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lj!WIf^L^'r'l " %m gnb^titl /amiljj jtrii^ap:: jor % ^rcmofiorc ^fff^e |alitiral, Sodal, ^giMn^l mrit foamtnM Intmatsrf % jjli^ ^ ^ VOL. 14. YOEKYILLE, S. O., THURSDAY, MARCH 19, 1868. NO. 12. ? " '" *? "" ' "' * ~~~ " i;.~ ?3 -i.~ii i.??- < - Ham I iioo luifln n onMi/n- "RnwMin ?(H?nt and Inwver. and! return connected himself with the Methodist Epis~ att A THRILLING EPISODE. ESCAPE PROM A QUICKSAND. A small party of Mexican traders?myself among . the number?had. pushed forward ahead of the caravan. Our object was to arrive at Santa Fe a day or two before the wagons, in order to have everything arranged with the governor for their entrance into that capital. We took the route by the Cimmaron. Our road, for a hundred miles or so, lay through a barren desert, without game, and almost without water. The buffalo had already disappeared, and deer were equally scarce. We had to content ourselves on the dried meat which we had brought from the settlement. We were in the deserts of the Artemisia. Now and then we could see a stray antelope bounding away before us, but keeping far out of range. They too, seemed to be unusually shy. On the third day after leaving the caravan, as we were riding near Cimmaron, I thought I ob served a pronged head disappearing behind a swell of the prairie". My companions were skeptical, and none of them would go with me; so, wheeling * out of the trail, I started alone. One of the men kept charge of my dog, as I did not choose to take him with me, lest he might alarm the antelopes. My horse was fresh and willing; and whether successful or not, I knew that 1 could easily overtake the party by camping time. I struck directly toward the spot where I had seen the object It appeared to be only half a mile or so from the trail. It proved more distant, a common illusion in the crystal atmosphere of these upland regions. A curiously-formed ridge?a couteaudes prairies on a small stale?traversed the plain from east to ( west A thicket of cactus covered part of its sum- , mit. Toward this thicket I directed myself. I dismounted at the bottom of the slope, and leading my horse silently up among the cacti-plants, tied him to one of their branches. I then crept cautiously through the thorny leaves toward the point where I fancied I had seen the game. To < my joy, not one antelope, but a brace of those beau- i tiful animals, was grazing beyond; but alas! too far off for"the carry of my rifle. They were fully ; three hundred yards distant, upon a smooth, gras ay slope. There was not even asage-ousn to cover me, should I attempt to "approach" them. What was to be done ? I P I lay for several minutes, thinking over the dif- < ferent tricks known in hunting-craft for taking the antelope. Should I imitate their call? Should I i hoist my handkerchief and try to lure them up? , I saw that they were too shy, for, at short inter- ' vals, they threw up their graceful heads and looked i inquiringly around them. I remembered the red blanket on my saddle. I could display this upon the cactus-bushes; perhaps it would attract them, i I had no alternative; and was turning to go back for the blanket; when, all at once, my eye rested ! upon a clay-colored line running across the prairie beyond where the animals were feeding. It was a i break in the surface of the plain?a buffalo-road, i or the channel of an arroyo?in either case the very cover I wanted?for the animals were not a < hundred yards from it, and were getting still nearer i to it as they fed. Creeping back out of the thicket, I ran along the side of the slope toward a point where I had i noticed that the ridge was depressed to the prairie ; level. Here, to my surprise, I found myself on the banks of a broad arroyo, whose water, clear and shallow, ran slowly over abed of sand and gypsum. The banks were low, not over three feet above the surface of the water, except where the ridge impinged upon the stream. Here there wasahigh bluff, and, hurrying around its base, I entered the ^ channel and commenced wading upward. As I had anticipated, I soon came to a bend, where the stream, after running parallel to the ridge, swept around and caiioned through it. At this place I stopped and looked cautiously over tne bank. The antelopes had approached within less than rifle range of the arroyo, but they were yet far above my position. They were still quietly feeding and unconscious of danger. I again bent down and waded on. It was a difficult task proceeding in this way.? The bed of the creek was soft and yielding, and I was compelled to tread slowly and silently, lest I should alarm the game ; but I was cheered in my exertions by the prospect of fresh venison for my supper. After a weary drag of several hundred yards I came opposite to a small clump of wormwood bushes growing out of the, bank. "I may be high enough," thought I; "these will serve for cover." I raised my body gradually until I could see through the leaves. I was in the right spot. I brought my rifle to a level, sighted for the heart of the buck and fired. The animal leaped from the ground and fell back lifeless. I was about to rush forward and secure my prize, ^ when I observed the doe, instead of running off" as ^ I had expected, go up to her fallen partner and press her tapering nose to his body. She was not more than twenty yards from me, and Icould plainly see that her look was one of inquiry and bewilderment. All at once she seemed to comprehend the fatal truth, and throwing her head, commenced uttering the most piteous cries, at the same time running in circles around the body. I stood wavering between two minds. My first impulse had been to reload and kill the doe ; but her plaintive voice entered my heart, disarming me of all hostile intentions. Had I dreamed of witnessing this painful spectacle I should not have left the trail. But the mischief was done. "I have worse than killed her," thought I, "it will be better to dispatch her at once." Actuated by these principles of a common, but to her fatal, humanity, I rested the butt of my rifle and re-loaded. With a faltering hand I again leveled the piece and fired. My nerves were steady enough to do the work. When the smoke floated aside I could see the little creature bleeding upon the grass, her head resting against the body of her murdered mate. I shouldered my rifle and was about to move ^ ' ?1 A- ? ? T fnnn/1 t W iorwara, wneu, iu my Mivmsutu&u^ *. ... I was caught by the feet. I was held firmly, as if my legs had been