Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, October 12, 1876, Image 1

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??_ +> lewis m. g-rist, proprietor.! Jfnlitjjtniitnt Jfamilg ftttosjjajitf: Jfjr fjie ^rontirfjim fff ijit Ijclitical, JJacial, ^gritnllnral anil dommerrial |ntmsts tf i(jt Sontji. TERMS?$3.00 A YEAR, IN ADVANCE. "VOL. 22. YORKVILLE, S. P., THURSDAY, OCTOBER 12, 1876. 3STO. 41. 1 " " ' " * I * <- - ? ? :J XT 1?? TV.a man f ft* Jtag letter. THE~OAK'CLOSET. Margaret Gray was in some sort an upper servant in the household of Judge Wallace. The judge lived in a handsome house in the suburbs of the little country village of Thorndale. Margaret was foil an orphan at an early age, and the judge and his wife had taken her into their house to save her from being thrown on the charity of the town. They had done their part well for her. They had two children of their own?Alice and Algernon, twins?and Margaret had enjoyed advantages of education in common with the brother and sister. As she grew older, and began to realize how much she owed the judge and his wife, she felt a desire to be able in some way to make o -Mht?n fn?. +hoir kindness. and. as she hUOUl C* IQItUiU IV* vuw<? , f was a strong, active girl, she soon became very useful about the domestic affairs of the household. Mrs. Wallace was a feeble woman, and very, willingly resigned soma of the cares and burdens to Margaret, and in due course of time the young girl came to be trusted and depended upon, until, by the time she was twenty, she was really the head of the establishment, although Mrs. Wallace still did the honors in her quiet, ladylike way, and poured the tea and coffee at the head of the table. Alice had married early, and gone to the far West with her husband ; Algernon was finishing his medical studies in a German University, and only the judge and his wife and Margaret?beside a man and a woman servant, who had been with them for years? remained at home. Some unfortunate speculation, largely indulged in when the judge was young, had encumbered the old estate with a mortgage, and this it was the judge's ambition to discharge. 1 ? .1 1 c e ne warned 10 leave tne pmce luwujr ncc uuui debt to bis sod Algernon. The strictest economy had been practiced for years in the household, with this end in view, and at last the judge held in his band the money with which to liquidate the claim. It was late on Saturday night when he brought it home, and said to bis wife, as he swung the little black leather trunk containing it before her eyes: "Well, Annie, at last we are to be free from debt. There are eight thousand dollars in that trunk, and on Monday I shall pay Jones in full, and we shall burn the abominable mortgage together, you and I, Annie. It will be the happiest day of my life." "But if anything should happen, William," said Mrs. Wallace nervously. "Do put the money in some safe place. It has cost us dear enough to scrape it together." The judge bent down and patted the little woman on the head. "I am going to put it in the little oak closet, and if by chance a burglar should enter the house, he would never dream of finding anything of value in that little stifled up closet at the head of the garret stairs." And witn a light heart the judge went off to deposit the treasure. Margaret was sitting in the room darning the judge's stockings when the conversation took place, and of course heard where the money was to be placed, though at the time she.gaveJjUi^aUentiojj.to.ik, . . . ... The next day John and Susan, the two servants, had a holiday to visit a married daughter of theirs, who resided fifteen or twenty miles away, and as it was in November, and as the days were short, they would not return until Monday night And sometime after they set out there came an imperative message to the judge from his aiotor aavinor that ahfi was verv ill and desired to see him without delay. Her home was in Shelby, eight or ten miles off, and, of course, he lost no time in obeying the summons. He took his wife with him, leaving Margaret alone in the house. "It is barely possible, Margaret, that we may remain all night. It looks very much like a storm, and in that case we shall certainly stay. And if so, you had better get Sallie Turner to stay with you for company. But, though Margaret would have liked Sallie's company well enough, she at once decided not to ask for it. Sallie's brother would be sure to come along, and the less she saw of Willie Turner, the better she was pleased. Willie was an honest, industrious sort of fellow, and he was Margaret's most devoted admirer ; but, with the usual inconsistency of her sex, she utterly refused to see what was best for her. The afternoon went slowly away. Margaret read a little, drummed a few tunes on the nlit.faahinnpri nis.nn nlftved with the black and white kitteD, and held the old cat curled up in her lap, like a sleepy caterpillar, and at last it was sunset?time to milk the cows and shut the barn doors for the night. It was evident enough that there was a storm brewing, for the north and west were dark and gloomy with ominous black clouds, and the east winds sighed drearily in the pine woods back of the house. And indeed, before Margaret had done up the chores in the barn, the great drops of frozen rain began to fall; and by the time she had eaten her supper and strained the milk, the storm had set in in good earnest. She closed and barred the door?the windows were already fastened?drew the shutters, and piled the iireplace full of dry hickory. The kitten had gone to sleep in a corner, and the old black cat sat on the hearth, blinking her eyes at the cheerful blaze. Margaret read a little, and dreamed a great deai, as girls of her age are prone to do when left to themselves. She made a very pretty picture, if only there had been some one to see her. Her soft brown hair was unbound, and fell rippling to her waist; her fair round face <was tinted as delicately pink as the inside of a sea-shell; her brown eyes were dreamy and full of languor; and her red lips were sweet and womanly enough for any true lover to - * ' i. i noci nis rarest, uappiuese iu buooiu^. Slowly, at length, the old coffin-shaped clock in the corner struck ten. Margaret started up. She had not thought