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..?.???.?.....?in'? JOHN E. BACON & THOS. J. ADAM ?/.At* iii VOLUME flt ni. nun m?, TUE GREATEST EFFORT OF HIS LIFE. A BRILLIANT AUDIENCE. A MASTERLY DEFENCE OP HIS CAUSE AND PEOPLE. ls Effect-Republican Cliagrin-Couk liu's Statistics-Edmunds Impal ed-A Tilt With Chandler. From a .?o//' Correspondent of thc ! Chronicle. V\*AsnjNciT02r, May T . :":pti.. < rap] . you epec^a?lv . ?: >. ,v ... i .;v B* di. - Vt irv'' ki Wim sycLitatuia ui uutn sexes, and the Senate was unusually full and attentive. The Democrats were in force, well aware of the power and eloquence of the orator. The Re publicans were also present to a man, knowing from experience that the Geo-gian would boldly encounter their greatest gladiators, in their highest places and on their chosen ground. Neither friends nor ene mies were disappointed. From the < moment Mr. Hill began his speech to si the hist word of it-that is, for at tb least three hours-he held his. audi-1 di tory magnetically enchained. It was "i a momentous, a sublime occasion, and er he^knew it. He knew, too, that he ie had not only to attack the most ro- ye bust intellects of the Republican par- on ty, but to make a masterly defence of pr hts cause and his people. * How thor- ve oughly he accomplished both pur- ni; poses you have already heard by tel- ioi egraph, but the electric wire has wi probably not adequately conveyed to i*s you the tremendous energy of the an speech and its" wonderful popular ex- its citement. The DemDcrats, especially those from the South, are bankrnp't dr; in language to express their gratjfi- wL cation and delight. The Republi- 1er cans do not attemm. to conceal their in inferiority and chagrin. Some of ?ai these latter tried to console themselves tria with the idea that it would help and ten not hurt them; but their downcast Chi looks and dejected tones betrayed anj the desperation of an expectation bio that was formed upon the %$ga but do died within their hearts. ma Mr. Hill was not only p^eclly otb equipped ment?"" ' ? to be I rici iii the highes! rendition, reb Th? last wor . ; cl-like Cht i." the first .ajs ^ aho .'ogent. Iii lines- Cha J^Ujf??^^Ti' " ein rn* jes- luiij *W<ldhetW*H ? flirre lion with a S?S^ only of his spier - ' tnt1 ts, but the august a::' are Lome. He fiivt assailed Sena . 'onkling's com parative sti , -rt-:>y the New Vurker attt .it ' "? -tn?tv!hat the South diT but" Ule t^wV.rd the support of tire Ot> . ment an<; t-hat th? North bad the arden almost ex clusively to bear. ". 1 ii.: ur es vere shown to bi an at:: levr?aion of 4.iui3 and thst, if ried to a logeai conclusion, would . e the absurdi ty that New Yor! . ::ie largest cotton growim St; in the Union. In every parilcuii ifa Con??iing's statistics wei, : " " ill ??.'ions and an exhibit made tba South not only furnished er share to ward the suppr. tl . ei '..i'.ent and thee ?mm? kuti inch raore than her por tiri . td$m? weevils that had been Q r. The New York S?nat , teg.il irgament was Iben riddh i?r. ititi ^notting Mr.Conkling? lisos and coolly IM:ning them i gainst bH?, The plea of Mr. Conki . iTeW Ork needed troops ot ::.r s g?i ran - to protect her af ^? polls was cl... ac terized asa libel ai oh that comiuon wealth. "If," s* ? ub stance,'"New York is unv. i?ir,. or unable tu protect erself, theft the richest, most pd$H - and mo?t row erful State in the A^arican'paion is already lost to Kbc :/ andthe Urion itself ia iiiar l<?K?l?ss dis solution." dr. i " ? tTk his punishment rn- -: - then he winced and .ewn : '- * nostrils belligerently; jj&t uly ex hibited a good z, and laughed heartily -7 o: his party friends mSMz^ lilli's merciless logic. ^.