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Vol. IX. WEDNESDAY MORNING, JANUARY 22, 1873. No. 3. THE HERALD IS PUBLISHED fi Tewbeiry lK., BY THO. F. GRENEKER, EditoradProprietor. TharfalT n Adrance. :Ihdper is stopped at the expiration of t ime for w 'bhit is paud. V- The M mark denotes expiration of sub scription. C. M. HARRIS, Cabinet Maker &Undertaker. H4m mia hand and will make to order, Bed st"a's 'as, Wardrobes, Safes, Sofas, Settees, Lounges, &c. Cabinet Work of all kinds made and re paired on liberal terms. Has on hand a full supply of Metalic, Ma hogany and Rosewood Burial Cases. Coffins made. to order at short notice, and hearse supplied. Oct 940 tp. MARTIN HARRIS. The Oldest and Best of the Eclectie." 1873. Eclectic Magazine. tr SUBSCRIBE NOW ! JP W tht ber,f r Jauary,the ECLECTIC -th year. It gleanath ch entfeid of foreign pea ofrerC. The best SCIENTIFIC ARTICLES. The best ESSAYS. The best REVIEWS. The best CRITICISMS. The bestL JTVERAPHICAL-SZETCHES. The best*MLS. The best FsHORT STORIES. The best POES. The best MISCELLANIES. The fnest STEEL ENGRAVINGS. E CLECMIC is to be instructive wit~ iedetentaining without be ing triviai. Readers who seek instruction as well as amusement should give it a trial. Terms, $5 a year; Single Copies, 45 cents. Liberal terms to clubs. ThetECLECTIC will be sent with any other periodical at lowest club rtes. Address, - :1.. F. RX- RELroN, ftuber. Dec. 11,40-. U6 FWiton Street, New York X. -I This Magazine is now en tering on uits sixth year, and is recommended as being the cheapest Musi cal publication in the world. It is issued on the fifteenth of each month, and contains in every number at least Four Dollars' worth of choice new Music, such as UICAL Songs, D u e t s, Choruses, Polkas, Waltzes, Galops, Marches, Fantasies. Four-Hand.Pieces, etc., by such authors as Kinkel, Hays, Thomas, Danks, Strauss, Stewart, Abt, Kucken, Wyman, etc., etc. Peters' Musical Monthly M N HL must be seen to be appre-MONTHLY clated, I A0 * mentor you,to test Its value, W oft oz the sdx numbers July to D ,em*r 7!2:-for One Dollar. Think of Piecies of choice new- Mus* forW1, taii remember that you can get .48 Worth of Music for $3, by subscribing to Peters' Musical Monthly for the year1873. Single numbers sent, post paid, for 30 cents. Address, J.Li. P ETE RS, 599 Broadway, New York. Nov. 20, 47-3m. Columbia Female College, COLUMBIA, S. C., WILL be opened on January 1st, writh a * full corps of experienced Teachers. Rates for Scholastic year-half-yearly in * advance. Board, including Wash' ag, Lights and Fuel, together with Tuition in Regular * College Course, pcr Scholastic Year of nine months, $225.00. For Circular address, REV. SAMUEL B. JONES, Pres't., VI Gare of "Christian Neighbor," GOOD BRICKS I 400,000 BRICKS FOR SALE At the Brick Yard OF E. H. CHRISTTAN. Oct. 25, 43-tf. .Free Transportation. WE are prepared to grind from one to one hunidred and fifty bushels Corn per day, aud will furnish free transportation of their grain to and from our mill for our patrons free of charge. WEBB, JONES & PARKER. A p. 1, 16-tf. shMetallc Buial Cases, THE SUBSCRIBER has constantly or: hand a full assortment of the abovo approved cases, of different patterns, besides coffins of his own make, all of which he is prepared to furnish at very reasonable rates, with: promptness and despatch. Persons desirous of having cases sent by railroad will have them sent free of charge. A Hearse is always on hand and will be furnished at the rate of $10 per day. Thankful for past patronage, the sub scriber respectfully asks for a continuation of the same, and assures the public that no effort on his part will be sparr^ to render the utmost satisfaction. A. C. CHA2'MAN Newberry S. 0., July 31. RESTAURANT. BAKERY. The undersigned respectfully informs the public that she is now prepared to furnish Meals-Fish, Oysters, &c., Every Day, and at all Hours. Also, Bread, Cakes, Pies, Wigs and Rolls, Fresh Every Day. Nov 13, 48 LATE SHODAIR. PROFESSIONAL. DR. C. W. ABNEY Offers his services to the community at large. Office opposite C0I. Win. F. Nance's residence, next door above A. R. Church, formerly occupied by Dr. T. W. Thompson, deceased. July 31, 31-tf. DR. H. BAER, WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DRUG GIST, NO. 131 MEETING STREET, CHARLESTON, S. C. May 3, 1S-tf. A MATIN LAY. Hark ! All the woodiand rings Joyous with Song-; Roses the morning flings Pearl-clouds alone. When shuts thy lattice, dear, My