But that is not all. When dinner was ovor, ho suggested, in a rnost matter-of-fact way: "Browne, let's take a walk," and actually he walked me five miles. IOt this is nothing unusual with tho grand old man. Ho fio loves nature that he forgots everything but the beaiutiful face sho prosents to hi!-. It is his great delight to point utit to no overy Way-sido flower and atsk: "What's that, Browne ?" and anon to a tree of uncommon folinge. "Do you know what kind of wood that is, Browne ?" And who Aston ishiedi at knowledge--for I, too, was rnised in the coun'try--ho Would gloefully declare that it was hard to ot the botter of me." As wo sat around the fire ono iight, the conversatMion turned on the legend of Sleepy Hollow, and by 2onsieu(penco rested on Irving "le was a man of quaint humor," iaid our host. "I remember hearing WaVshington Allston," (I think it was, orl somo other p)inter of note,) relate an anecdote of him which was Iiiiitable. They two were once muIghit inl a StOrm1i) at some distanco ri-on Sunny-side, and Irvjig took refuge mider 'i large tree. Allston lingered without and quietly, got wet. "'Why dont you comlo. Ilpter inan'" Irving ci.led. "The paintor replie& thit- his fathor had onqe token a similar <helter and receiyod A, shook in .9n Wequneime, as the tree wiaq.i strick by Lightning. "O(h ! if it ris in your .faily," [rving. exclaimed, "you had bQttoer ;tand out a good distfinek" CAanA DlAoMc' i7. Yorkille Jtnuquirer. . I i .' .It Qulquefois writes from'theTown )f Orangolmrg, under " dateof the 17th instant. that Bollvar's 1Minio [all was opened last evening, for Aho first time, to a very flattoring ittendinee, (considering the very in lement Weather) to witness a pro 'tramei of tableaux and charades, '"vO1 in aid of the Gorman Lutheran a mIreb. uider the management of Wveral I lad ies of the congregation. lho hall aind its handsome appoint nonts cannot fail to be appreciated. Prof. Berg's quintotto furnished the music. As filn am-teour exhibitioi it )aIISSld oi very creditably to all on-dinlg their assistaneo. Several )f the lar'acters--Miss P- - as 'Roso," Mr. 8--- as the Brigand m1d ( Cobbler, Miss M. 1- in the >liotograph, aind Miss L. D--- as Mrs. Moh-oso," wore good. Mrs. ---'s "lRobin Adair" and Five )'clock in the Morning" wore loudly ipplamiled. The exhibitiomj. )vill b0 o'posted to aid its charitable >b~joet. Mr. A. B3., a gentleman of German loseenit, whoi( does business at Tolnmenville, N. C., had his store >rokeni opecn recently, and) $25 vorthi of goods sitolen therefrom. [-o, however, captured the thief, and vent by rail to Marion 0. H On uis wry up town he engaged in con erora'iio 1 with two young men, but mudeny thme conversation was in erruptod by a jerk and a lunge or wo( ini the dark, wvhen Mr. B. ex. daimod, "Mine Got I mine Got ! do iof is gone !" A short race in tho lark convinced Mr. B. that lie wias ollowing a i'egular "quarter horise," mdt soon returned soliloquizing ~husly: binle Gt! mine Got! I can no negro taken l'or just sure' I tink I hab him safe, ~y tam I be mistaken. Three bales of cotton were stolen rom the wvarehiouse of Mi'. T. WV. d~ollo way, at Pomaria, on the night >f the 11th instant. About 3 o'clock ni thme morning, Mr. J. B. Suber ound that his wvagon andi two of his nulos were missing. With a party >f his neighbors lie started out in ;eareh of thoem, and soon caught up vith his wagon and mules. A man ,vho wa~s driving jumped down and an, thme party firing several shots Lt him without eodect. A mile from vhere they overtook the wagon - a' alo of entton, was found on the 'oadside, ,having been .thmrown PU' he wagon. The party had pr~eyiout y found 'one vagbhm, owner nulkubWht i short - distance& from . the iomdl wrhero the thiepves had ab~andoned tty" mnotluor halo o the doton iad a se >f harneis. T ihothfd' 10lh8 it" got been foiindu Ths'hiev'es a nto the warehouse through a wvxm' Cuomse oRvs~sUiovcNcu'o' ii'mty om't o atiht rood, bboy ' ar4 Iii 1i1wrook~ of th M f o mente on~ : ~ i i li4 mdbod a Th e w; lu no chavnge of policy )'d( by i :' ;p I! m.. HUis fireh v---, v*b, 2- 1f Septem'Ibior, was i ienti ed ini m~i et' an I~ pincuipl wit. i 1"m1.n1 u n o jot n r on'! tift :' I Ilhe swmyt vo r.,I it trnhu h e p ..- pl.11 by ( U. L 'lit ' "y * :' '.