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/ lewis m. gkist, Proprietor.J Inbepenbent Jfamilg ftetospper: Jfor % ^promotion of tjje political, facial, ^griraltnral anb Commercial Interests of t|e SonfJ). | TERMS?$3.00 A TEAR, IN ADVANCE. VOL. 23. YOEKVILLE, S. O., THURSDAY, JTJ^E 21, 1877. ]STO. 25. lb* Jforg Mlet. * HOW GEN. MARION GOT HIS RIFLES. ? Charley Hampton, the hero of this story, was an ancestor of Gen. Wade Hampton, Governor of the State of South Carolina : The close of the year 1780 was a sad period for America. The British held the country from Charleston to the upper Santee, and, in order to complete their conquest, had established a chain of posts throughout the State, each of which was strongly fortified and defended by a good garrison. Organized resistance to the British there was none. On the American side the principal actors in the straggle were the men who composed the famous "Light Brigade" of General Marion.' The favorite rendezvous of Marion was at Snow Island. This is a piece of high river swamp, as it is called in the Carolinas, and was surrounded on three sides by water, so as to make italmost impregnable. Here Marion had his camp. From this fastness he issued forth at pleasure to range the enemy's graneries or capture a straggling party of his troops. Secure in his retreat, he had no fear of pur-1 suit Id the city of Charleston, the despotism of the British was at its height; the proud-spiri^ ted people of the capital were held down by a grinding tyranny. Many of them were still open and uncompromising in their hostility to the British, while others, thinking they could best serve the cause in that way, affected a hearty submission to the conquerors, and were seemingly the most loyal of all King George's subjects. Yet, while the English saw this and congratulated themselves upon the good it would have on the colonists, these very "loyalists" kept the American commander constantly informed of all that passed within the British lines, and many a disaster of the British was in this way directly attributed to them. One of these persons was a lady of fine social position and great wealth. Indeed, there were few persons in all Charleston, over whose submission to the crowD, the British were more elated, than they were over that of Mrs. Annie GardeD. She was a young and beau tiful widow, just twenty-five, and for several yea re had been the standing toast of the beaux of the Carolinas. When the British took the city she was one of the first to submit to the king, and since then her house had been the favorite gathering place of the red-coat gentry. Many of Mrs. Garden's friends, who were staunch patriots to the last, quietly cut her acquaintance, and shook their heads in silent indignatioii when her name was mentioned, and when they dared to speak at all, it was only to condemn the widow's treachery. In the camp of Marion, however, there was one cheek that kindled with pride and not with shame when the lady's name was mentioned ; and as for Gen. Marion, he could have told tales that would have startled the widow's Charleston friends, bad it been safe to do so. While Marion was creating so great an excitement beyond the gates of Charleston, Mrs. Garden resolved to give a ball. Preparations were made on an extensive scale, and the loyal element of the city was in high feather. The splendid mansion of the young widow was dressed with flowers from cellar to garret, and blazed with light on the evening appointed for the assembly, and the band of the garrison discoursed sweet music to the assembled crowds. The entertainment was at its height, when the crowd near the door suddenly parted, and a young man came forward hurriedly. He was tall and splendidly formed, and carried himself erect, with a proud, martial air. He was dressed in the uniform of ao officer of the tory legion, and his general appearance was that of a mau who had ridden far and hard during the day. As the "* widow saw him her face flushed and then grew deadly pale, and she sprang forward with a cry of alarm. "What are you doing here?" she asked . hurriedly. "You will see," be answered, quickly, in a low toue. "Ouiy, for Heaven's sake, swear black and blue to what I may say !" Then he added, calmly, and in a louder tone: "You see, cousin, I have come back to my allegiance." "I am delighted to hear it," she replied, warmly, takiug the hint at once. "I never thought your heart would cling to the rebel cause." "Faith," he said, laughing, "if my heart had clung to it my stomach would have driven tne from it I'm not fond of starving, my fair cousin, and King George lives well, you know. Hereafter, Thomas Wilson lives and dies a loyal man." Colonel Watson had been standing by during this conversation, watching the couple closely. Now he stepped forward to the la ay's siae. "Who is this gentleman ?" he asked, somewhat sharply. "He seems wonderfully familiar." "Oh 1" replied the lady, laughing, be is my cousin, Lieutenant Thomas Wilson and, as ryou will perceive, he is in his Majesty's service." "You seem rather careless of your dress, considering the occasion, sir," said the colonel, tartly. He was annoyed at the great interest which the lady had shown the new comer. "My business must be ray excuse, colonel," said the young man, respectfully. "I am the bearer of a letter from Major Gainey, and my orders were to lose no time in delivering it. I have ridden hard all day, sir, and upon reaching your headquarters learned of your presence here. This lady being my cousin, I had no nesitation in coming here at once, trusting for pardon to the urgency of my mission." As he spoke he handed to the colonel a sealed letter. Watson took it hastily and broke the seal. As he read it a smile of satisfaction overspread his features. "This is very good," he said, gleefully. "Gainey is picking up recruits by the hundreds. He wants 400 rifles, 50 sabres, and some ammunition at once. Will I send them ? To be sure I will. Have you wagons, lieutenant ?" "No, sir," replied the young man. "Major Gainey was afraid to send them down. There's no knowing when or where one may meet that Swamp Fox and his sneaking cut-throats." "Very good," said the colonel, "I'll furnish you with four