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% ft the Lancaster CeDQer. VOLUME XV. LANCASTER C. H., S. C., JUNE 27, 1866. NUMBER 20. my Mother's Voice ' Thara'a twuaic tit tha autumn wind, Around tha dnppiug eavaa; ' And wbara ita pinion* atop to pi*y, Among tha fal.an laatet. t ThafVa niu*ic in tha rivar'a flow, f Along tba pebbly ahora, r Whan. all .tha wind* hate gone to tlcep, And bougha awayad no mora. ' Yhera'e muiic ia the ciicket'i tig I hear through availing ahade, An<1 in th? low dietant herd*, Returning from th? glade. I There's music tu lh? lionaehold touaa I Thai graat the aad or gay, And in tha latigh of innocence Uajoicing in its play. But there's muaic aw cater far Iu memory than line?? 'The muaic of n.y mother'* voice Now iu the land ol hlies. A tnucic time may n?vor atili?1 I hear it ix my die i??, \Vhen all the foiid|?aa9 of her faco Once more open me beama. I know not What the A ngela hear, In mansion* In the ekiua? Rut thei e ia not a sound au carta Lilt* mother's gentle voioe. Tke tears are in my clouded eye, And eadneee in my brain, WaliiM mliianwrt ta mv h?*rt_ " ? ?J * 8hc wilt uut roue agalu. A Mother I oh, when abe departs, Her life i? never known ; The reeoide of affortiou apeak Of only, only on* 1 And brighter will that record grow Through all the changing yeara? ' The oflontr to the lip ia preaaed The cup of aorrew'a tears. -F The Triumph of Love iu Death. Ws forget whet book it was in, Many years age, that we read the story of a lover who v&a to wia bia miatresa by car tying liar to thn- top cf mountain, and b?>w l a di/i win \*mf. \V? think tha aclna *ai in Rwitzvrland; bit lha mountain though biedi aoongb to tax hia alout hvart to thn ntuioat, rouat bava i>a?D among ilia lowaat. Lai ua fancy it a good, lofty bill in lha lummar lima. It waa, at any rata, ao nigh that tha falSar af lha lady, a proud tiobiaman, thought it iinpoaa.Ua for a toung maa ao btirdanad, !o acala it. For tbia raaaon aloaa, in acorn ha bada hiua do it, and bit daughtar ahou'.d ha hit. Tha paaaaotry aaamib1{d ia tha valla; la wilnaaa ao extraordinary a tight. That haeaeured tha mouniaia with ikwir ?yw they communed with on* another aer hook their IiwmJ?, but all admired th< young ma* ; and torn* of hie f*l|owi looking at .their in:?tr?Mf thought the; could do at much. The father, on horee back, apart and euUpn, repeated that h bed subjected hie daughter eren to tb ebow. oTeuoli a hazard, but he thought i Would teach hie iaferinre a leeeon. The young man, ('.h* eon of a ema land proprietor, who had eons* prater iloal to wealth, though none to nobIut etood respectfully looking but confident rejoicing in hie heart that he ehould ?i *a mietreer, though at tha coet of a nob paie,.which ha eeuld hardly thii.k of i ft peia; eoneidering' who it wee he wae carry If ke died for it, bo ehould leaat have bad her in hie arm*, and be' looked her in the face. To elaap her p< Con in that manner wae e pleaeure I contemplated with eueb traaeporte ae knowe only to real loeere; for none oth laow how reepect hightene tL* jay of d ~ - * f.l- * . 1 It . peering wun lormamy, ana enaouiae a * Bikn grateful the reaped, i Tbe lady etood l?y iba aide of bar IW, fata, deeiroua a ad dreading. S thought her later would tureead, but < ly because aba thought him atary w a I t_? .t L !- _ _ - - * M m? nooevi ot nil mi | iihi iiiri poini v ?si too mucb for hi* atroagib aad tali drMl (<|n tamo ortr bar, Hi?r(b?l( Hbo know aot what might happen ! i ohanooa com moo to oil. 8h? folt 1 billorooaa of being boraolf tho burden him and tbo task ; aba darad aot laok bar fatlmr aor tbo tnoantaia. 8bo 6) l?or 070a on tbo (road, (which, aerart tear, oho bolold not) aad row,ob bar hi and bor Soger'a aotl?, which abo doab tp toward bor wltb a protaaeo?ibo o Sacaptioa abo bad oror aood. Oaot v ft L wice * daughter or mother slipped out f the crowd, and coming up lo her, not. lilhetanding their fears of their Lord ( Woo, kitted the hand the kue* Dot . that to do with.