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Desportes, Williams & Co., Proprietors.] A Family Paper, Devoted to Science, Artn, Industry and Literature. Terms---$3 0 per Annum In Advance. A~rt , Indu styrnv.tra VOL. 11.] WINNSBORO, S. C., WEDNES DAY MORNING, AUGUST 1 THE FAIRFIELD HERALD 18 i'UBnLISHESD wHEEVKLY BY DESPORTES, WILLIAMS & CO. Terna.-Tute. ltnAn is )ubislihOl Week ly in (tho Town of Winnsboro, at 83.00 in varnvbly in advance. i&y" All transient advortisements to be paid in advaneo. Obittutry Notices and Tributes $1.00 per square. Selected Poetry. MAXIMILIAN'S DEATH. Nothing in mordern literature comes near like description of' Maxinilian's' herolo end as Aytonn's description of. the execution of Mont.roso; 'kit when he caine, though pale and wan. He lookevd so great and high, So noble was his manly front, 1o ealni his steadfast eye The rabble rotute forbore to shout, And each man hold his breath, For well they knew the hero's soul Was face to face with death. * * * * * * "There was glory on his forehead, There was lustre in his eyo, And ho never walked to battle More proudIly than to die. Thero was color in hi visage, Though the checks of all were wan, And they marvelled as they saw him pass, That great and goodly man." [cw Y'rk Ciimn. [From the Land WO LOve.] - cavalry Scouts. BY GENEnIAL WAIE HAMPTON. The following sketch of scout life, by General Wade Hlamtpton, is taken from the August number of the Land iwe Captain Jom sten Cooke, In his last book, ''Wearing of the Grev"-a most interesting and captivating' work-has given a chapter to this same subject. lo gives various gallant deeds and hair breadth escapes as occurring to one of those brave men, whom I recognize well, though .his iame is not mentioned, but he omits one exploit which was among the most remarkable of his ca reer. In supplying this omission, I shall supply tho incognito of S- as Captaiti Gooko nas not, glyCv ilam. The occasion to which allusion is here made, took place when Meade lhd his army encamped near Culpeper Court House, and the object was to endeavor to ascertain the position, unmbers, &e., &c., of the Federal troops. S.-- tin dertook to accomplish this object, and lho adopted a ilan worthy of his boldness amd address. Disguising himself as a country woman, he procured a small cart, which he loaded with poiltry, vegetables, &c., and he drove boldly into the Yankee lines, where he made ap plication for a pass. This he obtained ; ie then sold his stock and after spending threc days at Meade's heal-quarters-it is to be hoped without scandal to that worthy -he left his friends in blue, brin4'g in to General Stuart all the information desired. This anecdoto forms the only exception to the state. ment made by me previously. That only such as came under my personal observation would be given. This oe curred before S-- was associated with us, as lie was after General Stuart's ileath ; but I have every reason to be lieve that the affair happened just as ias been described. Selecting special scouts and par-ticular incidents from the whole niunber, as I propose to do, I beg now to introduce to your readers, Sergeant Shadbourne, of the Jeff. Davis Legion, whose ex p'oits would of themselves form a vol nime. Shadbourno was detailed as a scont by General Hampton, anid ho wvas constantly ongaged on this duty until the end of the war. Heo was a youm g man of very prepossessing appearance, tall, active and resolute. Ordinirily, lie appeared to be only a handsome youing fellow, wvith large, soft, mild eyes ; but as soon as a fight began, he became transformed instantly in to to dashing cavalr-y man ; his whole soul seemed to be in the battle, and his black eye blazed li'<e fire. Armed with at least two pistols, and often three, lie would dash against the enemhy, firing a rapiditf ande precislon not sur passed by etveh Mosb',' who Was "very Jiandy with his p'stol. - But ini all the excitement of a battle;, Shadbourne was perfectly cool, ready' for any emergency, or tswaail himself of any' advantage. On. ccasione of' this sort, ho proved.that hu'o 6easod qualities which only needed a wider fied dfor their exeroise to make him a leado'r. 