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pL mmmm . - ^ T~~ ~"~?~~ ~~ ""^ ^ " " " "" ? " ^ ^ ^ ~^* ^ ^ lewis m. gkist, proprietor. J. Inhtptnitiit Jfantilj iMnsfajjir: Jfor % ^romotiim of % 3||j|& .Socal, ^gricnltaral rob (fimtmtrqal Inttrtsls cf % gwrtff. j terms?$3.00 A year, IN APVAJiCE. V03L. 17. YORKYILLE, 8. O., THTJRSDAlY, APRIL 13, 1871. NO. 15. Original focttg. for the Yorkrilte Enquirer. :v CHANGED. A WOMAN'S OONFKS8ION. * ?"Naught mag endure but mutability." I . ' Shelley, * Here, Bessie, see this picture, 'lis a curious bit of art, A set at handsome features, And?a total want of heart! Bee this brow?this curling nostril, And this glossy waving hair, Child?child, he looks so earnest, But he's weak and light as air. . i. M * V.-i?? ; CThese eyes are bine as sapphires, And deep as summer lakes? ,v* But' what's the use of beauty, When the rarest soonest breaks! And that month "so calm and tender,*'1 As I thought a month ago? Now it looks like any other, For we all must change, yon know. . -: - >* ru>- ?.-: ? ; ijjjj r.T a - -rtjj Yon called me 'hmddeu' meekness" Y~~ ? :. And laughed at "woman's weakness'' When I praised his lordly Ways. ' " How I listened for bis. footsteps, j I l-.< f j; }' And mr silly heart woaW beat? . Like all other frilly women ? j _ / ,. When I hoard his coming feet. iv. . j J My darling, i will tell you, ' ('Tis the last time I'll confess) I did love hiin dearly?dearly, But J* rued it, I profhss. So tall hekas, and graoefnl !? But there is Harry Flynn, Who waltses like a Dervish, And rides like Saladin ! v. Pshaw I 'tis well for Pride's assiBtanoe, But nxuoh better these hard times, If indifferenoe comes to aid us, And?a lover with the dime* ! Here! Put up this stupid picture? Give me another pin? There's the door-bell f Now I'm ready To see handsome Harry Flynn! a v. d. ; III Mill' Original friar jstarji. ;, - .... I . . Ula. Written for the Yorkville Enquirer. TEMPTATIOy. BY MRS. S. A. BEDELL. CHAPTER X. Tbe great civil war. between the two sections of the American Union, had been raging for some time, and hospitals north and sooth were filled with the sick and wonnded. Men died < daily, nay hourly, with no gentle hand to smooth the pillow whereon the- dying , bead lay; with no sweet womanly presence^ make the transition from earth to heaven easy. Nothing but.thfe groans of their fellow-Bnfferers, the day glare, and the night winds around them: "Heard re the night winds . Low sighing?sigbing ' '.J i Over the lone ocuoh Of a poor soldier, dying? - No one to mourn for aim, ! Or wipe the tear starting? , s . None but tbo night wind , . To kiss him at parting.'3 , ; ^ These noble women from all over the. land, from cloister.and cot, ami mansions cams forth to wage a holier strife than that Which dyed the reddest battle fields?a strife against suffering and death. Among the. first of these ^ heroic women, was MaudeJAyn. She left her quiet life? humble tTiuignt be; Dut useless if it was not to step into this horrible breach, and brave the deadliest forms of disease. As she went from couch to couch, binding the wounds of those just brought in, and closing the eyes of those just going out; who knows, but that like poor Evangeline, she turned a wistful gaze on every new face, if perchance, she might see his in that army of sufferers. This life did her good; it showed her how her own trials dwindled into insignificance, beside this mighty combination of human woe. In the latter part of April, 1862, Maude, in view of the threatened attack on New Orleans, returned to her home; thinking it better for her own interest, and tho interest of those dependent on her; that she sl&ild be there in case the enemy overran the State. She was not left long in quiet possession. On the first of May, a detachment of United States marines took down the Confederate flag from the City Hall of New Orleans, and ran np the Federal standard in its place, and the city passed into the hands of the eneray. About a week later, as Maude, with the head gardener and his posse of assistants, was going through the garden?which was so elegant in its careful arrangements only four years ago?now a bewildering mass of beauty, guiltless of all regularity and order?planning bow to reduce the wild luxuriance and still retain its wealth of splendor, Rhoda came x running to her with eyes and face drawn en* tirely oijt of their original longitude. "Oh! Lord, Missey, dey's comin P "Whois coming?" asked Maude, with some trepidation. , . "De YwnksP I "A van not mistaken V' she asked, rather ( faltering]?. , "Bless you, Missey, I seed em 1" + "Perhaps they are some of our own men." "Our men ? Why Mfes Maude, dey's as blue as de debil." "Where did you see them Rhoda, ?" "Down by de lake. Dey's most here now, I Oh! Missey! What '11 dey do ?" "God knows." "Den, Missey, what '11 we do ?" "Nothing." "Nothin r "We can't do any thing." "Good Lord! Won't dey kill us all ?" "No, they will not kill us," and Maude tried to be brave, at least in appearance. "Oh my gracious! and you here, by your-, self," moaned Rhoda. "Missy, you is skeered. You'sjistas white as a sheet, and look how you trimble!" With a mighty effort, Maude commanded herself, for although the Federal soldiers did not yet have the infamous reputation which they afterwards acquired, they were lawless enough to strike terror into a bolder heart than that which they encountered on that lone Louisiana plantation. She looked around for Jack and his corps of assistants, but they had ingloriously decamped, leaving spades, shovels, pruning knives, Ac., as a spoil for the enemy. "Dey done gone," said Rhoda; "de dirty cowards went as soon as dey hear de Yanks was comin'. But I'll stick to you, Missy? stick to you, I don't keer who de debil comes." Maude was grateful for even this fidelity. "Let us go to the house, Rhoda, they must be almost there by this time." "Missy, don't you think?wouldn't it be better?couldn't We go down in de bushes and : hide?" "No, Rhoda, it is better to face them at odceand they walked on toward the house. They were met, and their progress barred, in the hall, by a party of about half a dozen Yankee soldiers. One of them wore the uniform of a captain. He was the spokesman of the party. "Good morning, Miss," said he, taking off his hat with an extreme show of politeness. Maude bowed in silence. "Pray be seated, ladies," he said, offering chairs and including Rhoda in the address. ' Maude haughtily drew back, while Rhoda sniffed with incredulous disdain. Mr. Yankee, I ain't no lady; what do you riiean, putrin' roe wid Miss Maude?" "Miss Maude. Ah"! what a delightful : ?? -!J xki -.