sun is set, And until thou appear, Day is not yet. With thee all good things wake; Harm from thee flies, As reptiles haunt the brake Till the day dies. Thou, to my heart alne Bringest delight ; O'er it when thou art gone Falleth the night. Flashing the reaper's scythe G*ints in the sun; Flocks o'er the meadows blithe Gambol and run ; Bright buds to tempt thine eyes Smiling expand ; Fruits clad in summer dyes Wait but thy hand. Sweet though the lute may be, Touched not, 'tis mute; Waiting thy minstrelsy, My heart's the lute. Thoughts that, bereft of words, There silent throng, Do thou but wake the chords, Burst into song. MURDER WILL OUT. BY TRUANT. "Eight bells. Call the watch.' "Ay, ay, sir," answered the boat swain's mate, who executed the order in a short space of time, for he and the watch on deck were worn out, having been busy hand ling and trimming sail. This occurred on board a United States sloop-of-war, which we will call the Nantilus, one stormy night in December of 1863, as she stood off and on in the neighbor hood of Frying-pan Shoals, wait. ing for daylight, to run up to the flagship and report. her arrival. She bad just been put in commis sion and ordered to report for du ty to the Admiral of the North Atlantic Blockading Squadron. From. hermsin-truck to the keel bolts she was new, and consequent ly her crew were worked harder to handle her than they otheiwise would be. She was officered with the in tent of performing off-shore duty, and was afterward known as a first-class ship for paper-collar sail rs to emigrate from. Command er Schufeldt, our captain, had seen some eighteen years' service, and lately had acted as Professor of athematics at Annapolis. Lieu tenant Commander Jones. our ex ecutive officer, was but a few years ehind the captain in service, and as known to the Department at Washington as just the man to reak in the now ship and her rew ; while our sailing master mjoye.d the reputation of being ar excellence in his line of duties. The remainder of the watch offi e:s were all acting volunteers, among whom aas the writer, in the capacity of ensign. Nothing of importance had oc urred during our passage until his morning watch, when at twc ells I found it necessary to "gc n stays," or in other words, to ring the ship to the wind and tand off shore. 1 gave some cau ionary commands to the captains f the tops, and then turned my attention to the wheel. While he vessel was swinging, and be. fore I could give the necessary ommands in such a case, I was startled by the cry of "Man over board !" I[ instantly ordered the elm up, the head sheets to the windward, and directed the quar ter-master to drop one of the pat nt fire buoys attached to the stern. By its light we could just see the head and arms of the lost sailor in an attitude of supplica tion for help, but so distant that it precluded the possibility of his keeping afloat until the boat reach ed him. Captain Schufeldt now~ :ame on deck, and directed the en gineer to spread his fires (they were "banked," in obedience to general order from the depart ment), and make steam, and I was to stand in the direction of our boat, fire an occasional blue light and to see the propeller gear all n readiness to put the ship under steam power. (Our ship war igged with a propeller-wheel by which we could raise the propeller :ut of water, and thus, when un. :er sail alone, make better head. way.) The engineer reportec steam, and I that everything was in readiness. The captain now~ took the bridge and pulled the bell -one, to go ahead slow. The en: ine had made but t-wo or three evolutions, when the next blue light showed us our cutter righ under the bows. The bell was pulled to stop, and back instantly but the engine refused to revolve and we struck our boat fair with :ur stern, and literally run her under. Everything now was confusiot wno cnnfonnded, nntil the nap tain, yelling through his trumpet and with a drawn revolver, threat ened death to the first man who should break silence. This had the desired effect, and in the hill all boats were called away. Two only out of eleven of the cutter's cre~w were rescued, the others hav ing gone down where she struck. One of those who were saved, the coxswain, was a dark, s.varthy fellow, plainly enough a Spaniard, yet he claimed to be an English. man. He held the position of cap. tain of the top and coxswain of the cutter. As he was being hand ed over the side, I noticed a deep gash in his hand, near the