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VOL. 11.] WINNSBORO, S. C., WEDNESDAY MORNING, MARCH 17, 1869. [NO. 37
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TO MY FRIMMD PAR AWAY.
As cheerful spritIg wit I joy yot. bail,
Antl Ilower< i 0:1 hill attl <lahr ;
Ani bloonl in", youh} pr t:hu W'r the lets
With bounding heirts andl footstep freo
W"iten 4nnner shdrli her blazing light.
O'er forest deep and inortntni-t height ;
And the ,orn rtdes highl in her virgin
Spheres,
And hope cltoers the path of my wantler
igs herc;
\Vhen auttiuin cumu in sober grief,
WY itl ripene'l corn and yellow Jeaf
An<l Sol grows dilt, andi Cynthi:a litle.
An I winds sighI throngh (lie lonely vale
When ratzing winter howls aroinil
O'er b:;r1rea tw:iS:e nntl froz:'n gtron .(
And l : u'1m la ;for:n 1 ht northI his icy dlotnnin,
A nl ( oWS his i ; wanlle o 's ow o'er Ith
Oft a;t thes return throtngh revolving yenr:
With tiheir joys, their griefs their sorrows
annti tenas :
Oh, will ye one thought of the past still re
lain,
And of hin who may ne'er share your
siniles again ?
[ li t'en R'.pressly for (ie l'irfield 11rald j
Trh e itIetaInIOr)hOSis.
BV %.1InE1.
:il:lthl hath never given happiness, hit of
ten uit'ien'd nisery. l
T''ppelr' 1%rtceril Phi!mopnrdy..
On the portico of a stately dwell
ing in fair C'itmbi-the ''City of
Sks"-at a fragile, hut beanutiful
girl of eighteen summters, with one
?f pale cheek resting upon her transpa
rent hand, while the other hand toyed
restlessly with a largo, white rose that
lay upom her lap. Iler dre.ss of some
diaphanous material, .1 fa ted airily
atrounld her, the gentle evening breeza
fanned lier g->ldon trotcov, nud it' nhi
had only possnssed a pair of shining
wing-, one would have thought her an
angel--visitant from beyond tie Jor
dan. There was a deep, earnest look
in her young face and it was very evi
dent that she was underdoing at trial
of soeic deerition. A little apart
and anxiously and intently regarding
her, vas a young man eladtin a suit of
soldier's hotnest gray. Upon hits mar
ble brow Dime Nature had clearly
stamtped noble man and through his
dark mourtslul eyes, beamed the spir
it of tho hero-strong in hattle, ten
dfer in love. His searching gize had
a magnetic ell'et, the girl looked up,
their eye:l met, there was a prayer in
his.
"MAhel," he said gently, "you give
me no hope, take into consideration
my devoted love for you, I have no l
thoiught, not hope, nor dream, but
what it is in sono way blended with
you. For your sake I would climb to I
the very su<nn,it of the Mont Blano
of fame, defying and overcomting
overy obstacle that, chanced to throw
itself in my path ; with your smiue to
ehcourage, nothing 'voruld iT imnposhi
ble to me.*1
"Lionel," said thte girl ioterrupt
ing him, "do not tempt me, you know
Papa and the Doctor hatve both vetoed
my becoming a soldier's wife arid
especially, the wife of one who has 1no
fortune.. My health is two delicato' I
could not'bear the sufferinig and anxi
ety, indeed I could not."
'Mable, it pains me1 beyond mecas
Suroeto sen hows thin and pale you are
growing, I mtust cotfns, even to my
solf,.that you are sadly changed from
the blithesome school-girl of Lwo.years
ago, fresh.from the swing, from jumlp
ing the rope and from your 'invigora
ting walks ill the opan, air. Oh ! if
you would only lisren to me, would
. nly consent to. becoine my wife, to go
and live with my mother and two little
sisters on the bauka of the beautiful
Enloree I Exercise and pure country
air wvould soon impart a rIeW vigor to.
* your frame, churna.g and milking theo
vows would soon1 recall the lonig ban
ishedl roses to youri cheeks."
"Lionel," answered Afabel, the
Iiaughty Southern. blood. mIountinig to
* her brow, "you talk nonsens'e,. hieaven
* forbid~ that iiy "father's -daughter
shioild eYWr leonideseend te such low
oc01upationsl"
'"labol," said the youpg man re
pi-oachafully, "may mtother is a lady and
bhlO (108 n0t eollid(er it ~a iace Wo
#fo'ii'thf&so little househobi, duties.
