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. . ' - ' ' . . ' 5-1 . * -Jost ? . * , . . - -;y >V?3 . # . ' .* >. V 1 'v. " J . . . ' * f - * 'jj'-V; ; '^11 r^F |_^ 8]^"1^/" BY W. A. LEE AND HUGH WILSON. ABBEVILLE, S. C., THURSDAY. SEPTEMBER 14,1871. "" VOLUME XIX-NQ.21. f ^ . I DISILLUSION. BY FLORENCE PERCV. I dreamed that I had long been dead? Spring rain and summer light and bloom Had swept across my lonesome bed, With clover-sceut and wild bees' boom, Lightening the place of half its gloom. Serene and calm, my quiet ghost Came slovvly back to see the place Where I had joyed and suffered most? To look upo?i his grieving face "Where memory death could not erase. J?ut he, my love, whom even in heaven I yearned to comfort and sustain Knowing how sore his heart was riven? I >Iy love, with life so changed to pain i That he could never love again. . , Porgetful of the golden band* On my dead finger slumbering, Now bent above another hand, And clapped and kissed the thing, And whispered o;' another ring. < i Alas, poor ghost! I felt a thrill? i A sudden stab ot morrai pain? And Sighed. He shivered: "Ah how chill Tiie air has? grown, and full of rain; ? My darling, kis3 me quick again!" i J Why should I linger? As T passed, Her lips touched shyly, murmuring j low, Just where my own had touched their ? last, Only n little w.hile ago; .? "Ah, we'l," I said, "th> better so," f But one, who is my life passed by | \Vith' friendship's coolest touch and tone, 3 I found beneath the darkening sky, i JBeside my grave all bramble-grown, <] "With sorrow in h?s eyes?alone, a t A tear, down-glitterwig as he stood, 1 Hung starlike in the grass helow; I blessed him in my gratitude, . 8 He smiled : "Hear heart, if she could t know g How sweet these brier-blossoms \ grow!" r] 4 f LAURA. ? O+Avrr Ainm T i'Ia P A OWIJ ILULU JJJ1D. ^ t New-Yvork Fortune. c Laura had bocn making' out a bill. ! Miss Hayden to Lauka Stetson, Dr. 1 tiatin over-skirt, $500 J*aid out for seme, 200 J Ruffling skirt, seven bias rufllcs, s coi ned ou both sides, 500 Belt, with sash eud hiaided, 100 ( Total, . $1300 j.li ' That's all," said tho tirod girl let-! r Urn? hoc pencil drop,, and breathing a j't sigh of relief. ? 4,I hope she will par jroa to-night," t moaned old Mrs. Stetson. j t "She is well awaro of our needs? j none more so," was the wad reply, i a "At the same time she carries her ; d old habits of saving into her new life, a for she knows I shall not change onehalf the price -a regular dressmaker s wniil.l. She would have to nav Mad- v ame Joliffe twenty-five dollars at tiio { least." U "Well it is a shamo," replied her ; h mother, 'that you can't get the rcgu-! t !ar price when you do your work as 1 well, and better in my eHtimation. f Time wasrwhen your father could ; t have bought and sold Walter Hay- j * don ; and now you must work your | s fingers off for his daughter, who has j neither your education, nor?j ? "Oh, don't mamma," pleaded Laura 11 with a little laugh that was partly j hysterical. "You only make it worse j ? jbr me, calling up old times. Just say j * it will come all right in the fall, as ' < j>apa used to," and with thosmilo still i on her lips, she turned the troubled I f eyes away, that her mothor might: ' not sec tears. h For poor, proud Larira, earning a 't Reant living for mother and herself, t bad a memory of the Ilaydons hidden in her heart. 1 When Bart^Hayden, the handsomest man in Now yorfc, somo said, had } yone away, only a year before, she 1 had thought of him for months after, 1 naj*, even now, with quickened i ] j>ulses and heightened color. The i laydens were not wealthy then ; but within a short time they had come ' into fortune, and it was rumored that young Bart was also growing rich ' through lucky speculation. It is just nine months since the '> death of Laura's iUthor. lie had dropped down suddenlj', while apparently in full health ; and after the 1'u-11 lieral it was found that his nffuirs1' jvere in a very tangled condition. In fuct. only a small houso was left to the widow, through the consideration i of creditors, and that far from comfortably furnished. iiaara, the child of wealth and /Hshion, her father's idol, a dclicate, inocough bpet}, elegant girl, who had ^ithcrto sunned herself in the warm jays ox prosperity, and hardly knew ^yhether she had a heart or not, proved herself a heroine. Whatever she Could find to do, she wonted at with nil her heart Plain sewing, embroidery, - <htefcs-8tiaking, for which phe had a talent, and concerning which she often laughingly said, that if she had not been rich she might have been famous, everything was undertaken willingly, aud labored at unconiDlaininsrly. She accopted the situation, though not with some struggle