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Desportes, Wilhams & Co., Proprietors.] A Family Paper, Devoted to Science, Art, Inquiry, Industry and Literaturo. [Terms---$3.00 per Annum, In Advance. VOL. VI.] WINNSBORO, S. C., WEDNESDAY MORNING, JULY 1 1870. [NO. 4 T E1 FAIRFIELD HERALD 18 FUiiSHI D wlJ.)IKIY BY DESPORTES. WILLIAMS & U( Verm.-Tinu IIKRALD iv published Week in the Town of Winnsboro, at 63.00 in Wareably in advance. &- All transieut advertisements to bc paid in advance. Obituary Notices and Tributes $1.00 per square. A NIGHT ATTACK. -0 I was still a young man, seareely more than a boy, in fact, when I left England to become the partner of my old schoolmate, Dick Morton, who had settled down as a sheep.farner in South America. Our joint and rath or modest capital was invested iu a league of land near Santa Fe, on the Parana, bought "foi a song," on ac count of some defect in the title ; also in a fe., sheep, having the lathy ap pearance, and almno.,t the speed, of greyhounds ; and lastly, in the mate rials Of our honsA, of which, as we had ourselves been tho architects, builders, and clerks of the work, we were not a little proud. It was built of sun-haked bricks, and con. bisted of one tolerably largo room, with a flat roof and parapot., aeces.ii ble from the inside by imeais of a ladder. Arouni it at about thirty yards 1istance, we had dug a deep dry ditch, crosied by a drawbridge, and intended as a protection against sur prise by our enterprising neighbors, the Indians. The lutter dusky gen tlemen had, hitherto, behaved them. secves very much as such, and had e-infined their throat-cutting piopeu sitius to certain stray sheep, instead (if gratifyiug them at the expeuse of the owners. But ugly tales were still told of their doings round about us of white men taken while riding in sight of home, and tortured ; of cat tle driven off, and sheep speared in very wantonness of mischief-whieh were not reassui in z, and which e1used us to keep a particularly sharp look. out, especially when, as now, the In. dian moon (their favorite time of at vack) gave light enough to point- the way to plunder, but not to guide the aim of the defenders. Dick Merton, changed indeed since the days when his word was law among a select circle of Pall Mall dandies, lonnged up to where I was standing. His costumo was simple in the ex. treme, and consisted merely of a sufficiently aged pair of leather un mentionables anrl a red flannel shirt -the whole being surmounted and relieved by a very long black board, and a very short but equally black pipe ; but through rough attire and our. round ings, the indefinableje nesais qg oi of gentility was as clearly recognii znble as when he was sowing his rather extensive crop of wild oats upon home soil, and before that memorable Der by which induced him, after settling with duns of every description, to embark himself and the leavings of his property, and dwell among sheep and savages, until he could return with fresh grist to carry on the civili zed mill. "Can you see anything stirring in the camp 1" said he, as he came up. "These horses arc making a confound ed row in the corral. I saw Johnso1 the Yankee this morning, and ho said that [ndians had crossed the river and he guessed we'd batter keep our wits wel! iledl, that the' dusky varumin didn't look in when we warn't ready for visitors." Now, hordes were our surest safe. guard against surprise. Dogs we had to?, but they roused us up so fre quently by barking at nothing more formidable than a stray deer or fox that-reminded of the gentlemas whose amusement it was to cry "Wolf l"--we lost all faith in them: but our little half-wild Pampa horsei had a truer instinct, and their warn ings, given by. stamping upon th< ground, were not to be disragardod with safety. "I oan make out sorsie objects. mov lng about a half a toile to the ,sooth ward," said I, tifter a long look out or the plains. . "They are mounted men by Jove l' exclaimed my companion ; "and rid. ing hard this way, too. Stand here with your rifle, Alfred, while I s1L onrtridges into the others, At thai paos they will