^Sfctm. To Mr. Edt: . . > .h? V ties Mr.Jft-cdJjoid a 'A r arguiKt thatV - theil tracts from the ' - . ? J ernlisL and the er excerpts wen . c J hilat d the lot se lection of authorities': Agfrrodt-^t 1 so-called St. Jerome's pious snivel ing at State Eights, the Georgian marshaled a host of glorious witnesses to the truth ot his position from Mad ison to Webster. Mr. Blaine was amazed that Madison should have so spoken, and Mr. Edmunds astound ed that Webster should be thus sum moned from the grave. The Maine man and the Vermonter essayed to break the force of these declarations, but were snuffed out for their rash ness. Mr. Blaine assumed what Dr. Holmes calls "the ginger-bread rab bit expression," and Mr. Edmunds opened his mouth painfully and fell back wildly as if struck between the eyes by an intellectual brickbat. I never si men of such calibre so easily routed and so completely con founded. 0 tossed aside Edmunds, Conkling. Senator Hill almost with a protest, 1 utterances of Ger.. Lo the Government being a if it were as he (John) it to be. Never did mor a severer penalty for This afforded Mr. Hill ?ortunity to explain the r of this Government as , of Federal and Nation JFemonstrate how the Un ianguageol Mr. Stephens, i ol nations," and entirely in its compos^ [brm Tf a chanel abo his ins? like ery cull wh< ni fi the to I the jun lier pai alli rai ino am thi am hil sui wa at ste pr an la? lei ha wi ve fie in 'g se of iii tv at w tc P1 / mei of pla ant por wh rna rig sto ing am bo1 wh Uk wi an bb fes u\i tai th an an bl in ar w sa ea n w ai ? a.' ei 61 fl e o ignorance of some newses and ana 1 men that attacked j recent ly tor alluding to the Senfs "Con federate." "I did uofc J h my mind," he said, "the ?fed?rate Mates of the South. I A\y, and deliberately employed af?i used : J>/.Mr. Madison in this lection." 'Did Mr. Madison ever t such a term? promptly bl urti out Mr. Liaine "Over and ovejain," re plied Mr. Hill; "fbrtytiinTjtleast." And so, Mr. Blaine, enligUed for once as to the history of hfanntry and formation of his Gjtament, subsided without mor ado.] Perhaps the finest portas of this | speech were those indicatiqwhy the South was solid and aga? what? Against the revolutionarfa-'-hv? I ta f - -? ?I wit? the present Republican con piracy to destroy the Stat} them elves; and, therefore, the Jlv Un )n worth having. He caed upon ll the people to note this iii Radi ii revolution, and to prepaj for the )ss of their liberties, if it sfcceeded ider the cover of false criJof "an ? >r rebellion." He predited that . wenty ex-Confederate ??era!' : G-nonels now Democratic Snators, L>a.Vi,be found in any futufjwar, if !-:h were possible, fighting under ? tars and Stripes against ie real aUi 3nist8 who are now yelling . . ation" in order to maintinpow throttle popular freedor' And, pi. hg to Conkling, he std: "If > ^ve but four Union ta?erais i . side of the Chamberit onlv c. . that Radical doclriutaics are H expert in getting up vijrs and iking them pay, but not afdl anx ls to reward with office lie men io fought battles to a sj&easful ue." This was a "sockdoager," d even Mr. Conkling Muffled at truth. fi The most amusing, no| to say imatie. part of this oralim was len Senator Hill read Zach ?hand 's famous "blood let ti ngj'epistle 1S00-C1. Concluding MIN ?jungui ry and infernal missive, tfce[Geor Senator said, with ineflkhle con iptand irony: "Who is'jus Z. Midler? I do not know ninty Does <Tbody know him? How ? much od did he spill? I have heajd, but not know that it isso, that a great ny men who urged the spieling of er peoples' blood got enomously 1 e-Hbn h. . .. itulle* ?TC:: . .,}.: U'd : ? . f aft* IC ?'.. ?r ..; jj & ai.";: . .u.y ?er ? . - i * u?fdy. :.:??! !. ..^ : tor all thi -no' sipelas. It was manifestly difli t for him to keep his seat, and en Mr. Hill woundup with a mag cent burst of eloquence, warning people of the danger impending them and their comnonwealths, Michigander sprang up, like a iring jack, cocked his glasses celv on his nose, barbed his desk, ved" the air, ami belowed like an igater with the toihache. He sed a laugh at Mr. lill by inquir ; how much blood h had spilled, 1 tuen proceeded wit his old, stale, va ibare harangue pout -'treason" .1 "traitors." lt wi a pitiful ex )ition. Mr. Hill imdesceiided to r that the differer.