University of South Carolina Libraries
_ ' * * . ' II I I I i "'i j mniii. I ' " ?~ MMMB I MMMayMl p 1 ?MMBM?Hi ?1 S mm ! , ?'rrnmm THE GREENVILLE ENTERPRISE. Dwolcfc JtctuB, $Miiu5, 3ntrUi0citxrf, Attfr l!)e 3mpvomnunt of i\)t &iate rmL Coimtvij. JOHN 0. BAILEY, PRO'R. GREENVILLE, SOUTH CAROLINA, AUGUST 2, 1871. VOLUME XVIII^O. 18 avaaocimva iwu wvmn (wriontn. AnraarissMaxTs inserted at the rates of one dollar per square of twelve Minion lino* (this else t type) or leaa for the first insertion, fifty oents oaeh for the eccond and third Insertions, an I twentr-fire cents for subsequent insertions. Yearly contracts will ha made. All kdvertisemonts must have the number of Insertions marked on them, or they will bo. Inserted till Ordored out, and charged for. Unless ordered otherwise, Advertisements will Inrnrlably bo " displayed." Obituary notices, and all matters inuring to it the benefit of auy one, are regarded as Advertisements. Maaaawaanaaaaaswaamaaaaai A THRILLIKO_HARRATIVE. In the fall of 135G, I was traveling eastward iu a stngo coach from Pittsburg over tho mountains. My fellow-travelers were two gentlemen and a lady. Tho oldest gentleman's appearance interested me exceedingly. In years he seemed about fifty, in air and manner, lie was calm, dignified and polish" cd, and the contour of his features was singularly intellectual. lie conversed freely on different topics, until the road became more abrupt and precipitous; but oil my directing his attention to tlie great altitude of a precipice, on the verge of which onr eoach wheels wero leisurely rolling, thoro came a marked change on his countenance, liiscycs, lately filled with tbo light of intelligence, became wild, restless an 1 anxious ?the month twitched spasmodically, and tbo forehead was beaded with a cold perspiration. With a sharp, convulsive shudder, he turned his gaze from the giddy Height, and clutching my arm tightly with both hands, lie clung to rue like a drowning man. u Use this cologne, ' 6aid the la-, dy, with the instinctive goodness of her 6ex. J oprinklcd a little on his face, and he bccoin. mum oniuoscd* but it was not until wo had entirely traversed the mountain, and descended into the country beyond, that his line features relaxed from their perturbed look, and assumed the placid, quiet dignity that I had at lirst noticed. 4' I owe an Apology to that lady," said he, with a blund smile and a gentle inclination of the bead to our fair companion, " and some explanation, and to 1113' fellowtraveler also ; and pet-baps I can nut ueivcr acquit iny6eir OI llio double debt than by recounting tl?a cause ot my recent agitation." "It may pain yoitr feelings," delicately urged the lady. " On tho contrary, it will re lievc them," was the respectful rcv]y' . ' ' . Having signified our several do aires to hear more, the traveler thus proceeded : " At the age of 18, I was light of foot, and I fear (he smiled) light of head. A fine property on the banks of the Ohio acknowledged tne sole owner. I was hastening homo to viij'V 111 uuugweu 10 gei ircc from collego life. The mouth was October, the air bracing, and the inodo of conveyance, a stage hke this, only more cuuibcrous. Tho other passengers were lew?only three it* nil, one old gray*headed planter of Louisiana, his daughter, a bewitching creature, about sev~ entcen, and his son about ten years of age. They wero just returning from France, of which country tho young lady discoursed in terms 60 ilofpient ns to absorb my entire a'tent ion. * The tuther was taciturn, but the daughter was vivacious by nature, and we soon became so mutually pleased with oach other that it wus not until a sudden Hush of lightning and a heavy dash of rain against tho windows excited an ex* clumation from my companion, that I know how the night passed. Presently there came a low mmbling sound, and thou several tremendous penis of thunder, accompanied by successive flashes ot lightning. Tho rain descended in torrents and an anorrv u-inrl l>o?nn , ? ?r, j to bowl and moan through the Forest trees. I looked from the window of onr vehicle. The night was dark as ebony, but the lightning showed the danger of our rond. We were on the edge of a frightful i?recipice. 