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N' " fig WEEKLY Hi UNION TIMES. gaoled to ^rjrifulturc, horticulture, domestic dfconomg, $)olife literature, politics, and the (f-nrront gfeius of the gag. VOf,. XVII.?New Series. UNION C. II., SOUTH CAROLINA, SEPTEMBER 3, 1880. NUMBERS-}. REMINISCENCES OK IMF. MACBETH LIGHT ARTILLEP ISV ON I' or Til KM. No. II. Tlic Mississippi campaign, inaugurated 1 lie relief of Vicksbnrg, virtually ended \v 1 Johnson retreated from Jackson. Let nic i back and give an incident or two in connect l with it: As our troops were falling back towards Ja son on the 7th August, very much jaded : dispirited, we met the brigade ninil boy, v ha I brought with him from Jackson a news per that gave a most glowing account of a grr victory that Lee had gained over the Fede arms in Pennsylvania. The story li:? I i cH'ect of putting new life in our troops, n hope once more danced before our vision. '1 inspiring news was never confirmed. lUtri the eight nays wc were in the trenches nrou Jackson, the cneiny kept up a regular caiim nde ?many of the shells passing over our wor exploded way down nn Pearl lliver. It v interesting to watch tlto burning fuse, lonki like a liery comet cutttng its way through spa After the shells had passed far beyond and c plo led among the women, children and oil non-combatants, then came the whizzing no they had produced as they ploughed throu the air in their rapid (light. If any hud be skeptical about the propriety of dodging fr< hissing balls, they were tmw convinced that t danger prcccedod the noise, and that it was t lightning and not the thunder that did t damage. A< the novelty and excitement of tl shells Hying through the air like blazing torcl v?ore away, because uf their frequency, the in became less apprehensive of their danger, n were more reckless in exposing their persoi It was owing to litis that a number of our itt were pieke 1 oil by federal sharp-shooters, remember seeing a young soldier titling on t side of the breastworks, near our gun, eating peach and making merry with a comrade, kill by a niinuic ball -hot from the top of a tr quite three ?marters of a utile away. A putl" tihite smoke was the oi,ly way we had of kno iiiH It ""1 where lho bull* were coming. One evening ilie enemy very suddenly dev oped -ugns ? ! nn intended ussiult on our worl, The men were snmmoine'l t > their positions repel the anticipuic I attack. John I-oti. w was a young man then. pud not over-largo his age. said, as he was ealleil to his positio it is iianl to make a man fight when lie is good humor. So far as my experience a observation went, troops rarely ever went it battle influence! by the emotions of angi r, qnny lo?{ against an enemy in a pnroxys 01 ?agc \\ ouUl be iti\it|v;ble. Cowards wilhbra danger when thoroughly aroused. What dee of darine. then, might be expected of brave m impelled by an uncontrollable passion of ange Wiiile we were in I In* trenches the men had no chance- to forage or - ipplement tluir paver of rations by out si le industry. .Some fine ho used i roam near the I iu of In-east works, an Ike 1-"H got permi--ion to knock one tin. In little ravine just in the roar of the works. I put on a portion of his pork to cook in a pot ,i orr< wed iron Judge i-.lock-ys yard. T C'o lerals got the i in re and sti it a UjIc throti (lie pot. but Ike went on cooking. A little h let hole was in-t enough t > deprive a hung man of hi- hard earnings. I'll.* I'u.IcI'aI sllfirn.slliin't'P-* 5tm?'( run en iug ili.it the 'J'iilt Squill Carolina regiment xv ordore I out ( > drive llu'in a way. That was new regiment that w\s nddel to I", vails brigi wlu'u it left ''liarlt'sioii for llic West. It li .ecu no active sorvhe an-, its ranks were fn numbering. j???rli?|?v, more than all the >t 1 i egiiiictit"* In i|ie brigade put together. Tli won i I clothes an I marched under a n hatnier I hat lrel I.either he-n ? >ile-l or ri<MI by hullcls. in appearance llico'licr troops c tia-lo i most untaxorahly bx the side of this n regiment The veteran raiment- wore not ?