* between them ,s fhat he (Hill) wshed no blood all to be spilled; lit this did not ip the infuriated Michigander who oceeded about fit minutes lonper d thus, amid cristoe roais of lghter from the ?nators and gal ?ies, he sat down<n his seat, ex isted by his cn violence. He is not drunk ith whisky, but noni, and his nd ness has a speci ; method. He* nows that these decent exhibits are pleasant to norance and totality. Ile was nt to the Sena' to play the part a boss hyena md the contract is led to the lett- The contrast be reen lum and dill is one to make ?y respectai)] Northern man or oman groan th mortification and i cause the Sterner to thrill with ride. Mr. Hill w enthusiastically con ratulated, ai he goes to Georgia ie proudest'*0 >n the Senate of ie United tte.s and one of the reatest oraP of this or any other R. .?Aivr ?l the worlu^^wj^agand all the i ami women werely'^layers, some them most confoundedly poor yere, too: they hivfe their exits I their entrances, lint a large pro tion of them would* rather have iskey as a steady thing. And one n in his time plays many parts~ ht field, centre field, catcher, short p, etc. M first the infant, mewl ' and pu.cing in its nurse's arms .1 yelling lire; and then the school j with his dinner bucket, and tining, mourning face, creeping e a snail, unwillingly to school, lh a sheep skin, under his jacket ; d then the lover, sighing like a ist furnace, with a wofu? ballad, irfully and wonderfully made, to i mistress' eyebrows, and his coat il pockets filled with coniectionery ; en a soldier, full of strange oaths d bugs, jealous*.of honor, sudden d quick in quarrel, seeking thebub eof reputation even in the cannon's outh at thirteen dollars a month; id then thc alderman, with a bay indow ou his stomach, full of wise .usage aud many other things to it, who charges two dollars for mar ring a man, ?Vd kisses the bride ithont leave or license. The sixth ye shifts into the lean and slippered untaloons, wita or without rutiles, 3 the case may be ; last scene that rids this strange, eventful history is >cond childhood and mere oblivion, ins teeth, sans eyes, sans taste, sam verything, excepta wonderful faculty flyiof abc*!* tn ! . ' " miners an?J ni.i ??. ..? hi. vin ?isi'o?, .lavs, DICK TAYLOR DEAD. A Son of Old Zack, Who Was a Confederate Lieut-General. THE STORY OF HIS CAREER. General Richard Taylor, the only son of the late President Zachary Taylor, died at the residence of Mr. S. L. M. Barlow, in New York, on Saturday April 12th, at a quarter to eight o'clock. The news will carry grief to thousands in this country >-nd abroad, for General Taylor was personally widely known in European ?o- ~-rdi jjp American cacti '.. . .i,!v ? an eecomp??shed sblditfr, wh ...*?'.*. ? -O.i iu uA3l i*r. $!v W?L' LG Vew i cs soi..-' ?xi .. ... ip?i ', \as tne issue ot his book of war memo ries, " Destruction and Reconstruc tion." For several years his health has been failing, but only within the last month were developed symptoms of a dropsical affection which brought his life to a sudden close before many of his friends were aware that he was really ill. Mr. and Mrs. Barlow were old friends of his family. They, ? b his physician, Dr. Austin Flint, j;., and his sister, Mis. Dandridge, of Virginia, were with him in hts last hours. A native of New Orleans, wher he was born, January 27, 1S26, Rich ard Taylor spent his early youth in following his father, old-Z lek Taylor, from post to post on the frontier, and hardly knew how he received the rudiments of education. He picked up French among the Creoles, derived military ambition from observation of his father and his troops, learned lessons of freedom and fortitude from the Indians against whom his father fought, and among his kindred in Virginia was indoctrinated in the chivalry and State's rights dogmas of the old-school Southerners. But General Taylor designed his son for a high walk of life, and in due time entered him for a complete collegiate training. When thirteen years old i he boy was sent to Edinburgh, Scot land, where he was thoroughly drilled for three years in Latin and other studies* Ile then spent about a year in France. Returning to America, be received private tuition for two pears from Mr. Brooks, of Lancaster, Mass., aud entered the Junior class it IT--J hi 1S43, and graduated From college he n. The Mexican 1 *?d he became ? " .