-liiLi 'ii.. ?? hnno rmr Dame, saiu tuo puiivc wjiwiu, -? presence in the house "does not disturb you, "Your presence does distrirb m&,"* said Maad^!fttaiy; "and whatever yonr^busihess | nifty be, allow me to beg that you will attend to it at once, and?" ' i "Leave," finished the captain, as she slight-, ly paused. " Yes,and leave." "Our business can soon be arranged, but we have concluded to spend the day in this delightful retreat. I assure you, I have seen no place in the South to compare with it?such elegance! such taste! Why, ever after this visit to your beautiful home, Miss Maude, will I my admiration for the rebels stand higher i than I onoe thought possible." . | Maude stared him full in the face as he rattled on, dirily insolent <; * "Bless my soul!" he exclaimed; "Excuse ; my want of politeness?I am' detaining you, ladies-1-! beg yourpardon, Miss Blank!" i" "Don't talk none of your impudence to me," answered Rhoda, indignantly; "my name's not black !" **WeIl, you are, which is all the same." * "i dfon't keer if I am black, you'* a low down Yankee, to tell me so," and Khoda's eyissnapped with dngerA11 f ' ; 1 The soldiers all laughed. , J '' "What a little fool she is," said tfie cap tain, ^oiod humoredly; *sbe is neither a lady nor a nigger. I wonder whatdbe calls herself. I aay, my girl, what are yon?" Tm a 'spectable cullerd 'oomansaid Rhoda, grandly; "and I'll thank yon to keep ydiirtongue to yourself." "Gallantly repulsed," said he, laughingly. "Well, my "spectable-cullerd 'ooman/ you can go about yoar business." "I is 'bout my hrizaeas," retorted theindom-* itable Rhoda; "I Wonder who's here to take keer of Misb Maude, 'cept me." "Ah! I thank you fbr the reminder." Then turning to Maude, he said: "Where is the master of the hoiise?" ' ^There is none/' and her eyOe grew misty , ment?" -'r ' r , "lam." v . ' r sd* "You?" , "Yes." , "Of all these lands?" said he, waving his , hand toward the broad fields under cultivation. *WhO attends to them Y' "I do." ' , The captain gazed at her with genuine admiration and exclaimed in langnage more forcible than elegant: "By jove I you're some." "Of course, she is," said Rhoda, who could heartily appreciate this encomium. "Is there no other white person on the premises but yourself?" asked he, incredulously. "None." "Then, I cannot beg you to retire to your apartment, as I was about to do. I must request yon to honor me with some information, and hope that you will afterward dine with us. My men will attend to the cuisine. Just send ycur fiery little maid here, to show them , the plate closet, for I take it, a house of such pretensions as this, must be rich in these aristocratic collections. Williams," said he, addregsingone of his men, "will you follow this dusky Venus and overlook the premises ?" 44 A ye, sir." But Rhoda clung to her young mistress. "I'll not leave her, poor lamb; I'll stay right here." "Come, move along," said Williams, taking her by the arm. "I won't gg," she screamed. But Maude interfered. "Go with them Rhoda; it will be better for you." "You're right," said the soldier bluntly. Rhoda looked at her mistress piteously: "Mus' I show 'em de plate, Missy ?" "Yes." '"De big waiter, and tureen, and all dem ?u "Yes." "Missy," she replied, confidentially, "dey won'i leave a durned piece." The captain's white teeth gleamed. "Trust us for that" "No, I don't trust you, nor no oder Yankee," and Rhoda was carried off grumbling. MsnHo was loft, alene with the captain. | He begged her to be seated. I "I must first know," she said '"whether I am yonr prisoner or not." "No," answered the officer, "you are my guest?my honored guest. I have taken possession of this house for the present, in the name of my Government, and I cordially invite you to be my guest, and make yourself at home." "Are those men who were in here all that you have ?" asked Maude, with a wild hope knocking at her heart. The Captain said nothing, but pushed open the window, and motioned her to lojk. She looked out About a hundred men were bivouaced on the lawn. The horses were cropping the grass and flowers, and the shade under the trees was blue with Yankees. A few negroes had ventured out from their hiding places, and stood around in open mouthed wonder. Soon little puffs of smoke began to ascend, and the men made ready for cooking their rations. The kitchen and negro houses in the vicinity, were ransacked for utensils in which to prepare their food, and poultry, pigs and vegetables were collected for preparation. It would have been laughable to any one not interested, to see the negroes hanging on > to their pots and pans, their vegetables and live stock. i One old woman grasped the fore legs of her 1 pig, while a soldier pulled at its hinder ones. The pig squealed and bit, and they pulled, ; and the old woman had the worst of it. "Tore God, you shan't have um!" she said, parting and pulling harder than ever. The soldier mischievously let go his hold suddenly, and the old woman and her pig rolled over backward in an ash heap, and after floundering about awhile in the stifling dust, ' came ont in genuine rebel gray. "Here boys!" cried the soldier, making chase after the pig, "Come here. Here is a rebel?look at his uniform!" and the pig was caught and killed, and eaten, too, before the eyee of its owner, who sataqd looked on with the tears making two litue black channels . down her ashy face. Maude's eyes flashed; but the Captain laughed good naturedly, at these little playful ^ actions of his men. it uy uv j uu ivv .