wagons and a guard of fifty men. You will start at sunrise in the morning, lieutenant. Call at my quarters at midnight, and you shall have the necessary Orders. Now, sir, you had better take a rest, as you will need it." "First let me offer him some refreshments," said the widow, quickly. "He is tired and hungry I know, and no guest must leave my bouse in such a state." "Return quickly, then," said the colonel. "I shall be miserable while you are gone." The young man offered his arm to the lady, ' - ? n L i . i J -X' and they lett the oan-room ; out msieau ui going to the dining-room, she led him straight to her chamber, and then locking the door, said anxiously : "For heaven's sake, Charles, what is the meaning of this ?" The young man did not answer verbally, but, catching her to his breast, kissed her passionately, and, to be frank, theyoang wid^" ow did not resist him." I "It means," he said at last, in reply to her repeated questions, that we want arms and I have come for them." What else they said matters not now, but I before they separated Mrs. Garden seemed very well satified with the young man's explanation. They then repaired to the supperroom, where the lieutenant found ample refreshment, and the lady returned to the ballroom, where Col. Watson was impatiently awaiting her. At midnight the lieutenant called at headquarters, and, faithful to his promise, the colonel was there. The necessary orders for the delivery of the arms and ammunition and wagons to Lieutenant Thomas Wilson, of the "loyal legion," were made out, and the colonel also placed in the young man's hand a sealed letter of instructions to Major Gainey. The rest of the night was spent in procuring the desired articles, and at sunrise the next morning Lieutenant Wilson, with his wagons and their contents, escorted by a guard of fifty men, set out for the "High Hills of Santee," where the Tory major's headquarters I were located. The wagons and their escort made good time, and by sunset were forty miles from Charleston. The sun was scarce half an hour high when Lieutenant Wilson ordered a halt for the purpose of camping for the night. The mounted men fastened their horses to the trees, and, removiug their saddles, prepared to cook their eveniDg meal. The teams were unhitched from the wagons and the comI mand busied themselves in making preparations for a comfortable night. Every one was* busy, and no one noticed that while the arrangements were in progress, Lieutenant Wilson had drawn off from the party and disappeared in the woods that bordered the road. Suddenly there was a crackling in the brushwood, which caused the British troops to spring to their feet in alarm. As they did so, a voice, which sounded not unlike that of the young lieutenant, shouted loudly : "Surrender, or you are all dead men !" I Gen. Marion secured his prisoners, together with the arms, ammunition, wagons and horses, and set out, after a rest of a few hours, for "Snow Island." At the request of the bogus Lieutenant Wilson, he sent back one of the red coats to Charleston with a note to Colonel Watson, informing him of the trick that had been played on him by the young officer, who, so far from being a lieutenant in the Tory legion, was none other than the famous Charles Hampton, a captain in Marion's brigade, who planned and carried out the affair successfully, thanking the 1 P? .L 11 ?* A COlunei lur lue exceneui wcnpuus auu uwci materials be bad sent him, and promising to do good service with them. The British commander was furious when he read the note, and saw the hoax of which he had been the victim. He went in haste to Mrs. Garden, but the fair widow had sailed for England. He was compelled to swallow his mortification in silence, and a few years j later, when the war was over, his chagrin was not a little increased by the tidings which reached him, that Mrs. Garden had married the young officer who had tricked him out of his rifles. A STORY BY TRET HARTE. They didn't call him Tom, or Jack, or Harry, but always spoke of him as "Joseph's brother." And it was just as singular that they didn't say "Joe" instead of "Joseph," when speaking of or to the man. The two had a wagon in the band, dragging itself toward the Black Hills day by day, and mile by mile. They messed by themselves, scarcely spoke except to each other, ard their lives and their actions were a sort of mystery to the rest, who were a jolly set, drinking, carousing, fighting, playing cards, and wishing for a brush with the Indians. Some said that Joseph was a fugitive from justice, and that he wouldn't fraternize with them for fear of betraying himself when interrogated. Others thought he was too proud to mix with such society, and between the two theories he had nearly all the men thinking ill of him before the wagon train was four days' travel from Cheyenne. "He keeps his brother hidden away in the wagon as if a little sunshine would kill the boy," growled one of a dozen gold hunters sitting around their camp fire in the twilight. "Perhaps he thinks our language isn't hightoned enough?blast his eyes 1" exclaimed another. "Ain't we all bound to the same place?all sharing the same dangers?one as good as another!" demanded abroad shouldered individual from San Antonio. "Yes,yes!" they shouted. "Then don't it look low-down mean for this 'ere man Joseph to edge away from us as if we were pizen ? If he's so mighty refined and higbtoned, why didn't he come out here in a balloon ?" There was a laugh from the circle, and the Texan went on? "I don't pertend to be an angel, but I know manners as well as the next. I believe that man is a reg'lar starch, ready to wilt right down as soon as I Dint mv finsrer at him. and I'm goin' over to bis wagon to pull his nose I" "That's the game, Jack ! Go in, old fellow. 