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lewis *. 3bist, Proprietor, f " |n |itkpraknf Jjam% ^tctuspaptr: Jfor % frontoiion of t|c political, Social, Agricultural aitb dommtrtial gafmsfs of % ^ooijj. JTEEMS~i?To?"TAI,CE VOLUME XII. ^ """ YORKVILLE7 SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 27, 1866. NUMBER 23. Hekitfo IMrg. PHILOSOPHY FOB THE TIMES. Let those who will, repine at fate, And droop their heads with sorrow; I laugh when cares upon me wait? I know they'll leave to-morrow, My purse is light, but what of that? My heart is light to match it, And if I tear my only coat, I laugh the while I patch it. I've seen some elves, who call themselves My friends, in summer weather, Blow far away lo sorrow's day, As winds would blow a feather. I never grieved to see them go, (The rascals, who would heed 'cm ?) For what's the use of having friends, If false when most you need 'em! I've seen some rich in worldly gear, Eternally repining. Their heart's a prey to every fear? With gladness never shining. I would not change iny lightsome heart For ail their wealth and sorrow! For that's a thing that all their wealth Can neither beg nor borrow. And still as sorrows come to me? As sorrows sometimes come? I find the way to make them flee, Is bidding them right welcome. They cannot brook a cheerful look; They're used to sobs and sighing, And he that meets them with a smile, Is sure to meet them flying. J Sdetltfo Jitorjr. HARP TIMES] "What makes you look so doll this morning, Ellen ?" inquired Mr. Chester, a young merchant in a small way, to bis wife. They had been married about a year, and thus far not an ill-natured word had been spoken by them. At bis marriage, Chester bad taken a small, but neat and convenient house, in the upper part of the citv. He bad been able to furnish it in a plain manner, bat since bis marriage bis business bad added many luxuries to bis small establishment. The "times" bad began to tighten up, however, and business was dull. The notes were due, and be bad to bestir himself to make his payments. Fortunately for him, however, as the stringency in the money market began to weigh most heavily, his father's administra-1 tor placed him in possession of $2,000, j which had been reserved to await the contingencies of a law snit, and which had now been satisfactorily adjusted. With this sum he bad been able to pay I off his more pressing demands, and to lay by a surplus of 8500 to meet a note whioh would fall due some two months henoe. The receipt of this sum had also induced him to increase the luxuries of bis house The parlor had been newly famished, and the old parlor furniture piaced in the sitting room. They had everything that was necessary for comfort and for creditable appearance. "You look very dull," continued the husband, as he rose from the breakfast table. Ellen looked up at him with a languid smile, and made no reply. /,TT7V_i _:i? V" *r uat ano jruu i i "I was thinking how lonesome I would be here all day." "Lonesome! Why don't you go out then, and take the air. Walk down Washington street, and round the common?it will revive your spirits." "How absurd you talk ! Walk round the common in the month of December! Why, I should freeze to death." "Not so bad as that," replied the young husband, chuckling his wife under the chin. "Go to the Athenaeum and see the pictures." "I oouldn't do that every day, and you don't know how lonesome I am," "Can't you read ?" "I don't want to read all the time." 3 l .f il. 4: ~ 41 tf "Xteau pari 01 iuo uuie, iucu. "But, Fred , I have been thinking of something," and a smile played upon the pretty lips of the young wife. "What, Ellen ?" "I miss something in our house." "Do you ?" "O, very much, indeed." "Well, Ellen, what is it ?" "A piano; it would be so nice to praotice these long dreary days. I should be as happy as a princess if I only had a piano." Mrs. Chester's father was in affluent circumstances, and before she was married, she had been accustomed to many luxuries, which her husband's limited means would not permit him to provide. "But, Ellen, I can't afford a piano. The times have not been so hard in ten years." "You have 8500 in the bank." "But I have reserved it to pay all notes." "Don't you expect to make enough to pay it ?" "It is very doubtful ; my business hardly pays expenses." "You will be able to pay that, I know," oontinned the eloquent petitioner. "Well, my dear, you shall have a piano." "You are a dear husband. You'll get me one of Chickering's ?" "Any kind you please, my dear." And before dinner time the instrument came home, and Mrs. Chester was as happy as a piano could make her, albeit she Dad little idea of the significance of "three per cent, a month, and protested notes." M?n ooi/J *Vio timoa irnnirt