'As ilhustrativo of this I shlall glie, first, an aCebundt of ono of his performances wvhich was witnessed by. myself. If yen remiembar1. Wilson and Kauts with a .large fgree made a raid n gainst the South' adi and Danvillo Rilroad, ' At' Stanton river bridge they swore repulsed and returned to, join Or-ant nmear Petersburg. Near Stony. Creek they were hnot by onr cavalry and .defoated with less. Rcetting:.towards Reams' Station they were met by Fitzs Lee and Mahione, when their rout 66~ came cotiipleor.Q and final. 'Kants p~ush-. ed deWnI t~ cres the' Halifax road, 'Q thatL ho could gsot into his lines, while Wilson fled towads Ate Nottaway riyor, Shadbrurne'wa:sent by. Gene ral Hampton just. after the.. fight at Reams' Station toAnd where the enmemy were. Taking five men with him, h'd mndved npya county road leading from Halifar to the sta go road. On this, lie ha~d not p roeer far, when lie met the ndvanced ane,1 n!IKanti's r.etr.ati.g column. I Io at once ordered themn to surrender, when they begani to deploy. Without a momem's hesita mhon, htle gave orders in a loud voice for "two regi tpents to be brought up ; one on' tiho right, the other on tle left.." As soon as this order was given, the Yankees said they would surrender. Placing one man on one side of the road and occupying tho other, Shadlbouirne di rected the Yankees to advance and drop their arms. While doing thiz, the main cohmin of the eremy hove in sight, and seeing tihe condit-ioi of their advance guard, they charged to release them. IBt Shadbourno was too quick for them. IHe put his prisoners in motion, guarded by three me0n on each flank, made them galliop, then "form fours" aid all swept down toward our conmnan'l. As soon as his prisoners were closed up and chm/ipngq from thci' own. men, 'lie dis. patched a man to inform Ceii. llamp toil to "look out, for the Yankees wero charging down the road lie was on." Tho General immediately took a few men back and soon met Shadbourne, who had brought orf safuly seventy three prisonrs, the whole advance squaud rou of' Kautz's conniand, and this too in full sight of the enemy I For this feat, Shadomirne was highly compli mented by his commanding officer, and nle was recoinnnended for prointion on the ground of his "extrardinary skill and gallantry" shown by him in fais con duct of this affair. On one occasion, lie was betrayed by a negro, while sleeping in the lines Of the enemy and was captured. While his captors were takini g hdin of, he re quested them to let him look for his hat, which had kopped. In llhe prctcnded search .for this he got near a -wood, when dashing through tihe surrounding enemny, ho made into it, followed by a volley from the whole party and a. vigorotu pursuit, which proved fruit. Iess. Subsequently, he, with anotlier brave scont, young Swan of tle 1st North Carolfna cavalry, was capturod in Fred ricksburg. T/ry iwere hand cu;yd( and s'int by water to Fortress Monroe, with tie cons:ant namurance, from their hiu imane Ca ptors that they would be surely hiunL. Not liking .this promlect, they mananged to silp liir hanid-ciullf, drop ped over-board, swain to a small boat anchored near, and after several hours hard rowing, reached the shore of the James river. I (c-r they found a small Party of our men on signal ditmy, and Shad bourne also ascertained that a com. pany of negro cavalry was in the habit of patrolling a certain rdad overy day. Getting the signal party to join hem, our two scouts formed an ambuish for the Yankees, attacked them and i/hd nincteen, beside.s their com manding officer. This aftir gave arms and horses toShadbourne and his scouts, so getting his men together lie bronght them to Gon. Hampton, in North Caro. lina, where lie served until the surrender of General Johnton. Killing and cap. turing Yankees to the close, with a most laudable perseveranco and most utnliri energy. Such are a very few of the icidents in the career of tihis gallant young soldier. Brave, skillful, and devoted, lie was unsurpmssed in his line of < hity and' much of the informti ion which reached the Amny of Northern Virginia. as to Foderal movements came through him. ShouId you desire to hear something of his associates, I may, at somne future tinmo, give you a sketch of some of them. OPEN!NG TiIRm EvmEs-"Ijoo" writes to the Charleston Como'ern concerning universal negro suffrago "Quito a chaniga of policy has taken place in thme North upon the subject of the Congress polbey of forcing universal snffrage upon the South. The matter was really little thought of by thme pub.. lic heretofore. It wvas generally taken for' granted that negr'o suffrage