- :- ?. '.father. &...'*. . : : vu sayer*.! . *r{? . '? r?turn?iS i " reside*.. -'-e . ?>uen:.: . :t U...* . -r-, r M-Mfwq,Jj. ' ng to his father in Jt-rFsrsuh Mississippi, uni;. when ?e rt noved to a sugar esiate in the {?arish )f St. Charles, abottt twenty miles ibove New Orleans, where he was iving when the war broke out. In February, 1851, )ie married Miss Myrth Bringler, a lady of French extraction, ot an old and powerful Creole family, who died in 1S75, eaving him fhree daughters, who low reside in Winchester, Va., and laving lost four sons. With a fine nheritance lie enjoyed all the luxury >f lite ts a rich sugar planter and arge slave owner. Meanwhile he vas, of course, ptominent in politics, LS became every man of his social ailie in (he South in those days. Ile vas a State Senator for four years, hen a delegate to the Charleston Na ional Democratic Convention in I860, md afterwards that of Baltimore, ind was a member of the Secession invention of Louisiana in 18C0-GI. HIS EARLY WAR ItEfORP. The story of his pait in thc late var is entertainingly told in his book, low fresh from the pres*. Ile early nade up hij mind to " go with his itate" and, after assisting Governor Joore in organizing the miiitia, was ippointed colonel of the Ninth R'.'gi . nent ot' Louisiaua Volunteers in. ?une, 1S61, and sent with them to Virginia. The day he got to Rich nond he waited on the Secretary of War and informed him that he had a .egimeut thoroughly armed, equipped md ready for the field. " When will roo, be ready to start?" asked the Secretary. " In five minutes," re ?lied Taylor. But he did not get oil" intil daylight the next morning, and reached Manassas Junction at dusk >n that eventful day on which the jattle had been fought. Ilia rcgi aoaLremain^ljiyjthtliat army, and n the autucuT?ynir AT?T- r--^-.-?J to be a brigadier. In the spring ol' 1802 he led his brigade in the Valley campaign under Stonewall Jackson, and won distinction at Front Royal, Middletown, Winchester, Strasburg, Cross Keys and Port Republic. Gen eral Jackson gave his brigade a bat tery of artillery which they had cap tured as a reward for their gallantry, and recommended Taylor for promo tion. His next service was on the j j Peninsula, where he gained fresh _ laurels, although he was in poor health aud for awhile had to sit ii an ambulance and lead his troop into battle. His promotion to tl rank of major general came speedil whereupon he was assigned to t? command of the District ol' Louisia>. A partial paralysis delayed his* Barning the new command. Wm ' g he arrived in Louisiana he tdd j himself a general without army, ms or money. He went to work th vigor and despite obstacle.! iat | L seemed insurmountable soon Saja respectable following of troops,*!h- ? 0 ered piecemeal, and equip)/ " it1 p mainly by captures from the Offing . e forces in numerous small engagjjnts, | r until he had reclaimed the tf* ot j g Louisiana west of the Mfoppi w when Vicksburg feir, July, 1/. He J was then compelled to fall i> west w of Berwick Bay, but couti"! his p organization and added suclfei.gth tl to his army as to maintain threat- T ening attitude towards NeMeans p .nd keep a large Federa)1'T oe- n eupied.^'p^^^ 'tl ti a F w b ii t< ! Ci WHAT MADE IHM LIEUT-GENERA? NOT long afterward " Dick Taylor^' as he was now generally called, mad< himself famous by the signal defea of General N. J?. Banks, near Mans field, La.