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41 Desportes & Williams, Proprietors.) A Family Paper, Devoted to Science7 Art, Inquirv, Industry and Literature [Terms---$300 per Annum, In Advanoe. VOL. VII.] WINNSBORO, S. C., WE DNESDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 18, 1871. [NO.18 THE FAIRFIELD HERALD is 'U1M~iitED WEEKLY BY DPESPOiRTES & WILLIAMS, Terms.-Tax II hRAL isi published Weeks in the Town of Winnsboro, it 63.00 in vareabl in adv'ance. S(;'- All transient advertisements to be id in advance. Obituary Notices and Tributes $1.00 per square. [Original.] Mdaudeps Victory. BY ZAIDEE. "Her cheek had the pale pearly pink Of sea-shells, the world's sweetest tint, as though She lined, one half might deem. on roses basthd In silver dews." On a broad piazza in front of a stately mansion-on - street in the cityof M--,stood a nan over whose white brow thirty years had . oast their lights and shadows and left no trace behind. The high noble fore. head from which the raven looks were carelessly thrown, was as smooth as an infaut's and the dark liquid eyes revealed no sigo of sin or shamo in their unfathomable depths. A silken board of glossy blackness almost con oealed the aristocratic mouth and chin, but now au-l than as he spoke earnestly, o.13 jould sce gloams of white teeth in all their array of inag. nificence. A Roman nose of great beaurt3 , i snile Af ineffable sweetness4, a vi'ice peculiarly musical and a figure of perfect symme.try consti:ued but haif of the a- t. action.- of Gera ld Ciif. ton. Those who knew iis webieultivatted mind, his grand iutellect, his enter taining coinvers.itional powers and arhos e ill, his auiable dsp'sinon, fo.go hi.is personal appearane in ad. miirati.,n, of his mnert al qualities. By his side, sCemingly in eairnest thoughAit, stood a radiantly beatutiful girl of eighteen suiiers, her grace ful form restiig ag:.inst one of the marble colttums of the piazz k and her queenly head drooping upon her swan.-ik omk, as her blue e:. e studlie- i 1,n :a rrow, mzroon beam ii that full through the virn.nrothd lIt- i.e upon I ie . lii ,l11r. 11 m i if.. goleni-haired, M ud-, B v- i V. pondiering 11 questionr of if M 4.'o s impoirt no-a quen'or, whisi....wer 1,hott1ldt affec1t r h<- w4 : I 4) i , divid uls, the ma1 - ' !.. H who haid asked her to heronx K .- 'I" the mother of his two or pthrer ot and her own sweet self. S. w -a beautiful picture to ecotemphor . aid to him w ho looks upon h. r, r hroug h the intenseo light of a deep aiid Ub sorbiig love she seemed, with ier an. gelie countenanee, her i >wy dr.,pi. ry floatirg around bar nad her tuwny curls gently floating in the soft ind perfumed summer breeze, like an airy visitant from a holier sphere, some thing too pule and ethereal for man to love, a creature to be worshipped fron afar. And yet Iis heart's most earne.ot desire was to have her at his own fireside, to have her administer to his wants, to those of his mother, loss boy and girl, to hive her smil< upon and cheer him through all the vicissitudes of life. "Dear Gerald,'' said Maude, it answver to the question previously ask ed, "1 cannot consent to mnarry you now arid spontd thrat year in Europe You must go alone arid leave nrc t< better qjualify myself for the positioni of stepmother. In fact, Gerald, yet have no idea how I rihrink fromt suet a responsibility-children never lik< stepmothers, stepmothers never like their stepchildren, the relantionshi1 is too unnatural entirely. I do net believe that heaven ever smiles upoc it. I fear that instead of being th<c gentle dove to bring tire olive branch of peace to your hiome, I should creat< diseord there." . "Maude," said Clift.on with a dis. appointed air, "yeu miake a greviour mistake ; rombe your own sweeh and amiable disposiction, so well cal eutated to inspire with affeetion tbh easily imtpressed hrearts of innocent little children. I foel sure that nma Arthur and Rose would love you a' y out first interview and you could lecad themir ever theoreaifter by a silkei cord. I know if mry gentle Liliar could deseend froma her abode amnont thre just made perfect, and~ have voice in thre selectiont