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Philip was assigned to doty in the army o: Virginia, and, in the first battle of Manassas did gallant service, fighting under the immor * ? f?i-i?i?ii.ii/. i j :ti. l. taldUQUMU J.xmmguuub uiai lurnimunjut breasted the Sweeping storms of lead,- and foogfit-wftfi a reckless daring that won re - pea ted encomiums from his brave commander Whietai the battle was over, the enemy do moralized and in full retreat upon Washington, be chafed with a roe tine fire against the commands which held the victorious troope from pursuit Bis fine soldierly instincts told him what all ther world knowB now, that the Federal Capital would have fallen into the hands of the Confederates, witn Bcarcely_jaB additionaTaOfCggie." 7T~ But the golden opportunity passed; Washington was saved, and Beauregard was shorn of the lasting fruits of his brilliant victory. Colonel frrrowly continued with Jackson through '61 and. a portion of '62, forming a part, of his famous foot cavalry" in his memorable Valley campaign; but after the battle of Sharpeburg, Ids regiment was mounted, and he was ordered to report for service lo General Stuart, the great cavalry commander. He accompanied that officer in his circuit of McCIellen's army previous to the battle of Fredericksburg, and in thoee trying times these two men learned to know and appreciate each other's worth. In November, McClelle^ was superseded by Burnside, and. in December an advanoe was made on FrederiCkshurgs, Ah 1 there was grand fighting on that bloody field; and in the thickest and the hottest, Colonel Arrow!/s regiment, which was discounted and fought ai infantry that day, was constantly found. .He feared no danger and stopped at no peril - Again and again to eartied hi* men into-tkosfe desperate hand to hand encounters, and brought them out with thinned and bleeding ranks, but they never Altered.. They would have Allowed him to certain death, and often it seemed that he was leading them to it. .Blackened with powder and smoke, reddened with blood, at the h aad of hi* prim and shattered troops, he looked the very incarnation of the spirit of Iwtffii ' *Vi -Mihtqe o) ' "Throughout the battle's fleroost storm Forever glanoeda hero's form. Noarmor bright, nor boat df mail .-v To turn the storm of leaden hail, But girt iir atopls IMBMhjM He fought throughout that bloody day." Finally the enemy was repulsed at all points, and his ranks, broken and confused, took refuge in the town. Jnst as night was setting in, Philip, trhor was leading a last charge against the retreating columns of the enemy, received y tering the right breast and ranj^ngaowjiward, came out under the shoulder blade. Faint and bleeding, he was borne from the field, and with tears running down their smoke begrimed feces, his soldiers Whispered to each other that he was dying. As soon as the war department coold be heard from, Philip received promotion to the . rank of Brigadier-GenOral, for gallant and ^ meritorious conduct on the field of Fredericksburg; but the surgeons shook their heads, saying: "We fear he has a discharge dated prior to his commission." Rut. definite these evil auguries he did not die. He had been carried to the house of a wealthy widow lady in the vicinity of the battle-field, and here he received all the care and attention that sympathy and patriotism could bestow. It was long, however, before he was conscious of what he owed to this kind friend, for a consuming fever supervened which seemed to parch his. very soul, but the disease finally relaxed and he became dimlj conscious that he had not passed from th< flesh into that state where the Are is noi quenched. He knew that he liyeidj and that was all for some time; then he began to tak< notice of persons and things. : He recognized Tom with a feeble smile 01 pleasure, and gradually his eye took in th< elegant and tasteful appointments of his room He noticed them with surprise, and one day when he was stronger, he questioned Ton about them. . u "Tom, do-you place those beautiful flower there? I observe there are fresh ones ever day." "No, Mas Philip, I ain't got ho flowers Look how white de ground is; blossoms don' grow in de fields now." ' "I know that ; but I thought, perhaps, yoi begged them for me." : \ ' ' "No 'casion for dat," said Tom; "she put 'em d&r herself." "She? Who?" . " ?JL'- xTmmh hall in here sometimes ?" "No," replied Tom, emphatically; "no v n ?er* ' "Who then ? I have seen no one else." Tom grinned knowingly. "I spec not; she always comes hi whe you's asleep/ sence you come to your senses. "Did she come in here when I was deliri ous?" "Why her and me nursed you, child." "What is she like? What kind of a persoi is she? It is strange she don't come in now. "She do come in," said Tom, letting out; secret; "but aha say .to me?'Torn, your mast er's mity weak, and de sight of so man; strangers might 'sturb him; so I'll keep ou of de way till he gits stronger; but if yoi wants any ting at all for him, you jist let m know?you hear Tom!' And I say, "yes 'ir I hear. Don't you fret Missy, I'll git Ms Philip all he wants. But she Come every daj all de same, and holds your hand and look so wishful at you." "Wistful, Tom; not wishful." "Its all de same?sorter soft like." "How does she look, Tom ? You bave'n told me that yet. Is she a young lady, or a old lady?" "Old lady!" echoed Tom, contemptuous!