beohere directly.'' And so they were. Almost befor< Dick had reached may side again, tw< "(lauchos," their usually swarthy faces livid with fear, spr~ung fronm their horses, Which, covered twiti blo'd, sweet, ' aiid'toatn, sho wed hots Sha p had beei tile ride, and rushet over the dragy-bridge. They told u: as soon s terror wduld, allow them that three huodie'd IHdiana~ *ete'it hot pursul htdi'outd'abbn beon thi spot, and besouglis ni,Tor the love .p the Virgin, to 'givd thiroam helter, 4 t> ride out again f'nto the oieapp mgpot their tousabree liotsed would be sor tain death. . .L J. - Diek, rather to ty suririse'-faI. did not then knoir' Ribt diatjegIphy lIars the nativ.Ws troar 1nl lit his pipo, atiti thetordired 9%mrti tors, iti a sfts~rhat' donbtfulSpabipl idiom, to "make themselves soaree.' "Unles?. he said, politely, "yo, lies, vanos and adi>s." Upon this we learned, after much cross-que8tioning, that they had beeni to buy horses ("To stoal thom, more likely," interjected Dink) at the sta. tion of a rich Spaniard, Don Ramon Garoia, who lived about four leagues from us; and that when they reached the top of a gentle rise in the ground, and had a view of the house, they had seen, to their horror and dismay, a large body of the dreaded Indian. who wore attacking-for they heard shots-Dn Ramon's estancia. "WVhereupon," said the spokesman, with teeth shattering, "we rode hard to your abode, well knowing that the brave Englishmen would not deliver us up. But let its mount your fleet. est horses, senores, and rido for life. Soon they will be here, an, who can withstand the fierce bravos ?" "If this be true," said Dick, turn ing to mne-"und I believe it is, for those cowardly scoundrels' facos are proof that they have soon something the sooner we prepare to fight the bet ter. Of course they were not attack ing Ramon's place ; he has a fort trong enough to resist a thousand of them, and plenty of m.,u and armas as well. Most likely they tuado a dash to carry off any one who might be strolling at a distance from the house, or to drive off the horses; and it's equally likely that we shall have themi here soon, where there's a better chance for a night attact. In any event, we must be prepared for them. Naturally, wo can't run away, and leave all we have in the world to be destroyed, as those valiant gentlemen propose." The natives-both the lute arrivals and our own two men, who had often boasted of what they meant to do and had already done in the way of ight ing Indians-suddenly ' disappeared. We tafterwards learned that they took refuge in the corn-field in the rear of the house, where they lay concealed uotil the fight was over. - Our preparatians were very simple -a box. of cartridgos was open (for we were provided with those inesti mable peace and life preservers, breech-loading rifles) and placed ready to hand, togetber witb a bottle of whiskey and ajatr of water : the door and window, our weakeat points, were secured as strongly as possible ; and then, shading our bodies behind the parapet, we peered cautiously over, and strained our eyes to get the first glimpse of an enemy. Nothing is so daunting as suspenso to a young campaigner, and I felt my heart thumping against my ribs with excitement, and a sort of nervous dread that.I bhould not play a man's part in the struggle we expected. But Dick's voice, calm, low, and with a slight drawl in it, reassured me. "Now look here, Alfred, my boy," he said ; "if we have to fight, keep cool, and do as I tell you. Reach your hand over hero-that's right; I like to feel you gripe like that. New remember to aid steadily, as though you were winning a cup in the riflo corps at home, and don't show your. self more than you can help,; for, though these beggars have only a few muskets and pistols in the shape of fire-arms, they can shoot pretty straight if you stand still enough for a long sight. Their great point will be to force the door; but we can soon stop that if you are steady with your shots ; and they can't fire the bricks. Do you see anything1" Thnro's something Aerk on the ground near the corral," I answered ; "it seems nearer than it was." "An Indian, sure enough, and the ball's going to commence." As he said this, Dick's rifle rung out in the silence of the night, and I saw splin ter fly white in the moonlight, about a foot above the dark object, which thereupon started up .with a cry, and fled. Tihon we heard the galloping of horses, and about one hundred Indians rode into view, and, breaking into twos and threes, circled around us within shot--.waving spear8 and slout ing as though the whole company of fillen angels. had hlet se lament- their chsrnge of diroumstanes chorally. 