it was so late. The evening had gone off much quicker than she expected it would. It was not so dreadful to stay alone, after all, she said to herself. She opened the shutter and peered out into the night. It waf. dark as Erebus, and the wind and rain beat against the pane in a perfect torrent. The judge would not think of returning on such a night. "Well, Tommy," she said to the cat, "I guess you and I and kitty will go to bed. We must be up betimes in the morning, you know, since there is none but us to do the chores." As she spoke, she stooped to stroke Tommy; but to her infinite surprise, she saw that the animal's back and tail were erect?his eyes had changed to a glossy green, and with panther-like tread, he wa3 making his way toward the door which opened upon the cellar stairway. . < And while she gazed, Margaret saw with horror, that the latch was slowly rising, the next moment the door swung open with an ominous creak, and a man stepped into the room. He was a short, thick set fellow, with sandy hair and whiskers, a pale, ferocious-looking blue eye set far back in his head. "So-ho, my dear," said he, "you are sole proprietor, it appears ?" For a moment Margaret's heart stood still, but she was naturally brave, and she was proud as well, and would not let this man see that she feared him. "I have that honor," she said, coolly; "who are you, and what do you waut ?" "I trust you will excuse me if I neglect to introduce myself," said the man, with much courtesy. "As for business, I am quite happy to inform you about that. I want the eight thousand dollars that the judge brought from Ridgeby last night, and I depend on you to point it out to me." The indignant blood rushed to Margaret's face, as she answered him sharply : "I will die before I will do as you ask !" "You shall have your choice 1" He produced a pistol, which he cocked deliberately, and pointed it at her bead. "Show me where the tin is, or I will blow your brains out." Like lightning a varied train of thought Dassed through the head of the girl. In that one instant of time she thought of a score of plans to evade the rascal, and, as soon as entertained, discarded them as impracticable. There she was, alone and helpless, a weak girl almost a mile from any other human habitation, and in such a storm it was by no means likely that any one would be passing by from whom she could claim assistance. For a moment she thought of risking everything to escape by the outer door, and, trusting to the darkness and her knowledge of the way, to attempt to reach Mr. Turner's protection. But the man seemed to divine her thought, for he stepped between her and the door. "No, my beauty, you can't play that game on me!" he said, with a sardonic smile. "And now I'll give you just three minutes to decide what you'll do. If you show me where the money is, I swear not to harm you ; if you refuse, I swear to kill you, and trust to luck for finding it without your help." He took out his watch, and stood regarding it and Margaret, alternately. As she stood there, faint and giddy with fear, a new idea penetrated her brain, and she was just in that'state of desperation which stops at no sacrifice, however great. Come life or death, she must save the money for which her friends bad toiled so long and earnestly, and the loss of which would involve them in ruin. And she thought she saw a way to it, though it would compass her destruction. "Yon may put up your pistol," she said, calmly. "I will show you where the money is concealed." "That's sensible, my dear. It's not often that sense and a. pretty face go together. But you are an exception. Come, be lively." She took a candle from the table, selected one of a bunch of keys from a basket hanging on the wall, and bade him follow her. She led him up stairs to the door of the closet, applied the key, and opening the door, pointed to a black box in the corner of the closet. She stepped back for him to enter, but he seized her by the wrist and pulled her along with him. "I know your game," said he; "you would get me into that close hole, and then lock the door on me. Take out that key and fling it down stairs, and then come in with me. I shan't eat you." She obeyed him literally, and as they stood together in the stifling place, which was scarcely large enough to coutain them, Margaret, with a hand which the man had left free, seized on the door and pulled it to. It shut with a sharp click?shut and locked at the same time. . , ; ' ? . A fierce oath burst from the lips of the burglar. "What do you mean ?" cried he. "Hell and furies! I shall suffocate ! Open th6 door, or I will shoot you !" "Do as you please," said Margaret, defiantly. "The door has a spring-lock, and can only be opened on the outside, and uuless anmfi nne nnmes to release us. we shall remain here until we die, which will be only a few hours at the most." "You she-devil, why did you do this?" he demanded, hoarse with rage. "Don't you know that you will die, too?" "Certainly; but I prefer death to the ruin of my best friends. If we die here?and we shall without a doubt?the money will be saved." The oaths and threats and curses of the man were fearful, but Margaret felt no fear. Something above and beyond herself sustained her, and she was happy in the consciousness that her life would purchase the old home for her kind benefactor. The close, torpid air weighed upon her like lead. Already had the wretch, who was her companion, sunk stupefied to the floor. All her past life came up before her?she remembered things long forgotten?she saw faces dead and buried?she heard voices mute beneath the grave clods, and then life and sense faded, and she knew no more. Judge Wallace found his sister better, but the storm coming on, it was deemed better to remain all night, and early next morning set out for home, accompanied by his wife. Arriving in sight of the house, he was surprised to see the shutters still closed, and the chimney giving out no smoke of welcome. At the gate a young man was tying a horse, i.i i .1 ? J a. L* . ana me juuge exciaimea 10 ins wue: "Bless my soul, Annie I that's Algernon. There's no mistaking him. He's home a month earlier than we expected him. But I greatly fear there's something amiss with Mag! She's an early riser, and the