screwed in a vice. I made an effort to extricate myself?another more violent and equally unsuccessful?and, with a third, I lost my balance and fell back into the water. Half suffocated, I regained ray upright position, but only to find that I was held as fast as ever. Again I struggled to free my limbs. I could neither move them backward nor forward?to the right nor the left; and I became sensible that 1 was gradually going down. Then the fearful truth flashed upon me?I teas sinking in a quicJcsand! A feeling of horror came over-me. I renewed my efforts with the energy of desperation. I leaned to one side, then to the other, almost wrenching my knees from their sockets. My feet remained as fast as ever. I could not move them an inch. The soft clingy sand already overtopped my horseskin-boots, wedging them around my ankles so that I was unable to draw them off, and 1 could feel that I was still sinking, slowly but surely, as though some subterraneous monster were leisurely dragging me down. This very thought caused me ' fresh thrill of horror; and I called aloud for help To whom ? There was no one within miles of mc no living thing. Yes! the neigh of my horse an swered me from the hill, mocking my despair. I bent forward as well as ray constrained positioi would permit, and, with frenzied fingers, commen ced tearing up the sand. I could barely reach th( surface, and the little hollow I was ablo to raak< filled up almost as soon as it had been formed. A thought occurred to me. My rifle might sup port me, placed horizontally. I looked around foi it, it was not to be seen. It had sunk beneath the sand. Could I throw my body flat and prevent mysell from sinkiug deeper? No. The water was two feet in depth. I should drown at once! This last hope left me as soon as formed. 1 could think of no plan to save myself. I could make no further effort A strange stupor seized upon me. My very thoughts became paralyzed. I knew that I was going mad. For a moment J ica? mad ! After an interval my senses returned. I made an effort to rouse my mind from its paralysis, in order that I might meet death?which I now believed to be certain?as a man should. I stood erect. My eyes had sunk to the prairie level and rested upon the still bleeding victims oi my cruelty. My heart smote me at the sight.? Was I suffering a retribution of God ? With humbled and penitent thoughts, I turned my face to Heaven, almost dreading that some sign of omnipotent anger would scowl upon me from above. But no. The sun was shining as bright as ever, and the blue canopy of the world was without a cloud. I gazed upward and prayed with an earnestness known only to the hearty of men in positions oi peril like mine. As I continued to look up, an object attracted my attention. Against the sky I distinguished the outlines of a large, dark bird. I knew it to be the obscene bird of the plains, the buzzard-vulture. Whence had it come ? Who knowB ? Far beyond the reach of human eye, it had seen or scented, the slaughtered antelopes, and, on broad, silent wing, was now descending fo the feast of death. Presently another, and another, and many others, mottled the blue field of the heavens, curving and wheeling silently earthward. Then the foremost swooped down upon the bank, and, after gazing around for a moment, flapped off towards its prey. In a few seconds the prairie was black with filthy birds, who clambered over the dead antelopes, and beat their wings against each other, while they tore aut the eyes ofjthe quarry with their fetid beaks. And now came gaunt wolves, sneaking and hungry, stealing out of the cactus-thicket, and loping, xjward-like, pver the green swells of the prairie, rhese, after a battle, drove away the vultures, and tore up the prey, all the while growling and snapping vengefully at each other. "Thank Heaven! I shall at least be saved from this!" I was soon relieved from tne signt. xuy eyes had sunk below the level of the bank. I had looked my last on the fair green earth. I could now see only the clayey walls that contained the river, and the water that ran unheeding past me. Once more I fixed my gaze upon the sky, and, with prayerful heart, endeavored to resign myself to my fate. v In spite of my endeavors to be calm, the memories of earthly pleasures, and friends, and home, came over me?causing me at intervals to break into wild proxysms, and make fresh, though fruitless, struggles. Again I was attracted by the neighing of my horse. A thought entered my mind, filling me with fresh hopes. "Perhaps ray horse?" I lost not a moment I raised my voice to its highest pitch and called the animal by name. J knew that he would come at my call. I had tied him but slightly. The cactus-limb would snap off. I called him again, repeating the words that were well known to him. I listened with a bounding heart For a moment there was a silence, then 1 heard the quick sounds of his hoof, as though the animal was struggling to free himself. Then 1 could distinguish the stroke of his heels in a measured and regular gallop. Nearer came the sounds?nearer and clearer, until the gallant brute bounded out on the bank above me. There he halted, and flinging back his tossed mane, uttered a shrill neigh. He was bewildered, and looked upon every side, snorting loudly. I knew that, having once seen me, he would not stop until he had pressed his nose against my cheek?for this was his usual custom. Holding out my hands I again uttered the magic words. Now looking downward he perceived me; and, stretching himself, sprang out into the channel. The next moment I held him by the bridle. There was no time to be lost. I was still going 1 3 foof nnnrincr tliA filir Clown, BLiu iuy aiftxiptio nvtv uvM?...D ?... face of the quicksand. I caught the lariat, and, passing it under th< saddle-girths, fastened it in a tight, firm knot. ] then looped the trailing end, making it secure a round my body. I had left enough of the rope be tween the bit-ring and the girths to enable me t< check and guide the animal, in case the drag upor my body should be too painful. All this while the dumb brute seemed to coraprc hend what I was about, He knew, too, the natur< of the ground on which he stood, for during th< operation, he kept lifting his feet alternately t< prevent himself from sinking. My arrangements were at length completed, anc with a feeling of terrible anxiety, I gave my hors< the signal to move forward. Instead of going oi with a start, the intelligent animal stepped awa; slowly, as though he understood my