ho hottnr huf the prophecy wad vain. Merchants failed, brokers failed, the bank and insurance companies failed. Business was duller than it had been for the last twenty years. Poor men lounged at the corners of the streets, vainly waiting for a job, while their wives and children shivered with the cold, and hungered even for a crust of bread. Ruin and disease were the order of the day, and men wondered where would be the end of it all. Fred. Chester's business did not pay his shop expenses, to say nothing of his household, and when that dreadful note fell due, he had not a dollar towards redeeming it. Ruin stared him in the face, and it was now bis turn to look sad. Five hundred dollars was a small sum, yet he could not raise it. Even three per cent, a month, without "collateral," would not prooure it. Something must be done. Some friend must get him out of the scrape, or he must certainly fall. His wife's father was wealthy, but ho had married bis daughter against his wishes, and there was no hope in that quarter. But Ellen's uncle, a blunt, honest master mason, bad always looked kindly upon him, and perhaps he would open his purse strings. The note was due on the following day, and be decided to maKe tne appnoauon to UDole Lake, as he was familiarly called. In the ooarse of the forenoon, however, he happened to call at the store, and Fred, stated his position. "Eh," said the blunt old mechanic. "I thought things were going on swimmingly with you." "So they were, bat the times are so deacedly hard that I cannot make enough to pay expenses," replied Fred., with a doloroas expression of ooantenanoe. "Where's the 82,000 whioh yon received from your father's estate ?" "I paid my debts with it." "Bat didn't yoa tell me that yoa didn't owe above $2,000 ?" "I paid off $1,500." "And the rest?" "Well, that went in various ways." "And your stook is all mortgaged ?" "Yes; fox $1,000." "You have done a good business?" "Yes." "Well, well, I am in a harry jast now, bat I will go up and dine with you, and we will talk it over," and Uncle Lake left the shop. Fred, did not like his ancle's inqaisitiveness, bat had a strong hope that be would get him oat of his present sorape. Writing a hasty note, he despatched his boy to inform bis wife that Uncle Luke woald dine with them. Dinner came, and so did Uncle Lake. Ellen had a nice dinner ready, and her pretty face covered with smiles, when she welcomed the honest old man to partake of the hospitalities of her board. Uncle Luke seated himself at the table His accustomed smile had disappeared, and he looked rather stern. "Fred.," said he, suddenly, to the young merchant, as he inserted bis fork in the breast of the nicely-browned roast turkey, "you have not found the philosopher's stone, yet." Fred., suspended the operation of carving the turkey, and gazed with a look of astonishment full in the faco of the speaker. "What do you mean, Unole Luke?" asked he. "You don't know what the philosopher's stone is, do you ?" "No." "I found it out when I was quite a young man, and what prosperity has crowned me, I owe to that." "Pray explain, Uncle Luke." "After dinner, I will." Somehow, in spite of the extraordinary preparations Ellen had made for the reception of her uncle, the dinner did not pass off very pleasantly. There was a reserve on his part, which threw cold water on the whole affair. But it was finished, at last, to the relief of all. "Now, unole, come into the parlor, and Ellen shall play you a tune or two on her piano," said Fred , leading tho way. "On her what?" said the old man, with a start of surprise. "On her piano, of course." "Then you keep a piano?" "Certainly: we could not possibly get along without a piano, could we, Ellen?" "I'm sure we couldn't," replied the young wife. "0, it is such a comfort " "Such a luxury, you mean," answered Uncle Luke; "what did you give for it ?" "Five hundred." "It is paid for ?" "Certainly, it is. "And your note due to-worrow, which you cannot meet?" Fred, glanced at Ellen, who looked as woe-begone as though she had lost every frieDd she had in the world. "It was not his fault, uncle; I teazed it out of him," said she. "Then he is a bigger fool than I took him to be," replied Uncle Luke contemptuously. "And then he is not doing business enough to pay his expenses; you dino on roast turkey and all manner of fancy stuff." Uncle Luke, though conscious that be was meddling with that which did not concern him, could not control his indignation at the wanton extravagance of the young people. He felt kindly towards them, as he always had, and though his words, were harsh and cold, he intended to do them a kindness. "Yes; and, Ellen, you wear a silk gown for every day, and, to crown all, you j have got a piano Do you expect to pay | i your notes in this manner, Fred ?" con- j 1 .k? - ?r 1?j ! tiuucu uu. "iicic 10 iuc ocuicii ui naiu ; times?extravagance?silk dresses, roast turkey, ice creams aod pianos." "Things were going very well with j me when I bought the piano," suggested ! Fred. "No matter, you are a fool; now I will; ' tell you what the philosopher's stone is." Uncle Luke paused, and looked coldly ' into the eyes of the young merchant. 