shutters are yet closed." He whipped up his horse, and soon had his long absent son by the hand. The first warm greeting over, the judge rapped at the fast! ened door, but eliciting no response, his alarm | increased, and after shouting for Margaret at | the top of his voice and receiving no reply, 1 with Algernon's help he burst open the door and entered the kitchen. All was as she had left it the night before, and the black brands covered the hearth ; the chamber door stood suggestively open. Father and son ascended the stairs, aud half way up the judge stumbled over the key of the oak closet. "Good heavens !" he exclaimed ; "the key to the closet where I left the money! I greatly fear that something has befallen Mari garet!" j He found the closet door locked, and to ! their repeated knocking there came no re; sponse from withiu. | Algernon applied the key, and the open j door revealed a fearful sight. With frightI fully distorted, purple face, the robber lay on j the floor, stone dead, and a little removed I from him, pale and quiet, lay Margaret. Alj gernon bore her down stairs and into the open i air, but it was very long before she gave any . sign of life. And it was a week before she was able to give a detailed account. But she had saved the money, and the son undertook to pay the debt of gratitude owed by the father. And before the winter was over Algernon married Margaret, and together they lived on the old homestead, and on stormy nights they tell the children the story of the oak closet. A Hard Country.?A very learned aud worthy missionary, known as "Father T ," who is more afraid of the devil than of this wicked world, attempted to cross a wide, unsettled prairie, and was compelled to "camp out" over night. In the morning be took the wrong course and traveled tweuty miles due north, while he wished to go east. Some one asked how it happened, as it was a clear day, and asked him, if he could not see the sun. "Why, yes," .replied Father T , "I saw thesun, but couldn't bring myself to believe, in this lying country, that way was east. foutlt tofllina folitifis. LETTER TO GOV. CHAMBERLAIN. INVITATION TO MEET HAMPTON IN FAIR DISCUSSION. Calls upon him as Governor to deny the infamous Slanders against the State. Or if the Charges are True, to be Governor and maintain the Law. ' - - This letter was delivered to Gov. Chamberlain on 29th September, and he has failed to give a reply, although the publication has been delayed to give him full time: Rooms State Dem. Ex. Committee, ) Columbia, S. C., Sept. 28,1876. J To His Excellency Daniel H. Chamberlain, Columbia, S. C. Sir?I beg leavo to tender to you, in behalf of General Wade Hampton and the other nominees upon the State Democratic ticket, and in pursuance of the spirit manifested in the card issued on 23d August, by the State Democratic Executive Committee, an invitation to attend the Democratic mass meetings which are being held in succession, in each county in the State. The order in which they follow, together with the dates, appear in nearly all of the papers of* the State. You are invited to be present and to join in the discussion. You are aware that the canvass is a warm one, and that your party and your nwn official course are chanted with having | inflicted great wrongs upon the people whose interests it was your duty to promote. That is the nature of political discussion under such circumstances ; but you are, at the same time, well aware, that the people you are invited to address are, by nature and by habit, quiet and law-abiding, and that so far from rudeness or violence, you will personally receive nothing but courteous treatment, however bitter your political and official course may be assailed. You will call to mind that on the 18th instant, I gave this invitation to you verbally, and your reply was that you appreciated the attention, but your policy for the campaign bad not been fixed ; that personal matters required you to go to the North; that your absence would be for probably eight days, and you could not give your positive answer until after your return. I learned yesterday that you had returned, and I beg leave, as I said, to formally extend to you this invitation, assuring you that if you accept it, your appearance before the Democracy throughout this State, will be to yourself, as Governor, a most pleasing refutation of the slanderous charges which are constantly published against our party in some newspapers which claim to be your political organs, and also in the Northern papers, backed by the name of Senator Patterson or some other person, who claims to be your political friend and exponent. We deem it due to you and to ourselves, that these charges be either contradicted by your denial of them, or looked into by your going in person to ascertain the truth. You do not hold the position of candidate only ; you are also Governor of this State ; and while as a mere candidate you may not be bound to correct charges which your followers make against your opponents, though you know them to be false, you are, as Governor and candidate, bouud by your gubernatorial pledgeand honor to prevent!your followers using the sanettbn of your official silence to sustain those charges against your opponents, when the charges allege the overthrow of the peace and dignity of the State, which you are sworn to defend. As instances of the class of slanders to which I refer, I beg leave to cite the following: Washington, September 6. It is reported here, upon what is deemed good authority, that parties in New York have agreed to ship Chamberlain 20,000 stand of arms to arm the blacks in South Carolina. This iB one of Chamberlain's tricks to curry favor with the blacks and be renominated, The arra8will be landed in Charleston on the 11th instant, the day before the meeting of the Republican State Convention. While here, Chamberlain was very bitter in his denunciation of the South Carolina whites, calling them ku klux scoundrels, Ac.?N. Y. Sun. Washington, September 6. Governor Chamberlain, of South Carolina, has just returned from another visit to this city to confer with the authorities upon sending troops to that State. The Governor was noisy in his denunciations of such men as Haskell, Hampton, Gary, ex-Governor Perry and