^ i? .1.1.. auugr-rr^pSctea youto pillage my bouse, but you Have no war with them. They have but little?command your i men to leave that to them." j "Impossible, my dear young lady; my men are accustomed to take whatever they find, ( and where ever they find it. They do not ^ murmur at the fighting, and I- always wink at these little irregular transactions. These ( people are all regular, thorough-bred rebels, { nearly as bad as the whites. . Its altogether lawful to take their pigs and potatoes." ?. Maude sat down in silence?she could not ? convince; and she would not argue.. t A succession of loud screams announced r the approach of another squabble; directly ( the disputants came around the corner and | into view. Rhpda was holding on to the end j of her handsome shawl which her young mis tress had given her, and a sojdier had the f other end, declaring that he had corne a 11 the way out there for that shawl, to make him a 0 saddlecloth. t "You shan't have it?you durned Yankee!" b exclaimed Rhoda, glowing with passion. v "I'll die first! Let go, I tell you! Drot a yqnr Infernal hide, let go!" In vain, all in vain. The l^eautiful shawl g went to protect the iron-grey's hack, and Rho- g; da sat down and. wailed as though her heart ^ wasbroken. ? Scenes like these filled up the morning. ^ The Captain held Maude in conversation, not ^ allowing her to leave the room ; he asked in- ^ numerable questions about the plantation, its w productions,, her neighbors, and a hundred a] other things. ,i M| The clock struck two, and the dinner bell sonnded promptly. at "Permit me," said the gallant Captain of- lj fering his arm, "to conduct you to dinner-r- el you dine with us, you know." /, G Maude haughtily decJineji.tbe -proffered ,di arm) and with head proudly erect, preceded fr him .ta the dining rpqro. : ^Receive my apologies," he said, suavely, fa jfcy drnmpju BO ^ "In my own house and at toy own table," h< die retorted, scornfully; "I can dispense with apologies." The table was glittering with plate and steaming with viands. The best that the sea- ai son could afford was spread temptingly be- fli fore them. "This is splendid," said the captain, ap- ai provlngly; "you live in clover down here." tl Three other officers came in, and they took their seats. The dinner proceeded quietly hi and with a due sense of propriety. When the last course was removed they arose, and the y( captain's quick eye made an inventory of the massive vessels of silver. C( "Be in a hurry, Brown," said he, speaking to a soldier in attendance; "we have no time to lose." ^ "Aye, sir," and the silver was swept into an immense heap. "Pray return with me to the parlor, young M lady," said the captain, addressing his hostess; "I daw not lose sight of you." P1 "I have nothing concealed I am alone; I * can do you no harm; why do you follow me 113 about?" Itl "You might elude me, if I let you from under my eye. I will tell you a secret, young .1 lady. I have taken a fancy to you?I don't 111 say fallen in love with you, perhaps that is too strong a term?I am not sure that it is> how- ^ ever?but I fancy you, and I want you for a wife." w "Your wife?" and she stared vaguely at J30 him. ^ "Yes, my wife; you were born forsoraesol- a dier, and I flatter myself with the hope that X am the man." . h "Then you do flatter yourself,"f he returned, "and that most egregiously." ^ "We shall see," he answered, composedly; "we soldiers are in the habit of taking what a we want, especially if we find it in an enemy's 81 country. Indeed, dts not every man^^ituftted d as J fiUj that would marry you, but you are * so handsome and have shown such pluck, that I believe I really love you. At least, I am willing to make you my wife, on the spot" g "The man is mad," said Maude, slowly and fi decidedly; "yes, he must be mad." ^ 'Ha! Do you think so? Then you'll find there's method in my madness. Will n you marry me f" P "No." ' T "Think again, and think well." 1 "I have thought, and I think I would rath- F er be pitched on the bayonets of your soldiers than to be yourVife." "Death is not the worst thing that can befall an unprotected woman with a hundred ( unrestrained soldiers about her," said the E Captain with terrible signification. t Maude's heart beat tumultously, but her eye did not quail, nor her cheek whiten. j "You dare not do it," she cried recklessly, ( "I don't pretend to misunderstand you ; but | you dare not do it." < "What is to prevent me, if I choose ?" "I would appeal to your own soldiers, there j must be some gentlemen among them." "Ha, ha, ha! That shows, you little know j what soldiers are. Why, they would glory in j such a deed." i "Then I would defend myself," said Maude. snatching with sudden dexterity, a pistol from the Captain's hand, with which he was toying. "Bravo!" he cried, not seemingly displeased. "Well, I like your spunk; you are a brave woman, and I?modesty forbids me to say much?but I am not a coward. I think we would breed a race of natural warriors; any how, I am disposed to try. You shall be my wife?do you hear ?" "Yes, I hear." "Is there any sort of preachers in this neigh* borhood?" "No." - "You will have to go with me to New Orleans then." "That I never will." , ; . "You shall, I swear it." "I would die rather than go with you.":.. The captain looked at her some moments in silence?stern silence. "Willyou many me?" ' "Never." ^ "You will by G?1 I did'nt dome a thousand miles to hear a woman say no." He was resolved?no more dallying with, the question; go she must Maude held the pistol in her hand, . and solemnly asked herself?asked her soul if she could trust an omnipotent God. He had" promised never to leave, nor forsake her y surely He would be with her on the march, and in New Orleans, just as well as where she *4nmV~tiiart. "KKe. t<wv fkwndfid. fthn handed. "" -T-vrrr^irr? ** x r- : ?| the pistol tolhe captain. ; -r~ . < Jfi "I am your prisoner, but I will never be four wife. I -demand to be treated with the xmsideration due a lady, and a fallen foe." "What greater proof of my consideration _ ?n I give than to choose you, above all other ivomeu, to be my wife." ; .-* j She said no more. She knew it would be useless, but if God forsook her at the altar, hen?" -i,;j 'Til spare your fine old house," he said* j 'because some day I hope to live here myself; | ilso, your elegant furniture shall be undefiled ! or the same reason. Your plate must be car- i ied along?it would not be safe to leave it j sere?some of my men would return and take. | t.