11W all nnnlo mKof ia if?" . IT V.., UUV.V, " .O .. . "Live withiD your meaos. If you doj not earn but a dollar, spend only seventy. five cents," and Uncle Luke put on his 1 great coat aod edged towards the door, without even alluding to the important' topic in which Fred, felt so much in- j terest "But, Uncle Luke, can you lend me the ! ! money I want?" asked Fred., dismayed at! [ the thought of failure. "No, I cannot." "Then I must fail." "You ought to have thought of that when you bought the piano," replied Unole Luke, sternly. "Do you know Waters ?" "The carpenter?" "Yes. Apply to him, and he will lend you the money." "But he is almost a stranger to me." "No matter, go to him," and Uncle Luke left the bouse. "Oh, Fred., this is all my fault," said Ellen, bursting into tears. Fred., did apply to Waters. " '?- ?I" nolroH M H Uttt OCUUIIbJ V?M jwu ^i?w . the carpenter. "I don't know," replied Fred, doubtingly. "My stock is mortgaged." 'Household furniture?" "No." "What have you got!" "A piano and "That will do; give me a bill of that. If not paid within thirty days, the piano is mine." Fred assented and reoeived the money. The papers were executed, and Fred, got out of the sorape. During the suooeeding thirty days, he tried to raise the money to redeem the piano, without suocess. Waters took it at the appointed time, and seemed perfectly satisfied with his bargain. A few days after, the young couple were surprised to receive an invitation to dine with Unole Luke, and to theirastonishment, when they arrived, they found their piano in his little parlor. "Did you buy this?" asked Fred. But Uncle Luke would answer no questions, yet be promised to make him a present j of it as soon as he paid all his debts. The dinner consisted of oorn bread, beef, and baked potatoes, with an apple pie for desert. Uncle Luke was in unusually good spirits, and never onoe apologized for the singular fare he had placed before j his guests. But they understood the meaning of it. It was intended as a lesson for them, and they profited by it. I They brought home the philosopher's stone and began to live by an humble system. The hired girl was discharged, and Ellen bad so muoh to do in attending to her household duties that she bad no time to be lonesome; they were much happier than when she moped all day in the parlor; and better than this, the times began to mend, and Fred's business prospered again. He paid off his mortgage, and the piano was duly returned to them, because they could afford a luxury. RATHER PRETTY. We frequently hear of a pretty poem, bat we have one here that is superlatively pretty?in fact, in it the pretty is pretty well used up, although there is "pretty little" in it: A pretty little maiden Had a pretty little dream, A pretty little wedding Was the pretty little theme. A pretty little bachelor To win her favor tried. And asked her how she'a like to be His pretty little bride. With some pretty little blushes, And a pretty little sigh, And some pretty little glances From a pretty little eye; With a pretty little face Behind a pretty little fan She smiled on the proposals Of this pretty little man. Some pretty little "loves," And some pretty little "dears," Some pretty little smiles, And some pretty little tears; Some pretty little presents, And a pretty little kiss, Were some pretty little preludes To some pretty little bliss. This pretty little lady An.l Itov nrattir little unnrlr """ ....... Met the pretty little parson And his pretty little clerk; A pretty little wedding ring United them for life, A pretty little husband And a pretty little wife. - ( The First Grenadier of France. For maDy a year, there was a touching and beautiful custom to be witnessed in a certain regiment of French grenadiers, and which was meant to commemorate the heroism of a departed comrade. When the companies assembled for parade and the roll was called, there was one name to which its owner could not answer ?it was that of La Tour d'Auvergne. When it wus called, the oldest sergeant present stepped a pace forward, and raising his band to his cap, said, proudly: "Died on the field of honor." For fourteen years this custom was continued, and only ceased when the restored Bourbons, to please their foreign masters, forbade everything that was calculated to nreserve the snirits nf the soldiers of r r ~ Franco. La Tonr d'Auvergne was not unworthy in life the honor thus paid him after his death. He was educated for the army, entered in 1767, and in 1781 served under the Duke do Crillion at the siege of Port Mahon. He served always with distinction, but constantly refused offers of promotion, saying that he was only fit for the oommaod of a company of grenadiers; but finally, the various prenadier comnanies beinp united. 