with pride, and many secret tears. "Well I suppnso "I must oarry the dress homo," said Laura. Mrs. .Stetson thought of the time when a carriage was at the call of her beautiful daughter. "Dearest,can't. I take it?" she asked gazing at her anxiously. "You look ill." . .. ? ...... # "I ?m ill?that is, my head aches; 9 i but the walk will do me good," Laura responded, trying . to look bright. "It's not far to-tlie Hay dens. Do you think I would let you carry home ray work? No, indeed!" and she bent over and kissed her mother's forehead. Out in the air she lelt better. mo nervous depression from which she had suffered gradually left her, and sho became interested in the sights and sounds about her. In-gay and beautiful dresses, some of her former acquaintances passed her, a few of them with a nod of recognition, but most without noticing her at all-^little stings they tfcrc, but she held her bundle firmly, lifted her head a trifle higher, and passed bravely on. Turning a corner, she eamo full upon an unexpected tableau- A smartly dressed boy, with a feather in his cap, kicked and struggled with his nurtse who vainly pulled the obstinate child until her face turned purple. "Why, Lucy, Why, lienny!" cxslaimed Laura, for tho girl was nursemaid at the Ilaydcns, and lienny the youngest hope of the house. "What's all this?" "Deed. Miss, he's awful," said the jirl nearly crying. "When lie makes ip liis mind, it's a tiger lie is, Miss. Fust sco liim now." Laura spoke a few words to the >oy in a low tone, and lie ceased itruggling for a moment. 'We're nil at sixes and sevens," laid tl>6 nurso, "and the Missus is orul nervous. Mr. Hart lias just reurned from Californy, without no varning, and brought a beautiful oiing lady with him, I do suppose t's his wife from what I heard, and it [uite upset the missis, and made such i time! Now,-Benny, there's that diceman; so you better comfc," Laura heard, and for a moment treetand houses whirled around, so hat she had much to do to keep lierclf from falling. The words rang in icrears?"I do suppose it's his wife." Phe strange and sudden revulsion ol eeling passed, however, leaving her lewdly pale. Certainly, Hart had a '"'f'vl/rlif tn rr >t nviP ioil* J1 nftrflil t PU.VV.Mgn.wjj v , :ght to forget nor, of course he had. len had done such things ever since he flood, and probably would to the ni of time. Over and over again he said that ho had never committed limself, and yet her heart answered hat lie had. Those words ho had whispered, lad dared to whisper, she said to herclf, with flaming cheeks. What is it but an avowal: what a ingling memory it was! She saw icrself as she had stood at that modent, attired in the exquisite fabries, he acknowledged queen of the file; .tid ho handsome and poor, had ! trought an answer to his question on ! he very cheeks, in her very eyes. The blood burnt her faco now ; but ' s she came in sight of the noble I [welling, it receded, leaving her pale nd almost faint. She stormed at herself for being so npremely foolish ; but the tears were cry near the tired eyes for all that. Huge trunks blocked up the hall. i loud cheery voice sounded, that j truck woefully against her heart and ! he first person she saw was stalwart, j tfindsnniQ Hart llavden. ust'cominjrl brward us lie issued his orders to the j pen who were taking the boxes up ; itairs. Wliat right had he to look so mddenly radiant. "Laura, my dear, dear Miss Stetson !" exclaimed the young man, burying toward her. But Laura's face was like steel. She made a cool little bow, and did j iot choose to see the hand he oxtend!d. | "Welcome home, 3fr. Ilaydon.;" she said, in a set, cold voice. "I came to ! iring some " she could not say j york, "something fur your sister. I { generally goto her room. Is sho here ?" lie foil back a little. Stronge how die light went out of his face. "I?I rather think she may be cn- j *agcd," ho said in a blundering conusodway; there might h:;vo been a j ittle anger in the voice; '-but?}res : perhaps you had better go up," and : lie turned on his heel. "He did not like to speak of his ' m i , i f wife, and no wonder," nan soooeu i Lnura to horself. a choking sensation j in her throat. It was queer how the stairs bobbed ibout; but, perhaps tbo thick drops j an her lashes would explain it. "What in the deuce makes her j net s") oddly?" muttered young Hay- j den, then in a tender voice, "poor lit- j tlo thing! it's pride, I suppose; but J she might have seemed just the least glad to see me, I think," and he kick-j cd a box out of his path, and went moodily to the door. Annie II ay den was alone. "I'm so glad you brought it," sho cried; und oh ! doesn't it look beautiful? What a fairy-fingers $o\\ are!