1 could soe at intervals huge, jutting rocks far awny down its side, and the sight made mo solicitous for tny fair companion' 1 thought of tho mere hair bredths that were between us and eterni ty ; a single little rock in tho track of onr coach wheels, a tiny billet of wood, a stray root of a tern nest torn tree, restive horses or a careless driver, any ot these might hurl ns from our sublunary existence with the Speed of thought. 4*Tis a perfect tempest,' observed the lady as I withdrew iny head from the window. u How I lovo a sudden storm 1 There is something grand about the winds when fairly loose among the lulls. 1 never encotintorod a night like this, but Byron's magnificent do script ion of a thunder storm in J nr?, recurs to my salad.- Hut are we on the monntuin yet f* Yes, we have begun the ascent." " Is it not eaid to bo dangetousf' u By no means, I replied, in as easy a toiio as I conld assumo. " I only wish it was daylight so that wo might enjoy the mountain : scenery. But what's that ?" and she covered her eyes from a sheet of lightning that illustrated the fugged mountain with brilliant intensitv. Peal after peal of thunder instantly euccoeded} there was a heavy voiumeof rain coining doxvn at each thunder burst, and with the deeper agony, breaking upon our ears,^ I found that the coach had come to a dead hault. Louise, my beautiful fellow traveller became pale as ashes. She fixed her eyes on mine wilii a look of anxious dread, and turning to her father', she hurriedly remarked : 41 NVe are on the Inountains." 141 reckon we arc," was the uuconcerncd reply. With instiuciivc activity, I put my head through the window and culled to the driver, but the only answer was the moaning of an animal. borne past mo bv the swift winds of the tempest. 1 seized the handle of the door and strained in vain?it would not yield. At thai instant I felt a cold hand in mine, and heard Louise faintly articulate in my ear the following appalling words : "Tho coach is moving backwar Js." Ncvor shall I forget the fierce agony with which I tugged at tho coach door, and called on the a-;,-or in tor.ee that rivaled the fierce blast of me lompuci nt.iu tho conviction was bringing in my brain that tho coach was being slowly moved backward 1 What followed was of each swift occurrence, that it eoeme to mo like a frightful dream. I rushed against tho door with all my force, but it w ithstood iny utmost efforts. One side of our vehiclo was 6cnsib)y going down, down, down. The moaning of the ngonized animal became deeper, and I know from his desperate plunges that it was ono of our horses. Crasli upon crash of thunder rolled over the mountain, and vivid flashes of lightning played over our heads. By its light 1 could see for a moment tho old planter standing erect, with hands on his son and daughter, hia eyes ruised to heaven and his lips moving ns in prayer. I could see Louise and her ashy cheek toward me ns if imploring assistance ; and I could see the bold glance of the boy Hashing indignant defiance at the war of elements and the awful danger that awaited him. There was a roll, a desperate plunge, a harsh, grating jar, a sharp pierc' ing scream ot mortal terror, and 1 had but time to clasp Louise firm lv with one hand around her waist, and seized the fastenings attached to the coach roof with the other, when we were precipitating over the precipice. I can distinctly recollect 'preserving conscipnconcsA for a few seconds ot time, how rapidly my breath was being exhausted but ot that tremendous descent I soon lost nil tnrther knowledge by a concussion so violent that I was instantly deprived of sense and motion.The traveller paused, ilis features worked for a moment or two as thev did when we were on the mountain ; no passe a Ins hands across his forolioad in it' in pain, and then resumed his thrilling narrative. On a low couch in an humble room of a .small country hou c, 1 next opened my eyes in this world of light and shade, my joy and sorrow, mirth nnd madness. Gentle hands soothed my pillow, gentic feet glidod across my chamber, and a gentle voieo for a time hushed all my 'questionings. I was kindly tended by a fair young girl of about sixteen, who refused for a while to hold any discourso with ine. At length, one morning, finding myself snfticienriy recovered to sit np, I insisted on knowii g the result of the accidont. 