0 r o 1 be found himself in command of a body of eight thousand men, while retaining only the rank of captain. ileneu be was known as the First Grenadier of France. But it is of one particular exploit of his that we wish to write, more than his career in general. When he was forty years of age, he went on a visit to a friend, not far from a section of the country that was soon to become the scene of a campaign. While there, ho was busy in acquainting himself with the features of the country, thinking it not unlikely that this knowledge might be of use to him, and while here the brave grenadier was astonished to learn that the war had been rapidly shifted to this quarter, and that a regiment of Austriaus was pushing on to occupy a Darrow pass about ten miles from where be was staying, and the possession of which would give them an opportunity to prevent an important movement of the which French was then on foot. They hoped to surprise this post, and were moving so rapidly upon it that they were not more than two hours distant from the place where he was staying, and which they would have to pass on their march. It matters not how he heard the news. It is sufficient to say that he determined at once to aot upon it. He bad no idea of being captured by the enemy in their advance, and he at once set off for the pass. He knew that the pass was defended by a stoat tower, and a garrison of thirty men, and he hoped to be able to warn the men of their danger. He hastened on, and arriving there, foand the tower in a perfect condition. It had jast been vaoated by the garrison, who had heard of the approach of the Auatrians, and had beeD seized with a panio thereat, and had fled, leaving their arms, consisting of thirty excellent muskets. La Tour d'Auvergoe gnashed his teeth with rage as he discovered this. Searching in the building, he found several boxes of ammunition whioh the oowards had not destroyed. For a moment be was in despair, but then with a grim smile he began to fasten the main door, and pile against it such articles as he could And. When he had done this be loaded all the guns he could find, and placed them together with a good supply of ammunition, nnrlor tVin Innrt-hnloa tVinf onmmnndpd t.hfi -UV.V. V~V ? road by which the enemy most advance. Then he ate heartily of the provisions he had brought with him, and sat down to wait. He bad absolutely formed the heroic resolution to defend the tower alone against the enemy. There were some things in his favor in suoh an undertaking. The pass was steep and narrow, and the enemy's troops could enter it only in double file, and in doings this would be fully exposed to the fire from the tower. The original garrison of thirty men could easily have held it against a di vision, and now one man was about to attempt to hold it against a regiment. It was dark when La Tour d'Auvergue reached the tower, and he had to wait some time for the enemy. They were longer in coming than he had expected, and for a while be was tempted to believe they had abandoned the expedition. About midnight, however, bis practiced ear caught the tramp of feet. Every moment the sound came nearer, and at last be heard them entering the defile. Immediately he discharged a couple of muskets into the darkness to let them know that he knew of their presence and intentions, and he heard the quick, sharp commands of the officers, and, from the sounds, he supposed that the troops were retiring from the pass. Until the morning be was undisturbed.? The Austrian commander, feeling assured that the garrison bad been informed of his movements, and was prepared to receive him, saw that he conld not surprise the post as be had hoped to do, and deemed it prodent to wait until daylight before making his attaok. At sunrise he summoned the garrison to surrender A grenadier answered the summons. "Say to your commander," be said, in reply to the messenger, "that this garrison will defend this post to the last extremity." The offioer who had borne the dag of truce retired, and in about ten minutes a piece of artillery was brought into the pass and opened upon the tower. .Bat to effect this, the piece had to be placed directly in front of the tower, and within easy range of it. They had scarcely got the gun in position, when a rapid fire was opened upon it from the tower, and continued with such marked effect