-' and she shook out the creamy satin with exclamations of delight. "Sit down, won't you? I've so much to tell you. liart has come home." ' Yes I know it; but I can't wait, not a moment. It is getting daik, -1 >? lUgnmoU -...JlK anu UIIU Oi.iv ^vn uvoj/vi (*WU v?|vs.f the fear that Annie would seo the tears, aDd tho ti-embling mouth ; and stopping, snatched up the bill and placcd it in tho hand of her patroness. "Oh, so sorry 1 Suppose you wont mind waiting lor tho pay till next week ?" "We are out of coal and wood," said Laura, her cheeks crimson; "and in fact we need the money." "Dear me! dear ntc! I was so thoughtless to spend every cent I had. But stop I'll vo down-and ask Bart." Laura felt as if she should sink through the floor. "Stop!" she said, detaining Annie bjT a hold on her arm, Iter face quite white and proud again. Of course I can depend upon it by Wednesday?" "Yes. I'll run around before, perhaps. Must you go? You know Itrtur miif.il T linrn In ti>11 vrm TVaII then, good night.'' Laura had not worn her veil. The tears were, running down her cheeks as she hastily descended the steps of the palace-like stairs and Bart llayden, who happened to to be there, saw them. Oh! the humiliation to that proud spirit! She threw a halfdefiant glance at tho handsome, pit}'ing face; then, with a gesture that repelled him, for he had come toward iior, she almost flew clown the street, nor hardly drew a breath till sho was at home. IIow dreary and meagre it all looked ! the few cheap dishes, the scanty .tahle-eloth. the half covered floor, the faded wall paper, chintz on chairs aud lounge. t ' I'm dreadful tired, mamma; let me lie down," she cried in a suppressed voice, and threw herself on the creaking old lounge*. "What's the matter, my darling? I see?sho didn't pay you of course; and not a stick of wood in the house Oh ! the wickedness of those who arc rich. 1 thought?" A loud rap. Laura hid her face. Her mother answered the call, and in li.ii'l oltnAjf "At least you will welcome me, Mrs. Stetson," he said, tho old, fine ring iu his voice. Laura sat up cold and proud again. "Anno sent this bj- me," he said, and laid a scaled envelope- on tho table. ' " "When did you get home?" asked, Mrs. Stetson, as soon as she hud recovered i'roin her surprise. "Only a few hours ajo," was Bart's reply. ""1 brought cousin Jack's wife with mo; she was ordered homo for health, and Jack couldn't leave, so I took Mattio in charge. Poor girlJ'm afraid home is not going to help her much, or, indeed, anything else." Laura made an almost imperccbliblo movement. She was fur irotn cold now; her very temples burned. "Well goodnight!" he said, stealing a glance at Laura, as he arose, after answering Mrs. Stetson's inquiries. I've do no uiy errand, and Mrs. Stetson, you at least will let mo coino sometimes and talk wi.th you, won't yon, for the sake of old times?" Tho mother's reproving eyes wero fastened upon Laura. What did tho girl mean by acting this way. "To be tfiil'o!" was her quick answer, "if you wi I conic to so humble a place. 1'ou gee howl in wheel, has goue aronnd with us. Poor Mr. .Stetson?"* aud the widow could get no further. "Yes, I'heard," he said pityingl}*, 'long ago, Annie wrote nie. I3ut I am. nut one of the fickle kind Mi\s. btcison*" This was said with a reproachful glance at Laura. "U-ood night, he paid, the next minute and bowed to both women. lie iiad reached the door, when a faint voice called? "B irt 1" Ye*, it was Laura's eager cry Slro v as a-hamed of what she had done, and h< artily repented. lie cam? back with half supj roused o tgerncss in his manner, his glance weary, but anxious. "1 was just a little rude to-night," slm Rjiid lookimr dsmyerouslv bmuiti r ... , o o ^ ful in her humility. 'Please forgive it." "Indeed T will," and he seized her p 'city hand, his eyes radiant. ' ! understand?oli yes! I quite understand ? were always such a sensitive little creature! So you forgive mc, eh V" lie blundered. !'it was j*ou who were to forgive me, I believe," said Laura demurely, her lips quivering, ready to cry and laugh too. "Mrs. Stetson, will j'ou allow mo to whisper?" said straightforward Bart. "Certainly?" said the old lady, her heart beating quicker. What was going to happen? Had poverty done its worst for them. Was there,- indeed, bright hope for the future? v Bart put his tall shining bears close to Laura's ear, and the second time said the mystic words, that had so long lingered in her memory. Laura, did. not repulse him. lie felt then that her heart belonged to him, that it had never gone out to any other. So it happened that after that evening, BartJIayden kept calling, and that the widow invariably left the two younger people together; and the end of it was, a brilliant wedding in ! less than a year, St. Louis lias struck out.in anew direction to reach salt water. Ilei latest project is to build a canal : from the Tennessee liivcr to the Georgia, seaboard. The restlessness of "the future great city," and its desire to undertake any greal ! work of public improvement, nc j matter how impracticable or costly, ! speaks well for her energy, ff nol for liei discretion. # I The population of Atlanta is set. down ?