>t dirty ' ' >g-' 1 c'.o hes Since p* Mi.tuuc.lie get era I ex lei oe of jnegii. t, the sol liers go i I clothe- always receive I the lion s shire attention, it- well a the nv ir- along the line march 11 a y<ning holy h i 1 .in apple, a tlov or a enp of \x iter t > give, the t?est dressed ? dier hoy alxxay t it. I lie divine dcclar.il tint "i,, hi in thai Italli shall he given wis i-ote ily xeritied in a temporal -en-e on i mare'n through Mi--i--1j pi. I have xvaude far from the inci lent I started oil! to relate. .Inst a- tlie'J?'-tli regiment xva.? ordered to dri? e < 1 the picket- in our front, M tiraves, xvii!i all of Ureekeiiridge's stall, r ni> in rear of our gun-. The regiment xv v\cr the i.rea?twoi ks iii a perfect I in- an I snpcrh h( vie Ml vyv*. lor a quarter of :i m uu c it Iter si lc of their position in the hren work- were i 'iiiccntralO'l mi them. They wi the uhservc-l ??t" :v1! observers. as 11???v cle.n tin- \v-iik-. > > yi- in 1 was their inartiil hp ilia that. Maj. lii.ive- involuntarily ? xcl ii 111 there urn's my Palme!toes. How these w-m i i i.' hi .-sii.ie pi i lc leap. Imagine what n it iiel, when, all of a fit<l<ifii, witlnet slia||tp.| cause. as far a- I cmiM see. the 11 were thrown into a panic aii'l cmie licl skelter, |>i-l 1 mell, hack to the works. 11 inhe I :i hi. -liny, ri.';.'i- I, an I ah nit n fourth is many, then wen' out, < liascl Kclcnl j iekete aw iv an I liehl the vi -iiii I after 11i-jc111. N <\\ for an int'i iif i>r l?v ? liiii j.| j" liic *. hij? '?ne ! iill* -"ine itf fir ii k lid. II III llOp II ll In li.lljIOM I > : Mil 1 III Urrrltrnri Ipc s lrA"|'? Invl recently p ifie i Camp ii".ir the ionise, and (lie el I man s micimi fell on tlicni. As an evidence liiil Macli?*ili \vn- ii"t sii-pcnted lit; sent (In- oilii one of I lie Ii i tn -. a ii'I a sli'Hil'I'T ! ) one llic me^i"?. We afterward* learne I I a pari ol III.it Ines- ai led in killinp llic Ii \ ccvai' doctor nmv div I, lioloi.j'iv'i to .ai el i ili, \%ln? had an nn control In lie i!iir-t V-hi-key. His I ll i i si fur it pat So strollp day as lie was walkinp n!>np the streets. i lie foil down at I lie gate in front of a fine house, I where lie imagined there might be some, and j |Y groaned as if he was half dead. The ladies i ran to his assistance an 1 wanted to help him. i lie said he was in '.rival pain an I he thought a t little whiskey wjubl relieve him. The nnthlote for pain prescribe 1 by him was forthcoming 1 and the doctor xvent oti his way, rejoieing that i ' >r his trick ha 1 Miecevdcd so well. t ICM One more and wc will resume our march to- I "" wards the rising ef tlie sun. Near our camp 1 1011 at Jackson was the roidettcc of Judge Shockey. 1 The Judge was an elderly gentleman, large. c prim, dignified, egotistical and a little touched c ll"' with pomposity. lie reported to Cnpt. Jeter f'10 one day thai he had missed a shirt from his c *" * clothes line, ainl he believed one of the men iru^ had it. W. lb Humphries, orderly sergeant of v ' ^ the company, wa- told to search the baggage of every man in the company and to carry T in'' Judge i""hockey along to identify his shirt. 0 ' '1C Humphries said, "well, t'ant iin, give me your I 11" keys and 1 will begin with you. The news 11 ' sen ran through camp that Judge Schockey :l was on the war path hunting for a lost shirt. ^ k"- . o The men wanted no better signal than that ras c y for it spontaneous outbur-l of fun. One of ng >. thetn, holding up a red Mmncl hu t that was ce. ' " s<> thick and heavy tiiat it silmost made you perspito to look at it in the slm le. -aid. "Judge '' is this your shirt 7 Then two of them, put- c tse |i ^ ting a little Irish boy, who joined the company ? after we went west, on their shoulders inarched c up to the Ju Ige and said, .ludee, this fellow '' on * < , has your shirt on. lie was seer when he took it from your clothes line. When the Judge. I who was a large, dignified man, and the very 1 prince of neatness, looked up and saw the little ^ lie I, dirty Irish lad sitting on the shoulders of the m.ii, wearing a homcsp.ui shirt, looking s' 1'! neither the cleaner or better from long service '' ltd , , . , , i] and marked with stripes a- broad as tnc cue its. , , . . , . . t| tliat designates the