'Rah for the man from Texas I" yelled the gold hunters as they sprang to their feet. "Come right along and see the fun," continued the Texan, as he led the way toward Joseph's wagon. The vehicle formed one in the circle, and at a small fire a few feet from the hind wheels sat Joseph and his brother, eating their frugal supper. As the crowd came near, the boy sprang up and climbed into the covered wagon, while Joseph slowly rose up and looked at them anxiously and inquiringly. "See here, Mister Joseph what's your other name ?" began the Texan, as he halted before the lone man, "we have come to the conclusion that you and that booby brother of yours don't like our style! Are we kerect ?" "I have nothing against any of you," quietly replied Joseph. "The journey thus far has been very pleasant and agreeable to us." "But you hang off?you don't speak to us!" persisted Jack. "I am sorry if I have incurred any man's ill will. I feel friendly towards you all." "Oh ! you do, eh ?" sneered the Texan, feeling that he was-losing ground. "Well it's my opinion that you are a sneak ?" Joseph's face turned white, and the men saw a dangerous gleam in his eye. He seemed about to speak or make some movement when a soft voice from the wagon called out? "Joseph, Joseph 1" A soft light came into the man's face. The Texan noticed it, and, slapping Joseph's face, he blurted out? "If ye ain't a coward ye'll resent that, Bore !" A boyish figure sprang from the wagon and stood beside the lone man. A small hand was laid on his shoulder, aud a voice whispered in his ear?"Bear the insult for my sake !' There wa9 a full minute in which no one moved. Joseph's face looked ghostly white in the gloom, and they could see him tremble. "He's a coward just as I thought!" said the Texan as he turned away. The others followed him, some feeling ashamed and others surprised or gratified, and by and by the word had reached every wagon that Joseph and Joseph's brother were cowards. Next morning, when the wagon train was ready to move, the captain passed near Joseph's wagon on purpose to say? "If there are any cowards in this train, they needn't travel with us any further." It was a cruel thrust. Joseph was harnessing his horses, and the brother was stowing away the cooking utensils. The strange man's face grew very white again, and his hand went down for his revolver, but just then a voice called out? "Don't mind it, Joseph ; we'll go on alone." The train moved on without them, some of the gold hunters taunting and joking, and others fearful that the two would be butchered bj the Indians before the day was over. When the white-topped wagons were so far away that they seemed no larger than his hand, Joseph moved along on the trail, his face Btern and dark, and so busy with his thoughts that he did not hear the consoling words? "Never mind, Joseph; we are trying to do right." That night, when the wagon train of the gold hunters came into camp, they could not see the lone wagon, though many of the men, ashamed of their conduct, looked long and earnestly for it. They had seen Indians afar off, and they knew that the red devils would pounce down upon a single team as soon as they sighted it. Darkness came; midnight came, and the sentinel beard nothing but tbe stamping of tbe horses, and tbe howls of tbe coyotes. At two o'clock tbe reports of rifles and tbe fierce yells of Indians floated through tbe valley, and tbe camp was aroused in a moment. "Tbe devils have jumped in on Joseph and bis brother!" whispered one of tbe men, as be stood on a knoll and bent his head to listen. "Good 'nuflfl Cowards have no business out here!" growled the Texan. The first speaker wheeled, struck the ruffian a sledge-hammer blow in the face, and then, running for the horses, cried out? "Come on! come on! A dozen of us can be spared for the rescue 1" Sixteen men swept down the valley like the wind. The firing and tbe yelling continued, proving that the man who had been called a coward was making a heroic fi|ht. In ten minutes they came upon the one camp, made as light as day by the burning wagon. Fifty feet from the bonfire, and hemmed in by a circle of dancing, leaping, howling sav ages, was Joseph's brother standing over Joseph's dead body. The gold hunters heard the pop 1 pop 1 pop 1 of the boy's revolver as they burst into view, and the next moment they were charging down upon the demons using rifle and revolver, with terrible effect. Iu two minutes not a live Indian was in sight. Joseph's brother stood over the body, an empty revolver in his hand. The men cheered wildly as they looked around, but the boy looked up into their faces without sign of exultation, surprise or gladness. There were three dead Indians, beside the wagon, killed where the fight commenced, and the corpses in front of Joseph's brother numbered more that* the victims of the sixteen men. "Is Joseph badly hurt?" asked one of the men, as he halted bis horse beside the boy. "He is dead!" whispered the white-face defender. "He is! God forgive me for the part I took last night!" "You called him a coward !" cried Joseph's brother, "and you are to blame for this 1" Was he a coward? Look there I and there! and there! We drove them back from the wagon?drove them clear out here! Joseph ,rt ' V All OVA kio rri nr^o roro t? I' IO ucau 4 JL WU mo IJ to IUUIUVIVIO Every man was near enough to hear his voice and to note his action as he picked up the rifle of an Indian and sent a bullet through his owu head. With exclamations of grief and alarm trembling on their lips, the men sprang from their saddles. The boy was dead?dead as Joseph?and both corpses were bleeding from a dozen wounds. "We'll carry 'em up to the train and have ; a burial in the morning," said one of the men, and the bodies were taken up behind two of the horsemen. They did have a burial, and men looked into the grave with tears in their eyes, for they had discovered that Joseph's brother was a woman,?yes, a woman with the whitest throat and softest hands. It might have been Joseph's wife, or sister, or sweetheart. No one could tell that; but they could tell how they had wronged him, and they said, as they stood around the grave? "We hope the Lord won't lay it up agin us!"