-an achievement wbi?.l] gave him his principal claim ta t place in history. In brief, it may?b< said that with S,000 men he attackw Banks' Federal army, said to hay* been 40,000 strong, and routed him, capturing twenty-two gum ancL:a large number of prisoners, vith b?g^ gage, munitions of war, etc/He pur-j sued Banks and again attacked biol at Pleasant Hill, a strong:position. Banks held on until night; and reJ treated under cover of darkness; O" -eral Tay] thon, - r r Sj I 1? Sift ii . . D mi : che Ir- <&S> ? ' -rrrr-r^": :. !0-\:\.lTp :.u i Lc *r:eeic, acvyever. rovirev^n ... ? : ... Pgrt| teri -.r the Confederate Govern^nt Taylor^ received the stars of aLieutenant General, the second gradin the Con federate army. He wasit once or dered to the command ethe Depart ment of Alabama an</Mississippi. All the fortified posts n the Missis sippi ri . er were held I the Feder als and their gunboats cfeely patrolled the river itself. He cfS3ed the roll ing Hood by night in ! small canoe, the horses swimming aingside. Sher man held Atlanta, iood lay some distance to the souiwest and the Southern coast was ? the hands of the Federals, exceptMobile, which was threatened by arragut. Gen eral Maury commaAed at Mobile, and here Taylor metiresident Davis and discussed the njilary situation fully and freely. Tylor had already sent Forrest with ?cavalry division into northeast Misspippi to interrupt Sherman's commutation with Nash ville. His own acount of what fol lowed is at once htorically interest ing and a fair speanen of his nerv ous style as a m?litry historian : " The closing senes of the great drama succeeded each other with startling rapidity.Sberman marched unopposed to th? sea. Hood was driven from Nashille across the Ten nessee and askeilo be relieved. As signed to this dty, I met him near Tupelo, North lississippi, and wit nessed the melacholy spectacle pre sented of a rcteating army-guns, ?inall arms air accoutrements lost, men without shes or blankets, and this in a wi ii te: of unusual severity for that latitude. Making oyery ?flbrt to re-eng.;) this force, I su?, *ested to Ge't al Lee, then com manding all the armies of the Con - \--wv lhat. ir. should . j-n-tve> SheriV'^; . ''" J ?*<*), ?ci,..--' ii.- Vm< ? ?? .ree" ..<". .. . ' . * \ ;;; .*'.>-a. *U. a iveu-? rr?<\-- f '- >.* command t)f F: . ? . V*.' rapidly tinough North J uauauia, seised ??elrua, and turning ast to Montgomery continued into leorgia. General Canby, command tig tlie Union annies in tbe South zest, advanced up the eastern shore f Mobile Bay and invested Spanish 'ort and Bia hely, important Cooled rate works in that quarter. After epulsing an assault General Maury, ii accordance with instructions, with rew his garrisons in the night to >Iol)ile and then evacuated the city, tilling back to Meridian, on the line f the. Mobile and Ohio Railroad. Jeneral Forrest was drawn in to the ame point, and tlie little army, less' hun S.000 of all arms, held in readi ness to discharge such duties as the ironing fortunes of the 'cause' and he bono: of its arms might demand." Geneini Taylor claimed to have uade tli? last surrender of Confed rate troops. This event occured at Jitron vii le, some forty miles north of Mobile, in the early days of May. .SOO, General Canby receiving his word. The story of that occurrence s pleasantly told by General Taylor n a coitribution to The Times "Anu ?ais of the War." He says ; " There he gnat war virtually ended. After his nit a hostile gun was fi. ed, and he aithority of the United States vas supreme in tho land." The cqn I uer el chieftain made his way to dobie, accompanied by a single aid, ?avirg to sell their horses to buy u-eat and meat. From Mobile he vent to New Orleans. It did not akehira long lo find ont that he was uiiiid in fortune and at lorty years ?f a^e must make a fresh start in ife. As soon as the field of politics vas open to ex-Confederates he re ined active participation in public iffars. lie went to Washington to ibtain permission io v-i=T*r-hro*~*^e(Lj riend Jeiferson Davis, then iu^ris Hi?n la roTtrcHM M-T rots, wh? \\[a.s icnnected with him by marjia&iHe iiuceeded, and an interesting p?