^ but I will endeavor to preserve it for you, < b we go along and you see how we treat reb- j Is, you will have cause to bless your beauti- \ ill face, wbichgave you favor in my sight.". ] Maude rode out of her gate?by the sidg^| f this g^U^nt captain, who constrained hyr j 0 it?on her own beautiful animal, followed { y the cries and howls of at least fifty negroes t rho were certain they would never see her j Rhoda begged so persistently that she was j Uowed to follow her mistress, and she rode in j ight of her beautiful shawl, which draw more 8 ?rs from her than her own captivity. ? - ( As they rode along, and Maude saw the j indscape before them, beautiful with hand-^ ime villas and smiling with.plenty, and the r ack behind them desolate with ruins, black f ith ascending smoke and vocal with curses, | le fully appreciated the influence of her 1 .?A.I A . oeauuiui iace. ? ii They entered New Orleans on the 13th, and 0 le was assigned to elegant' quarters,but close- ^ r guarded. However, on the next day, she Q tided the sentinel, and made her way to ^ eneral Butler's headquarters, determined to ? smand, not only her. freedom, but protection c Om further molestation. fcj As she stood on the side-walk endeavoring g ? make her walk through the throug of offi- g it arm and a voice asked: * "What do you here, fkir Maude ?" J She shook the hand off) impatiently. ^ "I seek immunity from your persecutions, id redress for the wrongs which you have inicted on me." "Ha! ha!" the captain laughed, a soft, ^ nused laugh ; "of ajl places, to come here for q lese things !y > "I will demand them of your general, and 3, as a gentleman, cannot refuse my suit" n "I see you don't know our General; or do . >u think your bright eyes will make a fool * ?him as they did of me? No, Miss Maude,, j >rae back, I am more merciful than he." ^ "I cannot ;"I must see him." , "It will do no good; you must not go in ,, * .,.. i K tere. ' While she hesitated, a soldier came along ith a trailing banner, taking it to plant on * ime point not yet crowned with that badge u f humiliation. As he passed Maude, he in Bed to speak to some one, and the saucy ? ind flaunted the obnoxious colors defiantly t i her face. Her tortnentor playfully drew * le folds around her. ' t "Let me wrap you in oar colore," said he,1 " ind induct you into the mysteriCfc of becom- t] ig a good and loyal Unionist" T With a proud gesture, she threw the flag ^ 9T, and in the excitement of the moment put 6 er little foot defiant3y nponr.it. A deep hiss ^ rose on all sides. She looked up, a stout ^ ian in a gorgeous uniform with a coarse sin- ^ terface stood in the doorway. The soldiers * II saluted?it was General Butler. Instinctively, Maude shrank from him and 81 uried away. She could have escaped; but ^ le preferred to abide the issue, and returned ^ ) the quarters assigned her. .... * *" The next morning oh'the fifteenth, (will ? ny Southern woman ever forget it'?) was is- ^ led Butler's famous, or rather infamous Or- ^ er in regard to the ladies of New Orleans. w rnm-tbufl*- -p ' ^ Hdq'rs, Department olFT?t?wO ss New Orleans, May 15. y- jj "As officers and soldiers of the UuVfeA'S tates have been subject to repeated insula ^ rom women calling themselves ladies of Net K )rleans, in return for the most scrupulois on-interference and courtesy on our part, t v.' i ordered hereafter when any female shall, br V( lere gesture or movement, insult or shot tli ontempt for any officers or soldiers of tb sc Jnited States, she shall be regarded and heB - - -i x i iable to be treated as a woman auuiu tu^i C( lying her avocation. . By command Of MAJ.-GEN. BUTLER, f1 Geo. C. Strong, A. A. G." This scandalous order raised a storm of in oi lignation and horror against him, not onlf C imong the rebels, but in his own lines, an m hroughout the civilized world. ! el Captain Tafton?that was Maude's captor^ ju ramediately called on her, and disclaimed^ lympathy with the act, stigmatizing the aj- tl ;hor as a "beast," before that fitting soubriqut tl was popularly prefixed to his name. fu "The infiunous wretch," he cried; "hangig hi is too good for him. Why, I wouldn't cai, tl Miss Maude, if you made a floor-cloth of efe- ai ry yard of bunting in the United States. I K am going, immediately, to set about obtainig tu a transfer; I wouldn't serve under him, foa b colonel's commission. It has been a benet li to you, in one way, however, Miss Maude jt ai has shown me the meanness of warring upo ai women?from this moment you are free." n Weary hands are never idle. She soon foul w work. People sickened and suffered in NV d< Orleans as they do everywhere; hospitals hd b their wounded and dying, and their minisft. si ing angels, and surely Maude Alleyn was le si of these?patient, earnest, laboring Male tl Alleyn. I h m Another change had come over her life. (43he knew that Philip lived and was free. It W88 tine, he believed her dead, but 8he trusted to the good God to bring them together. The ^iarp Agony was taken out of her life. She was useful, she was obeying, in her human measUre, the Divine injunction to do whatsoever hir hand found, but she was not happy? i jfitr from it There was iu her heart? "A feeling of sadness and longing, fhat is not akin to pain. And resembles sorrow only As the mist resembles rain." . ^ fit) be continued next WEEK.] [Cogleb eftbeExqurua conorinln# the pre*loo* chapter* of thtf BuSty can be luraUbed to new eqbecrlben.] ^teUaoeeus ?e?dting. OF GBJf. KERSHAW TO SENATOR ROBERTSON. Camden, S. C., March, 25,1871. Hon. T. H. Robertson, United States Senator. have the honor to acknowl^^TO^receipt of your favor of the 18th instant, and, after gyring it that consideration i i i wbic& itS grave importance demands, proceea to ao8irer .it. This I am compelled ?to do without that conference with those gentlemen tfittri?ify)fn you have associated me, in the address of your letter, which I- would gladly have had, if it had been practicable. I need not assure you of my earnest desire to secure peace and order, and a just and faithful administration of the laws in this ruined and desolate State. The sacrifices I bave made of time and labor, sentiment and. feeling, end even of the regard of valued friends to promote those ends, are well known to you. . Nor need I do more to vindicate the sanfest heart yearnings of our good people for peace gad security, than to point to their manimous: support of a party which sought, astyear,abalm for the healing of the hideous IgG&B&s tif society, in a concession of legal efieaey and obligation to the amendments of he constitution and the so-called reconstruct ion Acts, asking nothing in return but an rnnest and just administration of affairs. { These concessions and all overtures for ; >eaoe were scornfully rejected by the colored j Mople and their leaders. Under the high.oundingand pretentious title of "National , guards," the negroes were armed and equip* , >ed with the deadliest and costliest weapons , ad munitions of war, at the expense j)f the j leopla They were excited, incensed and in* , uriated by the speeches of false and unscru* j iuIous demagogues, who played upon their , lind passions and prejudices, as a skilful | arper upon the passive and obedient chords j f his instrument, until they were ready far a j. ? i ? . . i v /? 