thumb, and that. it bled profusely. When asked about it, he said it was from a fragment of the boat, and was readily believed. We now had Itime to inquire who the unfortu nate was that had fallen over board, and to my astonishment and h:rror I learned that it was Willie Dean, an ordinary seaman in the top watch. Sanchich, the coxswain, told how the gasket had got loose and he directed Willie to "lay out" and make it up; that he missed his foothold, lost his bal. ance and fell, some ten feet clear of the ship's side. After the watch had been sent below and the excitement some what allayed, I bethought me of a quarrel between Sanchich and Willie, when hard language passed between them, and but for the in terference of the sentry would have come to blows. They were both brought to the mast and can. tioued against fighting, on pain of confinement in irons. Sanchich w e n t away muttering threats against Willie, and looking the very demon of passion. As is fre quently the case, I jumped to the conclusion that all was not right, and walked forward to hail the top and examine others of the whtch. When close under the slings of the yard and against the fife wall, my foot slipped from un der me with the roll of the ship, and I fell. In getting on my feet I put my hand into something which I knew could not be water, and which, on examination, proved to be blood. As Sanchich bad gone down the after hatch to the doctor's room, and as he claimed to have received his cut while overboard, I could account for the blood in no other way than that Willie had b e e n stabbed and thrown from the yard in an en counter with Sanchich, and that he had made one cut in return. The more I thought the matter over, the deeper became my con viction that Sanchich had murder ed poor Willie Dean and thrown him overboard to hide the crime. I bethought me of Willie's motber and sisters, whom I knew well, and of thei' great bereavement, for he was their mainstay and had been forced into the service by the drafting process ; and I men tally vowed that I would ferret out the murderer, and .had no doubt but that Sanchich wva- the man. My watch was now up, and when relieved, I went alcft to the yard-arm from which Willie fell or was pushed, and found the yard, jack-stay, foot-rope, and, in fact, the entire head of the sail covered with blood. In feeling in the dark for the extent of the fight, my hand struck something sticking between the head of the sail and the yard. It was a sheath knife, and on inspection it proved to be Willie Dean's, as his name was carved on the handle. I made in quiries from the men who were in the tops, and all but one knew no thing of the matter. He had hear-d some words between the men, but could not say what, and did not see the fall. I could not sleep, and while waiting for day light and the executive officer to appear, I resolved the whole mat. ter over in my mind, and became firmly convinced that I was on the rig'ht track. I went forward to the berth-deck, and calling the ship's corporal told him to take Sanchich's clothes out of his ham mock without disturbing him ; I searched them but found no knife. I laid my case before the execu tive officer, and he appeared to joke at the idea; butIfound out afterward that he had the same ideas and opinions I had, but re mained silent, knowing that he could prove nothing. In consultation with the cap Lain, we agreed to say nothing of the matter until after we had re ported. We were now in signal ing distance of the fleet, and were ordered to "come within hailing distance," which we could not do, so we asked for a tug and were towed in, and anchored close by the flagship. Our mishaps of the night were reported to the admi ral, and also to the staff who were present, the Captain giving his iopinion as to the murder, when the fleet engineer broke in with the query: "Captain, to what cause do you attribute the stop ping of your engine ?" The Cap tain answered that the Chief was now overhauling the machinery to -see. After some further conversa tion, the admiral called for his barge, and, with the fleet engineer and the captain. canc on board our ship. Sanchich was sent for, and when confronting the stern old Dahigren, quailed and cowered like a thief detected. Ie told con tradictory stories, interlarded with protestations of innocence, until he n as shown Willie Dean's knife, and asked to explain how it came to be stuck in the yard, when he assumed an impudent and defiant attitude, and said