others, whom he charges are on the eve ' of precipitating auother rebellion. He makes the idle boast that he has proof that Butler and Hampton were at the head of the Hamburg riot, and be expects, in less than two 1 months, to have them tried. The Governor declared to a prominent South Carolina politician last night, that he was done with reform talk, and hereafter the Legislature would find no barrier in him. The Governor has made j arrangements to have 20,000 stand of arms sent down to arm the blacks. The arras will be landed in Charleston on the 11th instant, the day previous to the meeting of the Radical Convention.?JV. Y. World. , Washington, September 20. i Senator .Patterson arrived nere tms morning from South Carolina to apply for more help to protect the voters and prevent the terrorism which extends over the whole State. Governor Chamberlain and United States Marshal Wallace and others, will arrive to- 1 morrow morning. An old resident of Columbi v told the Senator last week that he could not speak to him on the street if he met him. The excitement and feeling is far worse than it was in I860 and the days of secession, and it is dangerous to even speak to a Radical. Judge Cooke, who has acted for years with the Republicans, made a speech not long since advocating the election of Wade Hampton and Governor Tilden, and excused himself by 1 saying that he was forced to do so to save his property and perhaps his life. The whole white male Democratic population is said to be completely armed, and large consignments of rifles, revolvers and knives are received constantly. Yet no dealer will sell a Republican even a knife, The very i boys are armed, and the boys of the military school at Columbia openly wear their revolvers belted around them. The Senator says that fully 20,000 men, armed and mounted, j are thoroughly patrolling the whole State un-! der the direction and command of Butler, of Hamburg fame, and these forces are not only armed, but completely organized and drilled. The people are reported as expressing them selves openly in favor of a fight, and as saying ! that they don't care a for the United States, the troops, or the North, but that they ; are ready and anxious to clean out all the I troops that Geueral Grant can send. They say that if they do have auy trouble,Governor Tilden will carry Iudiana and Ohio in October, and New York in November, which ensures his election ; they are bound to elect Hampton or destroy the State. Senator Patterson says that unless tbey have immediate ! help, uo colored man will dare to move or talk, j much less to vote, and if Indiana goes Demo- i ! cratic, that South Carolina, North Carolina i and Florida will follow, and there will be an I outbreak which will almost be one of extermination of Republicans. Murders are done every day of which not a whisper reaches the North.?N. Y. Tribune. It is not my meaning that we should take the pains to deny every error that may appear in campaign speeches or papers, but I do mean that when statements appear as coming from yourself, or from others who are robed with the dignity of office, which ought to attach importance and a credibility to what they say, and when these utterances, as in the instances above cited, are totally false and affect the character of the State, it is the duty, I respectfully submit, of the Governor to deny them. And if he (the Governor) believes them to be true, it is his duty to restore peace and order; and to do so it bis sworn duty to call upon the citizens to sustain him and enforce the law. Ail these assaults are made against the Democratic party. Whatever maybe our political error, in your estimation, in belonging to the party, we are none the less citizens of tnis State, and as such we have the right to ask of you the protection which in your official position you alone can give. If there be terrorism and violence in the State, call upon us to suppress it, and do not let the name of the State be perverted to dishonorable political purposes. You, and no one better, know that the white people of South Carolina are straggling as few people ever have done to cast off a burthen of corruption and wrong such as yet few people have ever borne so long. In your own words, speaking of your own party: "Reform, if it was not of itself right, has become absolutely necessary, or the State will sink." "The part? has ever been going into campaigns promising retrenchment and reform and never performing it." "Matters cannot run for six years to come as they have for the past six years." "These figures" (speaking of legislative expenses) "I may say are unparalleled in the history of American legislation. It is stealing pure and simple." And, referring to the election of two Judges?elected, I may say, by the leading men now on the ticket with you : "Their election has Bent a thrill of horror throughout tb3 State. * * I look at their election as a horrible disaster." "The civilization of the Puritan and the Cavalier, of the Roundhead and the Huguenot, is in peril. Courage, determination, union, victory, must be our watchwords." "No party can rule this State that supports Whipper and Moses. * * There is but one way to save the Republican party in South Carolina, and that way is to unload Whipper and Moses and all who go with them. * * Neither the administration at Washington, with all its appliances?civil and military? nor all the denunciations of the world heaped upon me, can save the Republican party here from overwhelming defeat during this year, unless we can persuade the people of this State that such things as these jifdicial elections will be undone and never by possibility repeated." You know that the men who were the leaders, who conducted that election, and who perpetrated the wrongs of which it was a feeble expression, are the same men who control the ticket upon which your name standB, who devised your party platform, and are to-day your political exponents. You know that it is against all this that our unfortunate people are struggling; and yet you know full well that their efforts, although in the warmth of canvass, are orderly and within the law. Your manhood compels you to approve our course, but we do not call upon you for that. As a candidate you are entitled to all the