* ; - f % . "1 Vol. 13 CON"W dbljr Hfomj DiGpfltrl)? ia IHVII aviMT U THURSDAY MORNING, ft AT OONWAYllOIWr, 8. C. * BY GILBERT A DARK. ? lo TUMI hi TWO POLLAR8 iartriiMy in aJvuM. m !t? paper will b? a?nl out of the Diatrict, with- bt out 'he money aq^oiupanir* the order. ^ BATI* or AUTtlTIIIBO. Advertisement. inserted it Seventy-Five J? cents per sowars, (12 liaea or lane,) for the ft rat ? aertion. and half thai bum for each aubeequeat insertiw*. pj lion. Quarterly and monthly adrertiaementa j c? will be charged iIh> aame m a single inser- I lion, and viaiuioatbl*' the same as new one.. ^ . I* Communications recommending candidates for publio office or trust?or puffing exhibi- oi tionn, will be charged as adrertiaementa. e) Marriage* inserted gratis. Obituary noli- ^ c *a over six lines, will be charged at mdverti- i .. sing rates. | " SELECTED STOBY.~ ? STEIGEL'S TOWER. ft :o: n About two miles from ShacfTerstown, ! ' on the road to Lancaster, ;u Ffnusjlra- | uia, there aro still the ruins of a fort or " caatlc, standing <>n tho very sumiuit sf a Dl lofty hilt, Previous to Uie Revolution, w the celebrated German, Huron Steigel, P built two of these towers, in the height 1,1 of that remarkable prosperity that at- * trnditl Jiim while having sharge of Elizabeth furnaces, near l*hiladS)pbia. ilaron Htciagl wan a man of great ^ wealth, was js?*aeBsed of uncommon skill and busiwc** tuot, and no small share of vanity. Residing in Pbilatf dphia, it . ' waa his passion to maiotaiu the elate of 111 h country residence, also; but aa bis wife and family preferred living in town the rear round, he erected these towers, <* or castles, as tliry were called. They w could be seen from a conaiderable (listanec, aa they were (ifThreat height; and g< as they were mounted with cannon, the w baron had only to order them to bo tired, ' p? aud that gave the signal for his friends 111 to join him. As the signal was given, on otic tine p< September morning," about twenty of bis iu friends repaired to tho spot from whence sc it proceeded. Au imiuwBpe room or w . I ^ a. I _ 1 I t raincr nail, was hai oui nun a long tli table, on * which was loaded every | tli delicacy which the country afforded? j * whicl^Ahey sometimes iudulgi^cA When the deasvrt *u placed, the ba roncsa entered tbo ^ill, attended by a Carl Steicel, the bi&n's nephew, and ^ the ot^JHfcughter of the family, the (j youngfcfVwAutiful Bertha. It was the ?r-? tin... a. i f l? ..r tl.n I. n .1 t ** aeon ber, and, perhaps from the fact that , y tie was the only lady .prcaeut, excepting 1 ^ (be baroness, bcr appearance cxffitcd a ^ perfect furor of admiration. Sbc was j /ichly dressed, as far as material was concerned, for the baron's vanity would tj not poraati bar to do otherwise; but bur 1 o) owu geod taste bad prevented anything 1 lite gandiness, and it was simply rich. To one person there, she aeemed the ! embodiment of everything fair and beau- | ' tiful. lie did uot stop to analyze ber j #| features, else be might have discovered , c< that ber face waa far froui being formed on > a classic style; that ber mouth was too ! ( large, ber noae slightly rrtr Everywhere bit company was nought; for despite the severity of hie face, ho I wee eminently social?the prince , of pleasant com pauions, the very aoul of! ti generosity ; but atill excessively proud 1 b of bin wealth. | ? liertha Staigol would have been sur- fi prised te know that she had made such h un impreaeion upon die faatidiowa bochc- p lor. Mbe had heard of him, and her \ ?