* ( The father said, "Now put en end to bit mummery.** The loter turned pete or lb# 6nt time and took up the lady.? fhe spectators rejoiced to tea the manner n which be moved off, slow but secure, is if encouraging bis mistress. They mount tbt hill ; they proceed well ; be bnlta an instant betore be gets midway,, and seems to refuse something \ then he | exceeds at a quicker rale, and now, being | at the midway point, shifts the lady from 3ne side to the other. The spectators give a great shout. The llaron, with an a r ?<f indifference, biles the tip of bis geuptlett, and then casts on them the air of rebuke, At '.he rbout the lover restim ed his way. Slow, but not feeble in his step, yet it grows slower lie steps again and they think they see the lady kiss him on the forehead. The women began to tremble, but the wen eay be will he victorious. He resutrea again; be is half way between the middle and the top ; he rushes, lie stops, JMetagcers, but does not fall; soothe/shout frotn the men, and ha Vesumes once more; two thirds of tha remaining part of the'way are conquered. They are certain lbs lady kissed bit fore kead a.id eyea. I if t 1 The women burst Into tears, and the stouiest tnen turned pale. lie ascended alower than ever, but teems to be more sura"; lie halts, out It la only ?o piani ma loot to go on again, and tliUa ha picks hi* way, planting Ilia foot on avary step, and i tb*n gaining ground With an effort. 7'he lady lifts up her arms as if to ligk'sn b;m ; b* step*, ba struggles, and moves ad* ways, taking vary litils stsps, and bringing ona foot avary lima closa to tba otbar. Now ha ia all but an tha top ; ba halts again, ha ia filed, ba staggar*. a groan goaa through lha multitude; eud aen'y ha turns full from toward tbs lop; it is luckily almost laval; be staggers but it is forward. Yes, avary limb ia tlx miiWit iida m ? W ? ? a movement as if to **< itI him ; , at Uat ha it on tha top aad down he fallt with bit hurdan. At unormnut thoul?ha hat wan ! JNow In hat a riff hi lo Parana hit mistreat, and tin it caratting hire, for naithar af lham ga up. If aha hat fain tad, it ia with joj and in hit arret. Tha Haron put apura to hia horaa, th crowd following hire; haif-waj up ha i obliged to dismount, the? ascend the hi r together, tha crowd tilant and happv, th Baron ratdjr to hurat with thtma an I impatianca Thav reach tha lop; th I I >vars ara faca to faca on tha ground, th |adj clamping him with both arma, hia Ij (nre on |Ma. f ** "Traitor !' exc'airnsd the Baron, "lb?i ^ hast practical this fsat bafora on purpoi ^ ta deceive me. Arias !" "Tau cannot expert it, air,'1 said a wr toy pian who was rich enough to epei II his mind mpsan himself might lal ( hit raat afiar such a daad I" % , ' Part thstn !** said the Baran. Several persona want up, not to pi J them, but to congratulate and ksap tlx I, together. These people look close ; th kneel down and bend as ear ; thaj bu tbair faces aa them. 10 "God fprbid tbay should aver be ps ad mora," said a venerable man, "ih >r can navar be " Ha turned hie old fi Ij# streaming with tears and looked at I Baroa J "Sir, they are dead I" er Atr exchange ssya a good joke ia t " of aa ex-officer who flgurad in the C federate army to th? extant of th wreathed stare ea his cel)ar. A frit -- ? ' - .1- - .s a .L.S ' rtmnkM 10 mm on inn iuhi, inn ibn had haard ao and ao said of liina i an wiahnd to know if it Wan a truthful ati ? mast. "Wall, if a aagro told you tl ha ia simply miataknn : hot, air, if it 1 n? a whit* in a a ha is liar.