situation. Th< lariat tightened?I felt toy body moving, and, th< next moment, experienced a wild delight?a feel ing I cannot describe?as I found myself draggei out of the sand! j I sprang to my feet with a shout of joy. I rush cd up to my steed, and throwing my arms aroun< his neck, kissed him with as much delight as would have kissed a beautiful girl. He answers my embrace with a low whimper, that told me was understood. I looked for my rifle. Fortunately it had no sunk deeply, and I soon found it. My boots wer behind me, but I staid not to look for them?bein, smitten with a wholesome dread of the place wher J had left them. I was not long in retreating from the arroyo and mounting, I galloped back to the trail. It was sun-down before I reached camp, where was met by the inquiries of my wondering com panions. "Did you come across the goats ?" "Where' your boots ?" "Where have you been?hunting c fishing?" I answered all these questions by relating my ac ventures; and, for that night, I was again the h< ro of the camp fire.?Philadelphia Sunday Tra> script. ? White Hard Soap.?Seven pounds of sod; three of lime, four gallons of water; boil togethi till dissolved. Let this stand to settle; then poi off as long as any remain clear, and add water 1 make four gallons. Boil this, adding four pounc of grease two tablespoonfuls borax; boil till thicl Take up and put away to cool, when it is cold, ci the pieces rather larger than the size you wai them, as it shrinks in drying. ; THE MISTAKEN MOTHEK. |Jj "Honor and fame from no condition rise, CI Act well your part?there nil the honor Ilea." j "Say what you will, Mrs. Lincoln, my daughter 0f . shall never marry a mechanic?that point is set, tied beyond question. What right has a mechan; ic to seek her hand? She moves now in the best Wi society, and I intend she shall never unite herself fu in marriage with any one who is not her equal, at . least in rank." w] "Well, they do say," replied Mrs. Lincoln, ^ "that George Harablin has actually offered himself pc P to'her, or is on the point of doing so; and if such ( be the fact, and ray advice was asked in the matter, I would say let Mary accept him by all means. She can never do better and may do worse. As to tic | your remark about rank, if you intend to intimate A I that his rank is not equal to your daughter's, I pi must be allowed frankly to differ with you. True, r George is a mechanic, but I have yet to learn that mi a well educated and accomplished young man like , him, is any the less a gentleman, or the less entitled to be considered of the first society, for being a mechanic." v ^ "Oh! now, you needn't talk so to me, "said Mrs. , Otis; "you'll never make me believe a mechanic ne ? is a gentleman in the true acceptation of the term. ? | There may be some who are tolerably well educa- 1)0 ted, and know how to appear tolerably respectable pa when thrown'into good company, but there is some- 66 [ thing to my mind, so vulgar in the idea of a me- 00 chanie, that I can never consent to any arrange ! rnent that would lead to introduce them into the first society. Least of all, shall any, with my permission, ever salute ipe as his mother-in-law. 06 , Pshaw! Mrs. Lincoln, the thing is preposterous." "It doubtless appears so to you, Mrs. Otis; but . your views on the subject are all wrong. You can- fn' not have examined it in its true light and reflected U3' properly upon it. Pray, whom do you consider as the only persons who should compose what you 00 call the 'first society.'" * 881 "Why, professional men, of course; such as lawyers, doctors, ministers, &c., as well as young men ^ of pleasure, retired merchants, and others who are living on their money without particular employ- ?!" rnent. I do not wish to be understood as saying that mechanics, farmers, and the like, are not respectable in their places, Mrs. Lincoln; all I ask ?a is that they move in their proper sphere, and not a intrude themselves where they do not belong." ?? "Yes, I understand; you prefer as an associate P for yourself and daughter, the 'polished gentlemen W? of leisure,' to an honest, industrious, intelligent JJ? mechanic. And who are many of these gentlemen who are admitted into and caressed by your 'first nc society ?' Bankrupts in poverty, in moral principles, and every thing else except brass and bristles; ? creatures who would pass current for puppies everywhere, (except in your 'first society,') though but for their loquacity, some might be taken for J'? goats in breeches, orourang-outangs from the Asiatic Islands. Against your lawyers, doctors and Mi divines I have nothing to say; in your language, I it respect them all 'in their places.' But as distinct te< classes in society, neither is a whit better, or more ao respectable than the hardy mechanics and yeoman- ?f ry of the country generally. If there be any distinction, the producing classes are certainly entitled lfcJ to the highest consideration." I < "Well, Mrs. Lincoln, if you don't beat all! he Why, your doctrines carried out, would destroy all W distinctions in society. Only think of a fashiona- tlc hie assembly, composed of gentlemen of different at learned professions, farmers, mechanics, merchants, 0D traders, speculators, gamblers, and what not, each and all with their associates, congregated on terms le| of perfect equality. Wouldn't it present a nice picture?" "But you are a little too fast," replied Mrs. ch 1 Lincoln; "I am not the advocate of such equality t?' as that, by any means. On the contrary, I wish th ' to see what passes for the 'first society' atnoug us, 'J1 ........J nfito ii,.rkt,r!tioc nnil the wnrthv mechanic tl( JJUi?CU VI 4W AU1J/UUWVM, MM?. V..W J , assume the rank he deserves in the world. I would re have the frown of the virtuous and good forever: ?t ! fixed upon the unprincipled and dissolute, what-' 1? : ever their occupation in life. External accomplish- de " ments, either with or without wealth, should never ev ' serve as a passport to a polluted heart, into the th bosom of respectable society. While honest in- jo dusty should ever be recognized with a smile of # commendation; its antagonist, indolence, should find no favor whatever." ' "Well, it is folly to talk to me. My mind islnc made up. Mary is not going to have George 0 Hamblin nor any other mechanic. She shall live and die an old maid first." wi "Very well; it is no particular concern of mine," ht said Mrs. Lincoln: "but we shall see whether she sb ' is herself disposed to regard his advances with fa- be vor. Indeed, I have