they could not make a murderer of him, etc. Just as he was givinr vent to these remarks, and while the ad miral was studying his villainous countenance, a cry of horror arose from aft, where the crew had just hauled up the propeller from the water at the wish of the chief en gineer, and there, jammed and torn into an almost unrecognizable mass, was the body of Willie Dean, with Sarichich's knife sunk deep in the breast and through the heart. Portions of his clothing had filled the slo.t and jammed the shaft, as the vessel backed over and caught up the body with her propeller. I now lost my temper, and all sense of respect for my superiors, and catching Sanchich by the throat, I forced him aft to look upon his horrible work. I pulled the knife from the ghastly wound and held it under his eyes, charg. ing him with the murder. One long hellish look in silence he gave the corpse, but with the rapidity of lightning, he snatched the knife from my hand and sunk it to the handle in his own breast, instantly falling dead at my feet. Never shall I forget the counte nance of this murderer, as he lay in the cold, dull rays of a Decem ber sun, stiff and dead, within ten feet of his victim, whom he had fondly imagined down deep in the sea; but it was willed otherwise, for murder will out. A SILENT NEW YEAR's DINNER. The fourteen deaf male mutes Pes ident in Allentown were vester day entertained by Mr. John Van Kirk, Jr., at his residence on Fifth street, near Chew, in honor of*New Year's day, and also the birthday of Mr. Edwirn Seager, bookbinder. From noon until midnight these si lent gentlemen amused themselves in their peculiar fasbion,they being capable of all talkingat the same time without making any great disturbance-an advantage they enjoy over their fellow citizens of ,looser tongues. They had a good, jolly tinio of it without annoying anybody by Joud conversation. Allentown (Penn.) Chronicle, Jan. 2. A NOVEL BATH.-One of the therapeu tic novelties in London, recently introdu ced from the Continent, consists in the erection of establishments for administer ing hot sand baths, as a remedy for rheu matism, recent cases of nervous disorders, affection of the kidneys, all cases where heat is wanted as the chief therapeutic agent. The adv-antages of this treatment are that it does nut suppress respiration like the hot water bath, bot rather increases it, and does not interfere with the respiration like the steam bath or Turkish bath. The body can endure its influence for a much longer time, and a much higher temperature can be applied. It can be used for infants, and permits of easy application to a part or to tbe whole body. THE Co'rroN CRoP-The Columbus (Ga.) Inquirer says: We have now to call the attention ofcotton planters to the fact that the planters of Texas are report ed to be preparing for a very large cotton crop in that Sta-te next year. They made a super-abundant corn crop this year, and most of them will have to hold over, so as to allow them to apply nearly all their labor to cotton. Most planters in Georgia and Alabama also made more corn than usual-thanks to very favorable sea sons-will niext year feel freer to do their best in the production of cotton. These facts are worthy of consideration in "pitching the crops" of 1873. Mrs Mary Miller, who rode from Exe ter to Pottstow, Pa., to attend the fune ral observances of George Washington in that borough on the 11th of Janunary, 1800, is still living at Mount Airy,Berks County, aged 92, but looks, and acts, and talks like a young thing of sixty or thereabouts. The Postmaster-General has decided that families, firms, or companies cannot combine to rent postoffice boxes conjoint ly, but that one box-rent must be collect ed for each firm,family,or company enjoy ing such facilities. It is though t in Salt Lake City that Brigham Young will never pass another year above grour.d. When he dies thirty seven widows will mourn his loss, and one hundred and seventeen children will be fatherless. A debating society discussed the ques Ition, "Is it wrong to cheat a lawyer!" After full discussion and mature delibe 'ation, the decision was, "Not wro-ng but too difficult to pay for the trouble." On the reassembling of Congress it is rumored that there will be some queer developmentsas to the management of the Freedmen's Bureau. A Modoc chieftain was so loth to leave his aged mother when called away to war that he considerately killed her before leaving. All things are but, altered, no. 