'tDon't shoot I -This is all a feint." Amnd my superior'a darinag camne just in time; for 'adul~y 'olo'ud -of nuen sprund from the ditch, and rushed, lance in hand, against the doer. W~dil for us that its fastenings were sourd, amnd that we batd not been -temp ted to throw away shots by the first demou stration. 'Bang, bang I went out males anud I saw with a fooling of pleasure that the tuan 1 had covered felL back witi a hoarse yell. f4Don'ihnr/y, but in Mith your ear tridgee," I heard tiexbtand4 both fir. ed againi together. --This was tio much ftor' them;~ they h'alteod, wavered one uiomoet,:=,'nd 'then'disAppeared as if b~y tiagice-our rapid esser fr lng thding compleseiy ".diboomaited "Dowh it tUyou P" abd I felt my~ edit pulleddsuddenly guder the para peh4 to time, to bere the betietafrom the 'davalmyotuide the'ditokz slog pver out heads. "So hra so .good,? I ras Diok's gomunor. -"Taks, a drop T we .nb ~ ~a~eef;Vt alght bei TV au&i ghlIIW~oi~ to see saaa at tooi pace.. We could heathamartnain o f se' feat. ind gutteral sounds of talking, and VuASsed that a counoil of war was be ing hold. Suddenly a sp.trk appoar ed about two hundred yaris fron the house-for they had fired our hay itack-and grew rapidly into t fime. Brighter and brighter it became, aud lit up the scone-whicl was one of those mon do not easily forget-as with tho glare of the noonday sun. Grouped round tie flame, and out of range, were our foes-their sw arthy skins and snaky hair glistened in the fire-light ; and they branithed lances, and soromtned with delight at the do. struction they h(ad ctused. Dogs were barking, and horses in the corral neighing shrilly and roar ing with terror-some fighting dspo rately to escape. I looked at my cotpanion's fao; it was very palo, and the expxession decidedly ugly. "Look !" he said, hoarsoly ; "I1ero comes an einbassador. Good heaven ! look !" I turned with astonishimtent; but the sickening sight I saw fully accounted for Dick's exciteonont and race. A nearly naked Indiau was boldly advancing toward us, and bearing be fur iit a burden, which ucietually securod, as he meant it to do, his iu munity from our shots. A beautiful white girl of about seventeen was lying helpless in his a rms. I Her hanoda were bound behind her back, and imuses of coal-black hair oneircled a face showing deadly terror atnd horror in every feature, an1.d drooped nearly to the ground over the ,avagc's arm. 11er dress torn from one white shoilder, showed how hard had been the first ineffetual strugglo against her oaptors. As the Indiin crossed the ditch (they had out the rope which held tip the draw-bridge in the first attack) with his burden, Dick, with a deep groan; recognizial her. "It is Rotaita, D.>n Ranion's daughter!" he broke out. "I love her, Ah'red, and will save her or dio with her. Listen !" hte continued, hurriedly. "Thi ras cal has como to inake Pote proposal to us. Keep your eye on him; and and the monOnt you get a fair ohbanoe, fire Pt him. If ;:ou WiJllor, itaj. the, better fate. When I hear the shot' I will throw open the window (which I can do more easily than the door), and try for a rescue. But, for heav ou's sake, don't leave tle roof. Our only hope is in you being able to keep off the others, who will rush from the ditch. Good-bye." And lie was down the ladder before I could speak, leaving his hat eun ningly adjusted above the parapet. Poor Dick ! all coolness and sangfroid had vanished now. I myself was not in a pleasant predioament. To carry out his half mad scheme involved my friend's sweet-heart, which