44 Yon were discovered," said she,44 sitting on a ledge of rocks amidst the branches of a shattered tree, clinging to the roof ot your broken coacli with one hand, and the insensible lorut of a lady with the other." * An4 the ladp* P I gaoped, scan, ning the girl's tace with an earn* estnees that made her draw back and blush. "Sko was saved, sir, by the aI a J - l?r 11_ means iu?i ??vuu you?? irienuiy tree." 44 And Lor father and brother P* I impatiently demanded, i "We found both crushed to death at the bottom of the precipice, and we buried them in ono grave by the clover path down in 1 our meadow." * Poor Louise t poor orphan I? God pity youtw I mattered \u broken tones, utterly unconscious that I had a listener. M God pity her indeed, sir said she, with gush oi heart felt sympathy. " Would you like to see her P she added. I found her bathoJ in tears for her kindred, and she reoeived me with sorrowful sweetness of manner. I need not detain you by describing the efforts I made to soothe her grief, bat briefly ac- ' quaint you that at last I succeed ? ed, nnd twelve months after the I dreadful occurrence which I have related, we stood at the altar man < and wife. She still Uvea to bleat i me with her tmilea, but on the an- i niversary of that terrible night ahe i secludes herself in her room, and 1 devotes the hours ot darkneaa to < solitary prayer. t - a.8 ior mo," added the traveller, while a faint blush tinged his ; noble brow, ' as for me, that acci- 1 dent has reduced me to the condi- i tion of a physical coward at the I sight of a mountain precipice." " But the driver," asked the lady pas6oger wi.q had listened with much attention, u what became of t the driver, and did you ever learn the reason of''his deserting his post ?" " II is body was fuond on' the j road, within a few steps of the place where the conch went over. * lie had been struck dead by the 1 same liasli of lightning that blinded the restive horses." And thus ended this thrilling ' and remarkable story of life. [From tha Savannah Neva, July 26.J 1 Sickening and Heart rending Beene. < most awful and appalling < tragedy that has stirred tue ue*i > of any community in thisVection for many a year, it ever before, , occurred in Effingham connty, about two miles above Station 1 No. 8?, on the Central Railroad about 3 o'clock yesterday morn- I ins. ^Irs. Ash, the wife of John II. Ash, formerly of this city, kdled Iter three little children and after- i wards cnininittMl anioido hu od. ministering a sufficient quantity of i strychnine to produce almost instantaneous death. It appears from what we could learn from a g ntleman who was an eye witnpss to the horrifying scene, that Mrs. Ash, formerly i Miss Laura Dasher, of Effingham county, has for a short time past been slightly deranged, at least she was susuected of being in this con- < dition from certain singular ap~ i penrances and conduct noticeable i to those nearest her and in most commons association with her.? However, nothing serions was apprehended, except that her husband felt a little anxious abont her, and communicated with her brothers on the subject. This was all. No more serious apprehension was felt, although her husband continued to keep a strict watch over hor conduct. A short time previous he had purchased a small buttle of strychnine for the pnrpose of destroying tho rate and doge that were rapidly killing off thoir poultry. Tins he secreted in the night time, taking the precaution to lock it up in an old bnrean drawer, hiding tho key in a place leant likely to be discovered by his wife, no other person in the house knowing of the hiding place. Sunday night all went to bed as usual, though before retiring Airs. Ash sat down and wrote a long letter, to whom we could not ascertain, her hnsbaud read the letter but did not suspect anything, although it contained an account of her feelings towards certain members of her family, with whom there was some unpleasantness.? Mr. Ash took all three of the children in bed with himself and his wife. Mr. George Patterson, a friend and relative of Mrs. Ash's, occupied an adjoining room. About three o'clock, yesterday morning, he and Mr. Ash was aroueea by the cries of two of the children, and entering the room0 found Mr*. A?h in the act of taking a spoon from the month of the oldost child, a little girl, who bad 'struggled and nsiated until her cries woke her father and his friend, both of whom feeling alarinod, asked her what she was doinw. She replied, " only giving the children a little powder, and I am afraid I hare not given them enough."