} "I wonder what you tink an old lady woul be puttra dem blossoms in your room for No sir, old ladies don't study 'bout dat; de got something else to do." "She is young, then ? Is she pretty f3 With native delicacy, Tom went to the vas and selected from its beautiful compeers a st perb rose, flushed and glowing with* its nev born loveliness. He said: ? "She looks like dat" "How perfectly beautifbl/' exclaimed Phil ip; "but no human faceJooks like that" "Herin do l" said Tom, decidedly. "Well, you must get her in here aometimi when I am awake, so that I may judge." "I'll do it>; I know jist how it ought to b< f done," and Tom often smiled to himself through the day, as he thought of- his litth ! pka. : ' As Philip grew stronger, his mind was verj I muchhkmused about the fate of his country therefore, the day following his conversatior with his faithful servitor about the unknowi [ lady, he wae unable to sleep athisusnal hour ; but lay; there thinking and weaving a variec fabric, of hues the brightest and darkest ( Tom oame in with a. smile. wreathing hu . bjack face, and showing his white teqth witl | perfect abandon. He came upto the bedside i and whispeioJ mysteriously: 1"Shetyour eyes^ Mas Philjp, andJ^dyfljji "SSIcep.4" "What for ?" asked Philip, surprised at hu tone and manner. "She's comin'." "Well?" "Bless you, chile, she won't come in if you is. awake." "Oh-h !" said he, with a very decided comprehension in the inteijection; "but that will not be fair to impose on her." 'Don't you 'sider of 'posin' on her?she wants you to see her." "But?" "S^et your eyes; I hear her comin'." Bhilip, with a sense of amusement that had long been a stranger to him, feigned the deepest kind of sleep. A light step entered, and a sweet voice asked after his health ; then the lady looked after the arrangements of the room, and condemned the scanty fire. "I'll go ahd git some coal," said Tom, demurely, marching off and adding eotto voce as he went: "If he don't wake up now, he's a t tarnal fool." He'Was in no hurry to return. The lady approached the bed and gazed long, and, if the truth must be told, as Tom said, 'Sorter soft-like on the face, of what she supposed to be the unconscious sleeper. She brushed back the hair^?beginning to be streaked with wmte?irom ms ampie orow; felt "his pulse, and gently Stroked his shapely hand?now as white as any lady's. She just touched his brow with her lovely lips, mnrruaring softly: "This forth# one who love# him best." "Unconsciously, Philip started and opened his eyes, and the lovely, girlish vision stood .fluahing'snd spell-bonnd beneath his gaze. ^'Am I is heaven'^' he mormured/'or have thcangefe come down to earth f JU' "Yon are jest recovering from afever, superinduced by a very dangerous wound/' Baid the yofcng lady, in a matter of fact wi^, to ! * "Like What?" she asked in surprise. "i "Please bring me tbatvasC." .And as she brought it, he said softly, "beautiful flowers? the gift of an angel!" ,l< "Yes, they are beautiful," she assented conr.?, AUDOUAJ* He selected the superb rose, and touched it with his li?s. "Type of an angel," he said tenderly^ "I salnte yon," and his deep, passionate eyes called a more brilliant bloom into her delicate cheek. " "Hear the poetical idea of that good fellowj Tom. He compares this to you, and he is right; it is like you?beautiful and pure, from the hands of .your Maker. I will keep this flower as long as I live, as a souvenir of 6 lovelier one that is destined to bloom some | day in that upper Eden?the Paradise of God | The little, tender, modest thing, she was all I in a flame of blushes. "I am afraid you are talking too muck/ she tried to say gravely, and did say irrele vantlyv "The doctor has fen-bidden you to dc . so." ; . ha i. -A ' "Ok! no," be said, "it will do me good f It [ will pat new life into me. You have been at aagel of healing io me, and the sight of yot P is the best of all." ^ But she shook her head. "Indeed you must not talk." "Then, do you talk to me." s > ."It would be polite to do all the talking/ "I will put in a word occasionally." . "But the doctor says you must not." 8 "The doctor be?blessed." I "Good bye." "What? You are not going?" ? ' .- "Yes; you will not be quiet." I "Yes I will?don't go." "Indeed I must" 1 "Grant m9 one favor before you go." "Wbfttiaitr 8 '"Give a name to my beautiful Rose." "Let me take it to tEe window; I cannot se , here." ' "i dn pot allude, to this, but to my.levelj "Meaning me?" with clilldwli simplicity. 1 "Meaning you." "My name is Kate." "Sweet, lovely, diminutive! May I ca you Elate?" ^ . "Yes; every body calls me so." "I don't want to 6all you what every bod L' does," said he, instantly becoming dissatisfie with the aforesaid sweet, lovely diminutivi "I will call you Rose?you are my Rose." ? "I am going now. Mamma, Mrs. Dalla will come in to see you directly." a "And when are you coming again, Rose ? "I come every day?' . f "And totbidk this is the first I knew of it t Truly, angels watch over our sleep." a "You keep calling me ail angel; but I ai e not." [ . b "Whatare you?", a "X am a?Rose," and she ran laughin r# I from theroom.* :;n '<. t. s i He lay there filled with a sense of her gir isb simplicity and beauty. The unsopbiscate freedom of her manners charmed him. He mother, Mrs. Dallas, came in and sat with hir it an hour. She was a stately lady In blacku the widow of an eminent Virginian. Phili thanked her for her kindness, and feared tba r. he was potting her to trouble, d "It is no trouble at all," said she warmly ? "it is my duty to take care of you for the goo y of the cause. We have need of all our brav defenders, and cannot afford to let them die. After talking pleasantly, and putting hie e quite at his ease, she left him with the injuuc ?