>2.yO(L increasing frorr 18,000 since 18GG.' Tliero is "nothing like loather,' the annual business in which, ii j the United States, amounts to $200, 1000,000?exceeding in value ever) | other industrial interest except ag ricultatc. Home Views, From the Anderson Intelligencer. ' Mr. Editor: Nothing bat a want of cheap and rapid transportation, can longer prevent the traveling multitudes, who are permeating through every nook and corner of | the wide world in search of novel>; t\\ health and pleasure, from turn ^ ing tlieir steps to the now unknown, unvisited, but grand and lovely 1 scenery to be found in tlie Blue ! Ridge mountains of South Carolina, North Carolina and Ccorgia. The completion of a few more railroads by the etterprisiug people of each of the three "States named above, will throw open this terra incognita, teeming with beauty, wealth and grandeur, and the re; gret and wonder will bo that it was ! not earlier known and appreciated. Within eight rniies of Walhalb, there rises the long, level ridge of a mountain, some 1,500 feet above the level of the sea, and 700 feet above the level of the town itself, ; presenting - views at every turn, of unsurpassed loveliness, traversed by streams and rivulets of pure, clear, icy water, groves of magnificent forest trees, beautiful sites for countrj' houses?within a few miles of streams abounding, in fish and woods with deer and pheasants, and yet not a summer house is seen, ana visitors are eb rare as ? ltteeuth Amendments. Now and then, it is said, a few curious people undertake to do the mountain and tunnel in a day, and actually accomplish the feat. If the sweltering people from closely packed cities | and towns along the Southern sea| shore could only enjoy the cmbraj cing atmosphere, the clear, cold water, the luxurious nights, by a ! cheap transit of a single day and ! night, as we hope soon will be rejalized, how much both sections ! would he improved in all that | makes life enjoyable; but wo stari ted out to describe some of the distinctive features of this home scencrv, not to speculate or philosophize. I ins iiiuunmill, jiriejjo outing i House, a legend about which we shall not tarry to relate or create, is hut a spur of the <*reat Blue Ridge mountains, and divides Oconee county nearly in half, each I knob having a distinctivejia'me, as | Underwood mountain, Toor mountain, &c., and is now most easily I and pleasantly ascended by a new j and well graded road constructed | by Mr. bteers, contractor, under .(hedirection of Maj. T-hos. B. Lee, Engineer. This road carries the visitors in j view of many extensive scenes of I mountain and valley, and up ra; vines remarkable for the fertility of i.the soils and growth and variety ot j timber trees* Hickory, white oak, j 1 lae'e walnut, locust, pop-, lar, all abounded, of astonishing hightand size. About half way I from the base to the summit, this m Mintain in early spring time, ex j hibits a strange, though beautiful | condition of hasty and luxurious ! verdure. Weeks before the val! ley below, or the heights above, l show indications of returning J spring, in bud jr foliage, this belt is ! covered with green, and presents a I striking contrast with the bleak and J wintry appearance of the country ! around and above. The enterprising owner of these broad acres, ' Maj. Grisham, has long falked of ! planting this Southern belt in fruit trees, and should he do so and sucj cced, it would be another evidence : of the existence of that isothermal j belt or frost line, so long claimed I by many as characteristic of our i Southern range of mountains. Upon the crest of this mountain j and extending east and west far : more than two miles, it is said that j the Blue Ridge Railroad Company I owns.sixtcen buAdrcd acres of land I once covered with valuable timber 1; trees, now somewhat depleted by I the use tor nrc-wood and building j material during the work 011 the (great tunnel, 01113 mile in length, passing under tlie mountain. This , j land is eminently fitted for country , I seats, and a hotel during the hot i summer months, and is productive in the cereals and fruits. It is also rumored here, that# this Company 1 is now offering to give alternate 'lots to actual summer residents, [ i and fifty acres, with abundant build1 j ing material in wood and stone, to .! aii? responsible company who will [ erect a hotel for accommodation of visitors during the summer months. > This site, eveu now so accessible, with such commanding scenery and healthful atmosphere, should at 011 c be occupied and improver*, aud opened to visitors the next season, i 13nt the uncompleted Tunnel is l the great objcct of- notice, inquiry and remark of the very few who visit it, and of the many who have only heard of this gigantic work, ' undertaken by the little State of 1 South Carolina. With its arched - wily diiven through the hardest r granite for more than one-half -1 mile, its four shafts from the summil of the mountain to grade, from 100 to 280 feet perpendicularly, doe&present a bold and diffici work to be encountered so lo ago by human hands, without t machinery and appliances of t present day. But now that a n< lin rt in /lin/tATfAMA/1 mi<l 1 n/i line? io uiowvcicu anu iuv;atcu, ou ing the mountain heights withe a tunnel, saving a few miles in d tance, and over $300,000 in c< over completing the old line, h< few of those who are daily castii obloquy and reproach upon the great men who eriginated the e tcrprise, forwantot' skill.judgrae and foresight, stop to inquife t real causes which produced tl change'in the line, aud abandc mentof the large amount of woi already performed. Hon fewkne or choose to consider, that the E gineer, nearly twenty years a? was restricted to a grade of G5 1e f]iP mili> nnrl tliflt. if", wnn imnno bletopass this mountain witho that tunnel. After the locati< was made, many distinguished e gineers came and examined the oughly this line, and pronounced the best that could be had. On one, Mr. Latrobe, of the Balt:.mo & Ohio Railroad, suggesting tl use of a higher grade. But we have the recent authoi ty of. "II. G>" f?">r saying that t | world docs actually move, and tl: [ some men move with it, and i may safely assume that the scien of engineringhas advanced son* what, and that the power of loc motives have been, by skillful s tisans, increased since the days Stevenson and Brunei. Hence, is now not only possible but pn ticable to ascend the Stump Hon Mountain at a -grade of 90 or feet to the mile, with engines sufficient power and capacity i the traffic and travel likely to cor over the road. This change, thei fore should be justly attributed the progress and advances ma in science, and not to the want skill or judgment in those tb> entrusted with the worlc. The road under many difficult! is now believed to be slowly, b surely, winding its way to. the t of the mountain, and when this accomplished, all who may ha aided should receive at least ji tice. C, August 29, 1871. Heavy Bobbery.?A rather hea' robbery is reported as having occil ed in South Carolina a few days a/ NearYVoodlawn, in Edgefield coun about seventeen miles from this ci there lives a widow lady, Mrs. Peg< Jones, and a short distance from 1: a married daughter, Mrs. Hen Tilghman. From some cause a port had been put in circulation tl Mrs. Jones was tho ownor of a go deal of gold coin which she kept creted in her house. On last Sati day evening she went over .to spe night with her daughter, leaving I house comparatively unprotcct during the night a r.egro man in 1 employ, named Joseph Kent, eutor the house and made a thorough scai for the hidden treasure. All his lal however, only brought to light t hundred dollars, in greenbacks a -? i * - i ? i.i r\o a unriy uonars nr gum. ui i amount oi?o hundred dollars in c reucy and twenty dollars in gold v tho property of Mrs. Tiighm:i which she liad deposited with li mother for safe keeping. He a realized several gold buttons and s< eral pieces of .jewelry. As* soon the robbery was committed the r< ber made his escapo and came, it thought, over into Goorgia. T polico officers of Augusta wero formed. of the robbery on Mond evening, aud after working at tho-c-s a little, thought that Kent had gc to Burke county, where his wife's 1 atives resided. A Lieutenant of J lice went there on Tuesday but fou that the bird had not been in tl i part of the country. 