'thing, dies. Ku Klux Prisoners. THEIR APPEARANCE IN NEW YORK THE PARTY EN ROUTE FOR TUE PENITENTIARY. Saturday morning, at a few minutes before noon, the steamer James Adger came to her moor ings at the foot of Warren street, New York, having on board the Ku klux prisoners lately sen. tenced by Judge Bond in Colum. bia. The New York Herald says: The vessel was encrusted fure and aft with a thick coaLing of ice, which made her decks as slip pery as a skating pond, and on which the sailors repeatedly fell while handling the ropes which were being used to moor her to the pier. Ten ku klux prisoners were found in the second cabin, who were on their way to the Albany penitentiary to undergo various terms of imprisonment. The party looked jaded and worn, having all been great martyrs to sea sickness. As soon as the steamer was moored the party landed on the pier, headed by A SOUTH CAROLINA MARSHAL and two deputy marshals, their rear being guarded by several members of the river police at tacbed to harbor police boat Sen eca, which was lying off in the stream, awaiting their arrival at the adjoining wharf, belonging to the Narragansett Steamship Com pany. The prisoners marched with downcast heads to the end of the pier, where a number of colored men were at work moving bales of cotton, WHO SCOWLED AT THE PARTY as they went by, and several of them remarked they supposed they were being taken to the Tombs, which was the proper place for such murderous individ uals. As the prisoners passed in to West street the procession of sleighs, freighted with merchan dise, swept on in the even tenor of their way, while their drivers were unconscious of who the strange-looking individuals were composing the small procession, while on the side-walk the shiver ing pedestrians rushed along, looking neither to the right nor the left, but all impelled by the same motive, viz : to reach their destinations quickly. Leaving the s'.reet with its sncw hum mocks, and its roadway with the snow of fully a foot in depth, through which the sorrowful par ty tramped, the wharf of the Nar. ragansett Steamship Company was reached, and when they had arrived at the further end a halt was called by the marsbails. THE PARTY GAZED WISTFULLY across the broad expanse of the IIudson until their attention was called to the evolutions of the police steamer Seneca, which was seen fighting her way through the ice to the end of the wharf to take the party on board and to transport them to Forty-second street, on the East River, where they wvere to be taken to the Gr-and Central Depot, and for warded by the afternoon train to Albany. At last the trim little steamer buffeted her way through the ice and was close to the pier, from which a plank was thrown out, and in a few seconds later the prisoners were on board the Seneca. CAPTAIN FRANK SPEIGHT, THE COM MANDER, stood on the deck and instructed the prisoners to move aft. This was promptly done, for the men were glad to escape from the cold and pitiless blasts which came sweeping across the Hudson. Af ter the prisoner-s were duly placed in safe keeping, one of the South Carolina marshals jocularly re marked to the prisoners, "We have come to put you boys among white people, eh ?" while another individual remarked, "You're go ing into an awful tight place, my lads." The prisoners to whom these would-be facetious remarks were addressed, received them in different manners. Some tried to smile, as if reckless as to what fate might await them, while oth era uttered suppressed oaths, doubtless wishing the United States authorities~ EVERYTHING BUT A HAPPY NEW YEAR. The following is a list of the ten prisoners: Rev. John Ezell, of Macedonian Baptist Church, near Lewiston Springs, Spartan burg County, S. C.; married and has children. Alfred Lemaistre, Union Coun ty, S. C. John Whitlock, Union County, S. C. Marion Fowler, Union County, Hs.ea HsaMatthews, Union County, S. C. H. Whitesides, York County, S. C. Jemmy Donald, York County, Robert Moore, York County, John Whisonant, York County, S. C. Jerome Whisonant, York Coun. ty, S. C. The ages of the prisoners va ried from nineteen to thirty-five, and all are married except Me. Donald. The terms of imprison ment and fines vary considerably. Jemmy Donald is sentenced to two vears, Fowler to four, and all the others to five years' imprison ment each. The Rev. John Ezell is sentenced pay a fine of $500 and the others $200 each. AN INTERVIEW WITH TIE BAPTIST MINISTER. This