- tion to be quiet and go to sleep. r Day by day he and Katie, or Rose as be called her,grew mote tenderly intimate. He was sick?sick in body and at heart, and she - did him good; hewaetired, and ehe rested him with her childish, simple nature. And she? She thought bewaa the noblest 9 men whom God e*er made, with his princely bearing and splendid face. He had no idea ' how the girl regarded him ; or he would hare spared her-; spared her all those pleading 3 glances and tender words. He was less vain . than of yore, and all her blushes and tremr bling were but to him as evidences of ^prettyi' ' maidenly Bhyness, and in ignorsnbe, he went 1 on weaving the: net stronger and stronger { aroundhis trembling little foolish captive. > He waa able to be tip now and ride and I atmOl nn^li liik littlo RnBA RtlH fffil] ho lingBTPfj at her mother's. Whenever he spoke of leav-i ing, she showed such distress that he would I- kiss aWay her tears and call her his little sis*' ter, his little Rose, his little coward, and a dozen other fond names. 8he was oae-oni whom wc lmUirally shower pet names. One dav Tom came to him with a face pre1 ternnturally grave. iu. "Mas Philip, when-is dis war gwine to' 8 top ?" > "I don't know," said Philip, with a sigh* ' > "'Pears to me, deys fought long enuffi" "Are yoil tired of it?" "Yes^ sir, I is." "Do you Want to go home?" -. "When yon goes, sir." -i? - : !. [ "Then, you will not go as long as there is a soldier in the field." "No, sir, I 'spose not; but it would be heap better at home." , r "Home will never be bright and beautiful to me again," said Philip, with.a deep sigh.,, , "Roses can make 'am bright," said Tom,; slilyt "As a boy, I was fond of flowery but I have sterner things to handle now," replied Philin. (:' "Beckon-jou like the kinder roses I'm taHs?j ing,fbp#t,M fl^id Tom. A sodden light shone into Philip's soul "What kindroses are you talking about, Tom," asked Philip. ... "Pshaw! Mas.Philip; you knows," said Tom. Kate?" asked Philip. "Ifcuftl 'um," said Tom. "She wouldn't have an old fellow like rae," . said Philip. "Old?" . Tom's look of indignant surprise was something wonderful. "You old,Mas Philip? Why you ain't as . old as me," said Tom. ./"Well, you are not a baby any <longer," replied Philip. | "No, sir; but I ain't old for all dat," said. Tom." * Hi L' i:. .i-i l.'.Tur it" . "And you think Mj^s Kate would like to go down to the Nottaway ?" said Philip. "Tuby sure, she'd like to go whar you go," answered Tom. matked Philip.... ; "I'm apt .blind?" ?id Tom, .sententiausly ; "I knows what I sees, and if Miss Kate, poor creetur, ain't in love with you, den dere ain't no sich ting as love." f "Hush 1" said Philip, sternly; "never speak of this again," and he walked gravely away, having effectually shut Tom's mouth, but opened a train of memories which alarmed him. He recollected how he had talked to j 1 this unsophisticated little girl, without mean- ( 1 ing anything by it beyond thewarmest friendship and gratitude. "Poor little thing," he ? thought; "I wonder if she does love jne." 1 That evening she played and sang for Mm 1 as usual; and her rich, Boprano voice rose 1 and swelled, bearing her listener away on k waves of melody. * "Sw^et, wonderful voice," he sai<? laying his hand on her little dimpled one as she ' ceased; "shall I never hear it again?" "Never hear it again?" said bewildered Kate. "Why, never hear it again ?" , , > "I must go away, little friend." l7' "Go away ?" t She^vas reduced to an echo, poor child. 1 "Yes; see how strong and well I am, thanks 1 to your dear, kind attention. Heaven reward 'yon for it my little Rose." She snatched her hand away. ... "I am not your Rose?why do you call me so?" and the glorious voice that had soared up to heaven, was sharp with sudden agony. '"Yes, you are my Rose," said he very tenderly j "my little sister Rose." a The poor, little white face was not blooming now; but all broken up and quivering with passion. "My dear child, the South has Deed of all her sons; these are dark days for her." Poor Kate! So they were for her too. Sobs convulsed her slender frame, and she laid her head on the piano and wept unrestrainedly. -With grave tenderness, Philip raised the teare" stained face and kissed it repeatedly. "My little Rose, I am not worthy of your love." r? A swift color dyed her ihce and neck; she HfOTuflir ft?"* hisarms'giiit'fluiiflouJ Hour after hour, as the night wore on, Philip paced up and down the long piazza, II arid tried to reconcile himself to a great sacrifice. Why should he not marry this loving, trusting little girl? Maude was sleeping bey neath her Southern flowers. Youth had gone d out of his own life, arid white hairs were minb. gled with his brown ones. "If I can make her happy/' he asked him3, self, "why should I hesitate? Life has no happiness for me. But I dare not be hasty. " I will try myself first; I will go away, and if I can do it, I will come again." ;! The next morning he sent to ask Kate to come and bid hijn good bye, but her mother n came down to him, and said Kate was confined to her bed with a sudden indisposition; but she sent down "good bye," with her best g wishes and kindest regards. "Dear little Kate," said Philip, deeply I" touched^ "May I write her a line of farewell ?? d "Surely," said Mrs. Dallas, "the dear child ir will appreciate it, for you are a great favorite Q of hers." He sat down and wrote: P "My Dear little Sister:?Will you allow t me to eall you that? I never had a sister; but you are as dear to me as one could be. ; If I live, little Rose, I will come to see you j again, when these stormy times are over. I take with me the precious flower that was ? once like you, and if I am killed it will be buried in a soldier's grave. I leave for you Q my warmest affections, and my best wishes for your happiness. May I sign?your brother, Philip." Kate wept over this little note u brothers, J lettew are seldom wept over. Too well she knew that persons who loved as die did, did not call the object of their affection, brother. Philip went to Richmond, as he was not yet able to take the field. One day'Be went to visit tileFederal prisoners. Ashe was strolling through the officers' quarters, a rather fine | looking man respectfully saluted him, In < some surprise he returned it, and entered into ; conversation with the officer whose uniform proclaimed him to be a Captain. "Do you know me, sir f' he asked. ] "I don't recollect to have met you' before.'