R tecolleot ,thatt wbhen. the war: oOtn
mueneed, she waethe:owhaer of' a pa;ls
ry. comfort-.aud hiuuy thab .W0aIh
could furnish6e And dnow, thai. ther
fortunes of .war'have'!l4ft *s2%Othinlg
but a log-cabini a sm,alL farnuandn,
fo# fiitnfhl alaveppn thei f tfe on.obilty
of hi4r oheraoter displiaysi$bqf& ;Bha
has passed throbgh a fiery )rorda1! and
has come forth rofth#d and yt1ifidta
a.great degree...,,
repl.ed, i A "1 . e. , ,
* "I beg your pardon, iJoni, IA1k
not intend to cast alny insinuations
upon you mother whom I know to be
a most admirablo lady, but wlen 1 |
am compelled by a stern and uncomi
ptoniniig necessity to toil and spin,
then I shall have to submit. Tust s,
long, however, as Clotho, L-iehesi:s
an I Atropos spin and weave gold aid
silver threads for me, just so long will c
I remain, in case, luxury and refine- I
ment. Were I in your log-cabin on r
the baiks of the legendary Enorce, l i
should hold up my hands in holy hor
ror and cry Oh ! for sweet civiliz-ation r
once more." 1
The young man flushed - painfully
and turned away, then as if tuddenly
Changing his mind, lie went to her, I
took her hand and in a low and inex- I
pressibly sweet and mournful voice, 4
he said,
"Darling, if the time should ever L
come when you have no roof to pro
teet your head, recollect that the
humble cabin in the woods stands
open to receive you, that warm hearts
and cheerful faces will welcome you
there."
!Ip raised the hand to his lips, I
looked long and earnestly into the I
violet eyes that were slowly filling d
with tears and then, was gone. 'I
Alabel watched his retreating figure
with a dull pain at her heart, r1arcely I
realizing that he was gone, yet fully v
consci-us that he was too proud to c
return. After he had vanished, I
with a sigh of tremulous weakness, S
she raised the hand that he had clasp.. a
ed so fondly and closely regarding it t
for a few moments, suffered it to fall a
heavily in her lap. c
"It is too small and delicate," she d
murmured, "work would destroy its a
sy nietry, sully its whiteness.'' I
Mabel Vaune was the only child of a d
widower in good oircumstances, whos
delight it had been to surround her a
with all of the comforts and many of it
the elegancs of life. Mars andi
Iiellona had summoned him to join 2
their standard a short timo previous v
t.a the opening of our story and she 5
was loft under the protection of a re
spectable widow lady, who had been li
installed asliousekeeper. Two years ri
before Mabel had met Lionel )anvers 0
in: Charleston ; he w as then wealthy c
and might have offered her a princely u
hom'e, but for relentless war, *which s
bo no favorttc nnal r-paren, none In its I
wild fury. If he had remained in t
easy circumstances, Mablc would have h
accepted him, for she did not deny c
that he had gained possession of her hi
heart, but now that lie wias poor, she
was neither noble nor self-sacrificing i
enongh to share his noble fortunes. 8
Indolence was the bane of~her life- si
the deadly Ilpas tree that was slowly I
lit surely poisoning her existence.
Dressing for parties, dancing, reading a
novels and sleeping late in the morn
iug were her chief employments sonie- 9
times, but rarely, she was seen with a 1
piece of embroidery in her hands. t
'he ultima tlule of her ambition was
to be considered the belle of the ball- r
room. Latterly, she had grown so t
feeble from over-exerting herself at i
night and not oxerting herself at all e
intthe day time,.that the family phy
sician had forbidden her to attend n
any more pnrtice. Day by day Mabel t
grew paler, feebler, and more discon- i
tented, and when Guneral Sherman t
entered Columbia she was scarcely <
able to leave her room. I
Lione~l DaLnvers, after a brief visit
to hi.s niother'shome, returned to Vir.
ginia, where, he soon after lost an ar m<
and lay for weeks in a dreary hospital,
prostrated by a nervous fever resul tirng
from the wound.