^ of IF book is devoted to the s ?ry of bp interviews with President John m, Secretary Stanton, Thaddeus sevens, Charles Sumner andjither rominent men of the day bl this usiness. His polished pen was ipped in vitriol when he vcote of lese worthies of the war penni. In ie same year he figured jin the ohnsonian National Union ?bn.ven on, better known as the aAn-and rm convention, held in tffitfcily. 'or several years he was connected rith the public works of Louisiant, ut went abroad on private business i ISTo. His reception there ihiirh> )?rutic circles has scarcely an Ameri\ in parallel, except in the case oi< * liarles Sumner. . j HIS SOCIAL TRIUMPHS AB&O?T). ' 1 a He first gained notoriety" kt thejc london clubs by his admirable skill s a whist player. He was^a disciple f Hoyle and the older school of layers, and cared little for the'mod rn niceties of the game. His niimo y was wonderful, and he neveifor ot a card. The English club nen, 'ho had learned their science from ames Clay, Cavendish arid Pole, rere asto lished at this old-fashioned layer, who beat them in spile ot ?eir rules and formulas So Genend aylor's lame came to the ears of tne rince of Wales, who loves a rubber ext to-a-fc??^eHm^rrr?yi(l they mpt at ie Marlborough Club d?e night and .?r 1 m , J ni' jayed together. Thus began an in macy which endured to the last, [herever the Prince went, whether Sandringham for a whiff of rustic r, or to Scotland to stalk the deer, to the races at Ascot, or to the verity boat race on the Thames, t hither ha waa certain to invite Gen eral Taylor. He introduced him at rwirnlsor to the Queen, and the Queen 'waa so charmed with his company that she prayed him to p^ay for a week at the Castle. When the Prince went to India he invited General ?aylor to be one of the party. But ?he General preferred to stay in Lon don, and many a quiet rubber waa -played at the Marlborough Honse by I . . / ? Ga ' ri 1 - 1 (jitri'tbfe~:Anssrjc?? sybila the Pi in? RT- .iirh ty*&*- -' jaral fco* .'*>.;.>?.. ri ir. !;'..''??;: .. ' /.i: rao? iorses and rarest* ii?? he of tare prodii cess lay his wondertul tacuity ror De ing all things to all men. Whatever the topic of conversation might be that he would adapt himself. To men of a younger generation he was particularly charming. When the faster members of the Prince of Wales set would meet at the Marlborough he would discu?s coaches with Lord Carington, cock pheasants with Lord Aylesford and the latest horse race with Lord Charles Beresford. In the Park, with the Priucess and children, his manner was redolent of antique chivalry. At the Turf Club he would arrange handicaps with Admiral Rous and help Lord Rosebery make his book for the Newmarket meeting. At the Athenamm he would cross literary swords with Sir Charles Dilke, and at the United Service would discuss j military tactics with Sir Garnet Wolsely and Lord Napier of Mag- j dala. Nothing came amiss to him. George Otto Trevelyan, nephew of Lord Macaulay, read his ar ides in the North American Reviejo, and s$d there'was in him the stuff of a great military writer. Statesmen listened with delight to his disserta tions on the American Constitution. Von Moltke himself gave in his honor the dinner at which he met Prince Bismark. Everywhere he spread about him the charm of his personality, and nothing distinguish ed bira from the crowd of raconteurs more than this, that his conversation was never forced or out of place, never labored or prepared before hand, welling up naturally from the stores of a naturally rich mind. K SWEARING GENERAL AND A PRAY ING ONE. G bsfal Taylor's first re marka11 -. J .n the war wa^ in Stan/* M J '.?<- . ,. a famoui? i ?ut>a?gu o , *??U< y r.f V;rv.oift. V *? ? .?. ? i afeftna ii*?j. :-. .''-'?i - responded wit.". :' - .H ? MICH'S com wand. "Tr 1 X -ry ?anal Ive taken'' .'.oiv0.< Taylor y^i^uziRKieat admirer or Jackson, whom h?*ira?