|Uiek eye recognised him by the descrip- f, tiou jrhich her father had givcu her, ? even before he wae introduced h A ball aucoeeded the dinner, more fi ladiea having arrived ; and tbo aig^t ! was far spent when Ueginakl Henuetay 1 g i | WOWLXDOK 18 POW1.X, AND T rAYBOR() , 8. urtci from (lit Steiglea, u their Mr- k age stopped before the magnificent ten rvsideooe io Philadelphia. Long ttfurc that moment hie heart vu gone M otnhini; but the lady herself did no! aeetn oi > deeply touched, as perhaps she ought L i have been, with so distinguished a p itub. Peraeiaeiou to call on her again bad ol mo piveo, end before uiany weeks his ? lormngs were spent exclusively at the el iron's, whiid it was with difficulty that lio the pleaMre-loving crew who feasted fr > often at the castle revels. ft Both the baron aid bis wife wore well ol ess than of iudiBemnee. They did not K oubt that an interest would be awaken- i< i for hioskere long, and, iu the mean- h< uic, they' showered upon him every ui jsaiblc attention. W There was wither heart at the castle hi a that feest day that beat faster at the ni lira nee of liertha Steigel than that tl hieb beat uuder the aristocratic vest of " Reginald Heuuessy, and which, though ivered by a workman's frock, was full T noble and uiauly foeling. Au orphan h1 oy, friendless and alone, be had won V ir himself an education which would '< ut shame the sou of the prondeat man i England ; yet circunisAnces had i i i_i ??. i. ? ? ... -i taue uim giau 10 ouiain worn at the ' iruuccs of Huron Steigle. Hut while tl o one worked harder or with more per- >' iverance than he di>l, bis mind was per- J" dually wandering afar off toward! aoiue hi daginary place, where wealth and fame 4K to dawn upon hint, and With some >' >ir being to be his bride. Such dreams 1,1 ere broken by the eight of the smoky traaces which be waa always feeding ; tl is burning, fiery, molten iron that he * rough t oat from the hot kettles, or the bi ?rd horny bauds ^mt attested to his l' idustry. What have I to do," he then inipati- ^ itly asknd himself, "but to sit down 'Mteotedly with such a life? A Tifc bicli rnugt always be a battle, a strug- 6i e, because tbcre is a lack of the yellow ?id that fools are scattering to the j iuds ! So must it be, so long as tbe 1 irse. is so much mightier jban tbe u!" * Such was l'ercy LaDsfoldt st the ' |)( ?ri<>d we are speaking of; feeling with- i himself that lie had something in bis \ U) >ul tbst did not conform to the fate j bich be bord. Hut never bad he felt i ic weight press so heavily as when Her- * ta Steigel entered the hull, where he, a 1 . pendent ou hor father, a workman in ! ^ ic furnaces that brought her wealth and ches, but which ouly left him with means j "a mere subsistence aud the homy baud.* f labor, was amusing her father's guests y the only talent which he dared dis- ^ lay?his musical abilities For Pescy, ; itl bile at the school which he ha HE PB18S IS TBI BOT1L TgB C., THUESD4 is own life to nti ouo be contidersMj tore Tilublt. The c?non of the Revolution hijM saroely cease to tbupder, and iu glop-1 , as results BideJtBown, when P?nh.| andsfeldt mad^fthu way to PhiladsjLj, hia, to find if plible the family of Mjr L Id master. He went to the bouae h h biob they bad formerly lived, but j< ranger's voice told him that they bndLw | tug ago removed. Ho one could teoT] im where they were. He turned sattthjj, -om the door and took bis way to SbadL :rstoo. Near the iron works be uvM Id charcoal burner, who used In fm I im ? WwsinShfl IHBn^no DaroSV^nHHK^^MP urope were wholly out off, and bis bus-^ | teas was irretrievably ruined, lie bad , mrd that the baron bad accepted a citation, temporarily, as a superintendent F some new works, but that be was so ' roken down by his disappointments and , lorlifioatjouf that it waa not probable , tat he could go ou wlab any business hstever. "Aro all the family living V he asked, j , 'Yes, sir; but I am sorry to say they ; ave no better bomo than the old tower t'c did bear that Mies Berths was going t be married to the handsome young inn hit tiMit In ??it ran nor Knl cruse ine, sir," s%id tho man, looking , ; Peroy's uniform ; "you have been 111 ] ic war. l>id you sec anytkiug of a i ouog man who used to work with theuj ! ( sunder, one Laudafoldt ? Ah, he waa a ' , rave boy, I am thinking!" "I did, friund ; but go oo with what : | du were saying of Mian lierlha. In she , iarr;cd, did you say T" "No, sir. Mr. Ilconcssy, that waa , ic name* was greatly took up with her , hile they were rich, but when the , iron failed, he just went and married ie Kuglish Governor's daughter " "Thank God !" burst from the lips of , ausfeldt. The tuau looked up, astonished. "Are you a relation of tho Stcigles, \, r ?" he asked. "No,.my good man, but I have seen j ioui." And thanking the charcoal ; jmer for his informatiou, he sought ie tower. . The baron watt at home, and probably ,1 ie name of Lieuteuant Laiisfcldt. which ; sent up to him, vr.i.s a passport lo the I ( inw '? lUutlaat ami la. IVrcv was ?yirw i mo his old master cast down. They ifo and daughter appeared, and Bertha j, lushed as she recognized hiiu ; and asl| r l'erey himself, he was tuoro iu lovo tan ever. The result may be inferred ' oin this record of the Lausfeldt family : "Percy l*m?fuldt mairied Bertha, lugh'cr of Frederic Sticgcl, October [), 177*. He was afterwada largely igsg*'d in the iron business, near Sbact- ' ratown, in connection with his fatheri law. Tho 'JStiegel Stoves' are still in *e among the old families of Lebanon V - iiu .uancasicr. It appears, therefore, that the baron's ristocratic notions must have given cay bcforo the reputation and talent* of le young soldier of the Revolution. ,s wo said before, there are ntilI the rums f one of the old towers, although probaU all who once revelled there have illeo into the vo Tiik Ma.iia A>r Excitement.? teady-going people, who take life easily iid are contented with the routine of au onorable business, are rare now-a-days. ' he dcw generations are not content ith the tranquil enjoyment of sustained tbor, but souie extraucous subject must iruish theiu a sensation. No matter hether it be u business speculation, a tcrary attempt, or an artistic prcdilecon, they must needs have tbeir minds iverted from the pursuit which furuiahi them employment. Occasionally the j liud is benefitted by tbo current of its Noughts flowing into some new cbaunei, ut if the relief, tbe occasional iodulenee, be inade a permanent recourse, . lie miud will be as unfitted for its origi-I si train of thinking as the body is rou4 rred unlit for labor by the constant f stimulants. Chance often throws ui^B ito his most appropriate sphere of actionfT ud departing from it he finds his faculcs impaired when he would agsiu re- j am, and perhaps where he would at first 1 avo been successful by devoting bis at ention to one thing, by dividing it moRg two, ia successful in neither, nccsaaut devotion to one thing oftru nogs its own amusement, and the hapiest hours are in nine cases out of tea hose which are the busiest. The New Governor of North CaeVe rely upon bis honoaty, and pradeoot, 119 cool judgment, bis patriotism, bis eadinesa to counsel with tbo wise, the udicious, the representative men of the lute, and, more than all, apoq his will ind ability to do right, IR OORdnct the hip of State through the periL of tbo irar for the next eightocn mo?ths. fI' ' ^ OKE UPOK WHICH SHE SITS, J ^ t% -r Y MORNING, i*"?? ^In Time of Peace Prepare for Wrnr." ( If these words of adrae, from % wise tsd good tnau, were evw wotthy of the Mtsotioo of those for whom a labored ied fought, with how uiuoh more force ihot^ld they ohtte to ua st this tints ? If touewbat of the energy ami wealth of a Christian people, loving peaceflshould, ij the advice of the best of twin, ever bp given to preparation of war, how much ! bould oar efforts, now that war is upon | Wf tend towards preparation for the Bsnoe of all we bold uMr ? Will it do ^toto ait tamely down aud laave