that the pieoe was withdrawn after the second discharge, with a loss of five men. This was a bad beginning, so that half an hour after the sun was withdrawn the Aus trian colonel ordered an assault. As the troops eDtered the defile they were received with a rapid aod accurate fire, so that when they had passed over half the distaDce they had to traverse, they had lost fifteen men. Disheartened by this, they returned to the mouth of the defile. Three more assaults were repulsed in this manner, and the enemy by sunset had lost forty-five men, of whom ten were killed. The firing from the tower had been rapid and accurate, but the Austrian commander had noticed this peculiarity about it- -every shot seemed to come from the same place. T?? fViJa nornlf>Tpd him. hnf. af. last; JL'Ul uwiuig vuiu |/w.v. ?. ? j he came to the conclusion that there were a number of loop holes close together in the tower, so constructed as tooommaud the ravine perfectly. At sunset the last assault was made and repulsed, and at dark the Austrian commander sent a second summons to. the garrison. This time the answer was favorable. The rvorrionn offered to surrender at sunrise the I 6?? next morning if allowed to march oat with their arms and return to the army unmolested. After some hesitation the terms were accepted. Meantime, La Tour d'Auvergne had I passed an anxious day in the tower. He had opened the fight with an armament of thirty loaded muskets, but had not been able to disoharge them all. He had fired with surprising rapidity, but with surpris ing accuracy, for it was well known in the army that he never threw away a shot. He had determined to stand to his post until he had accomplished his end, which was to hold the place twenty-four hours, in order to allow the h'reacti army time to complete its manoeuvre. After that, he knew the pass would be of do consequence to the enemy. When the demand for a surrender came :V. to him after the last assaalt, he consented to it apon the conditions named. The next day at sunrise the Austrian troops lined the pass in two files, extending from the mouth to the tower, leaving a space between them for the garrison to pass out The heavy door of the tower opened slowly, and in a few minutes a bronzed and s^nrrpd orrpnndiar lif.Arnllw Inndpd Hnwn to- J / " -WW.with muskets, came out &Dd passed dowD the lino of troops. He walked with difficulty uiider bis heavy load. To the surprise of the Austmns, do one followed him from the tower. Id astooishmoDt the Austriao Colonel rode up to him, aod asked in French why the garrison did Dot oome out. ?I am the garrison Colonel," said the soldier, proudly. "What?" exclaimed the Colonel; "do you mean to tell me that you alone have held that tower against me ?" "I have had the honor, Colonel," was the reply. "What possessed you to make such an attempt, grenadier ?" "The honor of France was at stake." The Colonal gazed at him for a moment with undisguised admiration. Then, rais ing bis cap, he said, warmly : "Grenadier, I salute you. You have proved yourself the bravest of the brave." The officer caused all the arms which La Tour d'Auvergne could Dot carry to be collected, and sent them all, with the grenadier, into the French lines, together with a note relating the whole affair. When the knowledge of it came to the ears of Napoleon, he offered to promote La Tour d'AvergDe, but the latter declined to accept the promotion, saying that be preferred to remain where he was. This brave soldier met his death in an anfinn ot AViortionaon in .Tnnp IROft. nnd the simple bat expressive scene at roll-oall in bis regiment was oommeoced and con tinned by tbe express oommand of the Emperor himself. Bismarck's Personal Appearance. The European correspondent of the New York World, who won quite a reputation as a spicy, dashing wri.ter during the war, says that when he applied to Bismarck for a pass, the latter stated that he had proposed leaving all such business to tbe discretion of the field commander; but, said he, smiling, "when one has come.so far, and from a people we like so well as tbe Americans, he shall have it." The oorrcspondenl. gives tbe following free aDd easy sketch of the great Prussian's personal appearance : 1 _ !