individual, who was terri bly crestfallen, told the following story in a tremulous tone: ".I was ordained to the Baptist ministry in 1846 in Spartanburg County. I used to go among the neighbors, and used to try to dis suade them from entering into any conspiracy. but my motives have been misconstrued, and I was arrested, tried and con demned. I am a married man. I My eldest son is a theological stu dent at Greenville, N. C., and the other is at a theological seminary in Wafford County. N. C. I con sider I am an ill-used man." THE SOUTH CAROLINA MARSHALS. The names of the marshals who brought on the men from Char leston are Colonel R. M. Wallace and Deputy Marshals N. Hub bard and Coates, the latter wear ing an immense bearskin coat, while Mr. Hubbard wore a pri vate soldier's blue overcoat. The prisoners had no overcoats, but had blankets thrown over their shoulders. Their beards were stubby, and they all looked much in need of rest. They refused to hold any converse on the subject of their crimes, real or alleged. Their faces, with one or two nota ble exceptions, were of an agri cultural type of a some xhat low order, which was borne out by their conversation. They appear to hive hopes of clemency from Washington. They left for Al bany last night. The Bumptown Tigers. A REMINISCENCE OF THE WAR. It was an exciting day in Bumptown when the order was received for the "Bumptown Ti gers" to report at once to-, and march to Cincinnati to repel Kirby Smith. The Tigers were an independent military organiza tion, designated as a'home guard.' They sported a gorgeous uniform, and on the breast of each zouave shirt was embroidered the head of a ferocious tiger, eyes glaring, jaws extended, and fangs exposed, emblematic of the eternal read iness of the Tigers to "chaw up" any and all who might oppose them. The flag of the Tigers, borne so pr-oudly at their head on parade days, was also adorned with a p)icture of the lor-d of the jungle in the act of springing upon an imaginary foe. The flag was pre sented to the Tigers by the ladies. of Bumpton, who constructed it, and although they had put an ele phant's tail on the tiger, and made his head a size or two larger than his body, yet it would have been fatal for any traitorous cra ven in Bumpton to insinuate that it wasn't a good tiger. The presentation of the flag was made one day in the presence of all Bumptown, and when the gallant captain of the Tigers took it in his hands and swore by all the g'ods at once that it should never be trailed in the dust so long as there was a single Tiger left alive, the welking rang with the most enthusiastic cheers, suc ceeded by unnumbered "Tigers ah-ah-ah !" Oh, but it was a proud thing to see the Tigers, all in their gay uniforms, with polished bayonets gleaming in the sun, march to the depot to receive a squad of battle scarred veterans returning home on parole, or escorting a noble and impetuous band of drafted men and substitutes on their way to the front. And yet, notwithstanding their warlike aspect and tigerish em blems, they were the mildest and most inoffensive of men when at their daily avocations. Collect ively, they were in favor of wvar to the knife and knife to the hilt. T'here was no species of bloody and atrocious warfare they did not believe in when clad in their uniforms; but personally and in every-day life they were opposed to strife. So you can fancy their dismay when, following quickly the news of Kirby Smith's raid, came the Governor's order to march against the foe. In accordance with the com mand of their captain, however, they asse mbled at the armory, a pale, sa,dispirited lot of men. They didn't put on their brilliant uniforms, with the tiger heads on them, they didn't shake out the folds of their tiger ban ner. They got tcgether in knots of twos and threes, and discussed the order to march in low, dismal tones. Near ly every one had an excuse for being counted out. Then the captain arrived, looking a little paler than the rest. -Soldiers," said he, and his voice quavered, "you know what is uip. Kirby Smith is within a few miles of CiNci:nati. True, we are 'hum' gards. aid we didn't expect to defend any firesides but our own, but-you see what the Gov'ner says. Shall we go ? I.t won' be !S that I Can go-tbat is, not im inediately. My business is such that. much as I desire to lead my Ti-.ers to death or victory, I shall have to yield the coinnaod to an other. But before two or three battles have been fought I shall be