all Mhwere struck to the gronnd from the baudi of those just ready tolriud us ? Did not the people inovu up firmly and quickly into the liuo without orders from auy I leaders \ aud ?Uall they now, wheu their best mil Vary officers arc in the fifld, confronting superior uuinbers, shall they ! luf to support them by every means in I their power ) What will %ur u fiber* ray?what our soldiers?if, having nobly met our ' invaders during the summer, they ask ! us, as cold weather approaches, for cloth- 1 iog to enable them is keep the field in ' winter, and are told that their friends at . homo have only thought of them to read ' of their encounters, the Confederate j States making the work easy; for their (Quartermaster* pay mooey in lieu of rlotbiog?every six uioodis tweuty-one dollars. The Stato of South Carolina i will soon have ^:n thousand men in the Bold, not less door to her becaurw fur removed from her border*. Kacli oue of these incn will want a stock from which to purchase his clothe*, shoes Jsr. She must also be prepared, iu ease of inv?lion, to provido for as many more, who i would spring to arms at the first touch j of a hostile foot opou her soil. Can individual enterprise do this? Cuu any merchant undertake it ? Can anv officers i leave an order looking to this ? Why, half of his men may bo sick or dead, uud be ' not able to draw their clothing money. Who is to do it ? We say the people. ' Let their voices ring out clear and loud. : Let those in nuthority fcol that uo man, woman child is willingly an idler. | That eacu ami every one is ready, to do all in his or her power for the gcuera! defence. Let theiu, as with one voice, ?W? ?? g-i-V ?*..?, "W? uw full well what efforts a people ' slur-Id make who urc determined to be five?who wiil not allow their homes to be made desolate. Lead on?point us the way, ami we will follow. Nothing can be usko-J of uur people to which they will not respond for these objects. Let those on the watehlowers, who cau umi should see afar, let thcui look, and think, and spc^t, nml act With a fleet oir our bars, with our supplies from abroad cut off, let us turn i to our own resources; and whilst we acknowledge the difficulties by which we are surrounded, let us spring to our work and overcome them. Let us do our tasks like men, and whether it be to fight or to work, providing for the wants of war, let us do it with our whole hearts, ami arms, ami beads. Let us do this, and wo will venture the assertion that not merely those things, 1 of which wc have hiutcd, would be pro- I vided, but that even*the proud uuval power which now lies so provokingly off our shores, would soou learn that we were thinking of them. This coniuiu- ; uity tuny tmvo ninety days iu which to < prepare?enough, if improved, to bid defiance to a really powerful expedition. Let cucb of us, uicn and women, say to ourselves, what am I doing '!' I^et us all reiuctubcr that tbe whole ia to be made up of individual efforts.? | Charleston Mercury. Feeling on the Hat ri.e-Field.? l'be following is tbe experience of a wounded Froocbnun, iu tbe Crimean war, in regard to tbe feeling of a aoldier in conflivt: "Hefore the battle begins it is usual to feel no little t-emor, and many cheeks which aro known to bo in communication with stout hearts, blanch visibly. As the conflict becomes eminent, courage returns, and with the first flow of blood an enthusiam is raised which constantly increases, and very seldom flags in the least uutil the last shot is fired. Tho effect of seeing a comrade shot down is generally to excite an unappeasable thirst for vengeance against the foe, though in the end one gets used to it." Wh en wounded less than mortally, it is not usual for the soldier to be immediately aware ot the fact unless rfouic bones are brokcu. A sabro may bo run through anv flesh v Dirt of tbe bod