would bo but nomrinal, and wsotild ho sooni left, to the sever'al States for such modifications as might be nlecessary. Now they find that inegro Governments aro really to ha set up anmd supported by the military arm, and that these people, just eamerg ing from abject slavery, with all its at tendant dlegradatiomn, are put over tlie head of the white population. This idea of power by Congress will hardly be tolerated by the people of the North. Trho passions and prejudices eca ted by the civil war .hatvo subsided, and men are-becoming more disposeod to have reason andl do justice. ,Theo Northern States 'which have he retoforo wvi th held unqualified sufrageo fronm thme inegroos are not, the more in.. clined to grant it, after seeing thme mis chief it will produce in the South. Re publlicanl cit izo.ns of the State of Con. m1ecticumt, who have lately been hero state confidently, that thio popular feeling in that Suatb against thme extension of su I. f'rage to negroes has been much increas ad of late by the prospect of negro as' condamfoy,in the South," AM IA vi~oAL -God forbid I Otlno an1 atl~iqr namno, but "as thou .rIir. (poriupoti and Acspisor' of thie Cont p119". of my qpountry,' a villifler anrimag giaus'onohd seti~on. of my.bi h-n p ossr o iy poo ple---afi Mbovod eoeti ,6of lbf own the shrine of Africa! iN, no, not a Radhioal. Call me anything else, but don't oall me a Radical. [rbr.'..,./ r Cn-ner ravoralblo Roports of the Crops, The following is a condeusaton of 1.th crop retiuris for Jily re.ceived at the Departiment of' Agriculture. Cenlelly', the prospects are very gratifying, but. it will bo S1.en with regret that thero is io material increase in corn im this State. The cotton crop is expected to be about the saime is last year: Never has tho Department heen able to report, so favoroble a prospect for uni formly good crops sinOce the establish ment of the statistical division, while exaggerated statements have been made in influential pa pers, especi:llv of the so-called failure of the wheat crop of last year. anl the importation of wloat in th lface of hit fact, that $12,000.000 worth of breadstuT- w exre p I the first fo10r mm0n.hs of I S67, ito zoense niumbers of omigr.its wi!ro fed, a much large amount of whiteat used for seed thain usual, with a surplus still remam ing over suficient to break numerous sptectilators and bank,. R is gratifying to know that we shall have a surplus to more than mako good the deficiency, tint the failire, for tLere never was a failure of the wheat crop in this country. Of the last three crops of wheat, three or four States--West Virginia, Ken tucky, Ohio and Ind.liana-inade but half' a crop. No other States were inl that cat egory, and Iowa, Missouri and Kanias made a goud crop. Insten of a deduction of fifty per cent. oi nine.ty millions of hii~liels of wheat, which would atleast have t.hl reaten ed a famino, scarcely more tian a third of that dominie. tion should bo made. For threo( yenrs past the product has been but, a bout fi ve busheh to each inhabitant. The cron of 1850, if tihe census returns are correct was but five and a half bnshola to each individial. Tie promiso for the present year is about six bushels. 1WV/ihel.-The statistical roturns for July shtow an improvement in the con dition of Winter wheat over last year inl every St:ito but, Texas, Nebraska and Mimnesota, the dimiuntion ill he latiter case being but four per cent.. The high est improvement is in Ohio, one hun dredi and sixty per cent.. ; Vest VIr gntnia, seventy-eight. ; Georgia, ninety. six ; Tennessee, sevent y-two ; Indiana, fifty (inr: Keiticky. fift.y-threo ; Micli. gan, thirty-fiv e; Vermont twenty three ; New Jersey, twenty-fivo ; New York, seventeen. Spring. wheat was a fir less variable product 11111 last year, conste'qutently less variationi in the figures usted i the preseit. cotmparison.A tihe States, however,, exceps Vermont, New Yor'k and Pennsvauin, show ant increase oi last year. ('orn.-The averatg" in corn is Un usually large, every State showing a material mncreae, except. [ Main. New I ampshire. New York and South Caro. litna. In he Southern States the in urease ranges upwards to one hundred and two per ceit. as in Arka nsas. The condition, as reported, is a little deficieut in the Northern and Western States ott account of tle lateness of the Sprinf. With the continuance of tihe presenlt weather there is ample opportunitity to make ip the Centire deficiency, in which case the yield will be unprecedent. ed. Rt'p.