characteristic penitentiary j costume, the idea of that being his shirt and '' I the thought tint lie was, at his own expense, ' IC making fun far the amusement of the soldiers. l' was, to him. so supremely ridiculous that lie Oil i i j i Si luriiCil abnij?Uy away, saying, "Sergeant, you need not look any further, I would rather lose ' ' VV. i -1 .... :? HJ -mi. uconi 1,(1 Iiioi'tf Ol .llldge .Shuck cy till reconstruction times when, 1 boI licvc, be wnd provisional tiovenmr of the State S ^ of -Mississippi. <1 l0 (.ion. llains. the inventor of sub Ierr a shells j1() ami torpedoes, was sent to Jackson with the ,0 hope cf malting his new weapon of warfaro 11 in very destructive to the enemy. 1 heard him '' jn imagining one day the terrible fate that await- a nj ed the Federals, when they passed over these 0 ito explosives. When we crossed the I'carl ltivcr c . on our retreat, guards were stat oued at dilferc-it ph ccs where he had buried ?:ne of these j c \o ' m to i it mi c'.r t.oops out ut tno r'oad so js i as t > prevent the destiucti ?n of our owr men. I1 I If they ever hartnel any one of the enemy I 1 never heard of it. i'ynamite might, in this ' )(. way. he ma le very tle-truetive to an invading ,v army. Me liivuitaecd the night after the army i * left Jackson near Draudoti. The next day the t (j artnv moved a few miles east of l'.ran l.ut. I lie ii ( ,( Federals pursued us to llrau loti. mil then s ke aotuuiotiiiig iiic tiopo el overtaking Johnson. ?1 l10 returned to Jack-on, an 1 sifter committing n |,c ma, y ae,- ->1' ;a11 1 :vli^ni, went hick . ) Yioks- 1 ,,1, In ua:. "I'll*.- iwo hostile armies were now t n ,,i. marching i:i opposite directions : tIrani going ! TV westward and Johnson eastward. TIhv might n liavc met -emeuhere in China had they kept on. s iy- We continued mir march along the line of rail- ' a* road to Torc.st Station. Scarcity of water a u.ade it necessary tor the army to go into camp le at Huberts Mills, some live mile- -mitli of the ad s'ation U'e the grasshopper at.d iifmy worm ill, :hat ti ike tie- neat changes in locations out ier -.vest a-, food became scarce, - ) we had to mako ey frequent changes oil account of the paucity of 1 c.v water. Very suddenly Johnson's Mi-sis-ippi 1 el army disappeared, how or when, wo hardly I m knew. Suddioiiy brought t igMhcr from dif- 1 ew forenl cointr.au Is. it a nuiekly retuin I. The , ily Marhrtli was left in camp at |!nhi-ls .>I'" 1 a ^ is j v. t In>ti' ordei i an 1 rations ?the only remainin n;: vestige of Johnsons .Mis-is>ippi army, of Tin-re tire ireniiistanees under which foraging of on an individual account might he u nkel at. rer < tin- of th-i-e eeeusalile oinci mimic* was now ] >1- oil a-. The men were t d t Mi|>piy present ion iieees-itie-. "ii tin- promise of the Confederacy \ e a fee I 'i?e '! ps. I!ere :i,iin 111 > ! i adage. Mir j --give nu ll tin inch and they v. ii! t ike an ell, ' ' red wns verified. It required it great leal mure to | appen-c the appetites of our men. when they, out aud ii"t the government, were ih judges of I... I licit- caii ii :; v tin tin- <w."i?i i. ii i . .1 ,. - i -hecp 1" < u li ami :i It or iwo sprinkled ,.,ii on to m'.i- n it. 'I'llc farmn* i :? whose sb ek j,, the inc* 11 li ? I i":i lei, ' ille.l i In* i t 111 mors ami ' (jjf, laid lii ciuipla i li t. .Icier t ol <1 liim lo ] ?i. iilcniil'y ilie men, ami they -liuuM |>-?y over ,rc nml above what was right for llm government .,. | ti> J' i; . lie left, saying |?c would lie back the j next morning. Thai night we received orders j to rcjiori at Mobile for Iniy. ami left ilic next .,jj | morning. before (he farmer r.mie in wi'h his : I jII bill la i.a^es. : he Wiring our encampment at Ifibert- Mills an sen obi couple man ami wife, nlm li.i I immigrated I ler to that country year- previous, hearing that we I'lie were S : 11 i i I'at .ilini in made a vi-il |o the :m- ramp an I wi re si niingly as l:i I to <i-t> n< aI lie ( if w ha I been .. t their own kiili ami bin. I ; ii! reiiieniher b iw feeling'v tlie o'aI holy spake of i j . :ir Ii i?" i hips an i sp ! o war I-- of genuine sym. j i e | pat by. I'liey left us wiih pis-sing invitation | n vi-i- iheri. !.i (. ^Iunr ml -ho \> ri i . I n ! (oak advantage of ii ami calle 1 to see tbioii a ill.) i lew o\ on i iijch afionv i;- Is <?.ir reception was >pi- ! warm ami ? > 1 > 1111. .Muliitn?liti<>us wore tin* the ^ ?