2Jo arrest 1 yet been made. Republicanism ix -England.?I Henry Vincent, the Pjnglish Rofor cr, is a Republican, not a Monarch From a recent letter of his we mn the following extract: "With sor the retirement of the Queen from tive, public and social life, is regi ted, by many blamed, and by nu few warmly approved. Among 1 latter 1 have heard expressions of t kind : 'It is a good thing that I Queen has the senso to fall into 1 background. Sho knows that 1 Prime Minister is President of 1 crowned Republic of England, a by her wise rotircmont, she is helpi to educato the people in the tru that the nation can be as safely t quietly governed without monarc as with it.' I also hear open advo cy of Republican institutions in dii ing-rooms and parlors, on the gror that it is folly, in ago like this, to s pose that a nation is always lo'hav ' particular family at its head, and be forced to maintain that family an exceptional stato of wealth, spl dor and idleness." ??? ? Mr. Thomas 1JL IJIackwell, w lms been for several weeks- exa ining the accounts of the Coui Treasurer of Abbeville count}', 1 rendered his return to the St Auditor's oiftce, from which it pears there is about ?21,000 def in the Abbeville County Trcasu to be accounted for. # * sit WAITING. / alt ng Where the manor-house garden is tangled the most, , By the door in the peach-tree wall, 11 e You bade me farewell?for an hour as 1 2W you thought? * al- But we parted for.once and all. mt i ' Through the long white glare, how the ; lb" peonie flamed, j 39t In the noon of. the July day. )w Aa^ou crdfesed the grass with the gold 1(y| uu juui imir, a "And the crickets leaped up where they i >se lay., in" lit Oh, the wearisome months of waiting , iie in vain, - . Ever stealing my youth from me, ! 113 Ever straining my eyes through the < in- darkness ] rjj Ever stretching my arm o'er the sea! )\V For the fire of that sultry summer sun ,n" Has burned down so deep in my heart, ^o, Though years and the autumn bring ,e4. calmness my dear, ' I am scarce now content to part, si- . . at For still when the July noons are come, And the hollyhocks grow tall, I walk and dream dreams as we dreainn" ed, my dear, >r- Under the peach-tree wall. it ]y .When the passionate life-strife is over, The folly, the chill, and the pain, A shadow, in the shadowless noontide, lie Perhaps I may walk here again. flj13 Boiler Explosion?Fearful l^oss of Life. la1: & : ;ve Tho Mobile Register has kindly cel furnished tho following: ie. | Tho steamer Occan Wave, a low I irnssurn br?nf. h>ff tliA R'lnrlnv 1 >Q_ r*?'"y" ~ *v*w " ~j morning, with about two hundred ' irl peisons on board, for an excursion to . Fish River, about twenty miles from 1 ^ the cfty, On her return she stopped * ic- at Pont Clear, reaching there at 5 P. * ise M. Thy boat was made fast and the f95 band ant part of the passengers went of ashore. After remaining for half an 'or hour, tho vhistle was blown, and the c ne passcngcrshad just got aboard when c ?e_ the boiler exploded with great force, c following a tumbling,4 hissing sound. j* i Fragments ol timber and metal flew J ? in every direition. Tho forward j 0 part of tne boat and cabin were car- * en ricd completely away. Tho chimney 1 fell backwards toward tho roar of the 11 ies boat, crushing tho upper cabin, the mt boat immediately sunk with her bow op submerged.* j3 About sixty or scvonty persons j ve were killed and injured by the explo- , r... hi? i i;l. _* -in -c .l- I mullj ?u int . ; uu uuuica ui ??J ui uie , doad, eight ladies among tho number, have beon discovered. Twenty-eight I wounded have,been brought- to the '< city, and one of the, a little girl, who s ry has since died. The scene was ap- [ 1T. palling, the terrific heat rendering g to- wilder tho 6ccn<e of grief, such as are Lyj seldom witnessed The frantic cries y ty, of tho survived who, lamented for ^ ryt lost wives, chiUren.' parents and sis'cr ters, was agonising- to all who had i-y human sympathes. Many of the re passengers weroj little children, aud c. iat many little hatj and bonnets came ,0d ashore, to tell ofthe little victims besc ncath tho waters Tho Captain, William Eaton, swam ' llt| somo time with both legs broken; a ^ jor boat reached himiust too late, and he 1 cd. went down. IVo two pilots, were v )er killed, and tho engineer and wife r oil were severely inji*e<f, and all the fire- t eh men were killed. It is impossible to jor correctly estimatcthe loss. By somQ Wo it'3 supposed that at least thirty or nd forty persons are Hill buried in the i his ueons or tnc wrcei or at tue bottom ( ur. of tbc bay. A divjr has gone to tbe ] lls scenc of tie disastq-. The accident ] in> has cast a gloom o*ir the whole city, g lCy and a universal \adness prevails. ls0 The streets arc crowded wtyh people, ' jv and the excitement nud feeling is iua9 tense. . t ob- ???1 | '9 Queen Victoria'^ IIealtii.?The ( J10 London Lancet, speal^ng of tho health 1 *n* of Queen Victoria, snjs: 11 er Majes* > ay ty is not physically qipable of bear- | lsc ing the effects of crowded or over- 1 ,nc heated rooms, or of prolonged resi- j dence in London. Til effort of cnL>0" tertaining in tho evening produces great and immediate discomfort, foliat lowed by sleeplessncsj or disturbed | ias rest and severe headache; and her < Majesty rarely visits' Buckingham , palaco without suffering in a similar , ifr manner. The profession will readily, I in- without our entering in>rc ful>y iiito s 1st, so delicate a subject, understand the 5 tlcc necessity for her Majesty's medical no, advisers exercising the i-catcst dili-. ac- go nee to prevent the ncurrenee of et- these symptoms. It win Id appear * ,t a that as if some persons piust forget Lho that the Queen is a Jadv nearly 53 1 his years of ago, tor they tall us if they j [lie expected her to possess tlfc samo re. l [j,o marUable physical vigor ?nnd nerve < the power she exhibited twfenty years the ago. | nd, , m, '[l? High-Heeled SnoES.