-A. glance at. the tables will show the fine condition of tlhs grain, and the remarkablo uniformity of the im. proveient. Brly,-Tlhe-cotndition of this grain prounses an tmcrease of from ten to twenty per centt. in Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Conniecticut, New .Jersey, WVest Virginia, Kentucky andl Indiana, and forty-four per cent, in Ohio. Most of' the other States show some in. crease. Outs.--The condition of oats points to a full average int the Wecst, particu larly int W isdonmsin nn d Minnecsota, also in Massachusetts, Rhodo Island, Con necticut, New Jersey and tho South; slightly less thann last year in Maine, VTermoint, New York and Ketucky. P~asturcs a111( JMy.-T1hese crops are almost universally large, and an average up to fifteen, twentty anmd even thirty per cent. Potatoce.-The rep~ort of acreage of potatoes inidicates a larger area planted in every State except Maine and Now York. The condition is also abovo an average, with a few exceptions, among whioh are New York, Ohio and. Indi Cotton.--Thore is an imcrease of ave rage..in North Carolina, G3oorgia, Ala. banma and Arkansas ; Texas, 10 1..10 ; Mississippi, 0 4.10 ; Louisiana, 8 1.10. rte averaue is about the same as last year. The~re is a slight difl'orenice, as reportad; in. favouir of the present crop. ~The department estimates, .nmado last D~ctobe~r, of 1,835,000 hales proved to be singularly accurate for approximate 2aculations of so early a date, though they were severely criticised by North arn and Southern speculiators. some1 of whonm publicly acknowledged their error ifter the crop was sold.-' It is too early to prediet the successfini avoidance of all the timnofous enemies of Cotton. [lad 'hhe last crop been a good .one it vould havo y,,. 'ded 2,.500,000 bales. A. veryr good 'one wonldi have yioldedl 00.0, 000. Such results ro pos'sible thisyenir. W'ol,--An examinaticn of this Item of the tables will show that losses of sheeip, unthrifty condition and a wet Sp'iitghere had an influeie both tipon ruImb6rh atI Weigh t of floce, anid will lead to the conclusion that our wool clip of the present year is not mnterially lnarger t~hnn that of lastryea. A Di3graccful Outraro in lk rid, 'Tho press of the counlry will soon find ueough to chrn iclo in the way of lawle.'s and pro.rip ive violence, without going to Tennessee, if the intfamtous outrage porpetrated upon our citizens on tiho border of this county, on last Friday, khall ro. imain u npunished. On that day, a quiet country school house neai r va the head of the A!icosukie and Lcon coun(ty, tilled with : men and women from t he itighblorb 'd who had gonle tIhither to witness the exaIti nation of the children at Ith elo.-e of the school, Was suddenlIly sm'ounded by an armed mob of negroes., and guards stationed around w ith orders to shoot any onc who should attemptj ( to pa:ss the lines, wil oth. ru hei into the house itself, demwi linig tie surrender of a negro nam.d R -yl. The steden, irrupton of this armine and yelling mob upon a 'ecne So ciuict, created a pa nic among the wo. 1n111 and children, who ignorant of the Ircist danger Mithout, rushed frantically from I the building throigh the doors itd windows, while the white men, unarmed and surirised could only vainly try to ascortain the cause of this indignity, and to po su:ado the maddened throg i . cense fromt viol0ece. Fortunately the men who had been stationed with orsiers to fire upon all who should atltemit to esaipo, moved either by pity (Ir soite ray of common sense, disregi-ded the orider, and women and citildreon wero soon hurrying away from the nul:nown dang )r. In the meantime these sale war riors, having put to flight tl! p-eol'ul occupants of (the house, db.