already seen enough to con- lei vince me that he has nothing to fear so far as she d( is concerned. It is not long since I observed ol thorn very closely engaged in conversation by them- pi > selves. It was on the occasion of Mary's late visit ' to her aunt. Leaning with clasped hands tfton his arm, she was looking up into his face with an 5 earnestness that at once convinced me of her de^ votedness to him. Let us hear what she has to nc ' say for herself." to Mary had just now returned from a short walk. ' Well knowing the prejudice of her mother against to 1 mechanics, she resolutely insisted that Mrs. Lin- cc coin must have taken her cousin Lorenzo for Mr. at - Hamblin, as the person with whom she was prom- h< i enading while at her aunt's. J At this moment the door-bell rang, and a gentle- d< ) man was immediately conducted into the room, ar whom Mary recognized and introduced as Dr. Wil- gi 1 liams, a young physician from a neighboring vil- r> 2 lagc. Mary had met him at a recent party, and lo f he called, in passing, just to present his compli- di 7 ments, and to see that she .had suffered no incon- ai e venieuce from her exposure to the damp air on the d< e night of the party. tl His age was about twenty-two, his stature a lit- si I tie above the medium height, complexion dark? sa eyes and nose prominent, and his expression agree- lo - able. tc I After a half hour of pleasant conversation he lo I took his leave, not, however, without receiving and ei I accepting a pressing invitation from Mrs. Otis, in tl I which her daughter, of course, modestly joined, to call again. Ia t He had no sooner left the house, than Mrs. Otis si f> nmVirnr.prt fho npMsion to draw a Hvelv COUlDanSOn h g between him, as one of the learned profession, and e mechanics. With an air of lively satisfaction, she ol said: tl ; "Show me your mechanic, Mrs. Lincoln, who is y able to converse with Dr. Williams. Did you note li I the variety and extent of his knowledge, his hap- si i- py faculty of communication, and good manners, w In point of everything pleasant and agreeable, nay, r< s even valuable in a gentleman, I will place Dr. Wil- si tr liams, little as I have seen of him, against any k dozen mechanics you can produce." c< 1- Mrs. Lincoln, not disposed to continue the con- t< troversy further, and ever willing to acknowledge n i- merit wherever she saw it, very cheerfully concurred in the favorable opinion expressed of Dr. Wil- m liams?adding, however, that there were many h j, mechanics fully equal to him in extent of knowl;r edge, readiness of communication, and polish of p ir address. d :o It is proper to remark here, that Augustus Otis, b Is Esq., the husband of Ldy Otis, was a gentleman c. of great good sense, and a lawyer of distinguished h it ability. Himself the son of a worthy mechanic, ii it he was never heard to speak of mechanics in any t other than terms of the greatest respect. More, t id lie Deen present, tnere ? hhw rat m Baying, [re. Lincoln would have found him heartily contrring with her in support of her cause. Dr. Williams soon became intimate at the house ' Mr. Otis, who, with his lady, spared no pains make his visits agreeable to him. It was also lite apparent that Mary contributed her part torrds the same end, with the same perfect cheerlness and good will As the writer is not at liberty to disclose further lat transpired in the innocent and friendly interuree between Mary and the young doctor, at this lint, u Where thought meet* thought, ere from the lip* it itart, And each warm wUb spring* mutual from the heart." Leaving this part of the picture to the imaginain of the reader?we come directly to the fact U parties joyfully assenting, the bans were duly tblished, and the day of marriage arrived. Mary never looked more beautifnl than on the | anting of her marriage day? * "Heaven wu In her eye, In every gesture, dignity and love." At the appointed hour, the bride and the brideoom, attended by her cousin Lorenzo and ayoung male associate, stepped into a carriage, in readiss at the door, and hastened to await upon the inister of the parish, residing in the village aut eight miles distant In the meantime a small rty of friends, Mrs. Lincoln aibong the rest, as11 J . .t - i_ ?r . n.:_ LDDJOd at toe nouse ui lur. vjiia, tu uuci men ngratulations to the happy couple on their rern, and tender the usual civilities on such occa>ns. The minister soon performed his part of the remony, when husband and wife, with their atadants, immediately returned and were met at e door by Mrs. Lincoln, who had volunteered to troduce the newly married couple to those waitg to greet them. Couducting them at once into the presence of the mpany assembled in the drawing-room, she id? "Allow me, ladies and gentlemen, to introduce you Dr. Williams, better known as George amblin, the mechanic?editor, publisher, and inter of the "Village Chronicle"?and his lady, therto, the accomplished Miss Otis." All eyes were fixed on Mrs. Otis, who stood, If amazed, in doubt whether to credit what she d just heard as the sober reality, or whether the casion had been seized on by Mrs. Lincoln to ay off an .innocent hoax at her expense. She is soon, however, convinced -that the gentleman, >w her son-in-law, whom she had known and so ghly esteemed as "Dr. Williams," was, indeed, i other than plain Mr. Hamblin, the mechanic. Collecting herself, and resolving to make the best the somewhat awkward position, in which she and herself placed, she said: "I perceive that I have, though I trust not with ur approbation," taking his hand, "beendeceivboth in your name and occupation. Be it so. ad I regrets to express, this is no place for them; is now too late. With mechanics I had associai the idea of ignorance and want of gentlemanly complishments. Hence, my unfavorable opinion tbem as a class. Bat in you I observed no deiency of education; I liked your apparent sincer '; I was pleased with your deportment?yes, more, jntertained the most entire confidence in your nesty and the purity of your moral principles, hy, then, should T hoaitafr1? Th? little decep>n that has been practiced, I am well aware, is the instance of her who is now your wife?borne i by friends, not excepting her own father, in lorn she confided?is of slight moment. Only t there be no further deception?as I am sure me is intended?and I can most cheerfully forve and forget Take my daughter, it is your ioice?it is hera To you, my daughter, just enring upon new aud important relations in life, in e language of another, let