|in*-ti??n*< a?!?c I ami an^werc I, nliuiit ile.ir ?1 ers j Souili ( imlinn, an I lliey in (urn ^ave u-> some | nt irr ij'liii: woi'il | i. ( mi'S nt I In* ? j nil ilnwii" li-it ! nf wi-irni lilt*. I'el'urc it was yei ilarl* -**u|>|<>*i' ! w:i- :i!iii"iinro i iit-1 we wie 1 ;i?l fur we w re 1 I ll.e | ii"! on'y li'iiij^rv Inil wen- c\pec> itii ul' some j for lliii.fj !>'tl'1 i!i n'liii ny e uii|> iliti. Healer, j one it you em I I hitv<* seen ns thai eveniiii eiiin^ 1 lint iiiusiy colli I'U'i'l. iiii'l iH'cf an I peas liic?l, in I tallow, you woiiM have concluded tliat we en* ioycd it. I am sure our host ami hostess though t o. They did what they could nn?l we bid ihcni good bye, feeling as much sympathy for hem as they had manifested for us. That people do some times leave South < aroint., to try their fortune in some western State, uul settle down on lanl quite as poor as that Yom which poverty had expatriated them, is a problem that does not work according to the tile of common sen*e. Au exceedingly dusty lountry in dry seasons is sure to run to the ither extreme iu wet seasons. This was true f Mississippi. There had been little raiu in dississippi from the time we entered the State, in the '_'Oth May 180>d, I'll we left Roberts dills, on the morning of the 8th August. It vus raining when we mnrohed out of the camp, "lie soil iu that section of that State we nixed with liine and when wet took good hold n everything with which it come in contact, n g'ling from our camp to Forest Station, a listaiicc of five miles, the wheels of our guns .ml caissons looked like huge wheels of mud. Ve frequently stopped and dug the wheels out 1" the mud in which they had become incased. Vhilo waiting at Forest Station two of our 1 lcn. by a joint stock arrangement, started a chuck luck bank" with the puny sum of ten ollars. Five of it was given for a pack of aids. Some western soldiers passing by were . inpellcd, by that wonderful something, so haracteristic of mail's curiosity, to inquire in) the modus operandi of the tempting game, i In being told that pocket book and conscnnc.- 1 'ere the limit, one of litem dropped down a ( iventy-dollar Confederate bill. The Macbeth | oys, like Meade at Gettysburg. was whipped cfore the battle \as fought. If the western oldier wins, we have but live dollars to pay im and there will be a row, here in a stone's ' lirow of the olliecrs. Such was the logic of ' lie hank owners. They concluded, however, > risk the chances, siud, like Meade at ticttys- | urg. unexpectedly won. They foon had all ( lie money the western hoys had, and left orcst Station with a pocket full of money, tunc seven hundred dollars, and were happy, hick, who was looking on at the time, has an uimatcd recollection of ii now. I <>ur guns were put on the cars at Forest i tatiou, and tlio horses were carried by the irl road to Meridian. Securing transportation jr our horses at Meridian, we ran down to lobilc and went into quarters at camp iiculah. a the western suburbs of the city. It was a avcly camp, on a clear, beautiful stream near llttW* llfniil* in-'t I ? ?- ? f : ~...w <( iv,? ui iiiu ri'suicucc f .Miss Augusta loins, now Mrs Wilson. The amp eo near the home of the author of lleu?h, suggested its name. We had a remarkable asy time a? Mohilc. Tnc enemy bad o : put >is uiai..iltunci tread ua nn^ ui 1 lie lit... art of the State, and the fortiticationT along lie Mobile hay guuvded the water entrance to he met rope lis of Alabama. The only incident I have any recollection of 11 connection with the Macbeth tit Mobile was he killing of one of our horses by lightning, u a few yards of our tents, during a thunder torin. lien. Maury commanding that military listrict. had tail a small force at his command uid when it was .apposed ih<u .,ti attack would ic m ide oo Moo.ie. by ihc Federal soldiers ben stnt ting 011 an expedition from 1'eiisccoia. 