? They begged and entreated her to toll thoin what she had given them?Mr. Ash tasting the powdor whieh be discovered en the mouth of one of .the children, discovered that it was quite bitter.? She finally took him to the bureau drawer and showed bim the bottle of strychnine from which she had dosed herself firet and then each one of her three little ones. It 1 was bat a short time after this be Fore the mothor, a yon rig woman nbout twenty Ave years old, and her three interesting little children, two girls and one boy, were lying stiff and cold in the arms of death. Dying in rapid succession, one a'* ter the other, the mother, although the first to take the poison, lived to see her childreu all dio and then followed thtm herself. It is said the struggles of the poor little creatures were awful, the oldest falling backwards was drawn together in mch a manner that her head and Feet nearly touched each other.? Die afflicted father held his little >nes and his wife in hi9 arms till it,A. .u?i viwiiucu utvir mat. The time was too short from the discovery of the deed to procure uiy aid, although a physician was iminedia'ely sent for. Ilo arrived in time to save the father, who, in iris efforts to discover what the irng was, had swullowed enough to render his condition daugorous. Mr. Patterson enmo to this city yesterday nlternoon to procure cof , ins to bury the dead, and as soon is he returns an in^ncst will be lield previous to the interment. [From lh? N*w York Tribune ] Caught by the Flamesi iiuntku's stout?tiic oonflaouation ik tflk MOUNTAINS. Qreat fir#9 have been raging lately in the forests in Sullivan, Ulster, Delaware counties in this State. The woodlands in th? m mote sections of tlio Shandaken Mountains wero descovcrod in flames on May 18tli. The underbrush, dry as tinder, was liko a train of gunpbwder, and the flames spread with extraordinary rapiditv. The following homespun description is from tho lips ot an eye witness : ? Vrt? we wero | xintin' for b ars which you know ~ir just such places whar there aint nobody nor nntlin' to be a both or'n on'em. When found a track, and were a follerin on*t up Jitn says to me, Bob, somethings a burning 1 We haa'nt tiamped much further, before the smoke came pretty thick, in puffs, like. There wasn't a brcth of air. All at once there came cloud of Bmoke, like a blanket. It came right down and made the woods almost as dark as sunset, although it was only about two o'clock? Then came a shower of cinders. We got choked and blin ed.? Some of the cinders camo on our neck like so many needles stickin* into us. We were niglt to the top of the hills, and in a minute or so tho smoke and cinders Bhiftcd another way, so we could Bee a bit. There never was such a sight ( All about us. cxccnt one little streak along the eastward was in a blaze. We wore both as black as Congro niggers. It wan like the Atlantic Ocean chock full of kerosene and pinewood, all a Arc at once. Well, on top of this mountain, a bit off below us, was a hollow, with steep rocks all around It. There was a spring and a brook there, and green grass. In that hollow, say about ten rods long and five wide, there were inoro than a Million of snakes? adders, moccasins, racers and and block snakes?a n d wood chucks, squirrels, foxes and one b'ar. They hod all como there to got to the water away from the tire, but now the water was nearly all all dried up, the ground baked, and the rocks around as hot as an AVAIl. Tliov U'liro ull ipuIU/I " r*? ?- ?.- ? ..wJ " V? V mu nnnvu III \J\ the fire There was no got tin'out. The Var laid down on hi* back and growled. Hi* hair vCas most burnt off aud hie kido was scorched. The foxes were burnt as bad and looked Awfnl curious with their tails ronttcd. The most amnsing thing of all was the snakes. Some of them were dead in heaps, all twistod np and burst open; others were burnt crisp; and the rest squirming and wriggled like a heap of tangled ropes. All this happened in less than halt an hour. Wltilo wo stood j awaking at the sight, a gust of i wind and hot cinders came on ns. We chocked and tnrned and turn- I ed around to get out. Ttioro was no time to lose. Only a narrow, dry raven was unburnt.?Down that we went, abont two yards at each straddle, until we got to the bottom. We'll never forget that, stranger; and if hsll is any hotter'n that we'll jine the uicetin' next