1 j * I ' awiival oi Diooa at tne Diauiug 01 meir jeau- \ re. The commissioners, managers and ( oards of election were so selected, and the { lection laws so cunningly devised, as to se- j ure the result of the ballot irrespective of ( ae will of the people. Thus by fraud, by arce and by cunning artifice, negro doraina- j ion was secured, and. the whites were practi- { te -i ials openly, notoriously and shamelessly 1 lunderihg the people of the Slate, recklessly pandered the public money, appropriating 1 . to their own uses, and selling their votes I nd their influence for the passage of laws to pen the treasury to corrupt speculators. By iese mean8 the expenditures of the State rovernment have been increased to more than ^ ve times the amount required before the ar, while the means of the people have cor- 1 apondingly diminished. The taxes for two ears, aggregating more than $4,000,000, are , sacted in this year, a period of greater finan- . ial distress than this people haa encountered 1 nee 1865. Swarms of high salaried offices ave been created before unknown to us, and, ' >r the most part, filled with incompetent neroes or malignant and corrupt white men, ho seek to perpetuate their power by foment- u ig discord between the races; Under these ^ Irrupting influences, the negroes, in many . laces, have become violent, threatening and angerous. Murder, arson and pillage have ? alked through the land almost unrebuked f justice, while every defensive act of the ^ kite victims has been magnified into ana- ^ oual crime. All these are facta known to ^ ou. That in consequence there should be a fcmrbed condition of affairs in some locali- ^ iei, deplorable though it be, is not to be won- ^ of Tat na'cotlior Ko iVianlr-fitl ttiat ?t t/tu 4*W. JL^KJV uu 4MVA4W WW VtM*V *W ^ at been confined to the counties of Laurens, Jiion, Spartanburg, York and Chester. We ^ ril consider these disturbances for a moment. ^ [n Laurens and Chester there were colli* p idis between the armed militia, or National _ rSards, (negroes,) and the whites, in open day- ^ fht, the circumstances of which are well iown to you. In the other counties, dissised parties have, from time to time, within ^ le last three months, administered Lynch" . tw in certain cases. While these occurren- ^ a are greatly to be deplored, and some of j. lem merit and have received almost univertl condemnation, the collisions in Laurens adjghester. hy.far the most serious of them i J, are regarded by the best men who know t< le facts, as necessary and justifiable acts of y If-defence on the part of the whites. It is ti ?ry generally believed that their prompt ac- si on prevented the general war of races, which a loughtful men have regarded imminent for p ime years past. * e While these things have occurred in the n mnties mentioned, which areall now quieted I f the disarming of the militia, in other coun- z es profound peace has prevailed. Here, for d istance/we have enjoyed an unbroken reign fi ? quiet and order. There was, at the last h ourt of Sessions, not one act of violence de- a 9 / landing investigation, a circumstance which r icited the congratulations of the presiding d idge. r Here there has been no organized and t] ireatening demonstrations of the militia, who ti tough armed, have not, I am informed, been tl trnished with ball cartridges. On the other v and, I am satisfied there has never been in e lis county any organization corresponding in n ay way to what is termed the "Ku Klux c llaH," or any other unlawful association. I li ike it that this condition of things exists in a y far the larger portion of the State. But .p ke causes produce like results, and therefore, a ay demonstration on the part of the negroes, I ad especially the armed militia, which would t mder our people apprehensive of an attack, ii ould very probably induce organizations for 6 efensive or preventive operations, and possi- ^ ly lead to similar disastrous conflicts as en* r led at Laurens and Chester. Now you de- g re my "aid. in arousing arid concentrating c le opinion of alL good citizens in favor of h iw and order." T \ t You attribute to me, in common with the other gentlemen whom you have addressed, "intelligence and good intentions." Let me remark, by the way, as illustrating one of the many anomalies of the day, that, notwithstanding the confidence thus expressed, the most liberal amnesty bill yet reported by your committee does not propose to place at the disposal of the State, in any official capacity, those qualities which you suppose me to possess. Nevertheless, disfranchised and "unpardoned rebels," though we be, I claim, in common with others similarly situated, to have done more to promote peace and order in South Carolina than all the so-called loyal people within her borders. I am still for peace?a lasting peace?such as you rightly SuDDose can onlv be preserved in any commu * * ,m m nity by a wholesome "public opinion." My co-operation shall: not be wanting in any feasi-^ bleplan for harmonizing society here. Bat,' to be perfectly candid with you, I ihust declare my settled conviction that^while I do not apprehend any further disturbance*, unless there be fresh irritations, there Can never be that security which will ever preserve the peace of society, untQ some of the errors of the past be corrected and some of our grievances be removed. All class legislation should be repealed. Tax-payers ought to be secured a representation in thelegislature adequate to their protection. Honest, capable and competent mien should be placed in office. Accomplish these things, and this whole people will rise up and call yon blessed. Less than this would leave the same causes at work which have produced the prevailing discord, and there could not be that security which constitutes the essential foundation of society. The white people of South Carolina are now enslaved by their former slaves. "Taxation without representation" was the battle gauge aocepted by our revolutionary aires. . Unrep-. resented and politically disfranchised, we are taxed for wanton purposes, beyond all precedent, and without even the poor privilege of protest or appeal. Cannot our rulers-understand that, sooner or later, even our endurance must give way under such a monstrous imposition?' 