at any other time would have appeared im possible ; but when I read the agony ind loathing in the poor girl's e os I braced my nerves, set mny teethT laid my rifle reudy, and inwardly swore that no trembling of my hand should mar her delivorence. And now the savage, a truiulont looking brute, raised his voice, and demanded, in broken Spanish, a sur render. He threatened us with all the tortucs his ingenious fraternity are so justly proud of having in vented, in case of obstinacy, and bid us look upon his captive, for that she, too, bhould suffer for us, A s ho said this lie grasped the girl's hair brutally, and raised her head. With a suddeni spring of pain and fright she threw herself out of his arms, and fell to the ground. Hlis tinme arnd mine had come. As he stooped my bullet laid hint dead by the side of htis intended viotim. Dick made his rush from the window, and the In dians theirs from the diteh5 as he had predicted ; but, as Rlosita wass rathter nearer to the house than the ditch, he managed to reach her first, and was retreating with her in his arms. And now aldepended uipon me. My first shpt, a~imed at the forem~ost of the assailants, missed him elean, anid be fore I could seize the other rifle lie had inade a vicious thrust. at Dick, who, encumbered as he was, was quite helpless. The lance passed throumgh Rlosita's dress, luckily without, injury to the wearer ; and as the savage drew back for a cooler aind surer thrust, I had the inexpressible pleasure of lodging a bullet in his body, which effectuahlly prevented any further lance 6xercise front hiti. Then I heard a heavy fall in the room- below. .Divk hlad thrown his burden clean trouagh the open :win d~w,st the ris of breaking a limb, and turrpi found blmolf eagaged. han t~ had wtiga.dosen indians. Ik0:4 bi5m baok against the. walls amnd drewr ,iisirgy.v swith ltip rigbp h#and, revovefrtuately , esqrvsp anj pwamnwas dr ppeSd at every bot ; oa maf off "jhemwi tha ,(r dtnf6 odd a ex 4. having been at'ide b e d~ioio nious entry. Buat I could not stay to helo hero : my ot. was en the roof. I ihurried up the ladder, noticing for the first tima that I had myself auffer ed in the serimmaago to the extent of a slight flesh wound from a 7bullet. The li.'ht was over. Throughout the remaitnder of the night the Indians lingered about, and stole most of the horses and some sheep, but they had not pluck again to oneountoer the dead. ly breech-loaders. Seldom Indeed, had such a severe lessoi boon taught thom ; and when the glorioti sun rose (never sight more welcome) -p, saw them ride beaten off the ileld* bear ing with thOm five of the slain; six other corpses were lying in front of the window, where the flercesh strvug gle had been, and two more Werd af terwards found, who had crawled into the ditch like wild animals and dieid We learned from the pretty itosita, whose gratitude was mont touching, that she had been captured while walking in tha orange garden near her father's house, a short time before we were attacked. "Yju, noble caballeros," said she, "have presorved ime from death, and from that is far worse. God will re ward you, for I can never." - I think Dick, howover, was of a different opinion ; at ail events he was always seemed remarkably satitfied with the reward lie persuaded her to make him. 8onme years have passed since that eventful night. Dick and Wesita are living at Don lmUon's estancia, that worthy old gentleman having depart ed this life shortly after their mar rigeg. I, to), am with them as a partner in the sand, flocks, and herds, of which we have a goodly quantity ; and whenever the incroasing took of little Dicks and Rositas asked me, as they invariably d., of an evoning, to tell them a story, I know that noth ing less will content them than a full, true, and particular account of the night attack. How TO STAND HOT WEAJINER. There are many ways of end ing the hot weo.thor. The most heless vie tims of ilhe dog days, says tl.e 1Nw York Mail, are your gont oh of leisure, who have nothing' "1de the birning hyavons to do- w b the htiiidgeter, seek eou ba;'tna datell, mentally or otll , on tihe triP bulations of "the heatre term."