On one of those fearful nights in<
February, eighteen-sixty-five whlen
South Carolina lifted up her,voice in
wveeping and lamentation, refusing to<
be comforted, because of her sons<
slain in battle, her daughters render..
ed houseless and homeless, her beauti- d
fuml city laid in ashes. Oh I on one of I
these never-to-be-forgotten night C
wyhen mothers clasped their wailing t
infants to their bosoms and begged I
God to have mercy upon them, Mahiel
Vane stood at the window of a small n
dwelling in one of the mnore retir'ed
piortions- of Columbia and witndsset)l
he destruption of her father's house. ii
From the open doors arnd ,windows of, I
tildpioud dwell in g huge flames, likea
fiery writhing serpants, were leaping
and hissing and crackling in wild and I
deimoniae glee. Othier stately edifices- t
were sharipig the same fate, reddening I
the. sky and illuminating the earth
wi,t'h the g.are of their. conflagration, I
but the' girl's gaze teemed riveted on
that particular spot, the spot where
she had been born and reared. There
were no tears on her cheek, but the
quick gasp for breath now and then,
inidajted plainly, the intenge mental 1
ordit,Aldnt uuider which sh!e labored.
Onbe:eheywhisperedt,
"All is lost-everything i I am ai
beggar without even a chango of .raim
mgonti no Ij9.use, rio. home, and my I
father, my dear fatlher,s ,ineareerated,
in a Y'ankee dun gdn."
'Then thliNNshed befdre hersimind's
eye' the:pioture of a littlei ewbin in
themwoods, khe sm~iled, involuntarily,
and thne angej f hp orepM n4o . her
heart.
The invaders mayohed on, Cotmvn1
,bl& w~Aleft behind inib6 herdesilatt'on.
formed by the Blrad. .Eigei
Enoree rivers, was not moleste d,the
nemy preferring to steer elear of
vater-courses as far as possible. This
ioble widow, r eetmbering her son's
ove for the young (:olunlbian and
earilg that ;.he nmight. be in a state
f destitu-tion, prepared for a visit to
he Capital ai :u soon s the lee hand
rossed the foatitt* Catawba, stai ted
o her j urnev. Nabel was too prottd
4 F:cek a shelter that she had once
ejec!ed so contemptuously, but when
t was again oi'ered, rlhe gladly avail.
d herc If of thn kind inrilation and
eturned %%ith I\r;. inver's to New
>erry. 1.ike all true womeu she aroste
hove her nistortties, and corning
() he a b,urden uIpon any Qo, sootn
ed ho self in assisting her kind
riend to d i.chargo her daily Itlos.
ountry life has its charms and Mabel
iscovered that it was tot.us intolera
le as sh( ha.t(d supposed it to be.
( To be conlinued ]
[Corre:iponttdent Charlestone
From the State Capital.
CO.UMIIA, S. C., M arch G.-Th
ill for the enumeration of the in
abi!ants of the State led to a long
iscussion in the Senate yesterday.
'he Ilouse bill on the satne su'j ect
as laid on the table in the Senate.
l>th bills were drawt in accordanco
ith the provi:ion of.t mn now State
onstitution, which requires that an
nuteration of the ithabitants of the
tate be made in 1869, again in 1875,
nd itn the course of every tenth your
hiereafter. B3oth provided for the
ppointtnent by the Governor of a
ensus taker for each county, at live
chars per day, with the privilege oe
ppointing assistatnts who are to be
aid at the rate of three dollars per I
ay.
Senator Teslie opposed both bills,
nd t,tovel to lay them on the table.
he said that it. was well known that t
was his intention, as United States
Iarshal, to take the consus for 1869
ithout one dollar of expense to the t
tate.
Nash interrupted him by asking if
e had already received his appoint
tent. General (1 rant, ho knew, was I
mly inatguratad the day before and
ould have had no time to read the vol
mlinout potition of the honorable t
nator for the tftice he was seeking.
t' was not, lie Nith, atx 7! tt+o b ,t it
to surest way to wait for dead men's
toes, and if the senator from Barn
'ell waited for ir. Epping's shoes
o might be disappointed. These old
ernans are very tenacious and long
ived. .Ile therefore thought the
enator should not jump at conclu
ons without ttottme good guarantee of
is hopes being fulfilled.