of a mocther fo her children, shre would approve o mry obtoice aind bless your efforts t< brightecn the lives of ther darlings. I loved mry sweet wife and we live( happily togethrer, but she did nto on hier deathbed doom metr to a lone' anid cheerless existenice." Th'le girl looked up with tier blue eyes letiitful of tears and said in gent tle necenits: '-Gerald, I bless you for speaking at affectionately of your jilinn. .1 wouh( not marry a manr whlo would tell me that he did nrot love his first wife. shouhld feel conrfidenat that he woult say thre satme thring to a third abou myself if the ropportunity was afforded But I have another objce:ion. You mrother whro hras thre care of the chil diren at prosent, is, lain told, violent ly opposed, to your marrying again.' Gerald looked slightly annoyed. ~"My dear mother," he said, "has be old fashionable prejudiceJ -hutea sim tIle glance of yours, my precious Maude, would overcome her scruple and molt all their icicles that have boon forming in her naturally warm heart for years. She feels the ucoes sity now of having some one to guide and instruct the children, and is plead. Ing with me daily to procure a gover ness to take charge of then." Maude looked up with sudden in. spiration, while her eyes glowed like stars and her cheeks burned redly, but - she calmed herself and said firmly. "You must make your tour to Europe alone, my aunt cannot spare me yet. At the expiration of a year if your mother has withdrawn her op. position and your children are will I will becone your wife, but I tel you, Gerald, I am not equal to the undertaking iow." . . Gerald Clift'n' looked gloomy and sadly disheiart ined but Maude's word was.. as - immutable as the . laws of . the. ldes nd - Persians, no amiUOunb of persuasion could induce her to alter her determination, so he was obliged to content himself with her unsatisfactory answer and start on his bus;ness tour alone. The morning after his departure for Trans. Atlantic shores, Beverlyand her aunt, Mrs. Ashton, wore closeted in earnest conversation fur the space of an hour. Maude besought a favor with tears, prayers and entreaties, which her nuit at first refused positively but finally grainted, expostulating with her ali the time, and declaring her conduct to be most reprehensib l. On the shore of the dark blue sea stood a quaint old house built of solid masonry with steep roof, upon which opened dor mer windows ; gable eida, the one in front being surtnounted by weAth er-coock of gigantic proportions, which swung eternally in the strong sea. breeze, and tall chimneys, overarehed, that rose above the roof like gloum) sentinels upon guard, to protect the dwelling and its inmates. A few out buildings of dark red brick were sit uated in the rear; the whole yard was surrounded by a substantial wall and the windows of the building, which was situatesd upon a geitle emi noe, c-o.uauded an admnirible vic.v -t th.: whit-Japped Atlantio, while the ears u the occupantst were ever fili.d %niah its we ernal thuiderings. Upon the )tbbly beach, gatt.e.ing .-eii. n, ea. ingo them awiy, strayed t tiv, eiidIrii titani in han -d - -a mf.ads'mate, d rk browed boy of oix a h0Otiifu i.l - ved girl of four. By a wnoww within the mansaion, sat a -ntely oid lad), se ..ingly a ,eve geterian, w i. b gI say loids of black sli i flinsting sruwid tier and a till ed cnp .f dazzling wbitenes. upon her moh g-y lhis. These were the nlother and children of Gerald Clifton a .d thi,. was his hoie by the sea. The lady's meditations were interrup. ted by the sound of wheels and pres. ently a vehicle was driven rapidly up to the gate in the wall. The coach man dismounted and assisted a slen. der girl, robed in a traveling suit of silver hued poplin to alight and enter the enclosure. Mrs Clifton advanced to the door and welcomed the new governess, who introduced herself as Miss Clare Rivers while a scarlet blush mantled her cheeks anid her rose-leaf lipt quivered alightly. Mrs. Clifton scanned attentively this stranger who had come to be a guide and itistrue. tress to her youthful grand children, in answver to her adver-tisement. She beheld an attractive