-. These are the most pitiable of all tie sufferers, outside of the reeking tene. nient house quarters, that we know anything about. Men who have much to do, manage in some way to got through the day without lapsing into the utter and va cant despondency which settles over the unenployed and makei the day seem a week in its tedious duration. If a man's heart is really i his work -no matter what it may be-he will become at'least partially forgetful of the intense bodily disoomforts of hot weather. And, besides, he will not really siffer as much as idlers, for the perspiration that comes from healthy toil is the indication of the natural reaction against the effect of heat and of a vigorous throwing off of every. thing that impedes the free circula tiot through the skin. We know a couple of gentlemen who got themselves into the best pos. sihle condition by playing a few games of ten-pins after their a o'clock din ner has had time to adjust itself. TIhey get into a lively perspiration and into a condition of hodi Ly vigor, and when a bountiful supply of eol water h as cleansed t he surface of their skitis, and when they have enjoyed in quiet the refreshment of their toigars, they endure the warmith of the rest of the evening with a composure, good 'nature and philosophy which are the envy of their less heroic companions. A CUnE~ FeoR PARtALYis.-We late ly met a gentleman, who although he wvalked with apparent ease ; said he had beeni almost a hoppeless paralytic, but had been. substantiall~y cured by. the use of an air pomp. The thepry of the cure and the application, of the instrument were as follows; Paa lysis is produced by the failure of aome of the organs of life to -per form their functions. They n~eed, re cuper ating. ie applied a cup of to eivor to the surfua of the part af feelted, and by means of the pump renmoved tihe pressure of the external ?atmnosph~ere. There was thern a rash of air internally, as miuch as the clog. edI condition of the system would.ad. mit,1 towardls. he vacuum *prodeoed by the pump. The blood was carried along by the air, and by mere mechani cal 'force made to circulate in the affected limly, whioh thus recovered its vigor~ and activity.- Worchiester Pa~adium. TrouT TurEEs T THE Noavr. Wskhin ton npecial to thjeyN r a't doom not r-eturn an nodome ot een *l0,000 for the past 'f ,*~l 01l04Blld& Mo 4andvndy othir large lioUsesombiab sa4 paee Huod da qf otp ee sa MrM i etldjd adesas s ted4 AnT~iTtae e ea onudums he~$k Speeches by Judge Carpeoter, General Butler, Congressman Rogo, Elliott, Delaney, and oLhers. W(, take the following report of the proeeedings (rom the Charleston News. The meeting ws culled to order by Mr. P. A. 10 chelborger, the Corover o1 the County: Mr loge-, after congratulatng the atidience that. they werb assembled nol as white or black men, but as American citizens, urged his hearers not to forget those w ho. fron 1861 to 1800 had stood by the "old l:tg." lie likewise expres Bed his satisfaction with the earliest words of the preceding speaker, who, once a Democrat, now anknowledged the fifteet4v nmeindiment as the law of the lInd, ,%Speaking of carpetbaggers, he paid lie was one of those who camue.into the State with his unifornl of blue, and congratubted the Union Reform party (which he persistently styled Demo cratio,) upon the ckoice of a man fur their lender who, like himself. had served in the Federal army. It was a sign of progress alld inmprovement. His idea of reform was to get the thieves out of his own party by the employment of-the machinery of the party itself and not to employ another organization for the purpose. Honest ment could be found, and it was the duty of the Republicans to elect them to fill the placei. of the roguos. It was all inporthnt that the Republicans should continue to stand by those who had funght the battles of freedom, and not seek aid fur the refor mers. He deuied that the oflices had not been fairly distributed, and cited the fict that. two-thirds of the Legisla ture were colored men; three of the prncipal postmasters in his Congression. al