_' * 1 - -i.i _ iL. iL-J mroario in cne scaiureas ic me memuu, measuring evenly six feet two inches in height, and weighing not less than two hundred and fifty pounds Count Bismarck is entirely a Prussian in physiology; and his port and strength are feudal in their imperiousness. Seated in an office chamber of the great Schloss or King's palace, with clerks in the ante-rooms, couriers in spurs at the hall, ready ta carry orders, a table before him filled with blanks, reports and newspapers, and the light from thescreened windows fallings on his seated figure, you behold in common business dress, a mao who might pass for fifty years of age, half bald, smooth of face, save a short aod heavy moustache of grayish brown that quite overlooks the hard shut, ponderous moutb, and a nose of insignificant length, but proud and broad nostriled. His flesh is in excess, so that around the eyes it is puffy and creased, and his short, stony, and undimpled chin drops a huge double-fold, upoD bis breast. His eyebrows are jagged ; if they were heavier over those bloodshotten eyes he would be terrible. At the back of bis deep cheeks a pair of stiff, bull dog's ears stauds out to stop oil the wiods aud their rumors, aad bis hsnds and feet, that are determined even in rest, are large enough to win a woman's censure.? So dark tbut he looks freckled away from the light; so listful and yet so massive that he looks like a panther in granite, this man would better befit a baron's trencher, where his vassals eat and tremble, than sit here on the waxed floors of a modern palace doing desk duty. i I expected that he would remind me of Stanton, but be much resembled Butler? Stand (Teneral Butler on a chair to belD his stature, prop his eyes opeo and give bim power, and you have the nearest resemblance to Couat Bismarck that I can think 1 of among American leaders. Near by him, on a rosewood table, lay a Prussian officer's helmet, and if he had put it on I think that Front de Boeuf would have been before me 1 in armor. - ( Probable Release of Mr. Davis in October.?The New York Herald's Wash- i ibgton correspondent, under date of the 1 13th, says: ' ] In a previous dispatch I stated that there i was good reason to believe that in a few I days Jefferson Davis would be released on i parole or bail. I received my information < from a high official, who possessed excel- i lent facilities for learning the President's s views and intentions on such subjects. The < announcement created duite a flutter among I ? ? a ?:.i the politicians, ana several very mnuenuai i ones, favorable to the President's restora- I tioD policy, ventured to call on bim to as- I certain if the announcement were well i founded. They urged the President to do- ' fer any action in the matter until after the < fall elections, reminding him that he was 1 already accused of sympathizing with rcb- 1 els and abusing the pardoning power, and i assuring him that the release of the head < rebel at this time would be handled by the < Radicals in the present campaign with pow- 1 erful effect, and greatly impair the ohan- i ces of the party now laboring to elect to offioe men who would support his (the Pre- I sident's) policy. This, I have on undoubt- ! ed authority. The President replied, that may distinguished and loyal gentlemen from both the North and South had appealed to j him for the release of Mr. Davis, and presented several considerations, which made a favorable impression on his mind, why Davis shonld not be held longer in confinement, and that be said to them that if, from any fault of the court or the proper officers of the government, Davis should not be brought to trial in October, be should not, from any reasons then known to him, deem it his duty to hold the prisoner for another term; but that in giving the friends of Mr. Davis this assurance he had not anticipated the action of the court, and had not appointed any time for Davis' release in the 4. - L 1_ ? i_! 1 TT 1 - .1 3 event 01 ms not Deiog tried, ne aeciarea that he had from the first desired to have Davis tried for treason, and had used such influence and authority as be possessed to have the trial take place at an early day; but that if there should be further delay in bringing on the trial he believed that neither the interests of the country nor his duty demanded that he keep the prisoner longer in custody. He also stated that he was unable to perceive that the release of Davis on parole or bail would furnish the Radicals with a powerful weapon, but that he believed that the masses, if there should be further unnecessary delay in bringing him to trial, would approve of his being conditionally released. It is well understood in the best informed official circles that Davis will not be tried at the October term, so that bis release may bo looked for soon after, but not until after that time. On dit that Mr. Reed, one of Mr. Davis' counsel, bad been authorized by the Attorney General to say to his client that the Government would direct his immediate release on condition of his leavicg the country never to return, and that Davis indignantly rejected the offer. Anecdote of General Maxcy Gregg. The following incident in the late struggle is told by a gallant Virginian, late Brigadier-General C. S. A., which, while testifying to the noble