Sunday, snre 1" ft.m. u,.i~ tu. 01 j-i jliia nuuiu vi mo onniiuiiKCll Mountains scorned lo bo on fire !ast Saturday night. In the vicinity of MeutlocTlo and Liberty village, the fires extended tor miles in several directions. Tons of thousands of acres of exoellent woodland have boon burned over, and tlie-sands of cords of wood and bark bare lioen destroyed.? The Methodist Chapel, the public school liouso, and other building* r have been consumed at Black Lake. Wild rumors prevailed of other extensive loses of property, , and, perhaps, of human life. The flames .have enrrounded several farms and dwellings on the dis taut mountain terracoe, and fears are entertained as to safety of the families' A Singular Story?A Womon Asserts that she has been a Captive among Indians for Forty Years. * On Friday morning a woman named Martha Yallery arrived in Detroit, from tho East, en route to St. Joseph, Mo., having come hy ' A ^ _ _ /^t I ! * * * son ironi \jattiomia, ana i>y atrec- I tion of the Director of tho Poor, j she was*son^,to tho County House , at Wayne, until hor friends can be comtnutiicnted with. She tells an extraordinary story, to which tho Detroit Tribune nil tides ns fol lows: She 6tatcs tliat, together with her father and mother, sho was captured by a body of Comanche Indians on tho plains, in June, 1828, and that subsequently her parents purchased their liberty, and aro at present residing in St. Joseph, Mo. Fioin this time up to Jnno, 1870, sho remained a captive in the hands of savages, and was subjected td cxcrucitating tor tlll'PH nuit irtrl iirii il ino Ifiirm nr. riving at a mature ago, David Ward, an Irishman, who was ulso a captive, married her, first, how- 1 ever, being compelled to " run the ' gauntlet," in order to claim her as ' his wife. Three children were the \ result of this union. Ward, for goine offence, was burned at a stake, and afterward a young Indian " ran the gauntlet" for . her. and. she was married to him. He, too, polished 6y the hands of his fellow-savages, not, however, until! six children had 1 been born. After his death vari- 1 vrere proposed and rejected, and her niuo ennuren were killed in her presence, ami she was compelled to' eat of their llosh and dance in their blood.? Still refusing to accede to the propositions of her captors, she was consigned to death, and prepara- j tions wore made to burn her at a stake on the 14th of June. 1870. On the night of the lSih, howover, she says she effected her cs cope, and after traveling thirteen days she found white friends, who cared for and assisted her in secur ing her liberty. During lier jour ney she lived principally upon herbs, and was compelled to remain three days in a hollow log to prevent a ro capture. While oc cupying this place of safety, her pursuers held a consultation in the neighborhood and decided to givo up the chase. She overheard all that was said, and at nightfall she quitted the log and locality and continued on her journey. The above is the substance of; tlio woman's story as told to the Director of the I'oor. Slio related most incidents connected with lie1" captivity, many of which are of a revolting character. Her appearance indicates that sl.c has lived with Indians, and of the truth of her statements we leave our readera to judge. [Prom the Phi'iaritflphhi Press.] Texas to be Divided intoTiihf.e States.? At llio fall election in Texas the people a?e to decide upon the division of their State into three. Tho new States are to he called Eastern Texas, Middle Tex as, and Western Texas. Tie n&mcfl are not such as we should select. Distinct names for tho two slices, cost and west would 6eem pro terablo. lint the name is a secondary affair. Tho present State has territory enough for three, but territory is of less account than population. Tho proposed divisions are : Eastern Texas, all east of tho Trinity river, population something over 310,000; Middle Texas, all bet ween tho Trinity and Colorado rivers; and Western Texas, all west of tho Colorado.? The population of each of the two last is over 200,000 ; that of the ; ww ncn dividinn twimr tli't !.inc> 1 The population of tho whole Stuto as it now stands is a Utile over 800,000 (809,812,) of whom 251,127 are colored, leaving tho white population 558,715, hut a tiillu over half a million. The whites are in larger proportion to the blacks here, however, than in the other Gult States, beine over two to one. Whether the division will bo voted or not cannot be predicted. It is said the Ilopnbiicans are generally in favor of it, as they would probably gain two TT..:? i <J..4 u . .i? uiiuvu uiBiua uuumuin) vtiniu iiiu Democrats opposo it for the sumo reason. The division has Ion# been contemplated ; in fact, provision# \cero mado for it in tiie treaty of annoxntion. mm ?