'lorida. it was necessary for him to have aoro troops, and among the reinforcements ent was the Macbeth. It was in this way hat we drifted to Mobile. Vim. 1\?ui:pai:<hi s (Jurat Fkat.? l.uflalo, \ugiist l'l\? Now it is the great ihowmr.n Ydain Forepaugh, dr., win is to .startle the vorlil by his prowess in dealing with the latural dangers ol the great N iagara, as his nanagers announecd here to-day for the irst time, lie has decided to walk his torse JMondin over a tight cable stretched >11 the brink of the great cataract on Sep* leniber 111. I had a long talk this after toon with Forepaugh \s representative, I'liotnas 11, Davis, during which lie said: 'Dlonditi is a .Morgan colt by Adam. Jr, bought near West Chester, l\i., three years ago. The animal was I'mr years oM last Sj . ii.g , it i9 lout (con and a half hands high, is eompaclly built and weighs S'h) pounds. Adam began training the colt at Philadelphia early last fall to walk the rope. At first the rope was placed but two feet from the ground, but before the circus start . lmI out lie caul I do a two and a hail inch rope j thirty feet long and twenty feet from tlie . ground. ! I e goes backward as well as forward, and has never yet had a laII. lie has no fear whatever of falling, and 1 don't think there is any doubt hut what he will go over the Niagara (Jorge all light on a , still day. lie wears a patent rubber shoe and is very c ireful ami sure-footed. It will | bo a big expens'V hut we don't carc about , that for it will he a big card for the show. , and a still bigger one for the Madison j Square (Jaidcn next winter if he does it. ; It is easier for a horse to walk a rope | than a man after lie knows how. for he ! his more legs to balance himself with. N nimals. are not credited with half the in I lelligence they possess. IMondin is of a , mild and tractable disposition. 1 don t think lie will he afraid at all hut if lie i shoiil'l In;, In:slie, who duos the slack wire :111< 1 turns somersaults with hoots and spurs | on. will go with him. t'ooko is at Niagara j now and as soon as he gets the caUo ar ; rant'ed wo ..hall Login advertising for Sep (ember Id. illoiidin has boon a great lea ture of the show and wo are going to make still more of him. Our Kki.ations witii Mexico.? Washington, August 24.?The announcement of editor Cutting's release, which is coulirmed hy a dispatch from Miuistcr Jackson to-day, bears out what has been repeatedly stated iu these dispatches upon the authority of Secretary llayard, viz., that the matter would be ainical ly and satisfactorily adjusted, and that there would bo no war on Cutting's account. It is believed that Mr. Sedgwick s visit to Mexico is for the purpose of collect'iig information to guide the department in insisting on some formal arrangement by which Mexico will agree uut to attempt in future to try citizens of this country for offences com united outside of Mexico. Spnrcinrv l*?ivnril troc twvfr I talk about Mexican matters this afternoon, i lie said it would be manifestly improper for him at this time to express rn opiuion upon either the Cutting or Arresurcs case, or state what would be the course pursued by the State department now that Cutting has been released, lie did say this much, however, that Cutting's release does not in any way alTect the point in controversy. Mr. Sedgwick will be required to investigate and report upon the questions involved in the disputes between the governments over the release, as he was instructed to do by the department before be started to Mexico. As to the stand to bo taken by the State department, should indemnity be demanded by Cutting, none of the State department officials would venture an opinion. To all questions bearing upon the future action if the derailment in this ease the reply is made that no steps of any character will he taken until Mr. Sedgwick s report is received. If his iuvesti.. i . - ?