~1 ) 'm Ptv .1 'c' v e If : u n ti I"I i - if thw ex c % t I 'ox-y, th' txeutv o c oitt pity, thes~~h-m po!i-y, n11 to to L Y~l m W41, w:1!. r iI IyN ob We jei.1 thIe Stae by brin-:ingr out, t bi' u vote.?. mud b1y w i) OWL, fi'i eznI .;,)! ud to even t, enI thous.d11 Colored voters". iad it not bn.11 fto'r muilit.u-y interf1i'er'e i.1 the d !4t:u et.'n of the Sf.tL Gov'eirnmentr we' would hauve gafine Li': ty thou. .- I col: ed vot.os. A' it w.s.' the m...in body' of the cIolred to thWe viel of the 1p1iIm aind puo I ey Laidl "own, buit primvip.--.Py to the sulperb-1 PJnd' neerulig 141e n W:..g...ity v~.bwhich 04.1u. E x.r.ptoni puit ("ho thevory int->eo im A rI:.O 1jm ity of the vTes of Oihe Star':: we~lo ")"n..hC)"bi r lHz-uuTu nomUiion. us I 1ai beren le..d.rs built up 1ais p . Ie y. It is wAor-w' thnl f"Ahy to ch1" r'ge G_'n1. 1Luaptiu with "i'nor ing" C00ybtd. Hisi nOminat-iion Was M il :'L ji~i ,(-" J4aa.t ~ )yAI. niI a debtu.'L: h1e Wowed14. t'i P.ybody. tile St'Ite in1z; i# a doew the p.u Ly OWeS t0 L114. Tlne Z.onite&t w-1'4 nAt oveir the. :uat:1, bu;ltin ge et mer ae puhecy of the(, mveent. He dA AI. set the Lae ex.cutive comm1ittee. j w.s deli: by the who mIube1 r of tL3 u'ues Oil toS St'tte tickez, in CoJUjluVLk)Ia withl the premiout, of til) convelnti, Im)d of I ie seven, five weri'e ! et dvod i tof Iis p0licy bf i)le bi Ynd (tough the voit of out, U ,j. tersuj batl be.n fixed by hi; con situtent7) 1aumul 'll WereI his friends aInd c.'wil.uie GUpporters. There may hebeeun mistakes. But tiat thue c was any "dusiertion of Tilden," &'c., by Gen1 Hampto, the St.At exe2cutive comuutteILLe, or' "1ny I.a.rt or p..rel of our pa'ty in Son 04Jao)iu!, I soelezuny dy, and, if anly p1erson aver it, I pronuncJ it to be u;r t-TIly and w df.ilv fal';. Ther neer ws afine~er, hardler cVO.t4 for the nation dL'ty tihau we co)uducted in this Sa'te, n.r evr 01e wih less (ncoUr1I'a'Lt'L glrieater peril. Ak , our victory wou!d ha;. v bee3. a playthinr.. ; but, togiher with the National Dewuec racey, we bore the brul't of the force of the admeini:trtion--State nd N'dional--'amv~a.,tied uncer the watcheful ens' 8 i' theC professmiona~l deC te'ivou 'whoI wer'o l)ne(ked by br':iolg b) yonds? ; votedl overth 15.,000( to) 17,000) voutm, and carr 1ied thle Smite for Tdlden as weil as for H.imptein, and have only' been do feated by the frautUAs co;uani;ted at the polls, in t he rctmns and' byt I' the can1vasse(rs. W\e stand upon~ our record~ and deCfy the ttacks of our blut~eest enemZU!Ls. aty we bo pr'e when I m..y t hd' .~t yur Vvew with re gard'i Ito (en. Haupt >n's letter to Mr'. iden anld Mr. Haves is a mis. taiko, andl rests not upxsn the letter but upon vague appr ehensions. If there'( has. been ai chlamlpon' for Ti! den It ha'. beeun Hlamptoni, and none (expresses5t mUore azjpreci.dion 'of it thain Mir. T1ilden. Geinend. Hampton is now Gover 11or, andI is in charge of the inter ests of this Sta.!te. The United States is divided b~etween two great parties, in bitter mantuagonismn to each other, and the condhitionl of a1hir'e in thisi Stato is Ono( of the grave niues which is between them. The Gov'ernor' simply enelhosed hisi in augural to the loaders of the re spectivo par'ties, presen ting to thiem ai truithifidl report of the maut~t eris of such grave import.1'. Judige Mack'y wasi going to seeJ Goverunor Ha~yes, as I know personally, and asked Gover'nor Hlampton to) all~ow him to car'ry thre lot~tcr. His roqgnost was granted an~d nothing more. Governor Hampton has repeated ly and publicly repudiated the charge that Judge Mackey was in any wise hisi ambassador, r'eprescn ta tive, emfis'sary 01 agenit inr any par ticular. Judge Mackrey has likewise disclaimed that he in any respect repr1fesente~d Governor Hlamplton). Hie was merely the volunteer carrier of a letter' which would have other wise gone by mauil. Mary Allen, of Marion, a colored woman living in the Reedy Creek settlement, loft her little children in charge of her house one day last woek, only to find on her return her olest chuld barned to death. The clothes of the child took fire, and when sehe ran into the roaA near the house, she foil buoid to death. The only wvonder is that tho house arid n.11 the nhildren were not bumedn