?New York Sun. pstfltg 0f tofllitw. HISTORICAL SKETCHES OF THE Early Settlement of South Carolina. BY BEV. BOBEBT LATHAN. ABANDONMENT OF NINETY-SIX. The failure of General Greene to capture the British post of Ninety-Six, disconcerted, somewhat, the plans of both the Americans and British. Previous to the assault upon ,< the enemy's works, Greene had sent his sick ; and inefficient men off in the direction of i Charlotte, North Carolina. After raising the ( siege, he, with the whole of his forces, followed ( by as rapid marches as the circumstances i would allow. Lord Rawdon reached Ninety-Six on the i morning of the 21st. Both he and Cruger i were delighted. Under circumstances the i most trying, the latter had defended himself, 1 and surrounded by difficulties which only a i brave man, the leader of veteran troops could < overcome, Rawdon had come to Cruger's relief. In fourteen days Rawdon had marched his men, in the heat of summer, from Charles- ; ton to Ninety-Six, a distance of near two hun- i dred miles. i No small number of his troops were Irish : volunteers, who had landed at Charleston on the 3d of June. Deceived bj the false reports which they had heard at home, of the 1 success which had attended his Majesty's forces in crushing the rebellion of the colonies, these troops had come over to possess the sub- 1 jugated country. Each one thought that, on i arriving at Charleston, all he would have to I do in order to become the owner of a large i landed estate, was to make his selection and i have his land marked out by metes and bounds. Three days after landing they discovered, no doubt to their sorrow, that before , they could settle down in the country as land- ( lords, they must first conquer the present in- , habitants. I Although Lord Rawdon had, by rapid j marches, reached the vicinity of Ninety-Six i soon enough to drive away Qen. Greene and < save the garrison, he was not disposed to give i himself or troops up to supineness. On the 1 very evening after reaching Ninety-Six, he 1 selected his best men and horses and set out j in pursuit of Gen. Greene. The sick and < broken dowu men and horses were left with j Cruger. He crossed the Saluda and pushed l on to the Mooree. Mere bis van encounter- ' ed the American rear under Colonel Wash- 1 ington and Lieutenant-Colonel Lee. Geu. , Greene, with the main forces, bad crossed the ^ Enoree and Tyger, and, perhaps, Broad < river, and consequently was out of danger. ] Lord Rawdon discovering very soon the I superiority of the American cavalry to that 1 of his own, concluded to abandon the pursuit ! of the Americans and return to Ninety-Six. J Rawdon seems to have come to the conclusion j that General Greene had determined to leave the State of South Carolina and go either to 1 North Carolina or Virginia. Laboring under < this mistake, the British general concluded to circumscribe the field of his operations to the tract of country included between the Edisto, Congaree and Santee rivers. Within this tract of country he contemplated establishing, in the most eligible position, a military post . from which he might lead out his forces and ( act as his surroundings might indicate. On , returning to Ninety-Six, he promptly set about ( making preparations for the abandonment of ( that post Many circumstances indicated this | as a proper course to be pursued. Even had > it been true, as Rawdon, no doubt thought, j that Greene and his army was forced to leave . the State of South Carolina to the mercy of the { British, still Ninety-Six was too far in the in ? < . j . 1 ?J tenor 01 toe country ?uu too muuu vajiubcu lv attacks from the various partisan corps which were known still to exist, to warrant its retention. This was not all. The various other posts in the up-country had been captured and their garrisons made prisoners. Under such circumstances, the maintenance of a garrison at Ninety-Six would have been attended with great difficulty. The plan chosen by Rawdon for the abandonment of the post and the future disposition of the troops, was that Rawdon, with a portion of the whole forces then at NinetySix, was to proceed directly to Friday's ferry on the Congarce, whilst Cruger, with the remainder, in charge of the baggage, loyalists, and Bick, was to ineline to tho right and advance to Orangeburg. At Friday's ferry and Orangeburg, cantonments were to be established. Colonel Stuart was ordered from Charleston to form, with the troops under his command, a junction with Rawdon at Friday's ferry. i Before, however, the troops moved from l Ninety-Six, Lord Rawdon discovered that his . conclusions with respect to the intentions of J General Greene were incorrect. On leaving i the Enoree, he was followed by Lieutenant- i Colonel Lee's corps. General Greene, from the moment he raised the siege at Ninety-Six, contemplated regulating his future ymovements by those of his enemy. His purpose was to keep at a safe distance from his foe, and yet near enough to improve any advantage which might be presented. Previous to advancing upon Ninety-Six, i General Greene had sent his hospital stores i and heavy baggage to Winnsboro. So soon * as the intentions of Rawdon were discovered, k General Greene ordered his stores at Winnsboro to be removed to Camden. Lieutenant- , n.i i t i L/OlOLItJI JjOC WHO uiucicu uu nawtu buo iuuvv ? ments of the enemy and communicate all intelligence gained to General Greene. Sumter and Marion were apprised of the movements of the enemy, and also of the aims and intentions of the American general. It was at this time that an event transpired which has furnished a theme for the poet or novelist, and a fit subject for the painter. When General Greene bad written a letter to General Sumter, containing an outline of his plans and orders, he found it difficult to find aperson who was willing to convey the letter to General Sumter. The advance of Lord Rawdon into the up country, had encouraged the tories and loyalists to take a bold stand. The country through which the bearer of the letter would necessarily have to pass, in some places, swarmed with gangs of horse thieves and unprincipled tories. No one was willing to volunteer to bear the letter to its destination. At this critical juncture of affairs, a young girl of scarcely eighteen years of age. the daughter of a German planter of Fairfield county, offered her services for the perilous task. Her name, which has become historical, was Emily Geiger. General Greene readily accepted the offer. The maid was mounted upon a fleet horse, t%nA ?tio lottor nlnnoH hv Opnerul Greene in ! , her hands. Fearing lest some mishap might befall the heroic girl, General Greene took the precaution