benefits which can accrue from the measures which if.ypu would perxnii roe, I would say your party leaders, for your independent course was very different,) have adopted. But as the Governor of the State you are called upon to either contradict the assertion that the law is overthrown and that terrorism prevails, or to suppress this lawlessness ; and it is our right that you call upon us before you appeal to the government of the United States. Our services are at your command, and whatever is our duty, we are ready to do. To recur. I beg leave again to extend to you the invitation, and ask of you to communicate it to the candidates upon your ticket, as it is meant for them as well as for yourself. - T\ft??Ani?ofirt nanfif fViaf It 10 tut? W1911 ut tuc lyoiuuuiauv pai vj nuwv you accept it, for we are earnestly desirous to remove the bitterness of race feeling, which we attribute to the prejudices and erroneous views which have been instilled into tbe colored race. And we honestly desire "peaceful and untrammeled discussion, that the people may become enlightened on the issues of the day." Your early reply will be deemed a favor, and if such be your wish, preparation will be made to receive you at the first meeting that it shall be your pleasure to indicate. I have the honor to be, very respectfully, your obedient servant, A. C. HASKELL, Chairman State Dera. Executive Committee. UNITED STATES DEPUTY MARSHALS. ? ^ ^ /n ? n -9 r? rv/i WNNSBORO, ?. u, uctooer z, 10 to. Editors Columbia Register:?I see from an interview bad with the U. States Marshal, that be contemplates appointing deputies all over the State to assist the supervisors and influence the election. I have waited until I could receive a copy of the act passed by the last Congress before giving what is the law on the subject. I now can say that the Uuited States Marshal can appoint no such deputies except in the city of Charleston. If any law giving such authority exists, it has not been publish? ed, or is not indicated properly in any index, The law prior to Juue 10, 1872, allowed supervisors and deputy marshals to be appointed for towns having above 20,000 inhabitants only. On that date an act was passed allowing supervisors to be appointed without this restriction (17 United States Statutes, 348,) but enacted, "That nothing in this section shall be so construed as to authorize the appointment of any marshals or deputy marshals in addition to those heretofore authorized by law." The authority in this respect is found in 16 United States Statutes, 436. The laws on this subject are oompiled in the United States Revised States in 1875, and are to the same effect. See page 357, section 2.021, and page 358, section 2,030, the latter of which reads "Nothing in this title shall be construed to authorize the appointment of any marshals or deputy marshals ip addition to those authorized by law prior to 10th of June, 1862." Taft's partisan order virtually admits this to be the law ; but he calls the attention of marshals to acts prior to June 10th, 1872, un? der which they can appoint deputies. In other words, he tells marshals that they may pretend to appoint for one purpose and employ for another purpose I A nice legal proposition for the Attorney General of a great nation ] It must, however, be borne in mind that law must be found not only for the power of appointment, but likewise for the power of employment. Now deputies appointed under any United States statutes, are of two classes? ''general deputies" and "special deputies." The first are the ordinary and usual deputies in regular app intment and employment by the marshal. I suppose there are about four such in South Carolina now. These have the same powers as to the laws of the United States, as deputy sheriffs have to State laws (see 788 United States Revised Statutes.) "Special deputies" are those appointed under any speeial act, for instance that of February 28, 1871. Taft himself points out this distinction, and it is taken in words in section 2.022, referred to by him. The special deputies, under the act of Feb rury, 1871, are essentially special deputies. They can only be appointed, on application of "two citizens," only for a "town of over 20,000 inhabitants," and the deputies must be "qualified voters of such town or voting precinct." No lawyer can read the act of February, 1871, and that of June, 1872, without coming to the conclusion that no deputy can act at an election except the "general deputies" and the "special deputies" appointed under these acts. The conclusion is irresistible that the marshals cannot appoint special deputies for another purpose, or under other acts, and employ them at an election precinct He may employ his "general deputies" anywhere, and special deputies only in Charleston. He cannot evade the law by appointing special deputies and calling them general deputies. He has already his general deputies, and their names are of record in the United States courts for South Carolina, and are removable by the Judge of the District Court or by the Circuit Court, at the pleasure of either. And besides, is it not plain from the words of the acts I have cited, that the machinery of special deputy marshals is not to be used except in towns of over 20,000 inhabitants? Again, as the law provides no pay for such service outside of sucn towns, these deputies wmild hftwfl tn Mrvn not onlv at their own risk but without pay. The reason why we object to the exercise of this illegal power by Mr. Wallace, is that he is a Radical partisan, has a father who is a candidate for Congress, and he has declared that all his appointees will be Radicals. Under such a system as this, our election would be one like those which Louis Napoleon used to have held in France. Hence, should Mr. Wallace attempt the illegal appointment contemplated, unless some law exists which I cannot find (and I include acts to date,) he will involve both himself and his deputies in a position of legal difficulty from which Mr. Taft will not be able to extricate bim and them. James H. Rion. pjstctg of (tolitta. ~ HISTORICAL SKETCHES OF THE Early Settlement of South Carolina. BY BEV. BOBEBT LATHAff, ORIGIN OF GEN. FRANCIS MARION'S PARTISAN CORPS. It is a fact much to be regretted, that so little effort