1 prDJK^W 10 1BV116 ? mtxtujg W ptUMUuvu* ind influeu jal men from each county, to consider the condition of things and to conanWfer the common weal If you or any of you political associates can propose anything that ivill tend to^ satisfy the demands and necessities of the case?to harmonise and to ameliorate the condition of the peq^for-I doubt not ;hey will consider your suggestions most carer fully and respectfully. I shall be most happy to be the medium of -any such communicalions as you may desire to make to them. I xnst this proposed measure may meet your ipproval, as it accords with your own suggesion. I shall invite the co-operation of the < >ther gentlemen named. Appreciating the sincere and patriotic purjoses which induced your communication, and hanking you personally for your good opinhn T vorv rpfmu-tfiiUy, y^nr?L | r Jl> it'ftTSB&i 11 Sleep, Painting, Apoplexy.?When a nan is asleep, his pulse beats and his lungs day, but he is without sense, and you can tasily wake him up. If a person faints, he too, is without sense, >ut he has no pulse and does not breathe. 1 Apoplexy is between the two; the heart . >eats, the lungs play as in sleep, and there is , to sense, as in fainting, but you cannot shake he man back to life. In sleep, the face is natural; in a fainting 1 it, it h'as the pallor of death; in apoplexy, 1 t is swollen, turgid, and fairly livid. If a man is asleep let him alone; nature , rill wake him up as soon-as he has got sleep j nough. i When a person faints, all that is needed is j o lay him down flat on the floor and he will J come to" in doable-quick time. He fainted j lecause the heart mimed a beat, failed for an ( ostant, failed for only once to send the proper , ,mount of blood to the brain. If you place < be patient in a horizontal position, lay him 1 n his back, it does not require much force of ! be heart to send the blood on a- level to the -j iead; but if you set a man up, the blood has ( 0 be shot upward to the head, and this re- { uires much more foroe ; yet in nine eases out < f ten, if a person faints-aad falls to the floor i be first thing done is to run and set him up, r place him on a chair. y.i - u..! j In apoplexy, as there is too much blood hi ^ be head, every one can see that the best poei- > ion is to set a man up, and the blood natu- j ally tends downward, as much so as water < rill come out of a bottle when turned upside \ own, if the cork is out. j If, then, a man is merely asleep, let him g lone, for the face is natural; if a man has ? linted, lay him flat on his back, for his face 1 deadly pale; if a man is apoplectic, set him a i a chair, because the lace is turgid, swollen, 1 ivid with its excess of blood. I " , ? ? >. 8 "Oh, Caret Me Back to Old Virginia," L lady correspondent writes from Yew York 1 ) the Washington Patrioi: Almost Ahtrty j ears agcfa gentleman from Boston was raveling through France in one of the old ][ tagea whose compartments were only obtained j t considerable expense, and met as his fellow i assenger a gentleman whose general knowl- r dge and easy chit-chat rendered the journey ( lost pleasant When the stage arrived the * lostonian disclosed his nationality, and Mo- j art eagerly asked him about the negro meloies, which he had till then vainly searched s jr. The gentleman was abont leaving for j is own home, but promised to bring Mozart' c 11 that he could gather of th;s music on his 1 eturn to France. He kept bis word, and ? uring the winter af his arrival the masque- t ades, just before Lent, were given with all j be elegance which distinguished them at that a ime; for the nobility, and even members of be royal family, frequented the gay salons i rhere Mozart led the orchestra. On this J vening, at the end of the season of 184-, a . ,ew strain, full of tender pathos, seemed deli- c ately interwoven with the overture. At first J ight and graceful, the music was charming, t nd then a wail that seemed to express a wild, t lassionate heart-cry, sounded, and the whole, f ssembly, wild with enthusiasm, turned to 1 lozart, and, with one shout of applause, lifted r he tone-master from his stand, and bore him ( a triumph round the room. Is there a c Southerner who can ever forget that air, or a Virginian who would require to be taught the 1 lotes of "Oh, Carry MeBack to Old Virginia J Ihore?" This old Song of the South had j harmed the maestro, and, grafting it upon j lis own individuality, he had thus inspired ( he brilliant circles of France." i tff tit ffftgunn^i OFFICIAL. AH ACT To regulate the manner of drawing Jnriee. Section 1. Baft enaded by the Senate and House of Bepresentatives of the State of South Carolina, now met and sitting in general Assembly, and by the authority of'the same, All persons who are qualified to vote in the choice of Representatives in the General Assembly, shall be liahle to be drawn, and aerve as jurors, except as hereafter provided . See. 2. The Mowing persona shall be exempt from serving as jurors, to wit: The Governor, lieutenant Governor, Attorney General, Comptroller General, State Auditor, State Treasurer, Secretary of State, Superintendent of Education, Commissioner of Agricultural Statistics, members and officers of the Senate and House of Representatives daring the session of the General Assembly, members of the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States, Judges and County Auditors and Treasurers, Clerks of Courts, Registers of Mesne Conveyances, Sheriflh and their iT~)enntifW. fioronert. Constables. the Marshals of &? United States and their Deputies, and all other officer! of the United States, counsellors and attorneys at law, ordained ministers of the gospel, officers of colleges, preceptors and teachers of academies, practising physicians, and surgeons regularly licensed, cashiers and tellers of incorporated banks, editors of newspapers, constant ferrvj men, millers carrying on that business at the time, and all men actually employed as such; such officers and employees of railroads as are now exempt by law, ana persons who are more than sixty-five years old. Sec. 8. No person shall bh liable to be drawn, and serve as a juror in any court, oftener than once in every year, but he shall not be so exempt unless he actually attends and serveaas a juror ir*pursuance of the draft: Provided, No person shall be exempt from serving on a jury in Any other court in conse- 1 qfoawe of his having served before a Justice i of the Peace oj Irial Justice. 