generosity of the man. shows the true characteristics of that heroic soldier: During the retreat of the Confederate army from Maryland, on the day after the battle of Sharpsburg, Gen. Mazcy Gregg commanding the rear guard of the Army Northern Virginia, Gen T. T. Munford commanding the brigade of cavalry covering the rear gnard. When General Munford reached the ford, General Gregg and his men were just entering the water to cross to the Virginia side of the Potomac. Near by was an ambulance filled with gallant Confederates, (many of them terribly wounded and torn in the battle of the previous day,) entreating their comrades to ''carry them back to Old Virginia." General Munford seeing that the frightened driver had abandoned them, taking his harness and team with him, ana that they were unable to rido behind bis men, called General Gregg's attention to the fact, whereupon the generous old Roman, uncovering his head, said to his men, "Boys, see yonder your comrades who have been abandoned by a cowardly driver! -They appeal to us for help! You who have escaped unhurt will not leave these poor fellows to their fate in sight of old Virginia." In an instant they were transferring their arms and knapsacks. One generous lad, supposed to belong to the 14th South Carolina Volunteers, catching hold of the singletrees of the ambulance, exclaimed, "We will carry them back to old Virginia." In less time than it takes to tell it, thirty of South Carolina's bravest sons were up to their waists in tbo water, bearing their comrades safely over the river, ambulance and all?the sad and gloomy countenances of the unfortunates seeming almost to forget their wounds as they caught up the J strain, "Oh carry me back to old Virginia, to old Virginia's shore." Those who were too weak to siog, waving.their hats and handkerchiefs, and all were safely placed out of harm's way. As soon as this had been accomplished General Gregg replaced his hat and rode away to see that they were cared for. Many who were witnesses of this scene will, no dopbt, recall the remarks of that gallant band of Virginians, "What a noble old fellow ! he'll do to tie to." Charleston Courier. A Returned Confederate ?The latest, and, perhaps, the last to come, returned Confederate was in the city, Saturday, direct from the late enemy's prison : His experience since the surrender has been both eventful and tragio. Soon after the termination of the war, he was, with other prisoners at Johnston's Island, liberated, but not furnished with transportation. Being without money, he was at a loss bow to get to his home, wbioh was in Augusta County, in this State, nine miles from Staunton. He, however, made his way in " i - a. i l _ to Indiana aroor, ana in passing mrongu a town of that State, went into a hotel, thinking he might meet with some one who would give him assistance. A number of ' men were at the bar drinking, among them i Federal officer, who was talkiog about the war, and among other things said be bad taken an oath to kill ever; one of Ashby's 1 men he ever met with. Without stopping to weigh the consequences, our returned I aero spoke up ou the impulse of the mo- ' meet, and said he was ono of Ashby's men. 1 rhe officer at once drew a pistol and fired ' an him three times, eaoh ball taking effect, but not in vital points. Oar Confederate, like a wounded Hod, rushed oo him, wrench. 1 id the weapon from his grasp, and shot the jiffioei dead with a remaining ball. The : Confederate was arrested, thrown in prison, ; where he suffered long months of confinement, and it was only very recently that he was brought to trial, which resulted in his final aoquital. He then started again for home, and reached here Saturday morning, by the Tennessee train. He stopped at the Norvell House, where he was recognized by i gentlemen who knew him, and vouohed for i bis respectability and reliability. He also bad with him a copy of the records in the trial, properly authenticated, corroborating his statements. He was famished, with assistance, and started for his home Sanday morning. His name is Simpson, and he was a member of Asbby's oommand, wbile that knightly chieftian rode his wondroas roands, and was the first to reach his noble form when he fell. Thns, has, perhaps, the last "rebel" in grey come back to his home, save the long, long list of those who sleep .1 -.1 _ r 3 __ 3 Jf L - *11 id me "Divouac 01 me aeaa, who wm retarn never again to the homes for which they fought so well.?Lynchburg News. State Sovereignty. Some years before the war, says the Baltimore Transcript, the Governor of Kentucky demanded of the Governor of Ohio a fugitive from justice who had fled to the latter State. The Governor of Ohio, unable to deny the constitutional provision under which the