* \ "I have good reason to know yon, sir," and j the Captain smiled grimly. "I am indebted < to you for my pleasant little sojourn here. I j would have been content to stop at Fredericks- ( burg, or even tetraoe my steps; but you "were , so Very pressing that I should come out to this j city. I know the whole Northern press have j A a PfrtkmAnii w hnt A BUireUl^OU viy U1 .UU dU Uiwiiiivira) If they had my experience, they WOfWnT think Richmond such great shakes after all." "! "I am sorry you don't find it pleasant," < said Philip smiling, "for we would rather } have you here than any where else." J These two men who had fought bravely, } face to face, met pleasantly nearly every day, i for Philip rather liked biih, and having leis- ( ure, went often to see him. He introduced , hinjself as Captain Tafton, recently transfer- } ed from the Gulf Department,, and was very j free and open in all his coramunications. ( "I tell you, General," for Philip wore the j > insignia of his hew rank, "I tell yon, I came j near making a fool of ttyself, down sooth, j last spring,"said the captain. t "Indeed, how?" asked Philip. i "By getting married*" answered the captain, j "I presume that Would be a very pleasant y Way of doing it," said Philip/ . c "Hot if you have first to capture the bride j and then keep a mounted guard over her to j prevent her running away; which was my case," replied the captain. * "Then you give Her up cheerfully, I am i sure, for a brave man would not force a wo- . ' man to marry him," said Philip. y | "I don't think I am a coward," said the cap- j tain; "but I'll be hanged if Igave her up J eheerfiilly." "Yon most have been very much m love. ? Wa8 she some fair rebel V' asked PJriHp. ''She was a rebel, and fair, too/' repliedth? ? > captain. 17 "Where did it occur, captain f asked PhiKjr. ' "Down in Louisiana," he Teplied. i Philip started. He, too, had met his fete ' down in Louisiana. . "I have been in that State," he said;, "per- ? haps I knew your fair enslaver." ' "It is not likely, General, or yon would' J have Mien in love with her; an&a&yoo are a fine looking man, and a thorough rebel, there ^ would have been no reason why yon should j Cof have wedded the beautifbl southerner; and as you stand before me a bachelor intact, < I y free to ^bdiey^Ti^dfd not know my , \Vomen" are^fovdy, one tawniot mahy ..every ? pretty girl,he meats," sasd Philip^ . * The captainmade awry fecp. j "Why, General, I met scores of the ugliest f women God ever made, down in your laud of t boasted beauty," eaid the eaptain. " j "They were Borne of your Yankee importa- ^ tions, believe me," replied Philip. ^ j "No, I'll swear they were 'to the manner j born'! such frights I never saw north of Ma- ^ son and Dixon's line," said the captain. , "Well, admitting your exceptions, there is' 'still beauty enough left to bewilder one, and j render a choice extremely difficult," replied ?.? - 1 t tUttl ) B!i1 >' tu i;:m . Philip. 1 ' . , . . "You 80^ libt if it had ever been j ydtjrgood fortune t)o" meet Miss Maude Alleyn?V. p ' "tyhor "What is the matter V* You Southerners are a very Nervous people. How you put a J fellow out, % your sudden starts," said the V captain. 1 ! "Whom did you say?" asked'Philip. "iv?i? ^ "Miss Maude Alleyn. You didn't know her, did you T* asked the captain. . ' "Miss Maude Aljeyn," said Philip. r"Yes,. Miss" Maude Alleyn. But What is the matter with you General?are you going H to tor; ^3 "lio; don't mind me?tell me ahout her, j Where did you see her? You.are sure yoi . were not mistaken?" "Of course I am sore. Why Sh<faldri? ^mistaken? A man isnot likely to mistafe ^ . a woman for Whom he makes a confounded fool of himself, and I assure you, I played * that little farce for her." ! a "Where is she ? When did you see her r f i "I found her a magnificent flower^. bloort-" "C ing on a Louisiana plantation, and feariry some scoundrel might come along and with c rude hands pluck her, I transferred her to Jfeif 13 Orleans." < "What! Did you place her in the powe] *c of that beast T' : ~~~~ , _ l : "QLLihfltby hangs a tale?let me teH* ^ and he recoTJUtod-the scene that had transpir; f od in"IT0ttt of Butlers Headquarters, , "My'hrave MaudeI" murmured Philips , "my braveheautiful one \" * j -1 "Hallo!" exclaimed Captain Tafton, "how' fin onu oorr 9 Vmif Krara ' Wtiaf jj ( JUU UMJ ? * M4MT V XIA. 4* U VA V ? ^ ? ? UMD W you^mean by that? Did you know her rear J ly! Was she yours ?" ' ep ' jM Philip had recovered himself. He answer v ed evasely: I ? "You know 'one touch of nature makes tw r whole world kinhow strong then must bj v the consanguinity between us rebels.11 Wl " claim not only a common, but a peculiar pro' prietorship in each other," gaid Philip. ' v "Is that it ? It sounded as if the propria a torship you claimed was very peculiar; buj 0 keep your own secrets, General, for be it fa! 5" from me, Yankee, though I be, to ask yoti am e more questions about it. But," said he, wit1 P a merry twinkle in his eyes, "it would be gro- P ifying to know whether you were at the bol- I torn of her refusing to become Mrs. Tafton, & I not. I wouldn't inquire for the worldv bit n any information on the subject, thankfblly li-' b ceived." ' t( "I am afraid you owed your rejection to \ another cause," said Philij). i "To see that woman patiently pursuing h?