Senator Leslie said if he was not 1
ppointed James G. Gibbes (who is a I
andidate), or some other equally
ood man as himself would be. It
erhaps made but little difference to t
be people of the State which of the
rst >aned respectable gentlemen
oceived the appointment, but one
hing is certain, whoever got it will
:r.... to do exact!y what is
alled for in the bill. 1le contended
hat the intent of the constitution was
imply to have an enumeration, and
hat the people should know how
aany senators and representatives
hey are entitled to elect at the next
leotion. That being done by the
Jnited States Marshal and his depu
ics, would be a virtual compliance
with the provision of the constitution
n the subject.
Senator Leslie's views, however,
rere overruled, and the Se.nate bill
assed its second reading and was
rdcred to be engrossed.
IDuring the heat of the discussion
n the above bill, Senator Leslie was
bserved to h)o looking intently at the
hook in the rear of the presidentt's
esk. At 2:30I P. M. he rose to a
uostion of privilege, and desired the
resident to itnfortm hitn whtether that
lock was regarded as the legal official.
lime of theo Senate. President Cor
in, in'reply, respectfully referred
ho decision of . that question to the
enatQr from Barnwell. Mr. Leslie
hereupon, pointing to the dial, an
ouniced that "Blla%kville bad become
law, and the county seat of Barnwell
Iunty, irrevocably changed to Black
'ille by the- expiration, of the three
ays' constitutional limit given lisa
kocellency to approve an act or re
urn it winh his objections to the
louse in which such act originated,
ad neither of these prov'isions had
0een compl1lidwith.'' The tannounee
sent caused a general smile in the
enatr Leslie left' for Blackvillo
)ourthtouse to-day.
In the HIouse, the Educational bill
as caused .an exceedingly tedious
nd unig~teresting diecussion for two
[ay s. Th'e main poinits .d bted 1v
>een the respective salaries ofte
ilicors named in the bill, and their
howers and duties. It is urged that
he office of School Commissioner is
utended %(s an honorary position, sind
he d4t,ies to be performed by tho
n the compunity.who were whilinto
lve a pQrtion of their time to pu' lio
>onefactionls ,wit.hoiut other: reward
lumi tlpat of doipg a Iservice. to hu
nanity, The opposition, however,
~rgued .t)mat~ the pressn$ eondition
ould nrbe found; th)at the w94
was both arduous and expensive, and
,hnd'ld be paid for. The bill was
firatlly reforred to a e,io1 commit
too of nine, with instrt^ tions to report
t su.ttI titutle. The pre'-.ing businres.4
before the e in -r i AsemIybly will
very likelv prt"vt''tt, any further ncti'm
iln th I;nreational b'iil befre the
next siOn.
It was a:tnou:nd thi :11ning th1at
he net to enable. the S ivatnnah 11a1l
Charle=ton 1tilroad Comp-iny to cora
plete their road, at 11):39 A. M. ha'I
become a law without the si:niture of
ho (O.%riaor, by the xpiratintt ot
he con-titutinat lilmit, of three day
n t which it :iblould h:aec 1b.: returi
O. the pr"-e:t.nent in the Scnate,
1 riiday, of a copy of the prosent ent
)f the t. rand Jury of Antderson , Se ws
or I'li o t,t:tde a unoii'rn that, it, ho
ipread in full on the iournatl,, which
ras agreed to. li>s tated that it was
.hot first p aper sWt t0 the (;etieral
its:uitbly w;hich contitiled a state
nent showing th:t th, conscrvativo
antd moderate men of that rection of
sountry are detoermlint"t tt all hazards
o maintain good order 'And peace. It
vas entitled to more than than tho
irrlinary coulrtesy exttled to cotm
iutli.atiots; freqently sent to the
The f'u)iiowig:i is thi statement al
udei to:
The (I rand .Jiry taikt this (,pportu
ity to co r,"t:alt ltte th citiz.ns of the
otnty tpouu the gene1nI good ordor
vhiolt prevails throitghioult. the County,
and we call upon every citizen, with
milt dlist inct ion of raee or color, to
titite in enforeeing the: ltaw and pre
erving the peace of tle coutnty, and
ending his infiluo.nce to restore ponce,
larmony and prosperity to the coun
y.
To the presiding Judge the (ran'd
fury ret urn their than1a for this uni
ort hind ne;s and cour esy during the
ession of the court, and heartily
mite in colgratulating the citizens of
ho cireuit in securing sod istittgttishe'd
jurist as preaiding officer of the
olort.