girl, with a corm. plexion as pure as Pasrian marble, with shining bands of silken hair wound around an emipress-like head, eyes of cerulean blue, no~se as perfect as that of any statuesque 'Greek maiden and teeth like a line of pearl between rows of corals. She wore an a rtnor of sweet dignity arnd looked modest and unasupning. .He1r brave eyes did'uot quail during the old lady's keen sorutiny'but a far-away, yearning look catnue into themi, a ten. der, dreaming light, as if' she had penetrated the pearly mist of bywgone years and haid seen her anagel-mother, as she appeared in other days, with the warmi sunlight of earthly love ir radiating her countenance. Mr. *Clifton was apparently sa'tisfied with her searching gaze into the wind ows ci the girl's soul for she clasped hs haald warmly and said kindly. "Welcome, my dear, to our wild sea-washed home and If you do not tire of the waters, 'constant boomnin~ arid the wild caroling of the winds - we shall be glad tu have you'witl * us." Clare thanked her gracefully ani after exchanging a few pleasant wordi 3 retired to her apartmnent preceded b~ - an ebony Venus who had been' aum moned to conduct her thither. >fThat night at the supper-tabl< I Clare was introduced to her charges upon both of whom she made a favor able impression and ever after, the2 I were as wax in her bands and .easil2 Smouldod to her firm but gentle will .The next morning her duties began she wvent to wvork with such zeal tha she won the admiration and fiall, -the affection of Mrs. Clifton.' Weeks passed rapidly amway, Clar< tanght the children, read to them r rehearsed stories for theii- benefit walked-with them for their gratifioa, tion, upon the white strand, in tbc rosy dawn and during the solemn twilight. She never forgot. those golden hours so fraught with happi. ness to her and to the ebildren who had learned to love her with so much devotion. Clare assisted Mrs. Clifton to perform hewr household duties, read to her at night after the children had retired, conversed. with her when ever the old lady seeme.d disposed to be loquacious and endeared her. self to her by a thousand delicate at tentions. Mrs. Clifton often spoke to Clare of her absent son and it ploaued her to see how much interest the young girl manifested in the wonderer. She spoke too of her regret that her son had chosen for his second wife, a fashionable belie who was wholly un, acquainted with the arts of housekeep. ing and who would be no fitting help meet for her active and edergetic son. On one occasion she said ; . "My dear Clare, if Gerald could have seen and loved you I would have cheerfully given my consent to a union between you, but I shall never welcome a haughty and aristo eratic, and I might add, a heartless votary of fashion to this house as mother to Gerald's children, for I fear they would be cruelly neglect ed." Clare was a dreamer and spent many moments watching the deep blue heaving waters and listening to their weird music. It was an intense deli;ht to her to see the sun sink into thcsea, to view the gossaier cloud< as they floated in the sea ->f eh.er above and to picture to her.lf the bright. joys in store for her. She only indulged in these thouyt hs when she was at leisure and when thie children weret enigaged in sports of their owan. The girl grew more radiantly beauliful every lay ; a winning smile ever wreathed her sweet lips and a glad light ever glowed in her blue eyes. Mrs. Clifton wrote often to her son of th charming gov erness, of her beauties and giaces. The children also sent many nesak ges and in all of thuem were nenmiuLs bestowed upon their teacher, and Gerald Cliftoi in a foregu land was jealous that any woman except his own Miude, should be so beloted by hii mother and ohildreu. But all things have an end, so did Gerald'syear in Europe. One bright June afternoon, Mrs. Clifton went to meet Clare and the childreu as they return. ed fromt a stroll on the beach, with an open letter in her hund and eleqtrified hem with the news that Gerald had anded on Ameriean shores and would bet at horme early the following week. 10xtene.iv lreparations were made and Claret mered into them with