to communicate to her the contents of the letter. Without molestation, she passed through the country, crossed the Wateree river at the ferry below Camden, and was nearing Sumter's camp. In one of those low bottoms in which that region of country abounds, she was, on the second day of her journey, halted by a small scouting party of tories. In accordance with the principle laid down by the Scotch poet that the "real hardened wicked are to a few restricted," the lory scouts, individually, forbore to search Emily, in order to discover whether or not ahe was the bearer of any contraband documnnta filia mao Matron tn ft hnilflA in the UlGUMl ?JUW HiW MIUWU WW W* MVWMW .M neighborhood and a woman sent for to make 8 the search. Emily was shut up in a room alone, there to remain until the individual designed to search her person should arrive. During this interval, Emily deliberately, and wisely, chewed up and swallowed the letter placed in her charge. When her person was searched, it was found that there was nothing about ber tbat was suspicious, or that furnished a reasonable cause for her longer delay. Mortified that they had acted so harshly, the gallant tories apologized to the fair maiden and permitted her, without further delay, to pursue her journey. She reached Sumter's camp; and since she had eaten up the letter, promptly delivered the message from General Greene to General 3umter. Emily Geiger afterwards married a gentleman by the name of Thurwits, and settled in Lexington county. Single vs. Married.?They were pretty, and there was apparently five or six years difference in their ages. As the train pulled I up at Bussy, out on the A. K. D., the younger c girl blushed, flattened her nose nervously against the window, and drew back in jealous imiles as a young man came dashing into the car. shook hands tenderly and cordially, insisted on carrying her valise, magazine, little ' paper bundle, and would probably have car* ried herself had she permitted him. The passengers smiled as she left the car, and the murmur went rippling through the coach, "They're engaged. The other girl sat looking nervously out of the window, and once or twice gathered her parcels together as though she would leave the car, yet seemed to be expecting some one. At last he came. He bulged into the door like a house on fire, looked along the seats until his manly gaze fell upon her upturned,expectant face, roared, "Come on ; I've been waiting for you on the platform for fifteen minutes,"'grabbed her basket and strode out of the car, while she followed with a little valise, a band-box, a paper bag full of lunch, a bird-cage, a glass jar of jelly preserves, and an extra shawl. And a crusty-looking old bachelor in the further end of the car, croaked out in unison with the indignant looks of the passengers, "They're married." UMlmu* fUadrog. t ? CI [Original.] C BAREBONE. qi On the 8th of June, 1653, Oliver Cromwell lummoned one hundred and forty individuals 1 ?elected by himself, and thirty military offi- ^ sera from the several counties in England, to J meet at the Council Chamber in White Hall, C( )n the 4th of July, of the same year. Of the hi ine hundred and forty to whom summons had been sent, one hundred and twenty appeared, n rhe object Cromwell had in calling together these representatives of the nation, as he styled a them, was to take charge of the affairs of the rommonwealtb. When they met, Cromwell, who had aslumed the title of CaDtain-General, appeared ind delivered to thein a short speech. At g the conclusion of his Bpeech, he handed them e, an instrument of writing bearing his own sig- S? nature and seal. To this parliament, or any k forty of them, he resigned, as stated in the 01 document referred to, the supreme authority 'z and government of the commonwealth. ^ So soon as Cromwell went out, the parliament ^ went through the usual form of organization. 8l Sir Francis Rouse, a member of the West- a< minter Assembly and author of the version of tl the Psalms which bears his name, was chosen T speaker. In this parliament there was a 81 leather-seller by the name of Barebone. In gi the Barebone family there were three brothers. gj rhe Christian name of each one of these was t sentence selected from the Bible, or a sen- ei pnrfi nilnnosed to exDress some doctrine taught ta rr ?? w , . id the Bible. The name of the member of ?.' ;he parliament was "Praise Ood Barbone;" g, ;he name of one of his brothers was u Christ Came Into The World To Save Barboneand p the name of the third was, "If Christ Had Not si: Died Thou Hadst Been Damned Barbone." in From Mr. Praise God Barbone, the parlia- ^ nent received the name Barbone, and by this ^ lame it is known in history. ^ LAWS OF THE STATE. g1 AN ACT to reduce and fix the salaries of certain P( officers. in Section 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and T House of Representatives of the State of ai South Carolina, now met and sitting in Gen- th jral Assembly, and by the authority of the th iame, That the public officers hereinafter jo lamed shall receive the annual salaries here- w nafter mentioned, respectively, to-wit: The jrovernor, $3,500; the Governor's Private th Secretary, $1,275; the Governor's messenger, ec $300; the Lieutenant-Governor, $1,000, to hi take effect after the next general election; to the Secretary of the State $2,100; the Chief m Clerk of the Secretary of State, $1,275; the er Comptroller-General, $2,100; for clerical ser- It pices in the office of the Comptroller-Gener- pi il, $2,550, if so much be necessary ; the State h< ^Treasurer, $2,000; the Chief Clerk of the G State Treasurer, $1,475; the book keeper of sa the State Treasurer, $1,000; the Adjutant th ind Inspector General, $1,200.; Clerk to the &i Adjutant and Inspector General, $900; the to State Superintendent of Education, $1,875; for Clerk to Superintendent of Education, m {900; the Attorney-General, $2,100; the hj 31erk of the Attorney-General, $1,200; the oi 3hief Justice of the Supreme Court, $4,000; :he Associate Justices of the Supreme Court, d< {3,500 each ; the reporter of the decisions of G ;be Supreme Court, $1,000; the Clerk and tii Librarian of the Supreme Court, $700; the ti< itteudant on the library