-overed llyal, a colored mtan> the Al of their search seated otn a tall oLt-oh of the house, and although he was known to be a helpless cripple, tuiablo to walk a step, a few of the more reso luteadvancled-upon him with their a ai tt char and( causc d him to surreider. It may be a matter of .oma 'aterest to know what crimo against the laws of the country, this poor Tiplle had committed, wlieb could in '.nty way palliate so flagrant a bre" t. 1Anoo. It was tls : lyal, n l time )a,0v we understand,' ~Oir travelig t1hroughi different n1eighbor .toodi, end ea vori ng", to colleet funds for th it bilinug of a :'Clojl house for [!he children of, freeodmlen, .and wh100 thu1s engaged he has, both in pul- ic and priate, ureyd his fellow freel men not to trnt I le protestaltima of N'orthurn ctiries, but to oe with tite 'Sothern peop lo. T]'his areb onspirator having been captured, a (council of war was held, 11d it was determined to bring him before Capt. G run well, of the Bureau in Monticello, and accordingly having placed Ryal uponu a horse they took up their line of march to this place ; camped out. about a mile from town, and the next morning having left their arms, we believe at, the camp, with a rabble route they presented them selves with their prioner before this funct iolary. LTe Captain after hearing the case, startled these sable patriok with tihe announcement. that this was a free country, and Ryal led the right of free speech, however heterodox his 1)01itical opin ions ighlt, he, and ad v'ised htis cap)tors to depart at oncee to their several fields of indlustry.-Mofn.. dcello (la~t.) Gazette. Tu'li PLOT 1'o MANU.ACrUII, I9ylu. DnexI is TiuE SuukAttt T,--Some dotubt having Leeni exptressedi as to the existenice of a plot to mnanufaucture ovi dence in the Smtrratt trial, published int lhmo New York //eralrl of Snutday last, it, mainy be as well to slde tat thte it-. dividual whto informed mte of the plot was to (lay examinted itntder oathI as' to htis rovela'tio i, and a fulil statotemnt was seentred, wichi confIirmts all that has been stated in thmese dispatcheos. TIhet name of the inlormat, i.s Sebtieshingr a the ol hersq concernmed ini thle plot were named S3pandotr, Rtosenthlal, H iimmel, Carl and lRichardson, all of lBaltimore. Rosenthal was to testify that heo was aI pe'dler abont the catmps ini 1805, and1( tat lhe sold a pistol, knife and wig to Surratt, wvhogpassed by the namn of Paittersona. liIimmel was to swear tat ho owned a htorso and wagon, and bouighit rags in 1805, and thtat oni the I 4th of A pril be carrie I three meit nam ed Patterson, Carl and Lyons, in his wagon to ltimore, and was to identti f., Sitrratt as Patterson. Carl was to sWear that hte was tak~en up on t110 road by Hlimmol before Patterson and Lyons got into the wvagon, anid was also to idhen. tify Surraitt as Pautterson. A fifth wats to swe*ar that. he was barkeieper ini a tavern at a point below Bla timnore, anud that, on te morning of Ihe 1 5th1 of A pril two men. named Patterson aitd Liyoni, took breakfast thtere, an 111waR to identify Surratt. These witnesses wero hero sev. overa ldays duintg wthich they wore critically examintodby Judge Pierre pont, who, suispoetintg their character, declined to accept, their testimony. Thdt. Sun. Mr. R?. C, Siiyer rceoivcd a lotter, yesterday, from ailphysiciaun in Arkan saus, stating that his brother, James Shivecr, died there on tihe 14th utiL of choher. Hie announces tho decatli, tihe next (lay, of the same dhisease, of Toland R. Bass. . [ Columun P/aenn, I)ISTC~ ill Xc .. T he ToImessee State election yes terday passed off very qliotly. In Memphis the saloons were all closed, and tho best order prevailed. The twenty-rst infattry were station ed at Court-house Square during the day, but they wero not called out, 13y tie arranlgement, the whites and no. groes we'e to hav separato voting!. places; but later in tho day, fitdin,. that they could nott all vote thus,thley roug ht other polls in crowd~, and trenl ianiy were untiable to vote ow ing to tho short timetw aillowiel. Tho Cit.y gives ih'ownlow 2V maiorit y. Inl Nashville; the Clection was (ho qui(t-st ever known. 'he whites adI blacks voted without interrti)ion. At the polls a few poln1ts Were ar restd for attempting to vote twice, an(d others for Carrying concealed weapons. Returns fromt all tlhe wards but one give Brownlow 3163 ; Ether ige, 70-1. Four districts int ih coi. ty give Brownlow 457 ; Et heridge, 151). The R1epublicani ticket, is all elected. The returns from the different. se tions of lthe State come in sIowly -.very con ty inl MidIlle and E'a.t Tnnesee, so far as heartd riotm, has gne llepblican. ]h'ownlow, prohn by, earries every county in the State. except those int West Tintessee, and-l they are doubt ful. Middle Tennessee gives him : 1:tority of at least 15) (1(1. N :ihvile city gives him 33 M)n, :id Davkid-sol coul over .1000. 