heart felt j sy but suddenly, the day before his return t announced her intention of going home to iflend a couple of months, as it was time for the chil drens' summer vacation. Ni rs. Clif. ton entreated her to remain but Clare avowed her anxiety to see her friends arid departed to the chagrin of the old lady, who had secretly hoped that her son might be won fron his allegiance to Maude. The childrer were lost without their teacher and missed her sadly. Gerald came home, bright and hand some, greeted his mother and ehil dren affectionately, heard them eulo gize the governess, entreated hit mother to become reconciled to r union between hiimsehf arid Maudn and to prepare the children to lovt her, then hastened on the wings ol love to his betrothed. Maudle, he witching ars ever, gave him a cordial reception and pretending to have over eome her scruples about marrying- it opposition to 'his mother's wishes gave her oonsentto an early wedding. Gerald purchased arid (itted up ar elegant house in town but' Maude in, sisted upon spending the honby moon in the house on the sa-s~hore and] Gerald ,with maany iisivings, carried her thit her. Mrs Cliftbn with a solemnon counten anice and the ch'ildren with tears ir their eyes were waiting to give her a cool reseption. Imagine thoiu surprise when they behold leaning or the arni" of Mr. Clifton, not pro'ud and haughty Maude Beteorly, bul gentle Clare Rivers. Deep was thlil rejiicing and it was some time befort they could'he inade to understan( that Maude had taken thaut meoanst< win their affections and' that Maud, and Clare were really one and thi agune. When the light dawned upot Gerald's soul, lie blessed his wife, hi love for her becatie deeper and holie arnd she was evetnnore the angel o homie. A speial telegram fram WVashing ton to tihe WVorld, says a grant scheme for gobbling up Mexico is or foot. General Joseph E. Johnston~i spoken of as the militarI leader of th< enterprise, and Generals Rosencran arnd Logan are connected with it. I iscamdthat Juarcz, with quite number of trusted public mon o Mexico, favor the move: In Robertson county, Tennesse< they have a mule onrt four years oh that is seventeen hands high, clove ;feet in length, seven feet in girth Iand still growing. UNICA o IN ASHES. GRLAT LOSS OFI LIFE. TEN THOUSAlND BUUDINIS DESTROYED, ON llUNDIIIUJ AND .FI'fl TIIOUSAND PROPLE I0IUSELESS. LOSS ESTIOIATED AT FIFTY MILLIONS. THE FiRE STILL RAGING. CUicA0o,. Odtober - 9.-S4turday night'$ fire.was.aqbduted after a loss of half million dollars. Vincent Nelson & Co.'s imiionso grain eleva tor was saved. Another fire in the western district commenced at uinj- o'olick eunday bight, two miles from the Court House.. At two o'olook (he Oro had spread fearfully, 'ane the Ilimes ap proached the Tlog raph Ofie and the wires commencQeI fqlling. T*enty blocks have bean destroyed.' ' 'the wind is blowing a gale from the ein h. FlAming brands a*-e flying over the city, throatoning destruction every. where. The tower of the Court House caught fire from a flying brand. The fire has reached West Monroe street, a mile froni its origin. The fire is beyond the dontrol of the fire men. The immense lumber yards, with the freight depots, have been burned. The loss already amounts to niany millions. The whole city is threatened. The panic is increasing.At 21 o'clock the telegraphers abandon ed the Western Union Telegraph Office. CmCAGO, October 9.-The entire business portion of the city is des.troy ed. All the banks, express and tele graph offices and nevspapers, except tbe Tribunme,.and six elevators and the water works have been burned There is no water in the city. Not less than ten thous nd liuildinig have already been destio)ed. The fire has burned a distane of five miles, and is still raging. The wind i. blowing a gal-. It will be btno't impos3sible to get any reliable detail ed particulars for sometime, as there is only one telegraph wiro working, and that oinly to the suburbs. WAsIIINGTON, O..tober 9 -Mr. Wil.onl, Superincutcdent at the Chiua go telegraph office, telegraphs that every banking hutiie and railioad depot in the city -i but ned. We are trying to get an Cffice established in the supply department, but the fire is coming down Wabash avenue, and he expects to be burued out there before nuight. WASHINoTON, October 9, noon. Thi, ty four blocks have been burned, and the fire is still raging. The May or of Chieago has sent a message to the Mayor of St. Louis, asking food for the suffering, sa) ing the city i6 in slcs. The water woiks were burned to the ground. Other accounts say the Frenmont House, PoAt Ollice, Telegraph buildiug and Merehants' Exchage were burned. LATER.