-^The Pliil- 1 md adelphia surgeons, like other wise i shy people, are opposed to liifoi-heele'd ca- shoes. Dr. "Wm. II. Parooast retw marked the otlier day, after period' forming:a painful operatioi on an 1 UP" interesting little girl wltose foot 0 liad been ruined by weann?Vvrong- ' r \? ly constructed shoes, "Thil is the ! /n beginning of a largo hardest of L " such cases. ?<?? The mischievous attempt to es- < dio tablish mixed schools of while and i ,m- colored in Louisiana has resulted? nty as might liavo been anticifated, lias most disastrously. Tho ill-foiling ate created has destroyed the useful- 1 ap- Hess of the schools for both vrhitc . icit and colored, tho attendance U iry, greatly reduced, and the expense of public instruction greatly in created. Conventions of Colored Men. From the ~N. Y. Evening Post. The colored men of the United' States will hold two conventions of national impprtance this fall. -The" first is called a national convention and will meet in St. Louis on the 22(1 of September. The second is called a southern convention, although it is thought that nearly all the States will be renrflsont.firt if. will meAf. in Colombia, South Carolina, on the 18th of October. " . . The people of St. Louis are pre- ! paring to give the colored people who attend thc convention in that city a cordialreception. The Democrat reports that tho colored men of differ2nt States are selecting delegates, ] :ind are determined to bo well represented. Tho object of the convention is to discuss measures to promote 1 Lho interest of the colored'race gen- J jrally. But the main object seems ;o be to consult upon the proposition .. lo fix upon some day which is me- ' norablc in the history of the colored ( 'ace, to be commemorated hereafter is a general holiday. It is said that nany of them aro in favor. of selec- ! ,ing the Fourth of July as a day in J ,vhich they aro now equally intorest;d with all other other citizens of the [Jnited States. But many think ,hat tho 1st of January, the anniveriary of tlio day on which the Emanlinutinri Pvn^!iini?t.iftn fnfllf offfiflt. 1H noro appropriate/ Tho 30th of March, in commemoration of tbo Fifteenth Amendment; the 1st of August, because on that day the British emancipated their slaves in the West Indies, and the 22d of Septem)er, which will be the anniversary of he promulgation of emancipation in .his country, have also their advo-< >ates. . . . ...-j The Convention in Columbia is call- ( id for "general consultation" of the . :ondition of tho enfranchised people j >f the Southern Stages. In the exited condition of society there, effort* iro suro to be made to give it a po- ] itical bearing. But tlie precise ob- ( cct of its projectors is not clearly mown. The Convention will attract he attention of both political parties is it may have some influence in sev-- \ iral of the Southern States. >, ""? 1 A New Leather.?Vegetable i eather is now extensively manuactured, the .* principal materials jeing caoutchouc and naptha. The *1 jroduct is only one-third as costly ( is.ordinary leather, which *it re- ] lembles so closely that they can >e distinguished only by close infection ; and the vegetable leath- ] ;r has the additional advantage of ; jeiug made in entire pieces of fit- i ;y yards in length, if desired, and j >no and a half yards wide, of any hickness demanded, of uniform quality, and ample strength. ' OA number of young men in Chareston have organized a society mown as the South Carolina Belevolent Association, the object of i f ?, .1 i l .1 * vmcn is to visit me sick ana aa-1 ( ninisterto the needs and wants of |. he destitute. { ?:? I "We lcaru that the right, title and < nterest of the Columbia Bridge * Company in the old Congaree 3ridge has been purchased by J. Neagle, and that he will in a ihort time erect a new one in the :?lace of tho one burned in 1865. . i A charcoal man and his wife, ,vho belonged to the Commune, escaped the vigilance of the police j jy the happy device of a thorough vashing. The disguise was too perfect unluckily, for they have jeen looking for each other ever . ihice* - * , 1 I j The number of persona'known :o be killed by the explosion of the Jeenn Wave, near Mobile, is 29 ; .vounded 