** '**- Uocla Sam bad a naif hbar whn wa lha |ha bahit of working ? liaaday, hut a a whila kajoinad Aha church. Ona lo ha mat a miniatar to wboaa cbursh-bs ' loe gad,'Wall, Uocla Asa,* aaid ha, tad you aaa any diffaraaea ia Mr. P. shift ba- j^iaad tba church I' 'Oh, yaa.' |Mj UnelaSam, 'a grant diffaraaea. Hal . , wbaa ba wsut aut to Aiaad bia 'anna Banday, ba sarrisd his sis oa his ahoa! '7 hat ao* ba aarrias it uodtr his < I or coat,' The Stay Lavr. I At a public naowling held at Fickana Court ilouaa, raceailj, (ho following pro amblo and roaolutiona w#re panaod. Ilia ^ videht from the apirit of (bo procoadiaga that tho aulject will bo brought apatlbo nfi! aaiaiun of tho Larialatura : 0 Whtrta$, The melancholy ami most * unfurt 11 u Mia result of our lata haUigera i,cy I haa left tlia people of aur State in a con ' dition of unprecedented proatration and ,'uin : and whereat, in consequence there ' of insolvency almost universal, with all its diraful and heart rending surroundings, ' pervades our land ; and whereat, the ' general precipitation of auits at law for lha collection of dabia, at foreshadowed by lha lata decision of tha Court of Errors, on tha stay law, would unquestionably revolutionize our population, and sink our peopla ta a depth of misery, desolation and pauperism, unparalleled in the his* torv of the werld } find whereat, by reason of the great scarcity of money and the immense amount which would be thrown into market, property sold by Sheriff's would change owners at nominal price*, not reneh'ug in thousands of casta the debts for which sold, ami thereby blasting tha hopes of both creditor and debtor; and whereat, it is the manifest obligation and policy of our government to maintain tha general welfare ef the people, and ita sspeciel duty at thia crisis to preserve the integrity of Southern citizenship. There* for*, uo it Resolved, Thai tlia Lagiilature ahoulj he touveued at lb* oarlloat day practice bio. Resolved, Tbal declaiming orery fool, ing nn<J principle of dictation, wo novon ibeleaa matt *arn*ailt entreat our follow citixono lb roil >. bout tbo Stalo, tocoeperato with ua promptly in our efTnrla to ' r**cuo our pe >p1e from lit* dopth of do> gradation and uttor ruia ?o imminent and low impending. Resolved, That w* ?ara?itly rroom I rooad to debtor* ll.o import one* of proi i cetding at onra to nv?ke arrangnmonta . with eradiinrs to atttl* or arrange in tome am<caM* wav, without auit, thoir indobt? t odiieaa ; and that w* regard it at llio R dot* and oldigatioo ot cieditora to b* aa I loniont aa prmible, and, if in thair power, l onablo our cilizono to diaehargo thair iadohladnoas and rotaia their poaitiio aa cititona. ' Resolved, That tha proeo*dinga of this ft m??tin? () published i.i ilia ''Kaowra II Courierami that tha popart of iht a Stain b? rtquaatad to copy. ^ RtsolctJ, That tha Sacratary ba rn quasteii to prapara and forward to IIit * Kxcalianrv tha Gotarnar a aopj of oui fm procaadinga. On motion, tha matting adjournad t< >u maat again on Saladav in JuIt next. ** F. N. GAUV1N. Chairman. Hob t A Tbompsos, Sac'ty. 'k Awful VisiUtion.' L a Wa find tha following Moaongat tha a< lactiona of tha Dublin Nation, April 28 A rorrtftDondent arnda ua tha follow in lrl rsmarkahl* Qarralivs : A malancbolv ii >m stanr* of tho datigar of takiog Go.| *r nam* in tain has ocearrad at Rrightoi England. A faw day* Kgn.aa torn* bo; war* playing togstbsr ia a court loadir rl' out of Edward alrast, in that torn., a di #T put* took plaeo kstwsan tksni about tl IC* aumhtr of "notchsa" on a of thatn, a Ii ' * nimtd Richards, had taada whilst pla ing "cat and dog." Richards daelar tiiat ha had rcorod mors than his eoi panions gars bins crsdit for, and bi| f(| words and bad languags wars indulg ind '? en ' nR1'1 R'char flaw into a violent passion and acclaim* knd '"May God sinks tn? blind if I kars i mads mors thaa twsnty ,H lis had scar *mi* I? ut orsd tho adjuration wbtn hs tkr Ml ... _ . up bit irmi and txclaimad, ~Uh, 1 at tta 1" and btggtd ?I hit comptciont a |B load bin boat. Thit wtt immtdiai ftfr don a, tod oo txtatittiioo it wtt fou thatathiek film badovtrtprtadbitaji , torn plainly tbtUtctitg tht tight. It t 'do pititblt eotditioo bt btt rtmtiotd t ht tioct, tod tbtrt it litilt or ? bopt of aid rttoTtritg* bit tight*. Tit tfhir r?r#' otottd