-The fire is still raging, and spreading south. A railroad superintendent telcgraphs that the lire has reached Wabash avenue, and is spreading rapidly. Iis location is three miles south of Wahash avenue. Ho expresses the opinion that the fire will reach him befos e night. LAT-rv-Fully one-third of Chica go is in r uins. The fire is still rag ing. The Treinout House is gone. FURTHERl PAnTICULARS. Ni.w 'Tonic, October 9, evening. A report just received says the fire is burning as far south as Harrisokm street, and as far north as Chiicagt avenue, and badly on the westside. 'W smmNar'orN, October 9, evening. The Mayor of Cincinnati telegraphs the Mayor of Chicago, tendering the fire department and prooisions. :Many houses wvere blown up to stem the conflagration, but without effect. DETAILs. ed Crosby Opera House is destroy d.:The lops is nwestimatedati ty millions, The Palumor House has been burned. b The chief engineer of Oincinnati, with three engines and hose, has start ed for Chicago. ENoI.iwoon, Tr;N MiLF.s FRaOM 1CuICA00, 11 o'clock a. w. -Hlaf the city has been destroyed, and the flames, continue almnost unopposed. The gas works and the court house are destroyed. All it o heavy busi ness houses arc burned. One hun:jred . and fifty tbousand people are housoless Fabulous prices are paid for vehicles to carry valuables froin danger. Bddges are destroyed. TJhe loss of life is unknown, but the streets are filled with pleople look ing for the lost. Thirty or forty vessels are buarning now, and suany have been destroyed. I Every man in the city Is called upon to do duty. Nearly every bridge over the Chicago river is burned. All t is terror. [iATsat.-The fire is under oontrol. t Three-quarters of the city Jying north of the rivecr is in ruins. LATER DETAILS. ,Cu IcaGO, O.atober 9, 5 p. m.-The I entire business portion of the city a north of 12Lh street, on all sides of ,the river and branches, is destroyed. E~v%ry nrinting hatioe. bntol an~d tall. road depot is burned. . The whole uorth side is reported destroyed. S-r.. FtIlTur.R D'TAMLS. CHICAGo, October 9, 5 p. m.--The awful work of dootruotion still goes on with relentless fury, from Harrison stroet in the south to Division .street in the north, and from the river to the lake, an area of four miles long by one wide. The flames have swept everything before then. It is esti mated that at least one hundred thous. people are homeless and in a suffering condition. - LATE.-It is now believed that the spread of the fire southward 'has' beei stayed at Harrison reet, buit on' the north side there is no dimiin tioh of its fury, and that entire divis. ion of the city is evidently dooined to utter destruction. There are grave fears that the flames may spread to the west side of the north branch of the rivrer, and the inhabitavits ofi streets nearest the river are already moving to a place supposed of greater safety. The Western Union'i Telegraph Company have now six wires working east and south, running into a tempo. rary oflioc at the corner of State and Sixteenth streets. The Northwest. ern Railroad Company are running trains on both of its branches, which are crowded with fleeing citizens. It is now positively asserted by somtle that the water works are still intact, but that the water has been shut ofT from the south on account of the'quantity used on the north side. A reliable gentleman, just arrived from the north division, brings the joyful intelligence that the water works are uninjured. God grant it may prove true. It is impossible now to give an ap proximate to a correct statement of losses, but a faint idea may be form ed when it is stated