District were colored, and one of his appointees to West Point was a colored boy. He then proceeded to opetn bat. teiy on General Butler, and discuss sundry events in his career. In reply, General Butler said he was present not as a Democrat, not as a Radical, but as a citizen of South Caro lina. standing upon a broad platform which ciallenged the scrutiny of every lover of his country. And the thanked God that.an opportunity had at last been afforded him of payig his respects to Mr. Congressional HoOg. - Thee. tioon the General pi-oceeird Io apply the scalpel- Skillfully,- laying off',tb epidermis of the gentleman afureqgid until he stood bare and exposed to ..he good-natured crowd. He wanted' to know w hat he was doing away from his post of duty, drawng his salary from a people he did not serve, while Congress was in session. Ile charged him with having appointed a blind colored boy to the academy at West Point, becats'e lie knew he would he rejected. Finally, he arraigned Mr. Hog on the charge of having said, in 1865, that lie wished he had all the niiggers in South Carolina in a ten acre lot, and a conple of howitzers with which to blow them into a very wicked place. It is needless to say that this an. noucement produced a singular expres. sion upon the facos of the multitude, or that, there was an enlargement of eyes, and a solemn dropping of sundry lower jaws. In concnision, General 3utler said he rejoiced that the colored man had been set free, and in taking the position upon the platforni adopted by the Cultimbia convention, he did so because he believ ed the tifteeiith amiendmnent to be the climax of reconstruction-a mteasure calculated to set at rest forever the queation of sun'rags. And if hte Re. publican party would exclude fronm its councils such firebrandls and fire-eaters as the gentleman who had just spoken, peace antd himrmony would prevail every whlere. Let him ao homie to his own State of Ohio anid'and there administer his rebukes becauise the people refuase to do just1ice to the colored race. Hie would find sufficient employment for his energy in such a purpose, and we couild then judge of his fatth by lisa works. As- regarde the present politi cal movement, it could- not be com-. plained of by any right thinking man. It; mbantian honeat 'adlministration of justice. It meant obedience to the law of the lanld, avid that the dead. should bury it~a dead. Mr. Hoge denied the. allegatiens made concerning the ten aere, lot busi IMr. R. B. Elliott, Assistant-A jutant General of the State, followeadand made a calm, digifesd antd expehlent speecht, in which lie annotuncedl himself as a candidate for nomination as a member of (Congrbas from thIt 0angreu. giontal Distriott His remtarks were lone but listenead to with ettentiou5 .rnd fregnently interrupted wit applannr empecially when 19 hi.e strong, . ecubiar way, thie siake'r emphasized the idea that thgere nitit h~ e bot in tlhe dmin' Istra tion of tihe affairs 4fthe governeet, and4 a ganersi t.qrnIiagsonk hwjagwh ted trd'i e a r. chi Eh otiy erw~s~d4 rsr jiee Maa ~di??ame ii to disouss political questions, but rather to join in the celebration of that event which had legally secured to the colored race the blessing of civil and pulitieal liberty-the fifteenth amendment. He then briefly "let out" on "aptnin Eichelberger, Into of the Confedornte army," for calling him a Dontecrat, whereat the captain turned very red, very white, and perspired copiously at being made to appear so ridiculous in the eyesof his heretofore faithfu:l con stitteits, that they absolutely lhiughed and jeered at hin. 