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f - lewis m. gbist, ProPrxetor.| ^it |nircpenbent Jfamiln fUtospptr: Jfor tjrc promotion of t|e |)olitiral, Social, ^gricnllnral anb Commercial Interests of % Sontjj. | TERMS?$3.00 A YEAR, IN ADVANCE. VOL. 24. YOEKYILLE, S. C., THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 1878. ' NO. 88. ?be $ttttg ieUtr. THE POINT OF HONOR. Shortly after Waterloo had been fought, an English regiment (which had taken a distinguished part in that great victory), stationed in a Mediterranean garrison, gained an unenviable notoriety there by a sudden mania for dueling that broke out amongst the officers, and which threatened to become chronic in its character so seriously as to interfere with the discipline of the corps. Quarrels were literally "made to order" at messtime for the most trifling affairs, and scarcely a day passed without a hostile meetiug taking place, which the colonel?a weak-minded man?expressed himself powerless to preveut. Indeed, he had already been sent to 4 "Coventry" by bis subordinates, which as our .readers doubtless know, is a kind of social excommunication, that, when acted upon in an English regiment, generally euds in the retirement from the corps of the individuals on which it falls. It was so in this instance, for the colonel saw that the vendetta-liKe conduct of his officers towards him was gradually divesting hira of all authority in the eyes of his men ; and as he had none but his social inferiors to whom- he could turn for counsel and advice he was compelled to relinquish his command and return to England. On arrival in that country he lost no time in proceeding to the Horse Guards, where he sought and gained an interview with the Duke of Wellington, to whom he gave a graphic account of the state of affairs which existed in the regiment he had just left. The Iron Duke listened attentively to the narration, and knitted bis brow in anger as the colonel related the story of the dueling; and, when the latter had finished speaking, he exclaimed, in an unmistakably stern and ubcompromising tone: , "It is your fault, sir! You should have brought some of the ringleaders to a courtmartial, and cashiered them on the spot. You have sadly neglected your duty and that is a thing which I never pardon." The colonel left the Horse Guards in a very crest-fallen state, and he was scarcely surprised when he saw in the next Gazette the announcement that "His Maiestv bad no further need of his services." Id the meantime the duke had obtained a special audience of the Prince Regent, to whom he explained the condition of affairs in connection with the regiment in question. The result of the interview was that Colonel A a well-known martinet, then on half-pay, was sent for, and the circumstances explained to him ; the prince offering him the command of the regiment on condition that be would undertake to cure the duelling propensities of its officers. Colonel A was delighted at the prospect of active service, and he willingly accepted the task assigued to him, it being understood that he was to be granted a royal indemnity for anything serious which might happen to auybody else in bis endeavors to put a stop to the dueling. He was a man of high reputation, and had previously held other difficult commands, being known throughout the army as a good soldier, but stern disciplinarian. Such was the old soldier's feelings at the special honor conferred on him that, on leav. . iug St. James' palace, he actually forgot to return the salute of sentinels posted at the gates, to the great astonishment of the latter, who knew his punctilious habits. On his arrival at the garrison he lost no time in making himself acquainted with his brother-officers. He had already laid out his plan of action in his own mind, and was fully der termined to allow Dothing to swerve him a hair's breadth from his path of duty. At the mess-table he behaved with studied politeness and amiability of manner ; and his subordinates indicated that they were greatly pleased with their new commander. He chatted pleasantly with all, from the senior major down to the youngest ensign, and when the cloth was removed regaled them with the latest gossip and doings of London society. Before they separated for the pight, however, he took the opportunity of informing thera, in a very quiet manner, that he had heard of the frequent duels which had already taken place in the corps, and that it seemed a matter of regret to him that they could not manage to live in peace and amity. "However," he said, "ifitbeyour wish, gentlemen, to fight out your quarrels in this way, I shall not interpose any obstacle to your doing so. But this can only be by your pledg iug your word of honor now, to the effect that in the future no duel shall take place without my permission first having been obtained. As I am your colonel, it is necessary that my authority should be acknowledged in all that relates to the honor of the regiment." The officers looked at each other and then at the colonel, and a somewhat embarrassing silence ensued ; but it was broken by Colonel m. A?, who said : "Don't be afraid that I shall refuse your request; on the contrary, I shall only be too pleased to grant my permission if, on examining the facts of the case, I fiud sufficient reason to think that the applicant's amour propre has been wounded, and that a hostile meeting is indispensable." At these reassuring words of the colonel, the young fire-eaters were satisfied, and at once gave the promise demanded ; and Col. A then retired to his chamber, where, overcome with the fatigue of a rough voyage, he soon found himself snugly ensconced in the arms of Morpheus. Ou the following morning he was rather rudely awakened from a refreshing slumber by a loud rapping at his chamber-door; and, on challenging his early visitors, he was informed that it was Captain Lord Vellum and Eusign Warbottle who wished to speak to him on a matter of the gravest importance. "Von hatro r?lin?pn a mnr#> nnnveni JL VMJ UJIgllV UWW vuvwvm w ???. . ent hour for your visit, gentlemen," said the colonel, who was Daturally loath to rise from his bed at five o'clock on the first morning after his voyage. "It is an 'affair of honor,' colonel," was the significant reply, "and cannot be delayed. * " We beg you will admit us instantly." The colonel rose and opeued the door to the early comers. They were two handsome young men, who had on the previous evening attracted Col. A 's attention by the extreme firiendliness which they