with you." (A very faint cheer.) Then the captain drew his men up in line and said : "Those who are willing and anxious to go will step out to the front." One man responded. The cap. tain gave him a long and pitying look, and then turning to his first officer with a sorrowful shake of the head, he said: "He's been drinking." But no other Tiger had been drinking-not that kind of liquor. Like their captain, they all had pressing business that would not permit them to go be fore the third or fourth battle. shouldered their muskets and at tempted to go through a little drill, but they were so dispirited that a child could have put a lit tle drill through any of them without the least resistance. Ev cry man's musket seemed to weigh a tol, and to this day you can tell a man in B-mptown who belongs to the Tigers, he lops so on the side he shouldered arms with. Well, the Tigers didn't march to the front. They didn't disband exactly, but they sort of dropped apart. What became of those gay uniforms with the tigers' on them no one ever knew. Not one of them has been seen since. Ar-d the flag, too, hasdisappoared. But you occasionally meet a man in Bumptown very much lopped over on one side, produced by the weight of that musket on the day the Tigers were ordered to the front. The Cotton Tax Scheme. The friends of the cotton tax re funding scheme are making a pow erful, and what they think will prove a successful, movement in furtherance of their object. A cir cular. accompanied by arguments of Judge R. R. Curtis, Messrs. Hughes, Sharkey and Hershel V. Johnson, as well us memorials and resolutions of nearly all the South ern States and cities, has been sign ed by all members from the Cotton States present. Thbis circular, which, with the accompanying pa pers, will be laid on the desk of every member-, is a declaration that they intend to press the pas sage of an act at this session to re fund the tax collected by the gen eral government after the close of the late war. They set forth that in their be lief the law imposing the cotton tax was unconstitutional; that it was unjust and oppressive in its oper ations ; that it fell essentially upon producers, and was passed when their States were wholly unrepre sernted, under the mistaken idea that it would fall upon consumers. They ask of Congress a fair ex ammnation of the arguments sub mitted, which they claim demon strate the correctness of their de mand. It is stated that this paper is signed unanimously by all the members of the House of Repre sentatives row present fiom the Cotton States, irrespective of pol itics or color, and it is expected will have powerful effect, and give dignity and force to the movement. An Eastern genius has pro duced "fire-proof' wood" as build ing material. It is stated that wood can be prepared, and at al most a nominal cost, so that it will not blaze, though exposed to the most intense heat. The pro eess is called "burnetizing," and is now used in the preparation of wooden sidewelks and pavements. A couple of gentlemen at Weliborn, Fia., lately had an affair of honor, and with double-barrelled shot-guns and pis tols mutually satisfied each other in thirteen shots by killing one passing stranger outright, mortally wounding a second, and shooting a third and fourth in the leg and arm respectively. Though that place is Wellborn it isn't "well bred." A man in Youngstown bet thirty do! lars one bitter cold day that he could walk to Warren. He spoiled a forty five dollar suit of clothes, a fourteen dollar pair of boots, paid a doctor ten dollars to thaw out his ears, and was arrested at Warren as a suspicious character and locked up two days in jail He won his bet. Mrs. Conrad of' Louisiana, Missouri, is at it again. A few brief months sine she gave birth to three boys, and now she has repeated the performance, with a slight variation as rto sez. Mr. Gonrad is astnunded. ADVERTISINC RATES. Advertisements inserted at the rate of $1.50 Per square-one inch-for first insertion, and S1 for each subsequent insertion. Double column advertisements tenper cent on above. Notices of meetings, obituaries and tributes of respect, same rates per square as ordinary advertisements. Special notices in local column 20 cents perline, Advertisements not marked with the num ber of insertions will be kept in till forbid and charged accordingly. Special contracts made with large adver tisers, with liberal deductious on above rates JOR Pal"rZOW Done with Neatness and Dispatch. Terms Cash. "Stop My Paper." 