was made, at the proper time, to hand down to posterity, a completer biography of those Revolutionary heroes whose deeds will live and brighten whilst men continue to love freedom. The names of Sumter and Marion are interwoven with the nursery tales of South Carolina, and intimately blended with the history of the thirteen colonies in their struggle for freedom; but the most interesting portion of the lives of these heroes has been swept by the waves of time into the gulf of oblivion. Of their boyhood we know comparatively nothing. There was a time when the history of both these men could have been traced from the cradle to the grave. That period has passed, and we must be content with their history, commencing with their military exploits. General Franeis Marion was of French extraction. His grand father?Gabriel Marion?fled to South Carolina, when, after the revocation of the edict of Nantes, a spirit of malice and hate kindled the fires of persecuion which desolated the homes of the Huguenots. Like most of the Huguenots who fled to South Carolina during that bloody period, the grandfather of Marion was a gentleman by birth and education. He, with his young wife, whose maiden name was Louisa D'Aubrey, settled on the Cooper River. Here they bought a plantation, and by industry and economy, accumulated enough of material wealth to make them comfortable and respected, The oldest son of this worthy couple was honored with his father's name. He settled --J ? il. r_ii at W lnyaw, aou uecauie uie iuuici ux uuc daughter and five sods, of whom Francis was the youngest The year 1732?the same that gave birth to General George Washington?gave birth to General Francis Marion. The facilities for obtaining a thorough education were then poor, compared with what tbey are now ; hence, the education of Marion was limited. We are not to conclude that it was entirely neglected. At that time books were not so abundant as they are now; but what few books were owned by the first settlers of this country, were generally standard works and were better used than books are at the present day. They were studied rather than read. In early youth, Marion was desirious to lead the life of a sailor. His mother, however, either from a maternal affection which would not suffer her to be separated from her son by broad oceans, or because she saw that her son was not fitted for such a life, set herself iD opposition to his inclinations. In spite of the remonstrance of his mother, young Marion, at the age of sixteen, embarked on a schooner bound for the West Indies. The vessel foundered at sea and Marion narrowly escaped a watery grave. The crew, consisting of six persons, left the sinking ship and entrusted themselves to a small boat. On board this boat there was neither food nor water. On the flesh of a single dog, which bad accompanied them, tbey subsisted for a whole week. On the sixth day, the Captain and mate became delirious, leaped overboard, and were drowned. On the seventh day, Marion and the three others, nearly dead and suffering excruciating tortures, reached land. Marion, on returning home, was content to follow bis mother's advice, rather than bis own inclination, He now engaged, with energy, iu the useful and honorable occupation of tilling the soil. In 1758, when he was twenty-six years old, his father died. After this event he quitted the old homestead and settled on the Santee, about four miles from Eutaw. The next year marks the date of bis military career. The Cherokee Indians, as we have already seen, were at this period giving the people of South Carolina a great deal of trouble. The brother of Francis Marion raised, in 1759, a company of cavalry. Francis was a member of this company. In 1761, Francis Marion served no a liontpnnnt. in fk.nt.nin William Moultrie's ?w ? company, in the war with the Cberokees and other tribes of Indians. The Indians being subdued and peace being restored to the country, Marion was, in 1775, chosen a member of the Colonial Congress of South Carolina. From Boston to Charleston, the country was greatly agitated. The people talked about nothing but British oppression and liberty. In May, 1775, the news of the battle of Lexington reached South Carolina. Francis Marion was among the 6rst to espouse his country's cause and to offer his services in defence of her rights. It was determined V) raise three regiments?two or miantry ana i one of cavalry?for the common defence of ' the country. Christopher Gadsden was chosen Colonel of the first infantry regiment, and William Moultrie, of the second. Fran- , cis Marion was a captain under Colonel j Moultrie. Previous to the attack of the British upon Sullivan's Island, Marion had risen to the 1 rank of Major. After this battle, Colonel Moultrie was promoted, for his gallant defence of the fort, to Brigadier-General, and Marion rose to the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel. From i this period until the siege of Charleston, in ' 1780, Moultrie and Marion were constantly ' together. They enjoyed each others' triumphs and shared each others' misfortunes. i In March, 1780, Colonel Marion, with a j company of friends, was invited to dine at the i house of Alexander McQueen, of Charleston. They were all true Whigs and their host determined that they Bhould be entertained in a manner becoming their merit Wine and in- ( 'toxicating drinks were furnished in princely nhuml?inr>p and all were Dressed to drink, i The company were assembled in the second : story. In accordance with a custom, preva- 1 lent at that time, the door was locked that no ' one might retire until all were drunk and unable to leave. Marion had no inclination { to enter into these Bacchanalian revels, and | his companions were determined that he i should lead in the banquet as well as on the battle field. He attempted to make bis escape through the door, but was prevented by ' all present. At last, seeing that it was either leave or get drunk, he resolved to leave. To effect his purpose, he leaped from the window into the street Of two evils he chose 1 the one which he regarded the less. In the 1 fall, he broke his ankle bone. This rendered him, for the time, unfit for service, and he was | taken to the country that he might remain in , quiet until his