'ihe 10!lmblicani Congre.:nII are electe.1 lbeon I a dot.I Ma sof, who ratn in the Nashville district. as an inlepend ent Rhadical, otn the con fiscat ion plat ft-rim, receivedl only a few votes. ()f the legishit.ure, twtity out of twenty-three Iltpul ica are electeI for tlie tipper louse, and all but two of the e igh ty-three represetttatives inl ithe lower house, ensuring the election of a Republican United States Sea tor. The returns in thus fitlt ind1icate a majority int the State for Brownl ow of 25,001, which will probably be in creasedl to 30,0)00. ^'Pho Stato officers and Congremeiton -aL n on a: Mol ows: Governor.-W Il. G. irown low. Siperiitntelte of . 1ful-' Instruc tion.-Jolm Eaton. Iliebers of' (ns-es.:.---Dist. 11 11. It. Butler. 2---] lorace ANayard. :-W im. It. Stokes. 1 -, aImes Mill I is. 5-,lohn 'i'rimle. (;-S. 11. Arnell. 7-1. .i .awkins 8.. 1). A. Nunn. There is no ofileo of Lieutenant Governor inl Tennessee.- . Y. ;.I bn" I 1'st. Of course it is not surprising that, Brownlow should Ic elected, as lie has had full control cover the registra tion of voters and had himself pre scribed the degree of radicalismt Ie cessary to the aicknowledgetment of each voter's "'truly loyal" condition. S:rein.---Then citilens of' Inlo, Ga., were startled on l'ridaty evening last, at lenrniig that Lj. C. .1ohntsol. of that city, had connitied snicidt'. His boldy was aceidentally discoverel in a vacant. room in tie second story of t build ing recently oceipietl by himsef as a gro cry stote. The bod v was found strt.I edl upon t.lto flor---t'he face upwvardl, t he ilef, hand up on htis breast. The right down by his side, and near it a snall Colt's platol, one cylinder empty, with whicht ho is snpposed to have comtmitted thte deed. Tho11 ball entered his car, antd sc centr-lly, that it. was with dillficutlty that the examitinintg sur'geon ascortainted th< fact, as his face and head were coverai. with blootl. All thbo circmatances ant the testimony adduliced led to the con clusioni that the deced was thne work o his ownt hand, and thte jury found ac cordmngly. He Joh as been considered as partially mnanne (or someo timo ptast, andt a sa di to have threcatenetd suicide. Th<c act is sutpposetd to have been commlit ted on Thtursday evening, twetfy-fomt hours before theo b)ody was dhiscovered, as the re'port of a pistol was heard iti that localityv about that time0. The deceased was a son of' a formeT Govenor of South Carolina, and is said by those wvell ainitd with him, to have hadJ many noble traits of oharacter: --A ugust'& Naonal RItepubeanC(7 Another' ad vance, oibservesi the~ Lon. don Urocer, hans been made in the nIiih zatuon of ozone, ats de~mtonst rated by thc "ozone generator" exhtibited at the con. Ver.sationec given by t ho Presidet. of I he Royal Sociemy. It consists ofC a utnumb of' flat Sheets of glwst, coated with tin foil, nnI piled one upon another, hut slighitly separated. Etch plate ropre. ntsb a Leden jar, and whteh the wholt nubrare electrified, a stream ofanic fuoed through from one end to thne other b)oCOmonS so strongly ozomized that breanting is painful andie dangetous - Tlhte stream of oz6:nized air Lthus- prodi;. ced can be Lsed for bleaching and ot~hoe cemrienl purposes ;atid this is the form of t that im already tturned to account in thre decolorizmg of sugar at onei of' the refitneries ini the east of Liondon, To BuAte 'Ar.rwr,...Gouge out th< eyes and fIll them wvitht sugar; set thto a pes in a pie plato ; poutr in a toacull fullsof water and bake. Elat with criamn anid the juico founid in theo dish whien done. The Late Collisiou at Marion. The Marion Star publishes the follow. ing correnponde-nce in relationr to tihe late collision betweeni the civil and mili. tary authorities at Marion. It will be seen that, as soon as a responsible and competent military authority could be consulted, the action of the civil ollicer was suiitained as it was expected would be the case: MAuON, S. C., Aug. 5, 1867. Calpliin W.r J. Alciwral, h'ditor- "Ala( non1 8Nar :' Sli : The following letter from Capt. I H. S. I1 awkins, Commnni1r uding Military I'ost of Darlingtoin, S. C.. will explain satisfactorally to your renders and to the pibibe genrerally, (ho result of the collision of military and civil auitihority which occurred inl tis place a few days ago, and which have been made public inl the leading journals of the State. Very respect-fully, T. C. Mooiy, C. C. C. 1". Tli:,Aoqurn-rr:rr