- ? - * ' guuuu unugs iu ngui cviuence snowing that the course of the Mexican government towards Cuttiug was clearly unjustifiable, it is the general opiuioti in the department that this government will be obliged to back, up any reasonable claim for indemnity that he may make. Governor Porter said this afternoon in a laughing way that ''perhaps Cutting will rest satisfied with the great amount of free advertising ho has received, and will not be ap^'iops for any other indemnity." The department has jv? tir.i.lir t"1"* * e^uie.i murder, and the opinion prevails that the affair was a clear ease of kidnapping and murder. The murder was committed on Mexican soil, but the kidnapping was perpetrated on this side of the border, and was a clear invasion of our sovereignty. As far as the murder is concerned, tioveruor 1'orter says this government can only demand that Capt. I\Jondvag?ui be tried for the crime hy the Mexican Courts, but for kidnapping Arrosures, a naturalized citizen of this country, Mexico could be forced to sunender Mo:;dragon to this country for trial. The act of entering this country and capturing one of its citizens was a clear violation of onr s.ivovoigu rights, and the defender comes under the jurisdiction of the I nitod States Courts. This matter is still under consideration, and while the Stato department officials are very guarded in their utterances, it is safe to infer that active steps will he taken to brim; Mondra gon to trie! to ,'^ij lAiutiiry for kidnapping, and his trial for murder by the Mexican courts will be demanded.? llultimovc Suit. AxoniKK II YKUul'llOlllc lloititoit.? Cort Worth, Texas, August 20.?On the farm of W. K. Candy, veer t\u,; city. Au ..... ?. i.;? \v..ii..? r.. i.11.1-1 I'll II .Hill "'HIUJl four years old, in the lace. Several of the animal s teeth entered the flesh in the cheek above the eye. The little boy did not suller except from the laceration, but his parents at once took hie: ',o i?enton, where a iA:au..ii.iie was applied. It would not adhere, and it was said no virus had entered the system. Not satisfied, the father took the boy to Mansfield, where a second madstone was applied. It also refused to adhere. (>u Saturday the little fellow said his throat was sore, and refused to eat. He would cry when water was \?ro?ght near him and soon became frantic. Physicians went out from Fort Worth and exhausted their skills, hut the hoy grew worse, and a greenish foam issued from his mouth, llis piteous cries and contortions were simply horrible. A little playmate came to 800 liitu yesterday, ami Walter snapped at U'tQ) biting him slign'.ly in ilie lace. The physicians fear this hoy has also been inoculated with the poison. l.-ast evening the sufferer became quiet lor a while a.id slept for a few moments, lie awoke with a (lemur, harked like a dog, bent him-eil nearly double, and guashcit his teeth biood and foam gushed from his mouth, and he was dead. Mrs. tiandy, the mother of the boy, is prostrated with grief, and it is feared ohc will die from the shuck. TilK OuiMNAXCE OK Sf.KKSSH.iN,? It IS not yet quite a quarter of a century since the representatives of the people of South Carolina, in Convention assembled, passed the Ordiu: nee. commonly known as the Ordinance of Secession, by which the State was solemnly withdrawn from the confederacy of States called the United States of America. The enactment of that Ordinance was a great historical event. It was ouo of the most important in the chain of events that led to the bloody lour years war between the Northern and Southern States, and ended in the subversion, at least for a time, of the Constitution of the bathers and the substitution in its stead of a groat central despotism, or so-called National (iovernmeut. Is it not passing strange that the circumstances attending an event of so vast importance and of. comparatively, so recent date, should already be sunken into oblivion even in our own State '{ In the Columbia correspondence of the Xcu s ami Court'i' published yesterday it is said that many people in Columbia claim that the Ordinance ol Secession was passed iu the Old Daptist Church of that city. No one who was in Charleston 011 the 20th of December. lSGtt, is likely to labor under any misapprehension as to the facts of the case. A majority of .Secession candidates to the convention had bccu elected, the passage of the Odiuancc was hourly looked for and the city was wild with excitement The Convention was in session at St. Andrew's Hall, in liroad Street, north side, near Frieud. and there the Ordiuauce was nnotill1 Tl..? ....... 