and rooms of the *h Supreme Court, $200; the Circuit Judges. {3,500 each ; the Circuit Solicitors, $1,500 of ;ach, except in the First Circuit, which shall sh i>e $2,000, in lieu of all charges against the th State aud counties, and of all fees received in rom defendants; the Keeper of the State re Bouse and State Librarian, $500 ; the watch- to neu of the State House and grounds, not to ixceed two in number, $300 each; the Su- en jerintebdent of the State Lunatic Asylum, 12,000; the health officer of Charleston, 11,000; the health officer of Georgetown, 1400; Hilton Head and St. Helena Sound, 1600 each ; the Keeper of the Lazaretto $400; gi he Librarian of the University of South pi Carolina, who shall have charge of the buildngs and grounds of the University, $500. "h Sec. 2. That the County Treasurer of each fa iounty shall receive commissions upon all so axes collected in their respective counties, as re ollows: Three per cent, upon the 6rst $10,- su >00; two per cent, upon tne next siu.uuu; tei me percent, upon the next $10000; one-half tb >f one per cent, upon all amounts collected te >ver $30,000: Provided, The same shall not m; ixceed $800 or be less than $500 per annum, co ixcept the countj of Charleston, where the ou iommissions shall not exceed $2,000. For be derical services in the office of Countj Treas- an irer of Charleston, $800: Provided further, ki That nothing herein contained shall apply to of ees and costs allowed County Treasurers for al uaking distress and sale of real or personal th >roperty. ai Sec. 3. That the County Auditors of the T1 everal counties shall receive the annual sala- su ies hereinafter mentioned, respectively: The T1 bounty Auditor of Charleston, $2,000: Pro- foi tided, That no additional compensation shall hs )6 allowed for clerk hire; the County Audit- he >rs of Abbeville and Richland, $700 each ; kt he County Auditors of Aiken, Anderson,, he Barnwell, Beaufort, Chester, Colleton, Darington, Edgefield, Fairfield, Greenville, Lau- wl ens, Newberry, Orangeburg, Spartanburg, m jumter and York, $600 each; the County pr Auditors of Chesterfield. Marion. Clarendon, ac Georgetown, Horry, Kershaw, Lancaster, to Lexington, Marlboro, Oconee, Pickens, th Jnion and Williamsburg, $500 each. And th n addition to the salaries of the Auditors, as pe lereinbefore provided, the County Auditors re hall receive, to defray the expenses of assess- th nent of property, such sums as may be no- be sessary, but not to exceed the following, to- th vit: The Auditor of Charleston county, pi 1900 ; the Auditors of Abbeville and Rich- bl and, $500 each ; the Auditors of Aiken, An- pi lerson, Barnwell, Beaufort, Chester, Darling, th on, Edgefield, Fairfield, Greenville, Laurens- th dewberry, Orangeburg, Spartanburg, Sum- wi er and York, $400 each; the Auditors of a j Golleton, Clarendon, Horry, Kershaw, Lan- ye laster, Lexington, Marion, Marlboro, Pick- ba ins, Oconee, Union, Williamsburg and Chen- be erfield, $300 each; and the Connty Co mm in- th* ioners of the several counties, as aforesaid, th hall, nnon the aDDlication of the County pr Auditors, draw their checks on the County pr Treasurers for the several amounts to which Bi he Auditors may be entitled under the pro- Hi risions of this section, and the County Tress- so irers shall pay the said checks from the first de ollection of county funds of the fiscal year wr n which the work shall be performed. But thi 10 such cheek or order shall be paid by the thi bounty Treasurer until the Auditor shall be iave filed with the County Commissioners an inj temized statement of the services rendered eri >y his assistants, the number of days each of cei aid assistants were employed, and the com- to{ sensation they were severally to receive, th< rhich said statement shall be examined and a < approved by the said Board of County Com- an nissioners: Provided, That no member of the eai ioard of County Commissioners shall act as cai Assistant Assessor. That the County School Commissioners in each of the several counties So if the State shall receive for their compensa- inj ion $3 per diem for the time in which they gri ire actually engaged in the business of their inj espective offices: Provided, The number of of ays in each and every year for which said )mpensatioQ shall be allowed, shall in no ise exceed 100 days, except in the county of harleston, where the number of days shall 9t exceed 150 days. Sec. 4. All salaries provided for in section of this act shall be payable quarterly, and 3 paid upon the warrants of the Comptroller eneral upon the State Treasurer. Sec. 5. That all acts or parts of acts, ininsistent with this act, be, and the same are ereby, repealed. Sec. 6. That this act shall take effect imlediately after its passage. Approved June 7,1877. ,N ACT to amend an act entitled "An act supplementary to chapter 15, title 4. part 1, of the general statutes of South Carolina, relating to the militia, and for the better organization and government of the same. Section 1. Be it enacted by the Senate j tt _/ r? r a nouse 01 rwepreaeuuuives ui tue uiowj ui oath Carolina, now met and sitting in Genral Assembly, and by the authority of the ime, That in addition to the body of militia nown as the "National Guard," the Governr, as commander-in-Chief, is hereby authored to receive all such bodies of citizen-soliery as may have tendered or may hereafter inder their services to the State, to constitute le Volunteer State Troops, and to consist of ich companies, battalions, regiments, brigies, and divisions as may be organized by le authority of the Commander-in-Chief, hese troops to uniform themselves, and to be ibject to all such regulations as may be pretribed by the Commander-in-Chief and isled from the office of the Adjutant and Inlector General and published. Sec. 2. The Adjutant and Inspector Genal shall appoint an Armorer, who shall ike charge of the State Armory in Columia, and keep in order all the arms and munions contained therein. His salary shall be 250 per annum. Sec. 3. The organization known as the ourtn JtJrigaae, ooutn uaronna muma, consting of the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Regaents of Infantry, the First Regiment of ifles, and First Regiment of