Moi.. Posror- DAmIIxAOTON, Darlrngton, S. ("., d uly -25, 1847. .iir. Thorfnwis ('. NAo'mly, (erk Con,-t an.'I -| Qfiel'o Magidrale, .3larion -in :-1 ave tire lho 1iour to acknowl. ,d'i, receipt of vurih Ieter to (encial Sicklo-a stating the arbitrary resei of a freedoiman, bY tio oflieers of the 1Ureau, Iml arloni. R C. Your action in re. fiusing to release the prisoner is sustain ri. nd lyou are hereby Iformed. that im lu tiire case, whenvin your action is ex ohleio imagislerial, yott are to hold youiself responsibuh to nollo bult the proper State nuthorities and tihe (enm. ral Commnanding this Military District anrd ti e .'iost (Comman11rcider. Thl' am nie reiark applies to all mri utal 1,shrills jailors3, eme. WV here(%, howiver, a llgrant Case of inijustice is roported to you hy air otlicer of tire Iiireau, it, is your dutv, its if. should be your desire, to look into it carefilly and see thait just.ice is mited oui. to all alike. Yiou will please exhibit this letter to the jailor in Marion, that lie may under stand to whom he is responsible for the safekeeping of any prisoner placed under hi charge. .i am sir, respectfilh', 1H. S, II1A WKI\ I N S, Capt. Gt In1faintry (oniandi rg. Tin: Doom-i F.unmiv.-During Mr. Bradley's Speech inl tire SurNratIt case. at Washington( , F'riday in reflrring to th"e diary of llooth, he .abl: They suippressel dhat diary whieb exculpates Mrs. Suninatt; that diary which shows who arnd what the man) wis ; a fanatic and mnradmuarn. I is grand father, Richard llootli, was the mrost thorough Red liepublican who ever settled in A merica, and iis grand son inherited tho traits of that grand. ia tler. It is well known ie aided slaves to oscape from Maryland, which ihis son, tire elder Junius Ilcoth, paid for. Tie grand fat her named his son, tire great actor, ,Tunius 13rurtus, arid his first Lgranlson Junius Brutus, and ta urghtj bot son and grandson to idolizo tie memory of tie great Brutis that killed Oenar in tire Ioman qp -pital. J. Wilkes Booth was ar accomplhshed scholar', aind moved inl tie bost society but ho had rumuni rg thirorighr imi this vein of insanri.. ty, arid above it all flows that irndescera hable)10affectioni of a son for a mother. Wi~onde1rfulh was tire power ire oxercisedl over meon, wondelrful is power on tire stago, nmakinig his $20,000 a year. Tu Vrf Swoann ita ltst'onve--A t thec Conerv'ativo C2onvenition which no mi.. nated (G en. ItHolm for tire (lovernor' ship of Kentucky, Col. Wohfor'd, a d ir tinigulihed oflicer of the Federal armny, said: "If history shall show, in tire end, that thre war was for the overrunirig arnd subjugation of thre Slouthern Statert, for tire pitr'poseo of' clovat. irng tihe negro to political power at tiro expenrso of the white meni, born froomen, descenrdants of' onr revolu ftionar'y sires, thren . shrall turn from my swor'd with sorrow, if not with We submit to CJol. Wolf'ord arnd thousands of' gallanrt men of tire North. ern army that history line already brought proof and tihe sword of shamo. rests on mrany a household wall. It shrall never be tire sword of honor uln. til tihe rmen, who fought to proserve thre Constituition, the U~nion arid trite Ilopublican freedom, insist upon por. foot rostoration. If' theso never be restored, Hlistory will wreathe the swords of tire North in ey press anud tihe age's will halo the sword of R~obort Loo. Thro arrival of tihe Surltan in PYaris gave r'ise to rmay aned~otes in thne pa pers. Among threm is one to tis of'a feet : M Leopard Do Meyer, thre pianist, Wats called upon to play before Abdul Aziz, In ordor that rno injlury might be done to thre beautiful .miorsai floor, the piano was p-aod on the baoks of ar~e Turrkw than when Md do Meyer desti'od to'sit down, hie was told that no one wast permitted to be seated in the presence of thro Sltan, Final ly tid diffrouity was got over, and thre profossor wast uacommodated with a chair'. TheoSultan expjressed himself as highly dolighrted with thre perform anee, and theon asked the pianist to dance. A Collootion of.Wonders, A marvellous colloction of oyjcs vlart and gems is now on private exhi. bition in 'Paris. Cnnoisseurs opine that so large a number of unique and imagiflent valuales have never been gatherered together in any country, and a Primce, whose taste is as prover b)ial as his wealth, recently declared that lie never even snspected the ex istence of such marvols. It would bo