1 Sec. 4 That there shall be appointed by i the Governor, and confirmed by the Senate, 1 one officer for each county in the State, to be 1 named and designated a Jury Commissioner, ] who, with the County Auditor and Chairman of the Board of County Commissioners, shall ] constitute a Board of Jury Commissioners for 1 the county. Said Jury Commissioner shall \ hold office for two years, unless sooner removed i by : the Governor. i Sec. 5. ,The Board of Jury, Commissioners < of each county shall, once in every year, du- t ring the month of January, and, for the pres- t ent year, with one month after the passage of i this act, prepare a list of such inhabitants of c their respective counties, not absolutely ex- ? empt, as they may think well qualified to serve s as jurora, being persons of good moral character, of sound judgment, ana free from all legal f exceptions, which list shall include not leas t than one from every twenty voters, nor more 1 than one from every ten voters, of th^ir re- i spective counties. b Sec. 6. Of the list so prepared, the Board of Jury Commissioners shall cause the names to t be written, each one on a separate paper or bal- t. lot and shall fold up said pieces of paper or v ballots toas to resemble each other as much as o nnssihle. and so the name written thereon i B ? T .MMynnd I 'M place them m a box, to be furnished them by' J the County Commissioners of their county for s that purpose, and by said Board of JuryCom- p missioners to be kept b Seq. 7.* If any person whose name is so b placed in said jury box is convicted of any scandalous crime, or is guilty of any gross im- a morality, his name shall be withdrawn there- tl from by the Board of Jury Commissioners, j< and he dial! not be returned as a juror. ti Sec. 8. The Clerk of the Court of Common o Pleas in each county, at least fifteen days be- a fore'the commencement of any regular term [>f the Court of General Sessions for the coun- tl 17, and ten days before any special session re* ii quiring a jury, and in the county of Charles- d ton like periods before the first of each alter- 0 aate week of the Court of Common Pleas, and tl it such other times as the respective courts tl may order, shall issue writs of ventre facial for n jurors, and shall therein require the attend- u ince of jurors on the first day of the term, and w for the Court of Common Pleas for the County ai )f Charleston omthe first and^eaph alternate, week thereafter, and such, other days as the courts may order. -&The petit jurors returned ei for the Court of Gurifepal sessions jpr Charles- f< ion county shall serafor the term,and the & urors returned for tHfcCourt of Common Pleas d for two weeks; the jurors for the Court of d General Sessions for all other counties shall ? lerve for the term, and for the term of the g> jourt of Common Pleas immediately follow- ai flee. 9. The venires shall be delivered to the ? Sheriff of the county, and shall be served by lim without delay upon the Board of Jury n Commissioners of the County. p' Sec. 10. Nothing contained in the preced- na og sections shall prevent the Clerk of any h Jourt of Common pleas from issuing venires c< or additional jurors in term time, whenever ci t is necessary for the convenient despatch of ti msiness, m which case, the venire shall be tc lerved and returned, and the jury required to al ittend on such days as the Court shall direct se Sec. 11. All juroiB, whether required to cc erve on grand or petit jury, shall be selected vi >y drawing ballots from the jury box, and the )er8ons whose names are borne on the ballots m o drawn shall be returned to serve as jurors, le Sec. 12. When jurors are to be drawn, the b! Board of Jury Commissioners shall attend at w he office oftbe Clerk of the Court of Common tl Pleas within and for that county, and in the in ireseoce of the Clerk of the Court, and the Jherlff of the oounty, shall shake up the names di n the jury box untilthey are well mixed, and, b; >aving unlocked said box, the said Jury Com- ti< nissioner, in the presence of the Clerk of the pi 3ourt and Sheriff of the county, shall proceed at o draft therefrom, without seeing the names n< hereon, a number of ballots equal to the num- hi >er of jurors reouired. If a person so drawn cc s exempted by law, or is unable, by reason of of ickness or absence from home, to attend as a uror, or if he has served as a juror in any ei lourt within the year then next preceding, his in tame shall be returned into the box, and an- in ither drawn in his stead: Provided, That if tb he Clerk and Sheriff shall fail to attend, af- ft er due notice, the Jury Commissioner shall at iroceed without them, and the jury so drawn di k-ll L. LUU1 c. uau uc mniui. uj See. 18. When any person is drawn and in eturned to serve as a juror in any oourt, the Si 3oard of Jury Commissioners shall endorse on he ballot the date of the draft, and return it al nto the box after the number of jurors re- a [uired have been drawn; and whenever there ai b a revision and renewal of the ballots in the ei >ox, the Board of Jury Commissioners shall ransfer to the new ballots the date of all the S Irafte made within the year then next preoed- di ng- ' Sec. 14. The time for drawing jurors shall w lot be less_than seven nor more than fifteen U lays before the day when the jurors are re- w juired to attend; o See. 15. The Sheriff shall, at least four daye g lefore thetime when the jurors are required o attend, summon each person who is drawn, n >y reading to him thewwrire, with his endorse- ji nent thereon of his having been drawn, or bv ti eaving at his place of abode a written notifi- n ation of his having been drawn, and of the si ime and place of the sitting of the court at VfUlVU JUO in w WMM> ?of the venire, with his doings thereat,14 the Clerk of" the Court, before the opening or time of holding the Court, from which it issued. Sec. 16. On the day when the jurors are summoned to attend at any Court, the Clerk shall prepare a list of their names arranged in alphabetical order. The first twelve on the list who are not exempt, shall be sworn and empannelled as a jury for the trial of Causes, ana shall be called the first jury. The next twelve on the list shall be sworn and empannelled in like manner, and shall be called the second jury. Sec. 17. Supernumerary jurors may be excused, from time tbtime, until wanted, and may be put on eitherof the juries;asoccasion requires, in the place 6f absentees: Kothing herein