1l1ustr.ting the fearful conse quence o! this highly retributive measure, the Philadelphia Post te' L the following upon the Ledger of that city. This fearful threat reminds us of a story about Mr. Swain years ago when be was proprieter of the Ledger. By bis cours.- in regard to some public matter he had offended a number of his readers, oise of whom met him on Chesnut Street and thusaceosted him: 'Mr. Swain, I have sopped the Le]ger." "What is that, sir ?" "I have stopped the Ledger," was the stern reply. "Great heavens!' said Mr. Swain, "my dear sir, that won't do. Come with me to the office. This must be looked into." And taking the man with him he entered the office, at Third and Chesnut Streets. There they found the clerks busy at their desks; they ascended to the edito rial rooms and composing rooms, where all was as usual ; finally they descended to the press rooms, where the engineers were at work. "I thought you told me you had stopped the Ledger," said Mr. Swain. "So I have," said the offended subscriber. "I don't seal the stoppage; the Ledger seems to be going on." "Oh! I mean to say-that is, that I-ah-had stopped taking it." "Is that all ?" exclaimed Mr. Swain. "Why, my dear sir, you don't know how you alarmed me. As for your individual subscrip tion,I care very little. Good day, sir, and never make such rash asser tions again." A nice point of law is pending for arbitration before the Pit tsburg courts. Some eighteen years ago a young Irishman in the City of Belfast fell in love with a rosy cheeked girl of'his own neighbor hood, and no sooner had he done so than he popped the question and met with a point-blank refusal. Not caring to stay where the sorest diappointmnent of his life had fallen upon him, he bade adieu to friends and settled in Smoky City. Seventeen years passed and he still remained single, sober and in dustrious, with one image imprint ed upon his heart. Meeting a friend from his native city he in quired concerning his first and only love, and learned not only that she was alive and doing well, but stai unmarried. With characteristic im pulse he renewed the snit by letter and received a favorable reply. As he sent the passage money his betrothed started right on, the signals by which he should know her having been pre-arranged. What was the cruel chagrin of the long-faithful lover to see not his rosy-cheeked fair, but a woman some ten years older. He assured her that there was some mistake, but she had his written contract to show. An explanation revealed that she was second cousin to the woman he supposed he was ad dressing, but bearing the same name and daughter of a man bear ing tbe same name as the other one's father. Moreover, she in sisted upon the fulfilment of the contract or its equivalent. His of fer to pay her fare back was refus ed as an insult to her injured affec tions, and alegal board of arbitra Lion are trying to make up their minds about it. When old Mrs Maxwell of Beth lehem died her family and friendB gathered at her bedside in terrible anguish, weeping and moaning. Hecr niece sood by her and held her band, and as the lamp of life flickered before it was finally ex tinguished, she said to her: "Is there anything that we can do to make your dying moments hap pier ? Have you any unfilled wish, any cherished design, which we can carry out ? Shall we do any th ing for you when you are gone.? Mrs. Maxwell turned her face tow ard her niece, and, with a faltering voice, said: "Mariar don't give none of them preserved plums to William Henry. They always disagreed with his stomach." Then her freed spirit took its eter nal flight. A party of boys have been arrested near Albany, living in a hut, where they "played Robinson Crusoe,"and supported themselves by killing the hens and chick ens of the neighborhood, under the appRe hension that they were wild animals. The savages ir. the guise of policemen appeared on the scene and overthrew the encampment. It is reported that a French surgeon has now inserted successfully into the slLJplls of his dogs watch crystals, through which he can observe the processes of the canine brain during sleep, in digestion, when influenced by rage or emiotion, and its normal movements.. Mrs. Lucinda Branyan died of small pox, at her home near Donnaldsville, in this County, on last Sunday night. Mrs. Branyan was about fifty years of age, a true Christian woman, and died lamented by many who knew her.--Abbeni.e Me j nim.