The bill to omend the not to regu
ate the manner of drawing j+iries,
vhich pas:Sed the Ilouse, was read the
ec,ind time uI the Senat,. to-day, and
ho annticiaments subiim ited by Sana
or Corbin, of the Judi iory Comn n it
The bill to incorporate the Dout
eer Atillerioe I ite,st.usungs o
-cin, received it.s third reading in the
3onato yostoni:y, passed, and was
cot to the ionse of upreCent tives,
vbere it was read the first time to
la y.
.fI the Ilonse yesterday, Iurvi,
ron the Committee on .Incorpora
ions, reported favorably on the fol
owing :
A bill to renew and amend tho
harters of certain towns and villages
herein mentioned.
A bill to incorporato a home for in
:alid clergymen of the Episcopal
Jhurch in the Town of Aiken'. Both
aid over for a second reading.
Bosemon, from the Medical Com
nittee, reported on it bill to establi.sh
L lazarett.e or (puarantino hospital iln
he harbor of Charleston, and for oth
>r purposes, and submitted the mi
lority report:
"The undersigned, constituting a
ninority of the Medical Coamittee,
-eeoltenid the passage of the hill,
>clieving that theare exists an urgent
ecess:ity for sucha action on the part
if the General As.sembly.
(Signed) . B. A. ThISEMION, Jr.'
The report were considered to-day,
1h0 miajor ity report laid ont the table
ind the minority report adopted,
Th'Ie concurren,t resolution to op.
oint JT. M1. Allen, C. W. Montgomeao
-y, II. J. Lomax, Wilson Cooke, .J.
51. Wilder and Josepha Crews, proxies
.0 represent the State at the meetinags
>f the GIreeniville iand Columabia Rail..
oad Company, was adopted in both
[louses.
Elliott, from the Committee on
[Railroads, reported on a bill to aff'ord
did in the extention of the Spartan
urg and Union Railroad, and reeomn
ntended that tile bill be lid on the
able, and a substituto entitled "A
'ill to aid the extenasion of the Spar
anburg and Union Railroad," be
idoptedl.
D)eLargo moved thaat the further
sonsideration of the hill and substitute
be post ponaed, Iand( made the special
rder for Miondtay, March 8, at half
past twelve 1'. M1.. Agreed to.
This maomautre tmeets thte general
ipprovial of over two-thirds of both
branohes and will undoubtedly pass.
SUnarsIh.ATil OP AN I-ISCOrAL
MIjNI sTER.--Anaothier very sutddont
decath occurred in this city on Satur>
clay -nmorning., ''The Rev. Charies
Q-illetto, of Brooklyn, N. Y., had. heon
91n a visit to this city for several 'days
On s3atuirday. mornIng, after break,
fasting, lhe 4tarted out amid the storm
of wind aind snow to visit some friends1
and about 10) o'olock stepped inte
WVilson's 11ot01 and requiest,od to see a
city, directory. The book.was hatided
hiim, and just as lhe was abhout -opening
its pages ho sank to theo foor and oig
pired. immediat91y.-BalUimore, B,~Z
8.k
A8Sqq ty,fog .ho Proteeoaa g Ba
most dar8fu nutses and to iMothiri
who nuirso their own infant.
1'rom the Lexinglon OiUerver, 17th.)
The Tragedy in Loxing on, Kontucky
Particulars of the Fearful D3od.
'l'hi whole community was thrilled
and horr ified yesterday morning by
tho news of one of the most fearful
tragedies ever enacted in this city.
''ho tcrsiblo afftir occurred on the
beautiful farm of Mr. J. W. Lee,
which is located at the head of Second
street, and adjoining the cemetery.
At about daylight yesterday morn
ing a sistcr of Mrs. Lee, who was
sleeping in the second story of the
f rm re,di.lenoo, was awakened by cries
for help proceeding from the bed
room of iM1 rH. Lee, and heard her
si+ter scream to her in fearful tones:
"Mr. Len has killed himelf and is
t;r3 ing to kill m1e." She rushed to the
door of the bed roombut found
it locked. She then o a I I c d
to Mr. Lee's little son, who was in
the room, and told him how to open
the door, which he suedeedod in do
ing, and disclosed to her horrified
view such a scene of blood and crime
as we hope will never again be re
corded in the history of our city. Mr.
and Mrs. Ltte, in their night clothes,
woro weltering in their blood on the
flior not fir from the door, toward
which Mrs. Lce had evidently strug
gled de.perately, hoping to octtpe.