v. and o * + w even a bullet lodged in dangerous proximity to the vital*, and lie for some timu be totally unoonscioift of even a scratch When life ia taken by a single blow, the effect ia varied with the uature of the wound, at well aa with tho temperament of the man. Sometime* t^e poor fellow will leap high in tho air, giving a piercing acreaui, and again ho will lie down <)uietly Oflencr, howover, ho simply falls dead without a struggle. In nio*t cases the features of tho killed remain unchanged for a long tiino after death? yen open and bri.'liaut, and perelfance, a smile illuminating the face. To sec suoh a one it is difficult indeed to realno the pretence of the gniu uroustcr, death. * "IHilbi.* I^L'ICK. "?A popular 'tuili tary movement with the Northern army > taught by Beauregard in one easy Icaaou iBfev Llf XHTHBOITSD XONABCH." ,.4UftUST S, II Senator Breckinridge. , a A BtliioK* paper thus doecribcs i I Agree h lately delivered by Senator Ureck- ' 1l>ridge,.nf Kentucky, iu the Senate at Wasbinftoet: "The galleries of* the Senate were IniVHtgnd, this morniug, with spectators j Wgw Ho hear the voice of Kentucky, through her gallant sud honorable statesman. A greater number of ladies were present than bad evj^?eco known before; man/ of ihem being unable to seeum seats. The .Senators ceased nil other employment, and dropping back in tbcir us^sm^jiji All possible atteution to were on tbe floor' of the Senate; and when Mr. Ilreckinridgo aroee in his place, a whisper could have beeu heard in aay part of the spaoious Stoats Chamber. It was a thrilling sight to see one man srise and boldly attack tho Administration, whieh haa the support of over 100,000 armed men and ive sixths of the Senators of the North ready and willing to uphold its sets. f My it was a thplliog spectacle to see one man boldly and indignantly denounee the acCiona of this unlimited power. As he read tho Constitution to thoae men who seek its overthrow, and time and | again cooly challenged them to refute his statements, he inspired tbqpc in the gallery with an irrepressible feeling of patriotism that escaped in bursts of applause. \Vbeu he alluded to the perils before tho country, and exhorted the peoplesbi' look to their Constitution and their rights before it should be forever too late, bis voioc trembled, and by its uncontrollable modulations, it oould be seen that biri emotions were not to be easily rvatrained. At the conclusion of bis remarks, a burst of sympathetic applause went up from the galleries, that was only n-nrcflted by the remarks of Mr. Tfutubull/ who addressed the galleries on the score of indccoam. He concluded a long anl spirited deiiut.ciatiou of the Abolition war as follows : Hut why utter words? I shall trouble tbo Senate no longer. I know tbut no argument or appeal will have any effect. I have cherished all my life uu attach- J meat to the Union of these States under the Constitution of the United States, and 1 hare alsajs revcrcil thai Lust.ru- , incnt as one of the wisest of human works, I but now it is put aside by the Executive 1 of the United Slates, and those acts arc about to be approved by the Senate, and 1 see proceedings inaugurated which, in ; !. ! . -II t - - I a my opinion, win loan to (lie uiicr muO 1 i version of tbc Constitution and public i liberty. It in vaiu to oppose it. I aiu aware iLiat, in the present temper of ('on- ' < gress, ouc might as well oppose his uplifted baud (o the descending waters of Niagara as to risk an appeal agaiust these contemplated proceedings. The few of > us left can only look with sadness on the I melancholy drama bciug enacted before I us. We can nuly hope that this flash of ] freniy may not assume the form of chronic ) I madness, but that l>ivine Providence may ? preserve for us and for posterity, out of I tiic wreck of a broken Union, tbc price- I