-^2ihed as a man given over to lemon suclmrg-----??^ prayers. On this occasion, riding on the fl mk of his column, between it and the hostile line, he saw Jackson ieside him. Taylor did not consider that this was the place for tue com mander of the army, and ventante to tell him so ; but he paid no atten tion to the remark. " We reached a shallow depression where the enemy could depress his guns," says General Taylor, " and his fire became close and fatal. Many men fell, and the whistling of shot and shell occasioned much ducking ol heads in the column. This annoyed me no little, as it was but child's play to the work immedi ately in hand Always an admirer o? delightful Uncle Toby, I had con tracted the most villainous habit of his beloved army in Flanders, and forgetting. Jackson's presence, ripped out: ' What the hell are you dodg ing for? If there, is any more of it you will be halted under this fire for an hour!' The sharp tones of a famil iar voice produced the desired effect, and the men looked as though they had Swallowed ramrods; but I shall never forget the reproachful surprise expressed in Jackson's face. He placed a hand on my shoulder, and said in a gentle voice. 'I am afraid yen are a wicked fellow,' turned and rode back to the pike." In 18T5 General Taylor became interested in the canvass of Mr. Til den for the Presidency, and probably did more than any other man to bring the South to his support. With the in; uguration of Mr. Hayes his pol i ti al zeal abated somewhat, and he has since spent most of his time at Winchester, where he has many frienda, wifh occasional visits to New York-and Washington. His book, "Destruction and Reconstruction," MLfaO pvmlmi rtLrmf n. fortnight aflQ^_Jt. is in some respects the most remarka ble of Confederate contributions to the history of the war. General Taylor was a man of profound schol firship, which gave his writings a fine finish, an 1 wielded a caustic pen, which he used unsparingly. He iriticised not only Union generals, but his own comrades above and be low him in rank without reserve and in language ? striking that it can bard ly fa v,e in the memory of he re? il ie warm friendship for letTer ^avis is shown all through ,he despite an almost painful if t to be impartial. Had he lived .his book would have provoked con roversy. This, however, would not lave been unwelcome to him ; he vas able to defend himself with the >en as well as with the sword, and iltliough a hard hitter in any sort of untest, his pen, like his sword, was ?ways wielded with knightly courte A Deadly Duel. GALVESTON, May 10.-The JVeivs las the following special from Sher nan : It is rumored this afternoon -tut a duel was fought between Wiley md Jacobs. Ten paces were stepped )?F. Both began firing revolvers, j 1 Wiley fell mortally wounded at the 1 third shot. He raised himself on his ' a ?How and sent a ball through Jacobs' } brun killing him instantly. Both * we>e cattle thieves. The quarrel was . fi Dveia division of spoils. 11 FENCE OR NO FENCE. [PUBLISHED BY REQUEST. MR. EDITOR:-Please allow rae s~ rt ;n your valn*Ms Daoer, to give L ".'R to four adera on thu i nt ?nd uvr . .a .f question feet :OW agitai immunity to . ... :5enl i ia u : '?. lenee or Do & . e t !<i ' ' een more i : i !.; .* rtj iieard the ii ..-: ii i eay that the dence Ipi ? o .. w wno was the greatest; i M-;- <'. r bad befallen Kw Aa ... eo?!e. I .?aid .tot him, ( pi ??5 ,: I v.v then? He-said fence '?i:. - . .. and the plantation -I.-. . ' Thjo-^ruvp Tm pi . :<eei.Tntroutiucxi . .*.? that can an ?viii rei -re us to our oriarjm nd greatness. Tl re ir ny r ca that CDuld b~ ?1 ii nr : i adoption by 0 ;. j . ter? and which I y will Di so consider, ral ' ' ?3 admitted by .?:' .: rent n i practical fal mers is . .!-:.':it number of rs . -, m fc? make a gcod pa Le stock, which would b . m?: -, k dons than to split a hi- -. . 1 ew >ails and repair ..