41 .... Ill . ? H 1 |;<i0dvu? x iic uewn new iiku wiiu lire. JL 110 M> rcun/, the organ of the Secessionists', published a small extra with a copy of the Ordiuuuee set out with flaming headlines. I'etligrcw's Killo ilegiuicut was engaged in batalliou drill on the Old J'aradc 11 round, near Magnolia Cemetery when copies of the extra were received. The regiment was formed in hollow square and the news for uially promulgated. The soldiers, like the people throughout the oily, received the announcement with the wildest cn'.husirsin. llut few, save Col. I'ot'.igrcw had any just appreciation of the inevitable consequences of secession. t'iv vV.Hi nts?? i)*wootvu ' was passed hy the l'uiiw..:i 'n in St. Andrews Hall, that place Was .-o small that the Convention determined that the Ordinance should he publicly ratilied at a mass meeting to be held at Institute Hall, the largest public hall iu the city. 'Xhe meeting was he\d, au4 no scone like it has ever been witnessed, save perhaps at natioual party convention* uu the nomination of a President. The immense hall was packed until no standing room was left, and many were unable to gain admittance. (Irayhaired sires and callow youths, stalwai* men and elegant womo". vie,? with caeh other :u their exhibition of patriotic en thusiasui. Would any one there have believed that in less than twenty live years it would he j claimed that that historic scene occurred in the old Paptist church i,:i Columbia \? Xrirs aii'.f i'. A lUlMAKKAIil.K l'll??T<MiKA 1*11.? Par tow, l'la.. August 21.? 1 have litely seen an extended account of a freak of lightning printing the photograph of Miss laillin Paul on a tin 'ray al Plaii?f\c',d, \. .1., and that eiectri?;:;e,s :??e considerably puz- | . ll>.- IIV'M* II I LtliUU />'" ! ... - v?. ii .ui.iii^ i uu?u | that occurred at Amcricus, (J oorgia. a low years ago. I cannot remember tho date, hut think it \va- in the year 1>77. A little child of one John l>rake, a puHoeinau of that place. was ?>!;;y:i.g on the Hour during a Jight thunder sterol one afternoon. Near the house stood a cherry tree. Simultaneously with a vivid llash the child was seen to fall o\\ r, and when picked up it was found to have a perfect and beautiful representation of a limb of the tree photographed upon its right hip. livery twig and leaf was delicately, yet distinctly, traced in light red lines. Tho father ! broi^ht the child up town ami exhibited it on the street. I don t know if the 'photo graph remained permanently. I do know that it was intact a month after. There ; are a great many people now living in Ainerieus who taw the child ami admired ! the freak. . ? -1 tut brudder of mute i:\ v'hmago vhas no good said Mmv'S. as lie dilated a pair of second hand pants at the door, did close his sthore del* older d ly and pu'.s oil a sign il ?t his wile was deadf. uuii lie doan keep cpen for two days. 4\Vasn t that right ' It vas all right I" she,I e..?p hut why doan he eay mi u< r sign?M >u dis account i I lial to dispose ol dis inainimth shtook. mid all guilds shall he s dd at ten ] or cent, below* cost.' \ hen a p'-esiuss man's wife dies it vl as a chance to advertise dot doan' come once in twenty years ? \\'<ill S'rut Xr,r*. THE CITADEL ACADEMY. Kditor Spartanburj Herald: The status of this Institution is uot generally understood. It is a part of the I'Diversity of the State, as the University 's the climax of the State's educational 83 steui. It is, in our judgment, the most important part of that system, because being a technical and scientific school, it supplies a want in the State and therefore does not v,imiiu uiiu compel noun wuu any uiucr College. At tli is admirable school, which lias biiicc lS7t? furnished to the State two (Jovcrnors of distinguished ability, evety studeut pays for his boird, tuition and maintenance. The expenses of those items to each cadet is per year. 