Mr. Leo was quite dead, with his
throat cut from ear to ear, and Mrs.
Lee, horribly cut up, was just breath
ing her last. In addition to the gash
es on her neck, one of which sevored
the jugular vein, both of her hands
were nenarl, cut in two. In a sicken
ing pool of blood at the side of the
bed lay a new razor. It was the
seizing of this murderons weapon in
the awful contest that had taken
place that had caused these wounds.
Dr. T. W. Poster was called in, but
to i late to render medical asistance.
Their little son, about four years
old, the only and helpless witness of
this awful tragedy, says that his fa.
ther (lid the deed-first cutting Mrs.
Lee's throat and then his own.
It hae transpired that Leo also in
tended to consign his little boy to the
sim fate of it, inurdered mother. Ie
did succeed in slightly wounding him,
bit the littl fello eote ,av froyi.
hintm and ran under time beed, and It is
supposed that Lee was two weak from
loss of blood to follow him. lrernity
alone will reveal the agony endured
by that poor, dying woman, as she
struggled fearfully for life, saw her
husbitnd rushing to a suicide's grave,
and her darling boy almost under that
lshining, deadly blade.
No positive cause has yet been giv.
en for Mr. Lee's conduct. Meibers
of the family state that lie had of late
been greatly troubled about his pecu
niary affairs, and that ho must have
becomo suddenly deranged. It is
also rumored that he was heard to ask
:;evcral days ago "vhat would become
of mly property if I shauld kill mly
wife and myself." It is stated that
his relations with his wife were of tho
most harmonious kind, and that he
was never addicted to drink.
Mr. I,o was i native of Cork, Ire
land, and had just passed his thirty
third year. He came to this place
when quite a young man, and secured
employment in the establishmuont of
thelat Wm Sct.tas ia journeyman
baker. My hsoniaaeet
and with the aid of considerablo
means lisa wife brought him at thieir
marriage, lie succeded in aniassing
quite a fortune. Duiring the war he
did the government baking in this
city, and was know as an extremist in
politics. Mrs. tee was well connect.
nected and much respected,
Pa,tnnos.s nlY PRI9DE.NT -ONO
ANi) llu:-nnEsT UNDEIR Tuir. Nnnw
A nsMN'TR,IA TON.-" Waa8h. Ma rch (.
Rouber t .\urry, Esq., United States
Marshal, Nowv York city:. If .Jacob
itid Moses Deopuy have riot been re
leased, you will regard their pardon
as cancelled, anid return the same at
once to this department.
E. 11. WVAsunUnJNF,,
Slecretary of State "
In compliance with the above, De
puty Marshal P. A. Thompson aent
the pardons of the D)epuya back to the
State Departmoent.
What further action will be takej
in thme matter ia not at p resent known.
Jacob and Moses Depny, father
and son, were convicted of resening
seized whiskey fr.om a revenue ofiier.
.Jacob was sentenced to three years'
imupriso)nmuint at hard labor and fined
six hunidred dollars, anid Moses sen
tenced to one year's-imprisonment
and fined two hundred dollars. The
pardon was granted on the ground
that the D)epuys had givesn valuable
information in regard to 'reveniue
frauds, and had been promised p ro
teotion.; The pardons wore condit~ion
e41 pon the payment of the fines im
pose.
PEN:TTAnate--We have been
informed that on,yeat&rday a colored
mnhr reported himself .to the. Cmeptain
of the, guard at th.o Ponzitentigry. g
hayitig boon app9ivlt y S.upqrin eop
dat nf8tolbrand a, nhelibg e nhgepf '
white men,. they Imme *dtg
theIr nonitio.--PAmh
The Negroes of New York.
The New York Times contains a
long and elaborate artiole on "the
Dusky Race in New York," from
which we condense the following:
There are about 12,000 negroes in
the city, residing ohiefly in certain I
localities whore they aro, paoked like
sardines in a box, in ricketty old i
housos whose ceilings, floors and stair
c.sos are begrimmed with dirt, and
whore a docent mode of living is al
most impossiblo. Their numbors have I
decreased during the past six years
atbout 25 per cent.-and those who
romain find great difliculty in procur
ing the necessaries of lifo, for thoe
prejudico against them, on account of
their color, is so intense and univer
sAI that it is hard for even the best I
among the m to obtain regular om. }
ploytent. They are nevor hired if 1
white men can be procured to supply T
the wants of the contractors ; and 1
when they do succeed in getting work,
they are always paid a low-r rate,
anu expeotod to do more labor than
their uore fortunate rivals.