that every bank in the city, except two savings institu tions on 22d street, in the south divi sion, and one on Randolph street, in the west division, are destroyed. All the wholesale stores, all retail estab lishmeIts, the Post Offige, Court House, Chamber of Commerce, every hotel in the south division, except the Michigan Avenue Hotel, which is standing on the extreme southern limit, escaped, though badly tcorch. el, and every newpaper office-the 'ribhune building, which was sup posed to be Gee proof, finally sue combed-every theatre, six of the largest elevators, the imwense depots of the Michigan, Southern and Illi noes Central Rilroads ; both the pas senger and freightdepots of the latter; more than a score of churches, and umneh of the shipping in the river all destro3ed. Men who were inil lionaries 3 esterday moining are near ly penniless to-day, but more terri. blo than all, is the certainty that many perished in the flames. low many, no one can tell, but it is known that several perished and there is only a heavt sickening four that the viotims will be counted by scores. Hlundieds of horses and cows have been burned in stables; and oni the north side, numbers of animals, though released from confinenient, wern so bewildered and eouf used by the sea of flire, which surrounded them, that they rushed wildly to and fro, uttering cries of frghmt and p .in, until soorohed and killed.- Amny at tempt at a descritiona of the. scenes of the appalling calamity would be idle. The sin plhe fact tbat the once great city of Chicago is destroyed; that hundreds of millions of active capital here hasvainishecd, and neadrly one-third of Chicago's inhlabitants are homeless and dependent--any at. tempt to embellish wvould b~e mockery. As this awful day draws to a. close thousands of anxions eyes watch the clouds of smioke, which still roll ov'er the burnt districr, with evident dread that a sudden change of wind niay turn the flamges on, that portion of the city yet spared. There seems, how ever, littlie cause of apprehension of It, and firemen from other cities are oonstantly arriving. Colonel J. J. WV dson, Superitend ent of the Telegraph, is in receipt of dispatchas from leading cities, an nonoing that aid is boing prepared for the sufferers. Colonel Clowry, of St,. Louis, tele graphs that sev.:nty thonsand dollars has becen ,subsoribed b~y th~e merchmanit there. Cincimnati promises two bun dred th iuid, aLnd OCevl4ud is pro. portioniately gene- ous, althomugh a great deal more will be r.:quired to relieve immediate wants. Everything is being donen by Gen. Stager and his assssuts to keep up communiationm for the. citizens and press with the world outside. A bout three-fourths of thme United States mail was saved and taken possession of by Culonel Wood, of the postal service. [LAJLen.] CCAO, October 10.-Noon-The fire continued to burn all night on the north aide, but this morniug is under control. Nothing is remaining on that side from the river north to !jincoln Park on the north', and from the north branch of the river on the west to the lake on thme east. This portion of the city exeapt along the main river, Is where there were busi nens blocks oncnnied by dwallinrs. Two.thirds of the population of this district are Germans and Soadiia. vians. Those people are now house less. A.t threo o'clock this morning rein came, but it did not rain long ; the roofs and ground wore wet. 1ifteen hundred citizens have been sworn in as spoeiI police .A Iedaral force is employed to guard the property. A liudrod th'ouvand rations have been issued. Two won were caught in inoendiar. .18m and.hpnUg to ln1z'p posts. This summary proceeding ;wd thieves in to harmlessness. The newspopers are already at work preparing for a' resimption of busi ,ness. Water for drinllng and cook ing is secured from the lakes and parks. 