'J ho State pays for OS of these, who upon affidavit of parent or guardian are unable to pay for lor it themselves. This affidavit as to personal and roal property and income, must have attached to it under the ccttiGcato of County Auditor the amount of proper'y of all descriptions, owned by his applicant in his own right or by bis parents or guardian. These applications, guarded as much as possible to pre vent imposition, arc all carefully examined aud warrants are issued to those appearing to come most within the scope of the intended bcucl'nction by the State. These warrants entitle the bolder to appear before a Hoard of Examiners appointed by each county by the State Supt. Education, and the youth who stands highest in that competitive examination is awarded the vacant Cudctship from this countv- An cxauiina lion will shortly bo hold in this county to Gil such a vacancy. In that part of the I'uivcrsity located in Columbia, the rich and the poor alike pay no tuition, in the part located iu Charleston, the State pays tuition and inuintainaucj lor the poor, and the rich pay lor themselves. This is an anomaly, but still it is a fact. The two Hoards in charge of these branches of the University construe the 'constitutiou.il provision.' in opposite ways. The Hoard of Trustees of the College in Columbia. construed the 'frco and opcu to all,' to mean that they caunot charge tuition of i any one, while the Hoard of visitor! of the I M ilitary Academy couatruo the constitution jr,nd do nn? tuition board of every one who is able to pay. In the attack upon the University systom of the Slate on the ground of free tuition for .1... I..* .1.- ?... 1 ' ' - lilt nvII, ?v* int.- i.iv-t ui; l'l'IUCUlDCrCU tllill the So. 'Ji?. Military Academy docs charge tuition Iroiu every student?the State paying for the poor and the rieli paying for themselves, and the further fact, that thisbranch of the University is the only placein South Carolina where two po.or boys, form each county may receive a first class education Without owe dollar of expense. Hut who pays fur it t Times are hartT. taxes arc high, moucy is scarce, a?d Mi'w great bcuefactiou to the poor 'man cost I more than he can stand well. JJeforc wo destroy a noble institution, which has given to our Statu some of its grandest men? grand in war and in peace, and filling usefully every department of life, let us sc* how much it does really cost us, and if itadestruction will alleviate our burdens : At the recent Commencement of the Cadet Aeademy fifty three young men wero graduated?of this, the pay Cadets have cost the State nothing, and each one ofii'jbeneficiary graduates has been boarded', clothed and educated, at the expense to each taxpayer, of just Jth of one cent each year, on every $1,500 of property returned I for taxation tho whole (our years course'. Look again at tho whole cost per year tothe taxpayers of the Slate. The State np prepriatcs *18,.*?l)0 for tho OS beneficiary. Now what is that to each taxptycr ' Thoassessed valuation of property in tho State, i- in round numbers SI50,000,000. SIR,. .">?M?. the amount appropriated, is about H of a iniil on the dollar or i of a cent on the dollar, or one cent on every *80, or 10 etn on evory *800. or one dollar per year on every *8,000. Will the withholding of this trifle alleviate our burdens, or add prosperity as a people ' To save that trifle , will you vote to break up an institution which is a blessing to the poor man in en* aiding him to cducato a worthy son?it hlessinif to tho ri.h man. in eti:ihlin<r Kim n " ? " " " """O *""* to <v?r.};*.) ml subdue a wayward sou. and a blessing to the State, in furnishing to . very section, 'jien developed in body and trained in mind, and who have learned by four years of practical experience that obe i di- nee to law is the highest duty of a citizen? % <! reen corn is usually cooked too long. It should he put into unsnltcd. rapidly I boiling water and keep boiling ten minutes j then t ike it out and place it in the fold* oh ! a napkin until it is to be eaten. If it is boiled longer than ten minutes the milk in the kernel becomes hard, and the whole grows more indigestible the longer it is' boiled. I f eut from the cob before it is. e joked, live minutes is sufficient.