'le colored people say they never had an idea that lie was such a mean nian before, whilo the captain says tha Ihe intendo3e to namie his next baby alter the Judge, ao that he won't forget him in a hurry. The general impression produced on' the op position- speakere judging from the guarded andco'rteos way iil which they Alliided to the candidate, eident ly is that they would rather be chased byv a wild Camanche than cross swords with him in anything but legitimate argument. After finishing this side play the Judge reinarked that he regirded the fifteenth amendment, as tlio grfind enl. mination of the war, the statutory pa cification of the country. Bint withl universal suffratge there ought to be universal amnesty. [Colonel Delaney, interrupting : We agree onl that point. perfectly.j The fifteenth amendment secured for all time the right of oitizens to vote, without regard to race, coolor or condition, and without fear that the pr'vilego would be abridged by any State. It conferred political freedom upon the colored man, but it was not treedom when his heart and conscience are centrolled by those who seek to use his vote for their own aggrandizoment and ambiion. Do you asc 1m10 (said the speaker) what will put- you on the platform with me ? I answer, a detr. Imation to vote as you please I For there is no freedem in being dragged by a chain to the polls, to have tickets thrust into your hand i which your own consciences tell you will elevate bad men to power. Who has .uthorized this man or that to administer an oath t4t piluse4 fetter upon .yor.lhai4s and 17 beartis an d ae V o4 PW ibo'alyvesaof, a t ranny that dcibases your mrnlhood, . i or A,13 br'O because your party says 'to ? Nobody I And lie first duty yoit owe to your selves as men, and as citizoets, is 1o cut loose these shackles and stand forth unrestrained in that true liberty which is, thank God, now the birthright of every American I" [Cheers.j Your freedom, ymntr ei'z -*iip. is a fixed and accompli.hw'd , , i eiut, be disturbed. Talk about the Republi. can party protecting it,4 or the Demo 'ratic party, na it has been called, dee. troying it. Why you might as well talk of compressing the ocean into a drop, or eternity into an hour-gliss. It is the keystone of our immortal consti tUtional arch, and 40,000,000 of people are pledged to sustaIn it [Cheers.] One point more, for this is not a speech ; it is only a brief talk. Is it not true that a certpin class or persotis, who mngle in the Politics of the State. have tried to keep you apart from the. white people of the country-have trit.d. to induce you to prevent our speaking, to shut your ears to 1iitth and fact -01ver since the meeting of the convention in Columnbia ? I leave your consciences to answer the question.' [et me say to you, then that it is your prime dutty to harmonise promptly with he white race. Thore are but. 4,000,000 oif colored peo ple in the United States, .and if; from one distturbing cause or another, yotu permit yourselves to be used for the partisan purposes of those who seek to array you in opposition. to wvhat is just and right, and you will id a weightt. of 35,000,006 of whiteo peoplo upon yota. Such a result, ,howe~ver, only cnn follow from yiling blind obedience to those who, taking ad van tage of your ignoranio,. are eve ni now trapping yo~u with their oatha,, put~ting chiaima upon ypur, cons~ciences, and n - s.ead df trie mnei, tnak'ing of you nr machine.' [Cl~iees.] ro Colonel DelaneyeA colored oflUer of the QGoyeruoor' sasfi, made te next speech., He said lie was one of those who never detnied h s pfintciples. ['Io would say, theref'ore, for hlmself, not for hit' try, thAt tie wab' in: fa'or bf' universl 1 aihnesty-eti. retolOet of' Idisabilities from every Sothertoor in the land. Bugt Jag wpvgodssmtcing inurt He wvan t..d a eonicession ,frm dver,y Somahenor of tlii tights ' hia race. General Butler-W ~e are al'-iti favor' of thiat, Then, said, Qolp,nl S4. .thet .great point is p'e andI. welcon]? viq into' (lig 'teipe-thh~~oriis d -A bfitdavtI..Fi, iniw ?pastbr I tIfblt w4t5. *4j'patr ise rved ont the time for which he.1aa$ r~hosenve wil&pet'-oein suited to It o ~ht i nsa ed4 a 1nd late a minister to tihe A igonthio Republic lie is the law partner of Hoh.