* ? Wnv is love like a Sco'ch plaid? Becauso it U all stuff, and often CI08SCd. A-Moment of Horror. For twenty-three years, old Take Willard has cnltivataH ?he toil of 13al\vin Oonnty, Alabama, liui flrnwli Jliornft'nm n annnnvt tor self and wife. He i& childless. Not long ago, Jako loft tho house in 6earch of a missing cow. Ilis route led hiin through an old ivorn out patch of clay land, of about six acres in extent, in the :ontre of which was a well, twen ty live or thirty feul deep, that at >om? tiino probably, had furnished the inmates ot a dilapidated louse near by with water. In passing by this spot, an ill wind lifted Jake's " tilo " from his head, tnd maliciously wafted it to the edge of tho we'll, and in it turn bled. Now Jake had practiced the rirtno of economy, and he iinmciiately 6et uhout recovering the lost hat. Ho ran^to the well, and [hiding it was dry at the bottom, ic uncoiled the rope which lie had brought for the purpose of capturng tho truant cow, and after several attempts to catch tho hat with ft noose, ho concluded 'to | ?nvo time by going down into tho well himself. To accomplish this, iio mudo fust one end ot the rope to ft stump hard by, and was quickly oil his way down the well. It is a fact, of which Jako was no less oblivions than the reader hereof, that Ned Wells was in the dilapidated building aforesaid, and that an old blind horse with a bell on his neck, who had been turned out to die, was lazily grjiz ing within a short distance ot the well. The devil himself or some other wicked spirit put it in Ned's cranium to have a little fun ; so he rpiietly slipped np to the horse, and unbuckling tho hell strap, approached with slow measured u ? t:.^, ') n,? TMh-o of the well. "Dang that blind horse!*' said Jake, '* he's coiuin' this way sure, and hain't got no moro sense than to fall in hero. Whoa, Ball !*' Bat the continued approach of tho 4> ting ft ling" said just as plainly as words that Ball " wouldn't whoa. Besides Jako was at tho bottom resting, before trying to " shin " it up the rope !" --vireai uorusuiem i ' Bum he, " the old cuss will bo a top of mo before I can say Jack Itobinson.? Whoa ! dang yon, whoa 1" Jnst then Ned drew up to the odgo of tlie well, and with his foot kicked a little dirt into it. " Oh ! lord 1" exclaimed Jake, falling upon his knees at the bottom. a I'm gone now, whoa ! ? wli-oa! Ball! Oh, Lord havo mercy on me." Ned could hold in no longer, and fearful Jake might sutler from his fright, he revealed himself. Probably Ned didn't make tracks with his heels from that well. Mn\bo Jake wasn't up to tho top of it in short order ; and you might think ho didn't try cvory night for two weeks to got a snot with his rillo at Ned. Maybe not. I don't know. But I do know that if Jake finds out who sent you this, it will bo the ltlst squib you'll get. ?? ? *4 . <*"> - Hold Fast Below. A paftyw^Uishman once upon a time, contrasted to clear a very deep Veil. Having none of the usual conveniences employed for such purposes, they were at *6ues to get one of the party on a little ledge near the bnt|pm to assist in the proce-s < f gotting out water, mud, etc. At last Jimmy Bhclan, a herculean fellow, proposed a plan which was considered just the thing. It was this: Jimmy was to clasp his big fists around the windlass ; then another of the party was to clamber down and bold on by bis 1 >1 - - ? ii'l il * u-ga, iiiiu hu on iiiuii me uirtt man bliould be able to leap upon the i eel go. lleing slightly corned with liquor, tho party prepared for the descent, without stopping to contemplate the dilliculties involved in the adventure. With bared breast, and sleeves tucked up, bin Jimmy seized the round portion of the windlass di rectly over the well mid swung himself over. Another of the party crept down. Jimmy's bod)1 and grasped Inin by the boots.? After several inure had followed suit, and the human chain began to wlrech tar into the well, Jimmy became alive to one great dillicub ty ; the windlass did not afl'urd him a good hold in the lir.