'houpands of people] are camped about the artesiau well. People are fed in churches and tehool houses. It was cold this after noon, causing great suffering,.but the people are praying for more rain. Cnicaoo, October 10-3 P. . Word has just boon brought that a fierce fire is raging in Thirty-first street. This street is two r.iles south of the southern fire limit. and a little less than that from the fire limit on the west side. It is evidently incen diarism. -,Two were caught firing the buildings and shot ; two others were led off with ropes around their necks. The wind is blowing a 'ale, and it cannot be told what m-y follow. [vEtY J.AJ.sr. Nxw YORK, October 10.-The re port that fire had broken out again in Chicago and was burning fiercely is positively contradicted by a dispatch from General Anson Stager, of the Western Union Telegraph Company, now at Chicago, to General Palmer, Secretary of the Company hero. Gen. Stager states that the iro started in Thirty-first street, in the south divi sion this afternoon but was speedily extinguished. Incendiaries were busy but seven or eight had been hanged or shot at night. The Lale John C. Rives. We have been reading a little of the life of the late John C. Rives who was for many years the sole pro. prietor of the Congressional Globe, and truly was lie a good and generous man. On one occasion he at-kod his confidential clerk, amn old pr1es%nau, 'who had worked tand sw.catLd in his service many years "how his (Mr. Itives's) bank account stood." The old follow told him "upward of $5, 000." Mr. Rives handed him acheck for a largo sum, telling him to "take it ' that he had worked hard for him, and in future lie inusn't work so hard." At another timo his foreman was ele cted to some fat office and re tired from the Globe office. Some weeks afterwards the retired foreman found at his house "a dinner service of silver amounting to at least one thousand dollars." To another fore man who was without a home for his large family, Mr. Rives stopped be. fore his desk one day and asked "Have you bought a house yet 1" The foreman "couldn't see," and said "No.".. AWhy. don't you ?"' be asked. The fellow tooktIe hint andt"bought." "Got that house yet?" asked Mr. Rives, soon after. "Yes, sir." "How xiueh ?" "*1,700." Cheap enough," said Mr. ives, and lie paidl for it. Thuese facts we find recited of him, and itis only the pity that there are left so. few men like him to rejoice the poor laboring man's heart, lie is. in Jeaven.-Jlihboro (N h(U.) Re corder. A RomnaatIc Meeting of Old 'Irglnlins, M r. Joel Hund Iey and M rs. Jane C. Th~omias, brother and sister, met in this oity at the residence of Mr. Johnr -H. Thomas, the' son of the venerable lady on Saturday last, af tor an absonoc of fifty-four . years. Mrs. Thomas was born at Cbarlotte Courthouse, Va., in P93, and her brother in l1791, making her seventy eight years of ago, and him eighty. .Sno arrived here from her resi dence in Litcehfield, Ky., and lhe, being in forumed of the fact, started from his home in Mount Washuington, Ky., af ter a late breakfast on Saturday, and walked to Lou isville, a distance of twenty..one miles,-to see her. Tihe meeting, after so long a separation, was of course a happy one. 1Ilis walk is reinarkable, considering jhi, jad vanced age, but it is not the first long tramp he has'over made. In the olden titno, before steamboats and railroads were known, and when flat. boats were the only, means of naviga tion, and that down theo river,, .hp of ten made thie tip fromn New Orleans to Kentucky on foot. Mrs. Thomas is the mother of Messrs. Owen WV. and John HI. Thomas, two of our most well-known and wealthy citizens. Mr. Hundley1is the father of Dr. H unley--LuisineCourinr. We learn from the Raleigh Senti nel that a warrant huns been Issued for the arrest of the United States iMar shal Carrow and his deputy, Iloaher, for the illegal arrest and Imprison. ment of eight citizens of this State. The trial is progressing.---aro~na aRpntan. Three Jolly Hushands. Three jolly Berks Co. husband% by name Tim Watson, Joe Brown and Bill Walker, sat late one evening drinking at the village tavern, until being pretty well corned, they agreed that each, on returning home, should do the first thing his wifo told, him in default of which he should, the next morning, pay the bill. They then seperated for the night, engaging to meet the next morning and give an honest, account of their proceedings at home, so far as related to the bill. The next morning Walker and Brown made their appearanee, but it was some time before Watson arrived. Walker began fi'st: "You see, when I entered my house the eandle was out, and the fire was giving but a glimmer. ing of light. I came near walking so oidentily into a pot of batter that the panoakes wore to be made of next morning. My wife, who was dread.. fully out of humor at sitting up so late, said to me, sarcastically : 'Bill do put your foot into the batter.' 