*,^ chosen avocation, strengthens my belief in tlb troth of the Bible," said the captain. "How?" asked Philip. "When I see her in the hospital, benditg over the cots of the suffering and dying 1 n feel that God has given his angels charge of 1 us," replied the captain. [to be continued next week.] . j [Copies of the Enquieer containing the previous obappr* of this Story can be famished to new subscribers.] / gpSttUanemts Reading. Fronuhe Correspondence of the Nev* York Sun. EGH LIFE BELOW STAIBS! jr* Column, &C.,March 18. "If you want a thorough jiosfeiilg upon pd^r liftical affairs in South CaroHria, you must call oh the'Rolfins," said-a gentleman with'whom [ Waafyntersing the other day. "The RdllinsJwho are they t" I enquired. *^Oh! tffey know everything about the political machine here,-and they are the leaders Sf^the colored ton, you. ujust know," said the ^eqtleman. "Socfety here, since the advent 3itfthe new regime, has been completely re-orapiiized.* As in New York, so here, inonejk 2Krpiees a most potent influence in fixing the. tijjXua of the people socially, and the money now is in the hands pf carpet-bakers and heir colored brethren." Jfe THE B0LLIN FAMILY. are th'e ftolHnsf' I e^utredT'*^ ^ahpy are the elite of our colored society. PLAWA A ?A fltpioA tiinm mi tYiorriP/1 anfl. fcHftV L UU O MC lUAXyv Ui .VUW^ uuumtiKv*., -r--. ^ ^ v reside near the State House.. Their names ire ^Catharine de Medicis, Charlotte Corday, ind Louisa MohlbachT-very aristocratic landes, ore, they not ? The young; ladles were idupated in Boston, and they have imbibed nauj New England notions,, not the least of rbich is the idea that white men were created or the sole purpose.of aiding .and supporting be blacks. Their house is a kind' of Jftepubican headquarters. They , entertain very amdsomely, and they are, asT said before, eaders of the ton here?'that is, among, a ceraipl class. The government meets at the ioilin house almost nightly, and intheparqri, of that mansion much of the wisdom, rhigh controls our affairs is generated. Genital Whipper is a brother-in-law, and as he,is he old Thad Stevens of the lower House, the ve^slature flocks there to meet him." REMARKABLE COLORED LADIES. . .. "Are these young lqdies highly colored ?" I . inquired. ' : "Well, no, not black, exactly, but a most leantiful chocolate. They are very bright, iorwever, and, aside from certain little faults if a personal nature, which yon will not fail o~ detect, you will find ihem entertaining, fhey can tell yon all the infamy yon can pi&i' ihl? wish to know with regard to the LegisAiurft. The* know it alL These DBowfeused o talk all their secrets before ike young ladies,; r nd now t^at the colored eleinentis at Swords'! i joints with the carpet-baggers, the ladiegjdon't tesHate to tell all they know, and I ean ae?; rtwyou some of their remarks are very rich;' fou see the spoils haven't been fairly divided, . nd your intelligent black man begins to see hat he is only being made a-' catspaw^ He latiTaliy cebels, and trouble is &8^remH: .'hen there are little things thai are constants f occurring to mar the sodaihumonyrof the < ?$Dg people; of both complexibna There re ayme white officedioldem here who, while ;j ingto * MjjJjtnigastOsiothefr residences to cnee^ their rives and daughters It is true that Mr. and &jp?Pompey held the balance of power and InaMy forced .them into it, but then the fact t halSt was dohe with an ill-grace was appaent^> The principal cause hf discordance bewe? tkje. two races,, however, ia the onwilingnees on the part of the whites to make a aicjmd equitable division of the loaves and tabes. But the Misses Roll in can tell you nofr about these things than I can. 'QLwill certainly call upon the Misses Rolin,1 I said; "but who will introduce me." "frwill do itr myself," the gentleman said; '!> am not afraid of losing caste, besides I ike to hear them talk." ' . >. - f jl: TffE RESIDENCE OF THE ROLLINS. 'Accordingly, when evening arrived we set mt td call upon these secret springs of the pternment of Soath Carolina. Passing fcropgh the State House grounds, we branched iS a side street and soon arrived at the ioliijSmansion. - It is a large double house, iragly embowered in shrubbery, and has an lir-v^great thrift As we entered the gate, LfiBtifefked to my companion: 'HSbse Rollins must be wealthy." * *1*don't know how that is," he replied; ttffipbame here very poor, but they all have heirihandB in the State Treasury. The young sdies are engrossing xlerks; General Whip* er, t)ieir brother-in-law,is in the lower Honse, jjd Mclntyre, to whom another of the girls >' 3 engaged, is a white senator from Colleton. 1 fon-aill see them nearly every day on the ' treets-driving in splendid style. They own 1 i beautiful carriage and horses." And so eying, be prilled a silver plated bell handle ] f enormous size and elaborate design. < 'The pull brought to the door a small Afri- ' ap. He bore in his hand a silver tray that ie*rly,touched the floor as he carried it. "Are the young ladies at home ?" said my ompanion. ' - "Gpess dey iswalk in de parlor," was the 1 immense jaJver was brought to ^NEE$ivelto receive our cards. They were \ upon it and Scipio, as I afterward fau^him called, departed for the inner ' ipajinfents. . I^PERIOB OF THE ROLLINS MANSION. 