Artillery, with te Charleston Light Dragoons and German [ussars, shall be received aDd embodied in ie State Volunteer Troops. Officers of equal rade shall take rank in accordance with the jriod of time in which they shall have served i any branch of the military of the State; he field officers of the said Fourth Brigade, id their successors, shall be deemed in law ie successors of the original field officers lereof, and shall be entitled to hold and eny all rights, franchises, and property which ere of the said field officers thereof. Sec. 4. Immediately after the passage of lis act, the Governor shall call in all arms, |uipments, and munitions which are in the inds of any persons not authorized by law > hold the same, and shall require all comands lawfully holding any such State propty to file in the office of the Adjutant and ispector General a full statement of such "operty, with the authority under which it is ild, and the present condition thereof. The ovemor shall have authority to permit the ,le or exchange of any military property of ie State, for the purpose of obtaining other -ms, equipments, or munitions more suitable > the wants of the State. Sec. 5. All field officers of battalions, regients, brigades or divisions shall be elected p the commissioned and non-commissioned ficers and privates of the same respectively. Sec. 6. Nothing in this act contained shall jprive any soldier or officer of the "National uard" of any right to which he may he enlled in that organization. The said "Naonal Guard" shall contiuue to exist, and mil be a separate and distinct body. Sec. 7. All com missions issued from the fice of the Adjutant and Inspector General lall be charged for at the rate of $1 each ; e fuud thus raised to be devoted to defrayg the expense of getting in, repairing and issuing the arms aud munitions belonging the Siate. Sec. 8. All acts aud parts of acts inconsistit with this act are hereby repealed. Approved June 8. HARD TIMES IN THE SOUTH. _* A few days ago I was talking with a Geora planter about matters aDd things. This anter had a thousand broad acres cultivated i his "late slaves," whom he spoke of as the lappiest people on earth." They were, in ct, happier than he, for they could not see far ahead, and the fact that they would be duced to meat once a day before the end of ramer had not occurred to them. The efct of the war in Europe had not reached eir plantation, but was coming. Thisplanr was very gloomy about the war, in fact ad that there should be one. "Can't the Ja J fllAIM J 1 ITn KAII AAO roifk U1UUUUCU 1UUAO OCbtiO l/UOIl UIUC1CUW nibU* it upsetting us in this way ? Why should I i made to pay thirty per cent, extra for corn id flour and then have twenty per cent locked off my cotton, all on account of a lot cut-throats in Europe ?" Alas, my planter, 1 the world are kin, and an upheaval like is in Europe affects every man who breathes r. Wherever bread is eaten the war is felt. ie loaf which the baker now brings you is laller in size or higher in price, or both, ie planter was sad, and saw no prosperity r the South as long as the war lasted. It is, as he said, raised the price of provisions i was compelled to buy thirty per cent, and locked twenty per cent, off the only thing i had to sell?cotton. A moment's reflection will show how and by this war will be a severe blow to the aterial interests in the cotton States. The ovisions they are compelled to buy go up, id cotton, which is the only thing tbey have sell, goes down. There is not an interest in e cotton States that will be advanced by is war. A few men in the cities who bap* n to have stocks of provisions on hand will ap a benefit, but how small in proportion to e burdens wbicb are imposed upon tne great idy of the people. As a means of relief e Southern papers are all yelping at the anters to grow corn, peas, potatoes, vegetaea?anything, no matter what, that the peoe can eat. Stop the cotton, say they, for e indications are that if the crop is large e price will not pay for ploughing. But th all the preaching that the editors can do, great cotton crop is put in. With a fair ar the product will be over four millions of les. The planters would serve themselves tter if they would put in a half crop, and i e rest of the land into corn, peas, or anying that would grow. By restricting the i oduction to say two millions of bales, the ice could be kept up to a good paying point. )t every planter feels the need of money. . e must have cash. Cotton brings cash, and ; ka ?ii*a in ntrn?Tf nnnnaoi kin onrl rrnoa in I 1 11C7 jpuu} IU QVQIJ a\jA\j |/vog?viV| Muu gvvw au \ bt for bread and meat The system is ong, and an injury to tbe producer, just as j 9 over-production of coal oil is an injury to ose who produce it. I? tbe supply could j restricted, prices wouki advance to a pay* i I basis. It is witbin tbe power of the Southi planters to put cotton up to say eighteen j cits, and keep it there, if tbey would all act jether. How much better it would be for < 9 cotton-growing region to put in but half j jrop for a few years, and tbe rest in corn d peas, or anything that man or beast will t. But, like the coal oil producers, they not be made to act together. < Taking the whole country in view, North, 1 uth, East and West, the war works more I ury than benefit. Where one man, who < dwb corn, is benefitted, ten who eat corn are < ured. And the laborers in the large cities 1 the North will suffer along with the labor* 1 era in the cotton States. Their bread has risen, but not their wages. It requires no abstruse calculation to show that more are hurt than helped.?H. V. Redfield in Cincinnati Commercial. BRIGHAM YOUNG'S HAREM. Salt Lake, May 26.?John W. Young, the favorite son of the Prophet, and he who will no doubt be the successor of his father, called for us at 2 p. m. and took us to the Lion House to meet his fifteen mothers and forty-five brothers and sisters. They were not all present, for it would be impossible for the Prophet to assemble his entire family at one time. Hiram Clausen, Brigham's doable sonin-law, was present with two wives, several children, and photographs of the rest, which made up the number to twenty-seven. Daniol TT Walla with ono or two of his six wives. and