me advise you that e good wife is one who is strictly and conscien)usly virtuous; she is humble and modest from ason and conviction, submissive from choice, and ledient from inclination. What she acquires by ve she preserves by prudence. She makes it her slight to please her husband, being confident that erything that promotes his happiness must, in e end, contribute to her own. She always reices in his prosperity, and by her tenderness and lod humor, lessens his cares and afflictions. Go, id may Heaven bless you both." Young Hamblin, as may well be supposed, was itfree from embarrassment. Addressing Mrs. tis, he said: "You are correct in the opinion that I yielded, ith great reluctance, to the little artifice which is been employed. I finally assented only oh the rongest assurance, from those whom I know to i your true friends, that I should be held blame53 in the matter. If I have sailed into port un>r false colors, it was not my inclination, but in edience to a commanding signal from the veiy ize I have captured." "All's well that ends well." AN INCIDENT IN THE CARS. On the whole, pleasant traits and characters are )t common on the cars. This opinion I expressed my friend Summers the other day. I was escorting home the lovely Charlotte D?, whom I was at that time devoted. Charlotte - - - 1 ?ulu scarcely find room to spread Her crinoline ana Tange her voluminous flounces. I stood up near jr, there being no vacant seat* After a few minutes, in came a poor woman, who jposited a basket of clothes on the front platform id held in her arpis a small child, while a little rl hung to her dress. She looked tired and wea', but there-was no vacant seat; to be sure, Chartte might have condensed her flounces, but she d not Beside her, however, sat a very lovely id elegant young woman, who seemed by moving jwn closer to others, to make space enough for le stranger between herself and Miss D. At last ic succeeded, and with the sweetest blush I ever iw, she invited the woman to be seated. Chartte D? drew her drapery around her, and blushed ?o, but it was not a pretty blush at all, and she oked annoyed at the proximity of the new com", who was, however, cleanly and decently, though linly clad. The unknown lady drew the little girl upon her p and wrapped her velvet mantle around the nail, half-clad form, and put her muff over her alf-frozen little blue hands. So great was the crowd that I alone seemed to bservc. The child shivered?tne keen wind trom le door blew on her unprotected neck. I saw the oung lady quietly draw from under her cloak a ttle woolen shawl, which she softly put on the boulders of the little one; the mother looking or ith confused wonder. After a short time she ajse to leave the cars, and would have removed the bawl, but the unknown gently whispered, "No, eep it for her." The woman did not answer; the Dnductor hurried her out, but her eyes swam with mrs. I noticed her as she descended to the base lent and I hastily marked the house. Soon after my unknown also rose to depart. ] ras in despair, for I wanted to follow and discovei er residence, but could not leave Miss D?. How glad, then, I was to see her bowing, as sh< assed, to a mutual acquaintance who stood in th? oorway. From him, ere many minutes, I learn ier name and address. To shorten the story as much as possible, tha idy is now my wife. In the small incident whicl otroduced her to me she showed her real charac er. A few days after our marriage I showed he he blessed crimson shawl, which 1 redeemed fron IU5 uwuer, auu BUttll M-cp aa u mcuicnw/. xuu are sometimes pleasant things to be found in ur expected places; certainly I may be said to hav picked out my wife in the cars.?Review, Salt more. fpSttllaaMiw grading. From the Charleston News, 9th Instant. THE NOMINATING CONVENTION. The Convention just now, is o. great politics "wheel within a wheel," which in turn holds innu merable smaller wheels, revolving helter-skeltersome in combination, some on their own hook, somi for one object and some for another, but a ll in con fusion^ throwing out their vari-colored sparks liki the pyrotechnic splutterings of a fourth of Jul; fire-work. Office seekers are as thick as bees a round a sugar cask. Every position in the State from the lowest to the highest, has become a sud den obiect of admiring contemplation to an indefi nitc number of entities, each one of which consid ers himself better than "any other man." Th consequent bidding, badgering and backbiting; th crowding in and shoving out; the button holing lobby-rolling, stomach-moving, pocket/touching in fluences at work, are as incomprehensible in mag nitude and effect as the Cretan labyrinth would b by the light of a tallow candle. South Carolin; never witnessed anything like it on the same seal before, and probably, not until afleranother deluge will a similar spectacle be seen again. It is not our purpose to describe the vast arm; of candidates who have been inspired to play live ry servant for the dear people. Their name is le gion, and their color ranges from the pure Ethio pian black, through every stage of brown to th pale-faced Sir Oracle of his party. The task wouli be an idle one. We have to deal at present onl; with those upon whom the mantle of greatness i likely to fall to-morrow night, should they, per chance, be chosen to fill the executive and congres sional offices of the State, by the nominating con vention which will then assemble at the Clu House. Of this convention we know but little. We pre sume, however, that in its elementary character, i will be mainly a second edition of the present af sembly. Charleston has furnished a small infusio of fresh representatives; Berkeley may do th same; and influences are understood to be at wori in Colleton to send a delegation hither who wi i -1 - i n ii l. it vote straignt rnrougn ior toe man wuo pays mei expenses down. Beyond these localities, we sup pose "qualified electors" of the State have instruc ted the original delegates from the respective dis tricts to "do the best they can." In some of th districts, like Sumter, for instance, mass meeting have been held, and nominees selected, for whon the delegates are requested to vote. THE CANDIDATES. We shall proceed to notice these individually with the prefatory remark that the convention ha confined its choice, with one exception (General R K. Scott), to its own members. While there ar ablo men outside of the body, thoroughly identi fied with the party and far more capable of repre senting it in the various departments