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VOLUME XII. ^ """ YORKVILLE7 SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 27, 1866. NUMBER 23.
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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.
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"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."
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"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
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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?"
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"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
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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
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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.
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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
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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.
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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,
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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;
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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
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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
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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 :
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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,
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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
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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.
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