26. Many persons beieved to have been on board the steamer at the time of the explosion are still missiug. ^ ^ ' Mica" in "Walhalla.?We learn iVom the Deutsche Zeitun<? that Mica has been discovered in the. I'icinity of Wallfalla, and many persons are engaged in gathering it. Some make from four to ten iolla'rd at this work. Is It.?An exchange asks: "Is 3holera contagious? ' Don't know; but it ''gripes" a fellow awfully when it gets a good hold on him. It is said that the Americans are the only people who keep their bod-room windows open at night? other nations dreading the night uir as so much poison. - ' ? <o Rev. T. S. Boinest. an able and beloved minifter ot the Lutheran Church, died Sept- 4, at his residence near Pomaria, S. C. 4^* ? ? There have been heavy storms off the coast of England. No outgoing steamers were injured* Ono ease of cholera lias appear-' eil in Liverpool. : - . ...1 . , " . vv ' The slave of the ocean^thftj ^ srirfv ; . '. Wool gatherings?Fighte *be? *-0t tween negroes. * ' . /r^ ' Persons given to abstraction-*- * pick-pockets. . . ^ The best throw npon the dice ii to throw thera away. *?&> ' v..'-Sc . Wheifdoes a man have to keep .. bis word? When no one take it. y ' ; The latest thiiog out?The gas, when it is turned off, and gvery one ' has gone to bed. * -% Beauty in a woman is like ,the flowers in, spring, but virtue'is like the stars of lieaveu. " ' :" * "Why is the root of the tongue like a tf ejected man ? Because i'ts , ' down in the mouth. . " J* v . An ill-bred man is said to bav ^ lilrA Hffhtninff KonanM Ji? ilrtnamftfc' . know tow to conduct himself. .u. , Cool?To .take a man's hat wfth ?*** his name in it, sini p1y; because yoat ? want to get his autograph. A female lecturer says the onlf decent thing about Adam was rib, and that went to make some- -H. thing better. ' y'.-Jsl Advice?Avoid arguments witbN> ' j\ ladies. In spinning a yarn aiqol^jl silks and satins, a man is sure ttir be worsted, "r ' '-v i * 3?si "Would yon call this the calf of a leg V- asked Bob. pointing t*. oae ? of hie nether liojba... "JNo," re-' plied a Hibernian, "f should say it '" was the leg of a c&lf." * It has rained so hard at Mi]wao?* J kee for four months that the Chk ~\j 2a$o Republican asserts iljat all the :hUdren bora there are web-fi>ofe2u ' A gentleman who had been vie-j timized by a .notorious borrower ' trho always forgot, to pay, called^ aim .one of the most promising. ^ men of his acquaintance. ' ' My son^' said a man of doubtful morals, pnttiughia hand on tha hpftil nf n. vnnntr nrnViin *'T K?1W?' r"? 3atan has got hold of you." r lieve so too," was the reply.' % Hook and one of bis friends hap? * pened to come to-, a bridge. "Co jrou know who built this bridge?" said he to Hook., "No; but U yo^';? go over you'll be told.u Modern Mirrors.?An. old co* qnette looking into her glass, and- . jeeiug her wrinkles, cried; "This.. *' new glass is not wortfi a farthing.^ rhey cannot make mirrors so welt J is they used to do." *** ' ' - .-j A lawyer oncewrote *^ascal" ;he hat of a brother lawyer, who, t>n discovering it, entered a com- plaint in open court againg? ffca trespasser, who, hMaid, had not onljf J taken his hat, buffiad written his ' )wn name in it. / ' v-M-^y _ ' . " . \-r:-' f * JL ne emperor JN apoleon and fam* Iy visited the steamship Great ? Eastern, at London, Tueaddyiv* Six persons were drowned by J ;he wreck of the Bondicar,* front' Jronstadt for an English port. A ' . .... . Duke d'Aumale has, it is said; igain decliued to be a candidate ' for the Presidency of the French' Republic. : v>.. Hon. JeffersoaDavis and ,Gener- # al Jubal Early have secured cotta- . ^ee at White Sulphur Springs, Virginia. Thirty years ago there were wt, twenty wood engravers in the.tfaiK ted States. Now there are lour * hundred. . > .-t Archbishop McCloskey reports that the Roman Catholic Church, property in New. York City, is worth ?5,400,000. ? .At Birmingham (England), a rone has been made, which is mora than.six miles long, and weighs more than sixty tons. Douglass Jerrold was paid twenty-five dollars for that famous one line witticism; "Advice to people. about to marry, Don't, A ^"ew York burgler was captured while singing, "Do they miss me at home." They will miss him for about ten years. .. ; Eight to ten million gallons of wine are the estimated'figures of . the next California wine-crop, brandy being left out of the account Tn the window of a shoD in ao obscure part of London is this announcement: "Goods removed, messages taken, carpets -beaten, au4 poetry composed on any subject. New York and Ifew Jersey people drink more beer than those of any othet two States?the yearjy average consumption being 248 glasses for every man, woman and child.