impossible to enumerate the clements of one-fourth of the collection, but wo can mention a few of the wonders without attempting to give a satisfac. tory description of any. First comes n, little basket carved out of a single emerald, whioli is as largo'as a good m.ed apricot. Thero are portions of io apricot which have been cut bhroughi, and other parts havo been culptured en relef It is said that the work on this little basket required an mtlay of time equal in duration to the ives of several men. Then the con wisstcurs arc shown ia vase made of a 'ingular burquoise in the form of a oblot, about thirty contimetros in eoight, and surrounded by a garland if gems. Exp lerienced apprnisers who were alled upon to estimato the value of ,his wondrous vase, failed to agree as o the figure, but aill admitted that it xccded 14,000,000 francs. A small bo'at carvel out of jade. and tenante i LIy two tiny figures-a man and a ionkey-mado of gems; a enge mado >f gold anld: geis, containing birds, ind a clock of like materials; a drink ng cup, out from a singlo opal, are text inm the order of exibition. Wo Mnil only make a genoral mention of maskets filled with unset precious Ctones, worth from 500,000 to 1,000, )00 francs, of forty snufl'-boxes of ti nost magnificent description, and of inntities of bracelets, rings and car rings, set with rubies, turquoises, amneralds, saphires, and diamonds of 3vory color, for an enumeration of all thoso curiosities would require more 4pace that could be given it. The iimost singular feature of the exhibi lion, however, is the simplicity which -h araclerizes tihe actions of the exhibi Lor. The gentleman who does the honors of the place allows the visitors o ire, toueh and villiro all tho a l , es displayed, nd tnon m1rumn io ent iro collection into a broken host and a wretched bureau drawer mriis tlio key in ia rusted look, an illies forth to the restaurant, pending lie hour fixed upon by Sovereigns vho have promisod to view the collec ion. Thus far no bargain of any nagnitudo has been made on account >f the immense prices that are asked. [Tndependence Belge. ANoTrmn TiREAT OF CONFIscATION. -A dispatch fronm Washuington says: A. recent letter from Hlon. Thaddeus 4tovons to a Radioal friend inl this :ity states that a bill will be preont. Ad at the oponing of the November LDongresslomnai session for confiscating lhe property of all Southern ex slave iolders who dismiss the freedmen for voting the Republican ticket. Soni ior A ilson,it is understood, strongly favors this course. The names of such ex-robols are to 1o collected by the military commanders for refor Cnco. EAHOP MIA.JOn llUGHu I. MA. rLoNE.--We ai'o called uipon to record thie death of a bravo and gallant Con fudorato soldier, w~hio (died in this paat6'cokonMondayr morn ing lato consumption. No truer boeart over beat in the bosom of mani. The mina of the 8thm Georgia Rlegimeont who have fought inndor him in so m any hia ttles, shared with imu tho toils of the nmairch and time hardships of the camp, will drop a tota' of sor-. row for the mdmory of otso thilIoarn.. cd toj love so well. But a feov months ago the amiable and devoted wife of the decensed loft this valo of tottra and preceded her husbaoed to that haven of rest where the wcam'y forever i'est. They arc again united4 Three little ohildren are left orphans4 May lie who watches over all protet those lit' tlo ones and preserve tuem for a hap' py otornty.--Atrange Akcporter.. Tu~n n Aarohn LJorP,-Ldol, Miguel Lopez, the traitor, after selling Max imila and his gnrlwont to Pti. ebia to visit his "ife. His 'ro tda wasdeidcdly cold. Hiss'ffead fto od to meet him, loadlhg ~tefittle son by the hand, and addz'ohod him t thus :"Sir, he re is your sop ) we cannot cut him in two% fallo him. You are a base coward and ttIdtor, YTou have beatrayed y'our coiantif~ and your bonefactor. brom thist h'oir we are strangers, for I shall this day roe lire to my family. Go." .Thec 4ditor of the I#'olflna (La..) D~emocrai has had an opportunity of 3xammmig the two clfases of' worms, he army and the grass; The first yas a lively, active Jtnmpitig creature, he latter dull, hievy, and enrling up ripossluin'falilo li'QOnsn ~.Oce Tn Wrr. mnington Is threatenedwb 'bsrtfo. Lbions which may..oriousty imp)sy its risefutinous, Iru~ btkib'f sand bavo boond ise e-~j plaeos, manrried thuithet~ f hialan by ilho troeamlna talfl n t R24monik