demand was made, refused to give him up, on the ground that Ohio was a sovereign State. This Governor was afterwards a member of Mr. Lincoln's cabinet. Kentucky oarried the case to the United States Supreme Court, and it was there argued for Ohio on the same ground of State sovereignty whioh the Governor had assumed in refusing to deliver up the fugitives. Thereupon the Supreme Court of the United States unanimously deoided that the constitutional requirement to deliver up fugitives in such oases was beyond all doubt, but that the Constitution made no provision for coercing a sovereign State, and by referring to the journals of the Convention whioh formed the Constitution, it appears that it refused to adopt any remedy of that kind, and thus no power of compulsion existed in the general government. Chief Justice Chase, it is well known, when Governor of Ohio, .proclaimed the doctrine of State sovereignty as broadly and unqualifiedly as it was ever announced by Jeff. Davis, and the Legislature of Massachusetts formallv resolved that the annex atioo of Tezaa would warrant a dissolution of the Union. Yet the South is never to be forgiven for acting upon pribciples whioh had been repeatedly proclaimed by the leaders of Radicalism, and whioh it bad alwave believed to be true. The very men . in the North who were foremost in announcing these principles are the most intolerant and vindictive in demanding that the Sooth shall be pnnished for practicing what they ' preached, whilst the consistent and Conservative Union men arc the only ones who recommend conciliation snd forbearance. Planters' Hotel.?This splendid first class Hotel will be opened on the first of October, by C. W. and J. B. Dennis, on the European system. The house has been thoroughly cleaned, repaired, and refurnished with the best of furniture throughout. It contains over one hundred rooms, the most of which are large and airy. Its location is as good as that of any other honse in the city, being situated on the corner of Queen and Church streets, and is but a short distance from Meeting and Bay streets, which are the most busy streets of the city. It was formerly kept by Gorman & Co., also by Gamble, then by Mr. Calder, and the reputation of. the house in days gene by was equal to that of any in the place. The advantages of a hotel on the European system are such that a man can rcgu. late his expenses to suit his pocket. Re can rent his room, either procure his meats at tbe restaurant or anywhere else that he pleases, or bring it with him from home. The proprietors have secured the services of competent gentlemen, good attentive servants and porters, who will be always ready and willing to wait on customers.? The oharges will be moderate and adapted to the times. All they ask is the patronage of the traveling public and of their friends, so as to oonvinoe all that it is their intention to render their stay as comfortable as if they were at home.?Charleston News. Our Receipts op Gold prom Europe. Gold continues to come over to this country from Europe in heavy shipments. On tbe 10th instant, the steamer City of Boston, ? r* 1 i Li oocn n/in ._j rrotn .Liverpool, urouguo over ?>-soo,vuo, nuu the Hermann, from South Hampton, brought 3130,000. Then we have the information by the cable that on the 8th of September, the Jura sailed from that port with nearly 31,500,000 in gold among her precious freight. At this rate, the term sporadic will hardly apply to this returning tide in gold; bat it mast be attributed to some general and important re aotion abroad in favor of American securities and investments. Meantime, oar increased receipts of gold from California, Arizona, &c., are equally remarkable. Oar receipts from San Francisco sinoe January of this year have been over ?29,000,000, against some ?12,000,000 for the same period last year. With such substantial facts in our favor, we cannot peceive why an early return to the specie standard and specie prices should be regarded as an impossible achievement. Every thing is operating in favor of this great result, it appears to as, except the bead of the Treasury, who does not seem to comprehend the means and advantages within his grasp.?Phceniz. It is a curious historical fact that 1?! 1-1 t f?._ 1 /iinlo TT?nrc na Due ronaaeipnia iocm vmu???o nwiw ao much incensed agaiDSt President Jackson for his war upon the United States bank, as are the authorities of that municipality to-day with President Johnson for his determination to restore the Union in all its integrity. President Jackson was refused a reception when he visited that city in much the same maner as.President Johnson was refused a reception. For all that, Andrew Johnson will as surely be the means of restoring the Union in its integrity. J