'Just as you say, Maggie,' said I, and without the least hesitation I put my foot into the pot of batter, and went to bed." Next Joe Brown told his itory : "My wife had already retired in our usual sleeping. room, which ad. joins the kitohen, the door of which was ajar. Not being able, you know, to navigate perfectly, I made a dread ful clattering among the household furniture, and my wife, in no pleas ant way, bawled out : 'Do break the porridge pot 1' No sooner said than done. I seized hold of the tail of the pot, and striking it against the chim ney jamb, broke it ito a hundred pieces. After this exploit I retired to rest and received a curtain lecture for my pains." It was now Tim Wat. son's turn to give an account of him self, which ho did with a very long face, as follows : "My wife give me the most unlucky command in the world, for I was blundering up stairs in the dark, when she cried out : 'Do break your neok,-do, Tim 1' 'I'll be cussed if I do, Kate,' said I, as I gathered myself up. I'll sooner pay the bill and so, landlord, here's the cash for you, and this is the last timo I'll ever risk five dollars on the command of my wife." The Murderer of General Clanton. The Statesville (N. C.) American says that Colonel Nelson, the mur. derer of General Clanton, visited Statesville with Stoneman's raiders in April, 1865. He was attached to Gillem's staff. Calling at the resi. dence of Governor Z. B. Vanoe, he desired to be recognized by Mrs. Vance, who bed known him before the war, as an old acquaintanee ; but the spunky little lady, with scorn un utterable, forbade him entrance at the door, and pointing to the street, commanded in the voice of an indig nant and hightoned Southern womsn that the intruder depart, which he did. Murder of a lailroad Agent. We learn that on Saturday evening or early on Sunday morning, the agent of the North-eastern Railroad W. H1. Fiden, at Oakley, (a station about trenty-seven miles from the city,) was murdered. His body was found in the depot on Sunday morning. The contents of the depot were ap parently undisturbed, but his wife, who was absent at the time of his murder, states that ho bad been robbed of about $700, supposed to be mostly of his own earnings.--Charles ton Courier. "A Pr ophel is not Without Honor" kg. General Albert Pike, of Missouri, the distinguished Mason, recently visited Newburyport, Mass., the p lace of his birth. A little supper, to be given him by his friends at one of the hotels, was spoiled by the land. lord say ings that there was not money enough in the city to buy a supper of him for a rebel genieral. Another publican was found, however, who was not so ardent, and in his house the supper took place as proposed.-Nese York Express. A PhIladelphla lystery. Thos. Buckley, a tiamith, aged 64 years, was admitted to the Philadel phia Almshouse, on the 2d instant, from one of the police stations. For several days he was bandied between the cella of the lockup and the wards of the Almshouse, till on the 7th in.0., he died. At.a post mortem examina tion of the body, the blade of an ordinary pocket knife, about two inches Iopg, was driven through the skull, and imbodded almost its entire length In the brain. A Lover's Ingcnrnty. An elopement recently occurred in the vicinity of Oilman, Iinois. Tbe lover went after his girl in a light tehiole with mnffled wheels, while an accomplice drove a heavier machine adapted to making as much noise as possible. The lady being duly re cived at the window and deposited in the muffled vehicle, the heavy one dashed off towards Oilman at a furi. .us rate, with papa in hot pursuit, while the lovers were poiselessl y del vina in the onnositd direction.