eontidtrtblt txtiltuifit it ttigbborbood it tbitb tht teeorrt >f#r! took placa. Richardt it only tkirt yaar* of ago. L Sad Circumstance at Bamberg. Biuocno, S. C R R, June 6. ^ Editor Charleston Daily Ntits : Thia evening, between three aod four ( 'clock, a terrific eloud aroee in the went, iCCompanied by a faarful tornado, which ^ wept through our village, demolishing ^ iverv'hing in its track, tree*, Ac. aad itrikmg the building of the Allen Lodge, it tint tmie lined as a school room by Mr Robert Seabrook and hie sister, coin* ' pletely destroved it, burying under it# ruins seven of tli unfortunate children who belonged to (be ecbool. It seem* that the children were having a little party among themselves, and were just in the act of preparing eome refreshment*, when the tornado atruck the building, demolishing it alreoat in stantaneoualy, crushing to death those who were unable to get out. Through the presence of mind of some of the larger hoye, several of the children escaped, who would olborwise hare undoubtedly been lost. The names of thoee who were loet are aa follows; Angus Brabham, aon of Major J. J. Brabham ; Ilattie Brehham, daughter of Mr. Hampton Brabham *, Rnphraaia Huffman, daughter of Mr. C. G Huffman ; K'more Sanders, aon of Mt. Jabez Sanders; Charlie Simmons, only son ?f Mr A E Simmons ; Urhanna Rente, daughter of Mra. Kmma Rente, j recently of Orangeburg. Village, aid Charles Stewart, aor. of Mr ITanaefurd Stewart, besides several other* more or lets seriouslv injured, including the eldest son of Mr. William Rennelt. who wai severely cut on the bead by to.ee of the I flying timber. Thti# At on* blow. baa #ur town been plunged in tb* deepest gloom by on# of tb* raoat Awful visitations that has ater ccurred Among ua. Had it b?*n gr#wn m*n or women, if would hav# been auffi eientl* Appalling ; but to see ao man* lit tl# mangled And life!#** bodies bleeding ot one*, waa almost mora than th# human heart could bear. Reply to the Application for B til. At a part of th# record of th# trial o Mr. I)a*is, w* subjoin ihs rap'* of Judgr Underwood to th# Application f#r r#lea*> f the prisoner on bail: ( I ha*? considered tb# Application mad ( by'Mr Shea, of coun?el. t# admit Jailer eon Da*it to hail Under th# circumetancee, th# applies tion might liar# been more proper! mad# to me when recently holding th Circuit Court At Richmond. But, undei th# law, it may douht!#< ba mala alio in vacation, and I wi brirflv atata my viawa of it and my coi eluaiona : la tha Stataa which wars lataly in a tiva rabalhoa, military jurisdiction ia at ax?rciaad and martial law aoforead. 1 Tha eivil aathoritiaa, Slata and Fnda * al, hava baan rvquirrd or parmittad * raauma, partially, lhair roapactiva fun 1 lion*, but tha 1'rasidaot, aaConimandi * in-Chiaf, atill eontro'.a tbair action ia I "? aa ha thiuka such control aacaaaary to ? ci6eation and raatoration. 'K In holding tha Diairict and Circ *' Courta of Virginia, I hava uniformly J* cognizad tbia condition. ld Jaffaraon Davit wae arraatad undar -f proclamation of tha Praaidaat, chtrgi him with complicity id tba aaaaaainati 11 of the lata Praaidant Lineoln. Ha I ^ barn hald ovar ainca, ahd ianow bald *? a military priaoaar. Ha ia Dot and na l'? haa baao io tba euatady of tha Uara1 for lha Dia'rici af Virgiaia, and ha ia r ,o1 tharafara, within tha powar of tba eoui ca Whila thia condition ramaiaa, no j ew poaiiion for bail Can ba proparly an ?<t I do ont ?*iah to indicata i nt proiabla a^ton, undf? eircuraMna la JOHN 0. UNDERWOOD, '7 Dinrict Judga ad Ataiaadria, Juna 11, 1866. ?, ? l,i, Tha pompaua apuapfc of a e'o<? fli ?er eitit?n eloaad with the followiag paaa h,fc of Heriptura : bu "Ha that givath lo tha paar, laac tba ta tha Lord.