of the Stab and general government than anybody in the Clu House?men like R. B. Carpenter, D. T. Corbie and others?they have been most persistently lei out in the cold. It is true that tor some reason they have not sought position, and have been con tent to quietly discharge their official duties; bu there is no sort of question that had the conven tion desired to secure the services of the best me in their party, they would have made room fo them around the gAb-bag and given them a equal showing. For the office of Governor two candidates onl are in the field?one a Northern, the othera South ern man. The first to whom we shall allude is * GEN. R. K. SCOTT. This gentleman is known as the Assistant Con missioner of the Freedraen's Bureau, in which a pacity he has served since the close of the wai He is a native of Ohio, a physician by profession and about forty years of age; is a fine looking mar over six feet in height, and has lost none of th bon hommie of his original profession, by reason c association with his brusque comrades of the armj He is said to be a conservative Republican, an during the last two or three years, has greatly aic ed the planters and others in obtaining means t resume their former occupation. If nominated he would be particularly strong on the coast; an although many would refuse to vote for him unde the arrangement made on Saturday, because the would thereby be compelled to vote for a colore man if nominated, and for ordinances which ar illegal, he would receive a moral support of cor siderable weight. COL. T. J. ROBERTSON. This gentleman is a South Carolinian by birtha native of Fairfield District. Commencing life s a planter, he has gradually worked into his preser occupation as a capitalist, and, as has been befoi stated, is the wealthiest man in the convcntior That he is a person of determined character an moral courage is best indicated by the fact thai with a full knowledge of the difficulties of mair taining such a position socially, he was one of th first in the State to join the Republican partj Since then he has spent time and money to buil it up. When General Sherman's army passe through Columbia, his known opposition to th war culminated in an entertainment given to th Federal officers, which brought him into univers; disrepute, and created many personal and bittc enemies. On the other hand, there were those i the city whom he succored in the hour of need, b using his influence to save their property from th flames and themselves from want In the convention his course is well known. A though not an easy public speaker, he has oppose out and out, everything that savored of a repudij tion of debts, and thereby made many friends i mong the moneyed men outside of the body, whi! his general course has been, in the main, accept ble to his fellow-delegates. As a financier, Co Robertson would probably be a successful Goveri or, for his money is in almost everything, and I would take good care to foster State and railroa ! securities. : He is about forty-five years of age, has firn well cut features, weighs nearly 180 pounds, an i wears the appearance of a first-rate liver. It i said that his friends have counted between eighi i and ninety noses for him in the convention. I THE LIEUTENANT-GOVERNOR. > For this office, no one has been specially nninei i It was originally tendered to F. L. Cardoza, a cc . ored man, but he declined it, as is alleged, on tl ! ground that he would be brought in contact wil , many persons, in his capacity of President of tl ! Senate, who would object to his peculiar offici 1 relationship and make the position disagreeable. Another of the colored delegates, however, t king a different view of the matter, is said to 1 [ an aspirant for the place; we refer to J. J. Wrigl r of Beaufort .But there is little probability thi the nomination will be conferred, as desired, b 2 cause his friends believe he will be more valuab 2 as a judge. The instruction received by Wrigh t at Antioch College, Ohio, serves him admirabl He can out talk any man on the floor of the co t vention, and has confidence enough in his resourc l to tackle any subject suggested, from a propositi) - in German metaphysics to a problem in Euclid, r Wright is about thirty years old; clear-heade i quick as a flash, and "sound on the goose." I v iiao a oviuivt) x?u*vmu ?, ?...rf ?, i- is now a philanthropist. He is by no means a bite ter Radical, and exercises a wholesome influence among the colored meu upon the floor. Whipper and himself are, by long odds, the most intelligent 5 of their race in the convention. i C. P. LESLIE. If there is to be a white man nominated for < - Lieutenant-Governor, C. P. Leslie has many sup- < porters. His course in the convention has made ' him scores of friends, although his "vagram" hu- i I mor has occasionally brought down the thunder of i the house. When serious, which is rarely the ' case, Leslie makes strong,-effective arguments; j when mad, he can get rid of about as much verbal < wormwood, in a given space of time, as an incen- \ sed woman; when facetious, the feather of his ridicule has frequently proved more disastrous to ' his antagonists than the sharpest barb of another's nrciimfint. !' He is about thirty-four years of age, thin, restless and irrepressible?moderate in his political views, and too frank to be a successful politician. THE STATE TREASURER?X. 0. PARKER. e For this office there is but one candidate?the 8 gentleman above named. We find in the La ' Crosse (Wis.,) Republican the following description : "N. G. Parker was born in Massachusetts, and is prominent in the couvention, as Chairman e of the Finance Committee. He served in the army a during the war, entering as a sergeant in the First e Massachusetts Cavalry. Promoted to a captaincy, ' he was appointed to Colonel Higginson's Regiment of First South Carolina Volunteers (colored) ^ and was mustered out there. He is engaged in mercantile pursuits at present, but planted cotton in 1866, from which he lost heavily. He is a thorough Republican, and has always avowed his sen? timents. There being a vacancy in the city council, he was appointed to fill it by General Canby, ^ and, on taking his seat, made the first Republican 8 speech ever heard in that body. He is a man of pleasing manners, pure character, fine intelligence, k great energy, and, though not accustomed to pub' lie speaking, is sensible and forcible in his utterances." We may add to the above, that Mr. Parker, in discharging the duties of Chairman of the