Mayor Little, a nephew of the Prophet, were also present The form of introduction used by the Prophet was very simple. We were conducted all around the room, and before each wife he would say: "My wife Amelia," or Mary, or Conelia, as the case might be. I suppose we said, "Happy to meet you, Mrs. Young," at least a dozen times. It got to be very monotonous, and when we began to be presented to the Prophet's children and grandchildren, we became so badly mixed as to which was which aud who was who, that we postponed all memory, and continued our salutations like a parrot Brigham Young's wives have generally a good old mother-in-Israel look. His first wife, whom he married in the States in his early youth, is a very venerable old lady. She lives all by herself in a beautiful house, and is highly respected by all of the younger wives and their children. She is the mother of John W. and Brigham Young, Jr. All of his wives are remarkable for good sense, though they are all old-fashioned and dress very plainly. The Prophet says Ann Eliza was the only weak-beaded wife he ever had. "I married Add Eliza," he said, "to please her pareots aod keep her from goiog to roio. Bat she played false to me, weot off with straoge men, kept me io coostaot hot water with my other wives, aod I was glad when she ran away from me, as she did from her first hosbaod. Add Eliza wouldn't work. She was always light-headed and frivolous." I fiod that all Mormon women are accustomed to work ; for no Morman family ever keeps any servants. When the work becomes too heavy in a Mormon family for one wifo, another wife is added. Each of the Prophet's wives, we found, occupied separate apartments in the Lion House, or small houses by themselves outside. The meals of all the families in the Lion House are taken in the same large room. In cases where a Mormon marries sisters, which is a very frequent occurrence, the sisters generally live together. It is thus with two of Hiram Clausen's wives, daughters of Brigham Young. Mr. Clausen's third wife has a bouse by herself. Brigham Young's wife Amelia also has a separate house by herself, and exercises a great influence over the Prophet. She is the favorite of the Prophet's younger wives. It is considered a very fortunate thing among Salt Lake young ladies when two sisters can marry the same husband. It prevents any jealousy, and such families seem to move on very happily. In order to get at the "true inwardness" of the Mormon family re lationships, we questioned several of the Prophet's small children. "Is that little girl over there your sister?" I asked of one of the Prophet's little boys. "No," she's my half sister," he replied. "Is not her mother your mother?" I continued. "No, her mother is my aunt." "Then you only have one mother ?" "That's all. All the rest are aunts." And still at the hotel, when we asked a little Mormon boy how many mothers be bad, he replied : "Four, sir." "What 1 four mothers and only one father?" "Yes, sir; but next week I shall have five," said the little fellow, with an air of pride. This little hoy, I thought, beats the orthodox New Englanders. They boast of their forefathers, but here is a boy who boasts of his four mothers. We found that the younger daughters of the Prophet are opposed to the double-wife system. One beautiful daughter of the Prophet recently raarried"Mr. Harris, the handsome manager of the Mormon theatre. We heard her play one night, and she showed as much talent as auy of our rising actresses. Mrs. Harris, when she married, stipulated that her husband should never take a second wife. Another younger sister?a beautiful golden haired blonde, as sweet and lady-like as any young ladies you will see walking, tip Fifth avenue?told us that she would die before shb n/vnl/l maura* man vhn wnilld divide his TTUU1U Uiailjr ? UIMU ?* MV ? ? - ? love with a second wife. So, as the Mormons becomecultivated, I find the prejudice against polygamy increases. Cultivation and refine* ment will eventually kill polygamy. ' The furniture of the Lion House is such as any well-to-do farmer in central New York would have?simple ingrain carpets and repback chairs. During our visit the Prophet occupied his time in talking in a random, semi-philosophical manner to the grown people, and shaking hands in a patriarcbial manner with the children. "Let's see, what is your name ?" he would say, taking hold of a grandchild's hand. ' "My name is Nathaniel; sir." "Oh! this is daughter Mary's little bey, isn't it ?" the Prophet would say, looking at Mr. Clausen. It seems that Brigham cannot remember his grandchildren. He says he don't try to any more. While we were talking a brother in the church called and said: "Brother Brigham, I called to get your carriage for my son's funeral." "Yourson by Helen?" asked the Prophet, feelingly* "Yes, Helen's boy; 27 years old. He died last night1' "Ob! yes; take the carriage, brother John 1 He was a good boy?paid his tithing regularly, and took good care of his mother. Can I do anything else f They told me afterwards that he was the Bishop of the Thirteenth Ward who called, and from them I learned that every ward in the city is organized into a bishopric, with a school attached for the children. In every ward there is also a branch of the great cooperative store, where all the faithful trade. A ftfir Rnendinir two honra with Brisrham's wives and children, we returned to the hotel. [n the evening we met a very pretty Mormon (ronng lady. She was engaged to be married to a young Mormon gentleman. "Is your sweetheart going to take more than one wife ?" was asked. "No. Brother John has promised that I shall be his only wife. Oh 11 couldn't divide my man's love with another woman." "But he can take another wife besides you if he wants to," we suggested. "Yes, he can?I know he can," she said, lespondingly. Then she said, as if a bright idea had struck her: "But I will be his ford wife." A California woman recently knocked lown seven robbers, one after another. Her lusband watched her from the top o? the stairs, and he frit so brimfhl of fight that he zouldn't cool off until he had jerked his sight-year old boy out of bed and whaled iim soundly frr not getting up and helping lis mother* tf