** oaa "Dat nay ba," aolileqaiaad San aaa "bat whaa dat maa diad, da Lard did a art Lin a rad oaau" Beautiful. The following extract from Pretidant uhnaon't add rets at tba inauguration of 7 lia toldiere* and tailor*' fair, in Watb* bi ngton city, it to beautiful, that it will S oucb every patriotic heart: "We new rejoice that th# land it no t< onger to be drenched by fraternal blood, i o lie would not reiopen the wounda and * nake thetn bleed afresh ; that was tli? n work of tlie war and contest and struggle, * growing oat of mistaken apprehensions, c Yours is the work of peace; to peur the ? balm that healing may take place ; and t what is more proper to that end than to > take up the destitute orphan* and educate i them! ' lie looked next on the other tide, i and wkal did he sea! A rebel soldier belonging to such a regiinsnt. The strife i had ended; the contest had ceased, and I there was peace. When tbey we'i in the fieiJ, engaged in sttife, it was war ; j now ther sleep iu alternate graves, wh'le I it it peace, and let peace do its work.? Ue trusted our country and Government would be ble?sed with psace, and that confidence and respect for one another everywhere would he restored , that those warring and disturbing elements which separatad and divided us in the past may pass away. lis trusted, too, that the asylum which it was proposed to establish might be exteusive enough to bless all the orphans. We should not inquire what made them orphans. Charily doth thus behave?they are human beings, and da serve your protection, kindness and iostruc lion." Late from Brazil?Letter from ty rs n a p u. vx. uuiucr, t>sc|. A Utter written by lbirt gentleman in Rio dn Jane<ro, March 20:h, has benn received in Montgomery. The following extracts will bo found interesting: "I mil pleased with nur move. 7 have examined lands in the provinces of Balna i Esperitu, Santas, Rio d? Janeiro, and will soon go to look st San Paulo. It is no trouble to get lends sud cheap, but theie > is such s variety of productions and climates that I will look well before settling. In latitude 15 3outii* I am offered tbres leagues of land, eight miles from the sea 1 on a river (s league here is 10,700 acres) p twenty six slaves, and all the crop and stock for fc 17.000. I have found men s here who would losn me the money tc buy whenever I decide where I wisli t< locale The price of land varies from oni n cent to twenty dollars per acre. I lik< v the people, their gevernmeiit and thei s rrlitiion. ami whenever I nettle I will writi J , - stud invite you to bring jour family em ?i etej a year or two. ll you ever fin II yourself under the necessity of pleiitin a for a living don't hesitate one minute I Come to ihia empire?the people live be ter, on leaa work than in any other ian ill on earth. I ahell be a BneziiliaO in few deje by special legislation. Tha pa " pie, I mean the aativea are poli'.a an lo exceedingly kind, and anxioua lo inJui ic? cotton grower*, and arlizana and naan >r facturere lo settle here. Several of tl ar provinces are preparing to build houa -a* and to tend abipa South for emigrants. rt?i . I . t TL !. , I u%J n#?d nui ipht 10 corao, i nmrm i? i *'l place here they will fail to do well in.' Some Southernsra are bujiDg land St. Paulo. * "Give my kind regards to your fam ?g and all who yeu know would be glad IOB hear from me?(to all otbera I am dead *? Accept the assurance ae That 1 ana etill, ver O. G. GUNTER, lot, Thb Ihvluexcc or Louie Napolk rt ?Aa an evidence of tbe power wielc ifo l4r. by Napoleon III, in the affairs ofKuio *ny the London Tiinee, of Hay 92, eaye : CM> "An intimation from the Emperoi t> the French, that he ie in earnest oppo to the war, and will take a definite i intelligible course immediately age >t*d the firat aggressor on its breaking go would have more effect than the del' ratione of eny European Congress, lath have bo doubt that he poseeesed the p er, had be chosen to use it, to prevent nbo, storm. It may be e question whsth I net hat not eow acquired dimensions w even hie skill U unable to subdue." Don't Sell Your Lands. We reproduce from tbe Richmond 'imii, of the 30ib ult, tbe following rief but