1 -Unlike the^parlors of the intelligent white j >eople here, and who have not their Angers in . he pablic puTse, was the room into which we rdriu-iiKherAd T have been invited to the ! looses of those in Columbia who formerly were J fcted among the wealthiest in the land, and rtio were then surrounded by every loxury ! hat money could afford. Now, however, 1 heir-circumstances are sadly changed. Bare 1 rails and bare floors greet the visitor's eye, * nd the plainest of furniture constitutes the j nly household comfort. Not so, however, rith thejtollin mansion. Beautifhl carpets, legant. ftirniture, tasteful pictures, a $1000 . liano, and other evidences of wealth aind pros* 1 erity met onr gaze as we entered' the jjarlor. < 'holograph albums filled with the choicest l. terabrandts lay in profusion on an Italian : larble- table,- and legislative documents, ; imi. hi rich morooco, gave evidence of the 1 later and inclinations of their fair possessors. 1 labile admiring all this: luxury, a pleasing, allough somewhat affected, voice was heard at iiedoor: < ' * 1 "Good evening, gen-t-l-e-m-e-n !" I My friend turned instantly. 1 "Ah I Miss Kate, good evening. Permit 1 le Id present my friend, Mr. P., of the New i fotiSun." .*'* i Kiss Catherine de Medicis madea meet ira- c irstnve sweep of her train, and courtesied in e i vfrry elegant manner. Recognizing the ira- i p portwce ef the occasion, X made my very beat bow. Ji-. . ; ... "Iam delighted to meet Mim Roilin." ,y/) Before this ceremony was finished* MiaeB Charlotte Corday and Iiouisa Muhlbacb entered the room, to e*oh of whom I wss: presented. THE QTJBEN8 OF 8QU79 CABOLINA SOCIETY. The eldest of the young ladies is A bright mulatto of about twentyrfive. She.is t#y* somewhat spare, and aflable and agreeaWe in her manner. She erne dressed in a black silk dress with a sweepingtrain, which, followed her mtq the room like a wave on the beaoh, 8he talks very intelligently, although so rapidly as to be somftfrneB nearly unintelligible Thitf difjBculty is somewhat increased also by a peculiar mode of pronouncing the letter Ve" with a sound almost lifce"i," aodbyaSontbern prolongation of the last word of every sentence. , .... . Miss Charlotte Corday is a darker young lady, but it is said is the roost intellectual of the three. She is not so tall las her sister, and is more compactly formed. She is a good deal handsomer,,too... Miss lx>ttie, aseheis called, was attired in -af mauve-colored Silk, trimmed with heavy point appliqaeon body.wad skirt, An orangecoleced sash, with heavy bow, adorned her waist* and blue'dippers encased her feet Jewelry-in great proftision wan worn by,all throe. i y<ii h The youngest one,*Mias Louisa Mnhlbach, is almost white. She, too, was h&ndsoaeljt attired,in a abort walking suit of blaOk silk. She: is! quite yoiiog, and, therefore, did not take part in the s conversation, although. she< was an attentiteiiefenee. and nodded assent] to everything her elder ristemsaid. ,u-1 j. .' \>*. . OPENING OOJtVKBftA.TIOS. "We are plotted to Bee a representative of the Am in fioato Carolina," sett Miss Catharine de Media ns she drew her chair near to nto "There is so much going on here in the political world that must be of interest to the Northern people.-; Besides, the great unheUw* al in the social existence of the people of Sooth Carolina will present many features to year mind) sir; that are quite new, and' iney seem almost i-m-p-r-o-b-a-ble." The force of ton self-evident proposition I didn't propose to dispute, so I quietly remained, "Ob, yes, I have seen them already, and am disposed to regard- there as facta." "I don't know," said Miss Lottie, "whether We have ranch to thank the North tor except the mere emancipation proclamation and* itt eqfar-c-e-m'e-u^ Some of the wrest characters yaw have at tod North have citato down here and brought great contempt upon the colored people by their outragepra eondncit mod by their ambition and selfishness.' We have I" J-mrj vr^jrJB&Lvipr: J a sir. itettlu.. .. kefe m have evor ?hb? ia mo<?* m*l>;; joldy by the.pnrchase oftcatored yptes; awn whose antecedents are bad, and who are sow evils of thirf abnormal, dishonest system of government" " ; ; "; ; "Oh, yes," Miss Kate answered. "We can assure yon that we who represent the greater portion of all that is now good tor anything in South Carohna?and (with % magnificent tossof the head) that iq toe colored popular tion?are determined to exert every effort oft behalf of equal rights to our race. We were educated in Boston; and we there drank in tho^e principles of liberty which are now so dearto us." "Have yott bad any difficulty m aecnrmg those rights for yourselves individually?*' I ventured to inquire. "Oh, sir," answered Miss Lottie instantly, "1 beg of you not ot misunderstand our position. We are and always have been of the best blood in South Carolina, and, shr, have been rather in;parities to repel than to invito the social advances of the white people wlfo have oome dawn h*e?