contained shall prevent the transferring of joron from one jury t? adother wfceb the convenience of the court or of the jurors require it Sec. 18. Each jury, after being thus emjpannelled, shall retire and ilmiis their fereman. or shall mkke such ohoice apm retiring , ed ; and whenever the foreman is absent or excused from farther service, a new foremen shell be cjboeen in like meaner. Sec. 19. Nothing contained in the preced-, ^ ing sections shall apply tothe empanelling of jaries in criminal cases; but the jurors shall be called, sworn and empannelled aaew for the trial of each case, according to ^established practice, and their foremaajfcau heap* ported by the court or by the jury when they retire to consider thpir verdict Sea 29. When, by reason of challei^e, or otherwise, or a somcient number of jurors duly drawn and summoned, cannot be obnined for the trial of any cauee, civil or criminal, the the by-standers, or from the, county at large, to complete the panel: firmded, That there are on the jury not less 'tfian seven of the jurors who were originally drawn and summoned^aa before provided, ' ed fttwa th by-stande^bfwr^nty at large, shall be returned by whose d&yitshafl be to be prmertt daring the entire termor iitting of any court ih tkeir respective coun^ ties, and shall be such as are qoaHiTed and liable to bedrawn h^jaro^acct/fdtoj^ to the provisions ff this act Sec. 22, The court shail, on motion of either oartv in a suit, examine, oh oath, any person who is called as a juror therei?,tokiiUw whether he is related to either partyy or has uiy interest in the cause, pr has expressed or brmed any opinion, or is sensible1?? way bfoft >r prejudice therein; and tileparty ohjecting o the juror may introduce any other oompe* eht evidence in support of the objection/'5 it t appears to the court that the jnror is not in liferent in the Cause, he shall be placed * iside as to the trial of that cause; another hall be called. Sec* 23. In indictments and penal actions or the recovery of a sum of money, or other hing forfeited, it shall not baa eaose of ehalenge to a juror, that he is liable to pay taxes u any county* city or town, which may be benefitted by such recovery. Sec. 24. If a party knowa:cf any objection o a juror in season to propose it before the rial, andnmits to do so,, he shall not after* rards be allowed tp make the same objection, nless by leave of the court. , Sqs.^. Ko irregularis in *ny<?writ fif the drawing, summoning, * euuuiugm inupuuutiyug ui'.iaiiiw.uliiili 1 i i uficieat to set; aside a,Y^dict, nnjms the'i arty making the objection wnsifljureti by thOu rregularity, or unless the objection was made ' iefore the returning of the verdict ; .; _ Sec. 26. If either j>ariy in .a case in which verdict is returned during the same term of be court before the .trial gives to any of the iron who try the cause anything by;Khy of reat or gratuity, the court may, on the motion f the adverse, party, set aside,the verdict, and ward a new trial of the cause. Sec. 27(a.) When a jury, after due and iorough deliberation upon any cause, return ito court, without having agreed upon a verier the court may state anew the evidence, r any part of it, and explain to them anew le law applicable to the case,'and may send lem out for farther deliberation; but if they 3turn a second time withoiit having agreed ithout their own ^consent, unless they Jiall sk from the court some further explanation F the law. Sec. 27(6.} That the shid Jury Cammissionrs, appointed by the Governor, shall receive >r their services, three dollars per day, for eery day's actual service in performing the uties imposed by this act; such number of ays not to exceed the number of days the )urt for such county shafr be in Session, toother with five days to complete the list, ad draw the lists, and drawthe jurors, to be aid out of the Treasury of their respective HlfltisS ; '' < ' >< Sec. 28. The jury in any case may, at the quest of either party, be taken to view the lace or premises in question, or any property, latter or thing relating to the' controversy stween the parties, when it appears to the )urt that such view is necessary to a just deaion: Provided, The party making the mora advances a sum sufficient to pay the actal expenses of the jury and the offices who ;teud them in taking the view, which expens shall be afterwards taxed like other legal wts, if the party who advanced them pretils in the suit : Sec. 29. If a person duly draw? and aumoned to attend as a juror in any coort negcts to attend without sufficient excuse, he 11 11 - > x ! ? i * 1 * tail pay. a one box exceeding twenty oouan, hich shall be imposed by the court to which le juror was summoned, and Shall be paid to the County Treasury. -* Sec. 30. When, by neglect rffesy of the ities required by this act to ob performed f any of the officers or persons herein (Moaned, the jurors .to be returned from any ace are not duly drawn and summoned to ;tend the court, every person guilty of such jglect shall pay a fine not exceeding one indred dollars, to be imposed by the same lurt, to the use of the county in which the fence was committed. ; ' Sec. 31. If the Board of Jury Commission's shall be guilty of fraud, either by practisg on the jury Dox previously to adraft,or i drawing a jury, or in returning into the box te name of any juror which had been lawilly drawn out, and drawing or substituting lother in his stead, or in any other way in rawing of jurors, he shall be punished by a ae not exceeding five hundr^fdollars, or be aprieoned not exceeding two yeajq in'the bate Penitentiary. Sec. 32. Nothing contained inthipaet shall feet the power and duty of Coroners. Juaii ? of the Peace or Trial Justices, to summon id empanneljurore, when authorised by oth provisions of law. Sec. 33. The Clerk of the Court of General essions in each county, not less than fifteen ays before the Commencement of the first irm of the court in each year, shall issue rits of venire facias in each county fbr eigh*n grand jurors to be returned to that court, ho shall lie held to serve at each term theref throughout the year, and until another rand jury is empanneled in their stead. Sec. 84. Grand jurors shall be drawn, sumloned and returned In the same manner as irors for trials, and when drawn at the same me as jurors for trials, the persons whose ames are first drawn, to the number require^^^ li&ll be jurors for trials. , [CONTI2TOEB OS* THE FOUBTff PAGE.TF " 7^