Finance 1 Committee has managed its reports with so much h ability, that his selection for the office of State n Treasurer has, for several weeks, been regarded as ? a foregone conclusion, and he will probably "walk j the track." He is between thirty-five and forty years of age; r fair haired, blue eyed, quiet, unassuming, and small in stature. !" THE SECRETARY OF STATE?F. L. CARDOZA. r The reasons which prevented the acceptance of e the proffered nomination for Lieutenant-Governor s did not operate when Cardoza's friends tendc ed 1 him the position of Secretary of State, and it is understood that he will accept it The desire of his heart has been to represent the State in Con' gress, the colored people believing that they dea served a place in the picture there; and some weeks " ago the determination was made to run him theree for, but it is said that understanding that Beverly l" Nash, who is several shades darker than himself " (although possessed of far more natural ability), ? contemplated running as a candidate for Congress from the Third Congressional District, the pride of caste arose at the .prospect of having him for a colleague, and the project was abandoned. We do '' not vouch for this, however. Subsequently, Bever* ly and himself went to Washington, where both 1 learned that the Republicans practically ignored the doctrine of race and color as applied to Conn gress, and came home satisfied that it would ruin r the party to run a colored man for the place. D Cardoza would make as good a Secretary of State as any man in the party. He finished his cducay tion abroad, and has the necessary ability to fill the '* office. His chief fault as a debater is, that he is overbearing, and in the heat of discussion utters language which shows that he is neither considerate of the interests of his party, nor in command l" of a temper which, let loose, would certainly spoil ' him for a diplomat Cardoza is about thirty years '' of age, dresses with dainty neatness, and has the '' respect from all the delegates which is universally ? accorded to superior intelligence. ADJUTANT AND INSPECTOR-GENERAL. ^ This is an office which in all probability will be i filled by F. J. Moses, Jr. The emoluments and title will be those of a brigadier-general, ffiid Mr. ,? Moses will doubtless be satisfied with these sub; stantinl honors until another opening is presented. We have heard no other name mentioned in conr nection with the office, and it seems to be taken X for ^ranted that he will be elected without opposi ^ tion. e THE COMPTROLLER-GENERAL. The above remarks will apply to Dr. J. L Neagle, of York. He is a North Carolinian by birth, but has resided in York for some time, and while not a public speaker, has seemed to perform his 13 duties to the satisfaction of the Radical members, and to have thereby earned some reward. Next e to the Treasurer, the Comptroller is the most re' sponsible financial man in the State, and an und trained hand will find that "Jordan is a hard road ^ to travel." I- THE ATTORNEY-GENERAL. e D. H. Chamberlain, of Berkeley, is the chosen r- man. He was bora in Worcester County, Massad chusetts, in 1837; graduated at Harvard College in d 18G2; at the Harvard Law School in 1863. Served e in the Federal army until 1865, and has lived in c South Carolina since January, 1866. He is one of d the best delegates in the convention?calm, cool, !r reasonable and temperate. As a speaker he is n clear, decided, argumentative, and betrays his eduy cated training. -His voice is sharp, incisive, and e cuts the air like a knife. Young as is the candidate for honors, he is already, as the Irishman b said, "barefut on the top of his head." We can d only add that in less than six months after our le* gal gentlemen of the State, begin to cross swords i- with him, his hair will come out still more beauti'e fully. 1- UNITED STATES SENATORS. 1. There is no doubt expressed that both Dr. A. * on/1 -T TVf Rutland Trill Ka nAminfl.t/^1 i" \jr. iutt^auj aiiu t? x*jl? x?uvihuu ??? *. wv ........... le to represent the State in the Senate. >d It may be said of the former that to his ability in presiding over the convention, his judgment and a, prudence in controlling debate, and his general good id management, the body pwes much, of the reputais tion which it appears to have acquired in the ty North, for dispatch, moderation, and consistency. Certainly there is no other man in the convention who could have filled the office or performed the 3. severe labors connected with the proper discharge >1- of its duties. ie J. M. Rutland, Esq., is a native of Fairfield :h District, a lawyer by profession, and has filled vale rious offices in the gift of the State. He was a al Union man throughout the war, and his course in the convention has proved that he is still warmly a- true to his first love. He is fat, fair and a bach>e elor?of age uncertain. Nobody will ever know it lit until they read his obituary notice, at THE FIRST CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT. e- For the First District, B. F. Whittemore will be le nominated almost unanimously. He has no comit, petitor, and if he had, the services rendered by y. him to his parly would give him precedence, with n- long odds in his favor. cs Like several others in the convention, he is a in Massachusetts man?was born under the shadow of Bunker Hill, and comes from revolutionary d, stock. He graduated at Amherst College; travle cled in Europe and South America, and after his copal Church as a minister. He left his pastorship at the beginning of the war, served as a chapIain to the end, .and was then sent by the Bureau to the eastern part of South Carolina to organize schools, and act as Superintendent of Education. He has established about sixty schools in that locality, besides a large number of churches. In the discharge of this duty, he has been enabled to wield a vast influence among the colored people, and no man in the State has been so much abused therefor. Moderation has marked his course on the floor of the convention, however, and if he goes to Congress, while representing the interests of the party, his friends claim that he will not forget the vaster material interests of the State. THE SECOND CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT. This is a bone of contention. The fight is fierce between C. C. Bowen and Gilbert Pillsbury. The latter is a Massachusetts man, and not known outAflaoniio aoonnatinng nf t)i? Onnil Pnnnffll nf which he was for a time vice-president. It