They cannot rent lodgings in the
sam e tenements with the whitos, nor C
are they allowed admittance to hotels,
saloons, or bar-rooms, except of the 0
lowest order. Ther Theatres close I
their doors against them, and even
""Tho Christian Convention of Minis- -
ters of all Donominations" black ball
their colored brethren of the pulpit. I
They follow as trades-.whitewash
ing, laboring, and waiting ; but thiov- t
ing and gambling occupy a large pro- u
portion of the entire number. 'I'hey T
are not doing so much now-a-days in
the way of miscegination, but indulge
fondly in glorious anticipation of "a
good time coming."
The author remarks: E
After making a reasching and pa- a
tient inquiry into the condition, ways c
and habits of the colored population ]
of Now York, I can come to but' one t
conlution --that, in spite of all their 1
effut is to the contrary, they are kept t
! ik by circumstances over which
they themselves have no t;ontrol ; that
if they could get rid of this inveter- o
ate and all-powerful hostility to them,
on account of their color, they would
soon make rapid progress; but that
till that desirable consummation i f
brought abnut, they wilt' go on much i
in the same way as they hiae done
for years past.
Trtc, RAnIrA: ltow JN Prrnsnuna.
We refer the reader to the scenes at
the .Radical Convention which met in t
I'etersbnrg yesterday. It was a fight
im mggt the jackals and hyenas over 1
the offices of the Stato. how sad,
indeed, must be the fate of a Com- 1
monwealtlt so renowned when such
men are clamoring and fighting over
her oflices ! Is thero a man in the '
Union who can, in his moments of
soberness a reflection, look with l
any other felIng than horror upon t
the idea that such men fill the offices t
of Virginia? The leaders pull and a
haul about the negroes an the pilot of N
a steamboat does his chain-box, to
throw its weight on first one side,
then the other. Profoundly ignorant
of the cause of the row, but rising 4
with the excitement, and shouting at 1
the top of nhis stentorian voice cheers I
antd denunciatits by turns, the negro
stupidly continues to be th e ats-paw
for the cunning men who take all the
chtosnuts.
Surely such scenes as th6so at Pe
tersburg yester~day should satisfy the
people and the Administration of the 1
imtportanco of an early restoration of
'the order, dignity, artd initegrity of
the government of th~is venorablo I
State by enfranchising bo$r .whit4 citi
Zens. Unitil this is done thore oan be,
no public decorum, no well-regulated
dlomestic e conomiy, and, of course, 1
neither peace nor prospirity.
What is to comne of thisi strife over
the offices we eanat foresee ; but one
rational hopie fi-om it is that the more
honest atnd truthful of the party may.
be Induced to go apart from the in.
contpetents and knavde for the purpose
of doing so'mothinmg for thdo pnblio
good by helping to save the State,
from their corrupt schenmes.
IIANoI?NG oF Foua nrF.-Vod
negroes-6 illiam Wilson, Williamn
WVells, Frank Rounds, and George
lBailey-were hung in Prin'ces Anne,
Md., March t,h, for' the murder of
11. F. Johnson, aild H~enry Oanhtou
captain and that'e of 'an oyter iloOp'
in Mgroh,' 1868. Ea6h pdsonoer. on'
fessed his guilt. Rond a nd Weli
died instantly, and ' BMI in a fd*
sedonds. WilsonA geek 31d not
break; hegroaned ' atid striz gled
hiorribly, got'heo 'U is ad
shmroifd of Routids ah thfi of.Ia bid'ti
rope, drawieg hhAeel f.up 6n t1e leaf
fold agtin, hIoJ Jilot 'seided aid:
tightened the hod$ac, erid ggIn teho'd
dQitsed t'o'st)ri1gle for i\t'"
i'ofthe et,c '4n111 T hubotI
execution ocupied forty-fffe idW4
broad and three Inobes de,y
taine a solid foot I A shoo.