broken bone was healed. Dur- I ing this time, Charleston was besieged and [ captured, and the whole of General Lincoln's army fell into the hands of the British. Marion suffered greatly from his broken ankle, but it proved a blessing in disguise, \ both to him and his country. So soon as he < was able to ride, he mounted his horse, and attended by a servant, set out in the direction of Virginia. His object was to find some \ field on which he could serve bis country. On entering North Carolina, be fell in with his old friend, Peter Horry. The latter was sad. He had concluded that the happy days of the Whigs were all gone. Marion thought differently. As Marion and Horry made their way slowly northward, they were joined by kindred spirits from various parts of South Carolina. Among this number was a gentle* man by the name of White and Captain Donom, the grandfather of our townsman, I. D. Witherspoon, Esq. The glad news was soon received that an army was advancing to relieve the Southern portion of the Confederacy from the power of the British. On the banks of the Roanoke, their party met a well appointed army under the command of Baron DeKalb. Marion and his party were kindly received by the brave German and permitted to share his hospitality. When this army, designed for the relief of the 8outh, moved forward under the com mand of the ill-starred Gates, Marion moved 1 with it Previous to the engagement between j Gates and Cornwallis at Gum Swamp, on the j 16th of A ugust, Gates sent Marion and about ( thirty men in the rear of Cornwallis. He was ordered to destroy all (he bridges and ferries, in order to prevent Cornwallis from 1 retreating. Gates contemplated nothing short { of completely demolishing the British Earl, y and giving the flesh of his men to be food for ( the vultures and their bones to bleach upon < the banks of the Wateree. He was, as we I have already seen, sadly mistaken, and he, < rather than Cornwallis, lost an army. Ma- ' rion, like a good soldier, obeyed orders Btrict- j ly, and was not long in oleariug the rivers, ( between Camden and the sea-ooast, of bridges j and ferries. When the news of Gates' de- i feat reached this noble little band, they form- I ed a circle and pledged themselves to be true j to their country to the last. With her they j determined to live and with her to die. Such, , - - - " ? -I- T* f briefly, is the origin ot ivxarion a corps. ?i | j was a nucleus around which brave men flock- ] ed and suffered and bled and died for liberty. ( ?????i^???? < fgiswllanrfltts ftrading.' Gov. Tilden's Home.-?One of the most J elegant private residences in New York, is that occupied by Gov. Tilden, It is neither ? up-town nor down-town. It is on the east j side of the city, and except in its immediate neighborhood, the location is not fashionable. ( What is known as Gramercy Park, where the Governor lives, was formerly very fashiona- j ble. But trade and foreigners have come in j like a flood and have turned the elegant man- ( sions into stores, boarding-houses, restaurants j and tenement flats. But between Third ave- t nue and Fourth, there is a little oasis. The park is one of the best kept in the city. The | tall iron fence is radiant with gilt and shines t in the sun as if covered with gold. Around this square costly dwellings remain and * wealthy and fashionable families lives. Near- j ly opposite Tilden's house is the James Har- j per mansion. The Harper brothers must al- ( most run against the Governor as they go to g and fro; and, considering the political cartoons in the Weekly, suoh an interview must ? be slightly embarrassing. The Governor's hnnHA is nf hrown stone, four stories with base- * meut, with a huge oriel window, and every- ? thing about it in the flnest taste. An old- { fashioned silver door-plate bears the inscrip- t tion "S. J. Tilden." The lot runs through ( from Twentieth to Nineteenth. The lot is c kept in exquisite taste after the English or- { der. The rear is guarded by an open iron t fence, so that all in the neighborhood can en- j joy the grounds. Huge trees, more than half ^ a century old, throw a refreshing shade over i the lawn. The grass is close shaved and roll- ^ ed, and the lawn is dotted with beds of flow- t ere. The walks are carefully rolled; the windows are guarded by attractive awnings; t fountains play in the grounds; and there is 9 not a private residence in New York as at- j tractive aud elegant as this home of the Democratic nominee. There are no children to muss up things, and the whole outlook is in apple pie order. Personally, the Governor is very popular and is a neighbor worth having, j New York Correspondence of Boston Journal* c A Soldier's Confidence.?One day, w$?p v Napoleon I. was reviewing his troops in PbK t is, he let fall the reins of his horse from his 1 hands upon the animal's neck; when the proud charger galloped away, Before the C rider could recover the bridle, a common t soldier ran out from the ranks, caught the reins, stopped the horse, and placed the bridle a in the hands of tho emperor. "Much obliged c to you, captain, bhiu najwiouu. au? wimmediately believed the chief, and said, "Of what regiment, sir?" Napoleon, delighted with his quick preception and his ready trust. in his word, replied, "Of my Guards!" and;' rode away. Ajb soon as the emperor left, n6 laid down his gun, saying "He may take it who willand, instead of returning to the ranks, whence he so suddenly issued, he started for the company of staff-officers. They were amazed at his apparent rudeness and disobedience to orders; and one of the generals contemptouslv said, "What does this fellow want here V "This fellow," replied the soldier, proudly, "is a captain of the Guard." "You 1 my poor friend: you are mad to say so," was the answer of the superior officer. "He said it," replied the soldier, pointing to the emperor still in sight. "I ask your pardon, sir," said the general respectfully; "I was not aware of it" So the soldier came duly to his poet as captain of Napoleon's Guard. Don't Worry About Yourself.?To X'n or recover health, persons should be red from all anxiety concerning diseases. The mind has power over the body. For a person to think he has a disease, will often produce that disease. This we see effected when