*' S. fi. Hoge. This gentleman closed the diecssion. He has a clear, ringhig voice, admirab!v adapted to public speakinte ini the ope'n air, and is withal a pleasing orator. I e reviewed th situa tton, endeavored' to impress the iesswns of tie botr tipon his hearers. lnd furnished soeIn exe,-1-nt advice oi themsuject of moral and poht.. cal duties, fiout a Republican stand. point. The speeches of Judge Carpenter, General Hutler and Judge licon havo unquestionahly been of immense service in tearing down the old barriers of prejudico which ikept the colored poplo aloof; and if tihe example is' followed elewhere,and attended with the saeti e-xhibition of kitid spirit, it will not be' d10ficult to bretel results. Firo In Columbia. The fire which occurred P t 3 o'clock Snaymav mormng was the most. <t.urons "sIe- except, perhaps;, the liiiitigs of Greg's buildmg in December, 1bo8 "'ith which our city has been visited. minco the wholosale destrnct ion made by. It firebrands of Sherman iii Fubenary, 18G5. The case is mikown, but is" sipposed to have boeii he bursting of -, ltmp in the store of Messrs. Cooner & Taylor, on Assembly street, opposite Ih0 mnarket. where tihe fire orinina'ed. Mr. Cooper, who was sleeping in t.he store, came near being barned to denth before the discovery of the fire wats made, being aronsed to a senso of his peril by the crash offalliig timeirs and tihe sufrocaing smoke. Cuunineincing with the storo of Cooper & Taylor, the fire extended up street, Io the grocery st.ore of J. A. flen. drickj & lro., entirely consoming the same,and dowin t) th clothing store of Mr. M. Davis, the roof of which was considerably damaged. The tIhren fire Coilpanies, tho Palhetto, Inudpenident' 1111 Vigilant, gave prompt resposmi to the alarm, ind through their energetio and admirably direct'd *efforts, the fuirther extension of the burning was prevented. The estima'.d loss is afs follows : Josepi '. Z ly, $1,000 ; Reckling asnd 1eigthit'$ 1,500 ; IT. Ioff. Inall, $1,400 ; Cooper & Taylur, $15, 000-insured for $5,000 ; 1). bicGiuin.. nip,' $1,060 ; Hendriks & Brto:,' 0,000 11-9overd by inarance ; hrs. J. C.' ValIor,;00 --satral fir S2.500 Wmi. hicGuinnis, $2,000-insured for $1,200. CLAY AND PurKNToC-.-J.ohn Russet Young, of thie New York B1Sandagtt; who attended tile As-ociated Presa Convention in [L misville, thus writes of two Kentucky celebrities: We s2w much of Lonisville, which ia sn wees ing city, whhi its subt aince and shadoiws. Shiadowvs oCliy and Crit. tend.'n and Toim Mitrshall. id the men of '98, all that race (of fi-e gentlemen, who onco stalked theso st.reets atid made Kentiickv a power in politics.. Herm Clay lived his noisy, binbbling, rapturous crteer-th sname flenry Clavy about whomn we so loudly sang-acinally dead, and never a song to his inemont his work over and forgotten---ponr' foolish .ay dreainitig work 'as much of it! was-and he,-drified fhr' into silence and night, the gandiest ren-bubble iha%' ever caught tho stmishine ;-so ldng omr the brest, ever gaudy and shimniug, only to break Into foam. No party, nto policy' no one livitng speech, no otne hearty deedi, only his brmight, cheery Kmii.ue'y smile -a bnbble once and only foam 1--- We stood in the room 'whero Prentico. worked ad slept-a kmnd of journabistio moink ; where lie crouoked his steak en a; raminrod til it' was' half done, and ba~kedm potatoes in the coals. We saw' thio enpboaird wvhiert he kept fresh bread andu rai.tins ad nuts ; where day and nightr lie lived alid lab oned, in tho auromia of mnk andf damnpenedt paper. W stood by his gravo on Cave I lill, thei greseniet nnd suniesit spot ini K~eitne~ky, hweeo, and qnit t and puacefuil, but a grave quitt forg:itoin, for no stone marks his tcib'.' A eimnpfe; sodlden muihid, whih Junie rbses straggling over it hd 'tnly *knowti to the aves o( rdrectioin aneld frieirdshipif the resiii 'place'of fGebreeD. Prdh. tfpoK OLJr. S&Hno I Tee t a1 M 'nt4 of -the en~gremienat law will b~ n4got'eriqnaly fehit) the $4~ *by'thieo n'roes Itemselves.. A' ,terrdibig rpii orl'it~nodity hUs eitretofoto,ruhied almdig thenta 'auitsL any nyemisler'9f thi rnoe, who dlared'to vt th'e anti rnadioz't ticke~ and -n'bs, btitog~,s;oning, etc., oto, havp beeni qn to. confrnon all over t):o S'outb. This iyng):s'B riow t? i stoV pod' .,Il is & cime to frtertegey . n fanclis. Nyveri totran n Isp,nwent, j discharge $rongempyynguint' pi~ ey , ma how c rh,,v n ma; Ju a ,~ abI with 4ed . ia titi i (f ., . 9, n atttlona o~e I Oae is dbern or