-st place, and the weight was getting intol erablo. At lost human sinew could stand it no longer, hiuI ,Jimmy linilcd tlio lower link in tbe chain witb : 41 lie jnbers, Pal, bold fast below till I pTiit on mo bands.'1 Suiting tbe notion to the words, lie released his hold, when, ot course, the whol%party was precipitated to the bottom of the well. As luck would have it, there was tnoro mud than water where the Iliberians lit, and they wisely considered themselves particularly lortunate in escaping without actual loss of either life or limb. . j Wb regret (says the Spartan) to announce the death of Colonel Meyer, in command of United States Cavalry at this port. Ever since be came into our midst his health has been such as to disable him from performing the duties which devolved upon hiin. Owing to the same cause the pleasutes of a mutual acquaintance, which citizm nnd soldier both desired, were not enjoyed. The Colonel died of consumption, and bat a day or two previous to Ills death, consented, under medical advice^ to 8irr< rentier his commission and return homo. I>ul it was too lute, The insatiate archer had inaiked him, and on the beautiful hills on which he encamped, he gave up llio ghost. The procession | of his grave, where funeral set vices were performed l?y the Rev. Mr. Mo Cull nigh of iho Episcopal Churoh, wn large, and composed of citizens of all classes. The. Colonel was greatly esteemed, his government being stiict impartial. washington, julv 22. 'Iho United Slates Arsenal at thd I Navy Yard is binned. The loss was estimated at a million dollars. Sopposed cause, spontaneous combustion. Il Is now supopsed tbo loss by lite explosion at llio arsenal to day is not mete than $200,000. In addition to artillety and cavalry equipments and general military stores, the museum is totally destroyed. This contained many war iropatus, .nvja. ,r nr all nations, together with specimens of uniform*, forming a valuable collection. During the flry there were many explosions fiom shell nnil loaded muskets, but no one was thereby injured. Tiik Union Times says : We regret to slate that all prospects for rain iu this section have blown off, and wo hear much anxiety expressed for the corn crop. A few weeks ago this crop gave promUe of great abundance, but it is feared the piesent drought has cut it off very mateiially. The cotton, vvheie the ground .was deeply ploughed, looks' well, but iu bhallovv soil it begins to dioep. Wu learn that a dhgiaceful fight occured hist Sunday night at the tipper negro chureh in this place, in which a nu.nher of men and boys engaged and one man was severely beaten.? ri._ i?i? ' > tut? itnuers or iue row imtriedlately abrconded, and have ?'?ot, ns jet, been ariested, bul every effort is on fool to bring tlieiE to justice. [Union Timet. Tiir Dannxu Cotton Statk.? Acs cording to llio latest returns of the Agricultural Bureau, published in the News on Saturday, South Cftrolina stands preeminent. Her cotton cm p it> four per cent, better than it was in Julj if last yenr, and is put d< nn at 100 per cent., while North Caioliin the only other State that shows an im* provement oier last year, is pot di vn at 00 per cent. The rest exhibit a lalling (.IT more or less marked. ^ [Charleston J\'ewu ' * A company has been formed in Lauren* to explore the mineral resour. ces of that county. It is sunooseil tin* Northern portion of Lauren* abounds I in g<>l<l M;?y it prove ?? golden liar vest to the good people of old Lauren*. [ Union Times. Tub Orangeburg News sav*: Not , only from every poition rf onr belovi od county, but from all rectior.a of the State, glad tiding* of a bappv reason and high anticipation of a fruitful harvest, mako jojful the tongues of the plow worn husbandmen. We nre glad , to hear from ever)1 quarter of otircoun, Iv that thn crops are in a more flourishing condition than has been the case for several years. The provision crop is also niUfh lartrer lti*n nn? rw/\l ? o ?s I 1 dace the war. Tei.t. mo, angelic host, yo mea Benders of love, shall 6\vindlc?l ' printers hero below have no rodl'CBS above i The ftl.ininir - - ""8l-1 band replied- 4t To us is know]* edge given ^ delinquents on I ho . printor's books can never enter Heaven." I'knjamtn Diskakm inoditatps n, tour nround tho world, beginni. g ir;ti. ?.?. i o.-? ? ^ i MO niuir^.