is said that in this relation he attempted to keep the white Kepablicans of the State from participating in party movements, and especially from holding office, with a view to secure theoontrol of the Stats eventually by Northern men; but this ultraism did not meet with the views of even his colored friends, and he therefore lost caste. He is energetically at work to secure the nomination for Congress, and those who have missed him from the floor of the convention for two or three days declare that be is absent without leave, and has gone to a corner of Colleton District to make a private ring who will back him up.' Such is the gossip on the floor. C. C. Bo wen, meanwhile, is pulling all the wires in his neighborhood, with a clean defeat for his opponent in view. Should he utterly fail, a new candidate will be brought out in the person of Carlos J. Stolbrand, the secretary of the convention, a Swede by birth, and a graduate of one of the European military schools. We are informed that he was chief of artillery in the army of General Sherman, and is now a resident and planter in Beaufort, the delegation .of which district will strongly * support him. - The friends of CoL R, B. Carpenter, have named him also in this connection. This gentleman is the present Registrar in bankruptcy in Charleston, an able lawyer, accomplished speaker, and, so far as we know his record, a consistent Republican. THE THIRD CONGRE88IONAL DISTRICT. r rr n r tt_:? f a. tiames xi. vruas ui uuiuu, a uauvc ui uic uww, mercb&nt and money man, is named as the repre> sentative. Being born here he is said to be more acceptable to the Republicans than strangers who have neither property nor a long residence to identify them with the interests of the State. He iam man forty-five years of age, and has a personal bearing which makes him look like a member of Congress now. THE FOURTH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT. Bat one candidate is likely to be nominated, and he is B. 0. Duncanr, Esq., of Newberry. Beverly Nash is thought to be working for the honor, and would get a tremendous vote if he should succeed ; but Mr. Duncan bas the advantage among the leaders of the party of being a white man. He is a native of Newberry District, S. C., and thirty-two years old. His father is a planter of respectability and some , means. After graduating, the son went abroad in the fall of 1858, and spent four rcaro studying in Germany at the Universities of Bonn and Berlin, and in traveling over Franoe, Switzerland and Italy. Resided some time in Paris to acquire the language, and is a proficient in German and French. He was opposed to secession before it took place, and published letters against it in some of the local papers in this State, so that ? he is a consistent Union man. He has, however, never been, and is not now, one of the ultra, vindictive Radicals. In the winter of 1862-'63 he was appointed United States Consul for the Grand Duchy of Baden and the Rhinish Palatinate of Bavaria. He remained in that position until during the summer of 1866, when, with many others who had sustained the Union cause, he was removed by Mr. Johnson. He returned home something over a year ago. FINALE. In publishing these hasty sketcheswe have used the freedom which .should characterize eveiy impartial press. Differing toto ocdo from the princi- - pies (whether real or professed) of the Radical Republican party, and assured, as we are, of their ultimate and complete overthrow, we have yet choson, in' alluding to the leaders and candidates of that party, to speak with candor, independence and truth. IMPEACHMENT PRECEDENTS.* .. Charles I, of England, and Louis XVI, of France, constitute memorable examples of royal impeachments in Europe, and more recently, Louis Phillippe and his dynasty were deprived of the throne by a solemn decree of the representatives of the French nation. In Republics, the President is onlv the first among the executive officers of the Government, and the possibility of his violating the law is expressly provided for. Still, cases of the formal impeachment of the President are exceedingly rare. Instances occurred a few monthj ago in the United States of Colombia, when President Mosquera was deposed and exiled, and in Ecuador, where the President was impeached by the House of Representatives, and censured by the Senate; but more commonly dissatisfactions with the President vents itself in insurrection and | civil war. In the United States the impeachment of the President is without precedent Only once, [ in 1843, we believe, an attempt was made against President Tyler, but it failed. There have, however, been several cases of the impeachment of other civil officers. In 1797, William Blount, a Senator from Tennessee, was impeached for having intrigued to transfer New Orleans to Great Britain; in 1803, John Pickering, Justice of the District Court of the District of New Hamshire, was impeached on four charges, one of which alleged that he was a man of loose morals and intemperate habits ; in 1805, the impeachment of Samuel Chase, an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, was the cause of great public excitement; in 1830, James H. Peck, Judge of the District Court for the District of Missouri, was impeached for high misdemeanora. The latest cases are those of Judge Watroos, of Texas, who was impeached in 1867, and of Judge West H. Humphreys, of Tennessee, who in 2862, was impeached for complicity in the rebellion. Bankrupt and Dun.?These two words are in such common use, and are of such peculiar interest, that we give below their derivations, which we take from an exchange: The word dun first came into use, it is said, during the reign of Henry the Seventh, of England, It owes its birth to an English bailiff by the name of Joe Dun, who was so indefatigable and skillful at his business of collecting debts, that it became ?J'J ?am k'a ilnkfa ii pruvcru wuuu a pciouu uiu uuw paj 1110 uqwwj "Why don't yon Dun him?" that is, "Why don't you send Dun after him ?" Hence, originated the word, which has long been in universal use. The money changers of Italy had, it is said, benches or stalls in the burse or exchange, in former times, and at these they conducted their ordinary business. When any of them fell back in the world and became insolvent, his bench waa broken, and the name of broken bench, or banco rotto, was given him. When the word was first adopted into English, it was nearer the Italian than it now is; being bankerout, instead of bankrupt