-e to govern us. Some of them, you see, sir, are so very low that we did not care to hold intercourse with them. We have been quite intimate with the family of Governor Scott,'who, by thVw*y, sir/ft one of nature's no-ble-men, ant} also with many others until we found them to be B-c-a-m-p-s, when we cut them instantly. speAkebs mobeb' horse race. ''Wasn't Moses one of, them, sister?" spoke up the less cautious Louisa. Miss Lottie frowned, but finally said, "Yes, Moses is a very disreputable person, although I am ashamed to say he is a Carolinian." I was somewhat shocked to hear the Speaker of the House of Bepresentatives spoken of so disrespectfully, and I therefore questioned the young lady more closely. "Moses frequently gets $1000 for a decision," she said, "and in that and other ways, he bas accumulated a fortune so rapidly. He awns several fast horses, and is a sport of the Srst water. The other day the whole Legislature adjourned to attend a home raoe between one of Moses's horses and another in town. IheMoees hgw-lwt ihc awaj, mid moaea nimjelf lost $3000. Now, what do you suppose Moses did ? Why he put the $3000 right into the legislative appropriation bill that Gqvsrnor Scott vetoed. Moses goes into no society here?not even with the whites. He has Inner oinno Wn Avnliirifld fmm iwmMtablA colored society. He is a very great scamp. [ presume you have heard of that detestable Drews, have you not ? Oh! I do detest that man. He exercises a great power over our ignorant colored people and he turns that power to hisown advantage. He andMoees , ire great friends, and they are at the head of ill swindling schemes in the Legislature, rhen there is that shocking Dennis; that man,, ron know, who put the furniture in the Stata louse. Dennis is the worst man in the Legslature except Moees. He is worse than Drews, because he is smarter and can work nore evil. Dennis is a most horribles-c-a-m-p. 3e used to call on us very frequently* but lefinally became so corrupt and unblashng that we were afraid he might compromise is in some way, and so we snubbed hinn" WHAT THE FAMILY THINK OF GOV. SCOTT. "What do you think of Governor Scott's ; jresent course?" .1" ; ,:VW "The Governor is between two fires now* i 3e is endeavoring to pleaae both parties : ifou toe, the Governor sees, as we all do,tfcat < i change is bound to come in the political fir* : nanient here, and while be wants to avoid at i ipen rupture with the powers that be, he is yet i mxious to prepare the way to an easy march nto Senator Sawyer's place." "Do you think the Governor is anxious to be senator V* "Ob, yetl and that detestabM Moses is planning and plotting to be Governor. But Moses will be dej^^ The "In what wayf "Oh1 by giving them bad advice, in order to accomplish his own selfish purposes. For all their balls and parties, and dances with the colored women of low degpee in society, telling their fathers and brothers that he prefers their society to that of the whitpv^htf flattering them up to the topmoet notch." Then, when he has got their votes, he quietly ignores them, and never notioes them who placed Mania power.- By.1 snob' means/ and jtyhisunbl ashing rascality, he baa woo the contempt of the colored' people, and is now raWWM uyui uicir ouwBvjt . * *lfcBpadkttrMiuesi the wlyiotr that ha* donetbisT 1 "Bless you, no sir. They all do it. Oh 1 they are a gnat Set of wc-ewfrt."; "Do you think Governor Soott will go over to the Democrats F "Ob, no, bat I think ha will become a Reformer. He is Very moch disgusted with the people iftmriMtiti.* - '. I ( WHITTEMOEE A GnttA^wfciblP. | "Whittmore is a great scamp, and tf?e cqlored people potconfidence ;in,hin)t at 1 fie is a rascal, and is only using tbe,:CQlorpd men for his. own benefit If all the Senate was 00 in posed of such men as he, it wold be a moet horrible body." ; "I thought Whtttemoip wa? trying $0 be; honest' "He tries to uake people believe *0, bnfch# cap never succeed in that,, - fie > ? nwturaj born scoundrel, and I tell people so whenever my opinion is aske^'' , & & . "Doeebe writ yonF ? ' "Oh, mynoj We wovudn't .feo^ye hup. He is too low to be tolerated fo* an instant", ... .WANT TO GET WEAM MB. BgECHEB. "Shall you remain in Columbia in future ?" I inquired. "No, we are making arrangements now to' resign our offices and move to Brooklyn.v I am told that it b a beantifiil efe^, and I shonld so like to live there. .Besides, society isoo much better there, and we can attend Mr. Beecher'a church. Oh! we do *H J0f4 Mr. Beecher so much. I could put my arms around his neck and kin nim for toe gran1 serrioe to-lnadooem Berides, we atejtet a tiUM bit'afraid ofthw Ko-Rlu*-Klaii, Things are getting to sooh a pitch here that I believe the KudKhut wfif^Vfofr CotatfW* before long, and when that terrible time conwe we must be away from h?w^" - ^ ^ time the hobr bad groWn iate, and we rose to leave. "Do yon think yon conld aid us in finding a house in Brooklyn?" said Miss Kate. I replied that I might write to some friend there^ "What are the principal and moet fashionable streets there?" inquired Miss Lottie. "Remsen and Montague," I said. "Cbnld a honse be procured ih either of those streets?" "I presume so, but at a very high rent" . "That makes no difference," was the response, and, witha parting grasp of the hand, we retired from tlw bouse. Such was my ibterview with these most remarkable young ladies. u A. P. g , ' i. " " H05. 5t C. DeLAROE. -t a consistent oolohbd mbmttek ot CONgress. Washington, D. C? March 13,1871. tl ii. jo j . .. j.v uic uunuuy vruBBue; ?.j v Hon. R. 0. DeLargeis,in his home, Charleston, S. C., a popular man.' Ho was elected as a Republican, bat a largo number of Democrat voted for him. He is about one-fourth African, but as white in -principl* and the proclivities of a gentleman as any carpetbag number of the House of Representatives. His conduct from bis boyhood, in his home where he was bora and raised, has earned for him a high character. He has the manliness aud courage to vote for such liberal measures as he deems far the best interests of his constituents. Herewith you have ah article clipped from the Hew York News which please give insertion in your 'excellent sheet M. - v fJ" A Negro Cabpw-Bagoeb.?At this late day it would be neither pleasant nor profitable to demonstrate the acknowledged truth that the Radical Congressmen from the Southern States represent neither the intelligence