the mind is intensely concentrated upon the disease of another. It is found that surgeons and physicians, who make a speciality of certain diseases, are liable to die of it themselves; and the mental power is so great that sometimes people die of disease which they only have in imagination. We have aeen a person sea-sick, in anticipation of a voyage, before reaching the vessel. We have known a person to die of cancer in the stomach, when he had no cancer or any othor mortal disease. A blindfolded man, slightly pricked in the arm, has fainted and died from believing that he was bleeding to death.? Therefore, well persons, to remain well, should be cheerful and happy; and sick persons should have their attention drawn as much as possible from themselves. It is by their faith that men are saved, and .it is by their faith that men die. If he wills not to die, he can often live in spite of disease; and if be has little or no attachment to life, he will slip away as easily as a child will fall asleep. Men live by their souls and not by their bodies. Their bodies have no life, of themselves ; they are only resources of life?tenements of their souls. They will have much to do in containing the physical occupancy jr siving it up.?Journal of Health. Is the Moon Inhabited ??This question * baa long puxzled the human mind, but a French astronomer claims to have discovered that it certainly is. It was thought at one time, that this question would be solved by the lid of powerful telescopes, but it was ascertained that there was a limit to their penetration, and that the interesting matter was still in doubt The most powerful telescope will, reveal no objeot on the surface of the moon that is less than sixty feet square, but some :>ne imagined that these objects might be photographed and then magnified by the microicope, and this was attempted. It was found, however, that where this was done, all objects were entirely effaced by the irregularities of the photographic material, and nothing but a meaningless blank was left. It was necessary to find a medium or groundwork for the picture so absolutely textureless that even the most powerful magnifier could not unduly exaggerate it. The French gentleman above alluded to claims to have found this materiaUuL _ the fibres of the milk weed. Out of these fibres he has constructed a kind of paper which defies the power of the microscope, and he has succeeded in transferring to this paper, pictures, which, under the magnifier, proves the existence of animal life in the moon. Two human beings, it is said, ai\ 'o be seeu in this picture, walking about, though from the fact ;bat their heads are pointing toward us, a dis?? Ka AKloini?1 flf tVlAlT hfttfl. HIUVK TIOIT Mm XJMMMJ BW Wv )r that place where their hats ought to be. Breaking the Child's Wile.?No art is 10 useful in the management of young children (nor is any art so neglected) as that of avoiding direct collision. The grand blonder which almost all parents and nursemaids commit is, that when a child takes a whim against doing what he is wanted to do?will not eat bis bread and butter, will not go out, will not some to his lessons, etc., they, so to speak, lay bold of his hind, leg and drag him to his dudes ; whereas a person of tact will almost always distract the child's attention from its )wn obstinacy, and in a few moments lead it gently round to submission. I know that many persons would think it wrong not to break down the child's self-will by main force, to come to battle with him and show him that ae is the weaker vessel; but my conviction is that such struggles only tend to make his selfwill more robust If you can skillfully contrive to lay the dispute for a few minutes, and aitch hie thoughts off the excitement of the contest, ten to one he will then give in quite cheerfully; and this is far better for him than ?ara and punishment. Good Eyesight.?There are many causes vhioh tend to impair the healthy vigor and 'adiant beauty of the eye. Among these causes are the following: Insufficient sleep, tevere study, writing and reading by gas* ight, reading in bed, painting the eye-lids, 11-health. We see the fires of alcohol in the eyes as well as on the nose of the drunkard, ill kinds of excesses are sure to be reflected n that delicate and sensitive organ, the eye. So person can violate the physical laws and scape the penalty. Nature is arbitrary in ler legislation, and makes no exceptions in he measure of her punishments. If the king ;eta drunk, he will have redness of eyes, not* withstanding the royal blood in his veins. If he beggar keeps good hours, and obeys the jbysical laws, she will have clear and hand* ome eyes, brighter than the diamond's flash* ng in the queen's coronet It is a physiologcal fact that plain food, abundant rest and a iheerful temper, are the principal aids in the taff of health, and that good health insures rood eyesight, The Way it is.?High or low, all have heir tribulation. Fishes are hooked, worms ire trodden on, birds are fired at Worry is ivery where. Poor men's wives worry because he bread won't rise, or the stove won't draw, >r the clothes-line breaks, or the milk burns, >r the pane of glass is mended with pot* y, or they can't afford to hire help. Rich en's wives worry because the preserve dish s not of the latest pattern, or because some>ody finds out how a party-drees is trimmed >efore the party happens, or because some . grandee's wife overlooks them, or because heir help "sarses" 'em, breaks tea sets, spoils linners, get drunk, and cuts up sheets into inderclothing. Causes vary, but worry averages about the same. The scale of miles is lifferent on different maps, but places remain ustsofar apart, and so do humanity and ontenL?Mrs. ZHae. ' , t , tSf* Not one person in a dozen <*n tell the tames of those whose busts are to be found m postage stamps. As an item of interest, l|$brnisb all the information we hav&upon W ldbject: The buBt on the ono-eobl stamp presents Franklin; twos, Jackson ; threes, Washington j .fives, Taylor; sixes, Lincoln; evens, Stanton ; tens, Jefferson; twelves, ?Iay; fifteens, Webster; twenty-fours, Scott; hirties, Hamilton ; nineties, Perry. The even, twelve and. twenty-four cent stamps re not now issued, but mauy of them,are "4 irculation. "JS??