THE SUPPRAOE AMENDMENT IN IN
DIANA--A BOLT AGAINST EATIFICA-'
rioa.-Indianapolis, March 3.-Two
7ears ago a law was passed to prevent
legislative bolting, with the penalty of
]no and Imprisonment. This law,
owover, will not prevent Democratio
nombors of the Legislature from bolt -
ng to defeat the ratification of the
uifrage amendment. The Democrat
0 caucus held last night, all the
Democratic members of the Lsgisla
uro concurring, resolved to either
resign or get out of the way ; to break
i quorum in both branches of the Leg
islature if necessary to defeat the
ratifoation of the amendment by this
f,ogilature.
Anticipating this contingency, the
ecessary appropriation bills have
'con pushed forward to-day, and will
>o passed to-morrow morning, so that
to embarrassment shall arise from the
olt, which will take place to-morrow
fternoon, as the majority in both
ranches have made the question the
pocial order for 2 o'clock to-morrow.
There is no differeneo of sentiment
,inong the Democrats as to the defeat
f the ratifioation of the amendment.
prom every quarter comes the advice
nd the request for the Democratic
nembers to resign or leave if the
najority should press a vote. The
)emooratio members fool that the
,iondment is a fraud upon the poo
>0, and that the people will sustain
horm in defeating action upon it un
il they have had a chane to pass
p3n it through the ballot-box.
EMOCRATS nESIONED--NEW E.ECTroN
ORDEnED.
INDIANAPOI.Is, March 5.-Governor
3:iker has issued a proclamation for
pedal elections in several senatorial
nd representative districts where va
aneios occurred by the resignations of
)emiocratio members of the l egisla
uro, to be held on the 23d instant.
. special session- of the Legislature is
o be held early in April. The Re
ublican members of the Legislature
old' daily sessions, but adjourn with
ut trangaoting any business.
DARUNO RonnEn AND ATTEMPT TO
IURnIiE NEAIL WIIsINGTON, N. C.
'h W1ilmningaln .Tn*aL,'1 ng C,hn 5th
nat., gives the following particulars
if an outrago perpetrated near that
!ity on a lad fro Darlington, in this
tate:
On Monday evening last, a lad ar
Oived in the city from near Darling
on, S. C. IIe was on his;way to the
Vestorn part of the State to see his
elatives. His name is Erasmus At
inson. 'The train for floldsboro'
oft him Tuesday morning, and lie sot
ut on foot, accompanied by a negro
nan, who affected to be traveling to
lonnesseo. The negro had soon him
n town with money, and .Axed upon
rim for prey. The negro belongs to
his city evidently. The two set out
ogether early Tuesday morning, and
rrivod near Burgaw that night. It
ras agreed that they should camp out,
t evidently being a concocted scheme
o rob the youth. After the young
nan had got sound asleep the villain
us negro commenced his operations.
To robbed him of all the money he
ad, thirty-two dollars, a pistol, two
>ooknt knives, a hat, overcoat and
rticles of value. 'Iho young man
Lwoko about the time the last of his
>roperty was taken, whereupon the
negro assaulted him withl heavy clubs,
enlrveU and 6ther murderous weapons,
eating him terribly and autting him
ip badly, The )ad, Atkinson, was
oft almost lifeless upon the ground
is cries alarming the negrop who fled
rith his stoleni money and property
bove named to parts unknown. At
inson finally revived sufficiently to
oe able to crawl away to where he
ould attract attention. lHe has been
arriod to the residence of Dr. Satch
roll, at Rocky Point, where his severe
rounds and injuries are receiving
roper attention.
TuEp PIREsIDENT's RELATIVE.
~resident Grant's father and brother,
)rville Grant, a merchantih (Ihicago,
~re here. In oonversation with the
mid gentlemadl I asked shim If Mrs.
Nraut, tho General's unother, would bo
mnre fo,r the in*dguattion i "No "
me said, "I tried to coax her and brif>e
or to come, buti she would't-I did
iot scold her about it, for I never did
cold her and I am t'ooold to begin
mow. She said, Pop, do you think I
rould go to Washington and be stared
4 by f(thousand people and have
>vry$ c,onme printed in ffty
ewspap rs ;' no, indeed." 'she seed
lot stay itWayonu that aeoount," said
,he old geritldinan,' "for- she would
mave looked assevt s anybody here;
gtlt phq avid Uiyes ae s good deal
iligeserind 9e $er niind was made up
here un si use; talking to her as y
errtinpahi statE that the whol*
*re hitie ci of fy Peteus.
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