excellent piece of advice to outhern proprietors : l>?1 do southern proprietor oe in nasi* > tell bis land. Our lauds and our honr constitute about the only property of alue left us by the war, and there are ot wanting men who would bare us part nth both upon terms too dear to be ae* eptable. lligb taxes, bard times, disgust vilh freedmen, and with the revolution in be agriculture of the South, will probably Irive many of our people to hasty aid ncopeiderable sacrifices oftbeir real estate, Mirh a course would be eminently unwise snd imprudent. Tins, of all times, is the worst period to sell, because land is araa* singly cheap everywhere, but is not des? lined to contiuue so. The very fact of the cheapness of our lands will soon in* augurate a desire to obtain them, which, * stimulating competition from increased demand, will enhance their value. x More* over, the prospect of a European war wjll vastly increase the flood of immigration to this country ; for those foreigners kaow what war is, and tens of thousands will seek to escape it. Most of these iranii* grant* will bring witb tliem some money, which they never fail to invest in a little farm, cultivated on the European a^atens. The Test Oath. In the U. S. Court at Richmond, on the Oib instant, John H. Gilmer, Esq-, an attorney at the bar of Virginia, renewed no application previously made, to resum* practice in that court. The language of Judge Underwood in reply, waa a singular piece of judicial ruling. He said t "That hs knew it to be in costempla* lion by some of the most radical men in Congress to repeal tb# disqualifying Act of January, 1364, and was of the opinion that the Act would be repealed before the adjournment of the present Congrats, ft. rui.^l has beeo stronrlv ur?ed unon Congress bya majority of the Supreme ' C 'urt. Inasmuch as this questioe has 1 be?*u very ably argued during the past winter, and reargued before the Supreme I Court of the United States, lie felt great I delicacy in undertaking to go farther than 1 to simply acquiesce in whatever couree > the gentlemen of the bar were disposed ' to take. There would be no departure 1 from the usual course on the part of thie * Court,unless an objection should be mads} r but he hoped that no objsction would be * made at this time, believing that the Act 1 would soon be repealed. He eteted die. tinctly, tbnt be would not object to any it ..niUintn nracticiaw in bis Court, who ? bad formerly been eccuetemed to do eo. 1 Mr.Gilmer said that tbie rii all that d he desired, end tbet he should practice in * the Court in the usual manner." 0* ! - ld An Opinion About Fighting. We clip the following from Qeoeral U D. LI. Hill's new Magazine, ''The Land '* We Aoi'#." A general officer riding aloae two days after the retreat of Bura* aide, stopped to warm at a fire where a wrooD ol Cobb's bricade. which had da-' ? I *"~~r " , 4 fended the etonowall, was Iving down m >D all the lialleesneta of the abandon after a fight. The officer had on a common * aoldier'a overcoat, and waa welcomed aan cavalryman to the fireside. A country ' lad, a farmer boy at home, gave bim a graphic deacriplion of the fierce assault and terrible repulae, in hie own simple atyle, ending hia narrative with hie in* )9 genioua commeate upon fighting in gen* lad hearn m*Q *A7 that they were apilin for a fight, but I never did' apile for a fight. Stranger fve been ia a?erv fierht with mv resimeot, but I aevev of did like fighting. But wban wa was kill* ?ed log litem Yankaet ao purty babied that tnd art wall, and Ibay wasn't hurting es, I inst was rala sorry to sea 'am run. And I out tall you, Mr. Stuart's man, that was tha iha* only lima I afar did lika fighting." Wa Mr. Stuart's inan tbankad him for his ow. narrative, mounted and roda on, reflect" the ir.g upon certain furious war speeches ha ar it bad beard from man whose warlike ear bich ploila in the field bad aot yet become tha theme of poetry and of soog. \