nor the wealth of their respective districts. It is, however, ascuiious 911*0 instance that a "negro carpet-bagger," true to the instincts of TnTcl^ViEouTd seize the first opportunity of proving himself s wholly unworthy spokesman of even his own peculiar people. South Carolina has a liberal Constitution. No man is disfranchised. Wade Hampton is as fireO to vqte as one of his old negroes. There is, moreover* no disqualification for Office exoept that imposed by the Constitution pf the United Steles. We may add that the temper of the South Carolina colored people; who haViccr atnaiorkv of 30.000. is thorough ly ip frvor of the enfranchisement of every "rebel" in the ooontzy. " sr. Three of t&e Congressmen from South Carolina are colored men. ft B. Elliott, the member from the Third District, is, to use a common expression, "as blacks* the*ace of epadee." This negro carpet-bagger votes squarely against Mr. Beck's bill for the removal of the political disabilities imposed by the fourteenth amendment to the Constitutiotf of the United States. Bat among thom who voted fbr Mr. Beck's bill, we find ft C. DeLarge, the member from the second South Garokna District Mr. DoLarge is also a negro, bttfa native of Charleston, South Carolina. He was a member of the Reconstruction Committee of 1609, and ? served in theState Legislature, with eondderable ability, as Uhairman of the Co^asittee of Ways and Means. Always acute 8sk} mtelligent, DeLarge held his own with tbeiooh ored people, and by his liberality of MntaUeni- : and Comparative honesty^ second the ^(ood i will of the white people of the State. His s Distriet has an overwhelming negro majority; 5 v nsnse tae enure appruyna <iw uw of the Sooth Carolina blacky and hfi vqted and the wishes of the Southern people. , Trr <Y\^ rSr (nTrTr^tSMr^riTW^ Mr. Del^rge, feftaijPJrall Carolinian, takeR a manly stand on the aide of amnesty. EHiottyth >. firm friend of proscription. will know In the Capitol, a weekly paper ptAlbked at WaahiagtWr thenUmd^ W?itoihi8tMif * which fc spoken ofj^i^hiaB koftli^MWieB . some atatutm in^^l thongh aczsefl^^MWB^^<>i:!'h> a.im * fiaUao '^enfttoe-fttearpfcip^ wife $460 per month; and: had Ml two rooms. SemMor Bw^alad' iftflfnUw tudfeome, and an ottte, and ^?,000 per Himiinn+nn MWfilia JftMlUM thfi ifaM ^Sffrrvramftc Tn ?r* i ? sprewi ever ae*w thfr AHfagWlttWa itNwfc warn edJj^tfracljrffcwfoi *pi becpik* *1,0&& A perior aad thwe Mrootte j^d av>m%\ t J-*i id^ I -MA the, Petofaa Htuae^ Adbfy, tflfrwn Guotier ?sed to pay 1275 per week, ?n4 G?eral Darling, inlh a ;. ". ";-JjfPtta&Vtq "The Fifth Avenne Hotel hi Ncrpr-Ydrk- ' beneath it. The 8t Nichd^ente ' for $65,000 a year, ,40 Tweed, iota buanai as?l|?pUMl;'Jm?MW3' jnigbtbe inhabited.?New York World,: ' ' >UW Lii* Mf-Stli-' kvkiajx ktiivh^mbeiig bwwbt to, which the Watchman believes to bft alga**; uine document, ?tu picked up in the street* of Sumter: ' < [ r#r.^; ^22?jjr? We .have been ijoiarepre^ei^ed^ , jH. stop. Once fat all it is announced; L That U^n J^piftgaTf ?s kiftlu . IL That taxation without representation fed andnnrtured us during oar wetknew and infancy. y ^ rectte^ii?ev^!r depravity, (hair corr?ptioB, their viciousnefls?gave oa strength. I IV. The determination oftheOovernorto < accoiopllsii oinr detraction, aod tlu ^roih of oursel ves and of our families, aa shown by his arming the negroes and disarming the whites, gave us determination. g??o va uvvwm4M^ ^ V. We cannot live longer under ; ?miA a?* P (UW BMVI utcoo ww' ww> n?*?r mined to right them or perish in tho^edb^' v VL The good and virtuous here noting to fear from us. We are their friends. Let the Vile and vicious beware.. 'Wet feCTbfei.^BPe* ilA- 5 ? _ VIL We strike in $>r equai.righte and justice to alL ; . ^ ; By order of the Grand Chiefr* i frV :J*.. . >/V foq'-yD Rip.,flipihfjj, >- - j -tyi bttz ?. "<i "mrtg- sysu: vk. ' #" In his sermon on the importance of Ur< tie thiDgs, Henry Ward Beecher WJb many men who would not blasphettm^flhjfe J bat' ?IhMftitr wnen they: want ft!":ffI^swow!" when they want.to say "I swear!" " now. id no ouier oemg ao wvmue wmw of the Creatti'Mbre clearfy' ethibftbd thah in the co nstruction of the African. The soles of hb feet ore overlaidffith a of fet?atadcoadpetor of biwhy *a*;i bling him to walk at his ease oVet fjMymfog sands, and forming for him afar better protection than any contrivance the art of man could devise. And, now, yoff may ask why did God ?*?W0m blwt'f -I ^wor. in order that he-may be able to keep cool, in that torrid climate. A black/rorfrce?aill radiate. or.part witb heat. more tepidly than a white cue?ani eawtitneat that any one may try; Take two voooels thatare,4nevary respect, the same?two tea-pots, for Instance; let one ofth^^^^YOTe^ oyer with lmmjpcold much sooner than the bright eti i I be-' lieve all scientific aien agree thet, since tSe creation of maw, a large tract of land, stretching out from Africa to New Holland, hag been . submerged, and. is now covered by the Indian Ocean. TKe VooId rta^Hy acfltmnt for the negro being an inhabitant of that country, and such a change ?urt5Jh?W w*7 modified the climate of Australia. I have no doubt that, in past ages, the different races of men must have been fer more numerous than at the present. Those great revolutions that raised the Alps from the bed of the which submerged whole continents, brought others into existence?must hare swept away whole races of men, while others were lost fight of, like the ten triberdf J&rfcel', through amalgamation. I think it is plain that the .^{rican was a distinct race from the beginning, and that the only reason for forming him as he is was, simply,that aHtjie earth