- . . .,- stands,-and after i i'\nj rt made for the it v ?? the beginnin ? of titi ,iy take a short ti ipi ii put up a few new rij id pu . iock fence in com 7, U year. I would . ; ii take more than twej n . : .icfarmer to com i.. - and '.hen tne balance ;.- im'i . ? -kving time set in, hauling in litter ift?.trt A lot for horses ad louie? or cattle, one lor id --p ami goats. But trna wuui^ .. .t:v ;upy all the time. There could be some time spent in splitting a few rails and hauling in litter and making compost pens; and in a few years he can make his land rich and do away with the present abominable practice of using com mercial fertilizers, which are a curse and will ever be whilst our farmers continue to use them instead of our domestic manures. Another great advantage that will accrue to our farmersif the next Leg islature will adopt the stock fence is this: our old f?elas and wood lands i will soon grow upin a thick and dense " ? - , . ' our land? improve ?li ... tb ? ngia taken from :.' t< % v...-- le is left lo ../k:'-ne.' . .' \ .; il. I will - :.?. ..?, .. "d\?ni! ----- ''kc?<%-'> ?.'^ . -*= " iorW.<-*. ' ..' i.- .-iamp and moist ,.r-? "n consequence o? ii?. shaded condition," Che clouds p'ass" over and disgorge their watery bow _els on the surrounding plantations, bunrTnr-'^J.uare. barren and sterile, the sun's rays would drive these clouds higher and higher until they were driven far away to some water course or damp country to again dis gorge themselves of their watery fluid. In this way our farmers would be amply enumerated, their lands producing four-fold. But there is another grand consideration about this stock fence; there would be no cause for burning of woods and old fields, by those that own no land, for the purpose of having early grass for the cattle to graze on, as ?ll would be required to be in some pasture. . Before I close this communication, allow me to advert to some of ' Ger manville's" objections to the stock fence law. He says go where you" will, the stock law is the chief topic. He says they have a right to com plain for numerous reasons: 1st, our Linds are not adapted to pasturage. 2d, the expense which would neces sarily accrue from making and pre paring pasture, digging for water, etc., would be very grievous. 1 would enquire of Germanville, how the people in that township rais ed stock heretofore? As they have no pasture land, the inference is drawn that they must raise their stock in the lots and stables. This objection is quite thin. His second objection is equally as thin as the first, for in the time he tak ;8 in re pairing all his plantation, he could take enough of the sound old rails and make his pasture with much less expense. I will admit that there will be some farms that will not have the advantages that others have, but to use Germanville's own weapon, would it be right for a few farms thus situated without water,4o~o?ft*J trol a whole community?"! wouldsaysS to those that are thus situated with out water, that they can do as they do in the praries; when they arart scarce of water they throw up small! dirt dams across ravines and hollows ? in the winter seasons of the year, and dam the water in ponds and it will last from rain to rain, affording sufficient supply for stock during the whole summer unless in excessi drouth, and the stock will much fer it to clear running water. His third objection is that ture for cattle, a pasture for ho a pasture for sheep, expensive than the present would enquire of German\ does he want with so many Does not his stock run at la why could they not run tog pasture as they had been run together. This obje not do. His fourth objection is s one side of the road and >nthe other side, and that i ?ecessary to build a lane ind make two gates. Th [ think is equally grou -hird. He enid easily ind if his stables we ind he lived on neigh ie could turn the rc ot and stable; but sh I public highway and f )ensive to move his lot ie could petition the conn ioners to change the ro ii? lot the same "as in the c i il ?? K fit li \