less principles of constitutional liberty j and self government. An Incident or tiik Hiin/i Rijn j Fioiit.?The Lynchburg Republican I * .1 i? 11 narrates mo miiowing : During the height of the battle, many of our troops, in their unxiety to get a sure pop at the enemy, lift the rank* for | that purpose, aud advnnced some distance { in front. Ouc of these, .lame* Wouldridge, of Capt. Illankiuship's company, who was wounded, made for a tree, which would afford him protection, but just as he arrived there, a Lineolnitc came up, who disputed the possession of the tree ' with Wooldridge. The matter was, however, quickly settled, for without any par. ley, W noldridge ran his bayouet through I the Yankee, killing him instantly. A : Federal officer then rode up, who had j ( observed the affair, and while Would- f ridge's bayonet was still in the body of 1 | his victim, ordered him to surrender.-*- j The proposition, however, did not accord with Wooldridge's idea, for iu an instant > his bayonet was withdrawn, when be let i the officer have the full benefit of it, and, killed hi in instantly also. Two more : . Liocolnites were just then ruling upon I Wooldridge, but observing the fate of 1 those who had preceded them, immediate: ly turned about, and, taking to their heels as fast a? they could, left our hero in possession of the much coveted tree. Wooldridge was subsequently wounded, > , , ,| /mi kt iii tiiwn, unnsa /v/ At ruvaiBf* Kilii ^ II' ? UUUVI V'MinV'|UVUVV u? \ ?|" Minij self uunecessarily. ? ? . | An Infkrnai, Macuinr.?The Haiti-1 | more Republican tells a eeu chronicled in the "Mercury. # In >tber portions of the South the same ipirit au i mates the people. Percussion ;sp manu factories beve^bcen established n Nashville, Touu., Macon, Ga., ltaleigb, V. C., and Hiehmond, Va. In Pnrtanouth, Virginia, a pistol tftaaidkctory las been established. Oil cloth t? being naoafactufed at Atlantd, Georgia, and 'olutnbns paper nacbfpery. Extensive ihoe manufactories have also been establalitul At N>clivilU. Taiini'imii). Jrleaus, aud Staunton, Virginia. A ypc foundry baa been established iu Itiehuiond, and priuting tnk manufhcto'tea at ltichmoad, Atlanta, Augusta and Sew Orleans. Tbua, it will be seen that be South ia really becoming independent ; aud if, daring tbe prosecution of ibe war, so much energy ia displayed, How much more rapid will be the strides akon after the establishment of our iulependence, and our recognition us onu jt tbe naiious o? tbo earth.?Charleston Mercury. Uskh or tiik Potato. ? !u France ? i farina is largely used for culioary p rposca.. Tbe fauiod gravies, sauces, and loups of France are largely indebted for their excellence to that source, and ita bread and pastry equally so; while a great di.ul uf the so-called Cognac irnposted into England from France is tbo produce of the potato. Throughout Lfcrmauy the sauie uses ure common ; aod*iu Poland the manufacture of spirits from the potato is a moat extensive trade. "Stettin brandy," well-known in commerce. is larjteljr imported into KogUnd, ntnl la unt' l tram I lionoa (a n.a>*i? mZW #v... mmu in ovii% iiviii iiivuvu iu uiauj '?i mil foreign possessions as tlie produce of the grape, uu?rh ?The editor of the Lcwisburg (Ya ) Chronicle, (Mr. H. J. Warren,) writing to his paper from Laurel Mill, in Barbour County, says : "The invaders are perpetrating upon the loyal citiseu* about 1'hillipps atrocities of the iuo?t execrable character. Not coDtent with seising and appropYiating to their own use, or destroying any and every kind of private property which may fall in their way, the monsters have been hunting married feuiulca froui house to houac, for the gratification of their brutal lusts." Mr. Warren say a that these charges against the enemy are proveu to be true, by unimpeachable witnesses. FbMALIC IhCHKU in Baltimore.? Tb