exhibited for each other. They respectfully saluted their commanding-officer as they entered the room, and the latter broke au awkward silence by demanding of them the object of their visit. Ensign War bottle again raised his baud in salute as he replied : "We have come to ask your permision to fight, colonel." "Indeed!" exclaimed Colonel A . "I thought you were great friends." "Yes, colonel, we have been most intimate friends from our youth upward," said Lord Vellum, "and we respect each other very sincerely ; but we have had a dispute, and our wounded honor must be satisfied." "Then I presume that something very serious must have occurred, gentlemen, to make the only remedy for it a recourse to the pisItol ?" "It is indeed a very serious matter, colonel," replied Ensign Warbottle; "aud it is this: After you had left the table last night we chatted over what you* told us about the doings in London lately; and in the enthusiasm of the moment, I remarked that I should like to be there, riding at the head of the ; troop of Life GuardB, and escorting the Prince ! Regent, with my silver helmet glittering in , the sun, and my drawn sword in my hand. | Whereupon Lord Vellum said, with a sneer, that I was a feather-bed soldier, and that a I leathern bonnet would be quite good enough, for such as I. I took no notice of this remark, but I was annoyed and excited ; and when he further asserted that the officers of the Life Guards wore brass helmets, human nature could stand it no longer, and I gave him the lie. He retaliated by striking me on the face; an insult,Colonel A , which justifies me, 1 think, in demanding a hostile meet' M 99 mg. The last words were said in a manner which admitted of only one meaning, and the t*wo young officers exchanged glances of mutual hatred and defiance. "It is indeed grave, gentlemen," sententiously remarked the colonel; "the helmets worn by officers of His Majesty's Life Guards are neither silver nor brass, but wmte raetai lacquered with silver gilt; hut this information will not, I presume, alter the position of affairs. Do you still wish to fight the question out?" "Certainly, sir?" exclaimed the two officers. "Very well," replied the colonel, gravely ; "far be it from me to interpose any obstacle to your meeting, gentlemen ; but this duel must be a serious one, as befits so important a question as the Life Guards' helmets, and not an affair resulting in a mere scratch, as I am given to understand is generally the case in these mess quarrels. Remember that you are British officers and not Spanish bravoes, and that the honor of a British officer can oniy be vindicated by the death of his opponent. Go, gentlemen, and fight your duel; and I will meet the survivior on his return." The two young men saluted the colonel and retired. A few seconds afterwards they and their seconds were seen hurrying off to the place of meeting?a spot which is known in the garrison (o this day as "DueLAvenue." * * * * * Three hours later, Colonel A went down into the parade ground to inspect the regiment, and be was surprised to see both Lord Vellum and Ensign Warbottle amongst the officers who approached him to give the morning salute. -The latter had his arm in a sling; and to the stern inquiry of Colonel A as to whether the duel had yet taken place, he replied, with a forced smile lighting up his face: "Yes, colonel; his lordship has given me a nasty scratch in the arm." "A scratch in the arm!" exclaimed the colonel, contemptuously. "And do you call that fighting, gentlemen?do you call that fighting ? And for so important a question as the helmets of His Majesty's Life Guards ! Bah ! it is nothing! This matter must be fought over again, under pain of instant dismissal from the service if my order be disobeyed I" "But " began the Lord Vellum, attempting to express his satisfaction at the reparation his wounded honor had received. "Give me no buts, gentlemen," exclaimed the colonel, angrily. "I have the Prince's instruction on this point, and it is for you to vindica^ your own honor in a proper manner, or retire disgraced from His Majesty's service." This alternative was one not to be thought of; and it need scarcely be said that the young fire eaters chose rather. to fight again, and this time Lor^ Vellum was shot through the body?a wound which laid him on a sick bed for two months. During this long period many quarrels had taken place at the mess-table, some of which had been settled by the colonel acting -- * > j ??J e? as "arouraior ; auu ouiero muuu uvci iu> mo permission to fight?a permission which he refused to grant until the result of Lord Vellum's illness should become known. In the meantime Colonel A had communicated with the Duke of Wellington, from whom he teceived explicit instructions to carry the matter to the bitter end, as the only means of putting a stop to a matter which was fast becoming a world-wide scandal. Lord Vellum was carefully attended to during his illness by his "friend and enemy," Ensign Warbottle, to whose efforts Lord Vellum not only owed his life, but was eua' bled at the end of two months to take a short j walk every morning. His recovery then pro- ! ceeded rapidly, aud he soon became enabled to walk without any support whatever. The two friends were walking together one morning, when they suddenly found themselves face to face with Colonel A . "Ah, gentlemen, good-morning 1" exclaimed the latter. "I am delighted to see his lordship out again, especially as it will eua: ble you to finish your affaire d'honneur in a j ! more satisfactory manner." | The young officers, scarcely believing their ! ears, were for a time struck dumb with aston-1 ishment, and they gazed at each other and at | the colonel with looks of bewilderment and despair. "You see, gentlemen," said the colonel, gravely, "that this question of the Life Guards' helmets is of such importance that I deemed it advisable, since his lordship's illness, to write to the Duke of Wellington ou the subject; and I have here his grace's orders j | that the duel should be renewed again and ' ! again until the life of one of the combatants j | has been forfeited." As he spoke, Colonel I i A drew from the breast-pocket of his | | coatee a large letter, bearing on its envelope ! the words "On His Magesty's Service" in j large black letters, and in one corner the noI tice in red ink, "Very Urgent." "But," said the young ensign, "his lordship I has not recovered yet; besides?" "When one can walk," interrupted ,the : colonel, "one cau also fire off a pistol; and it j j is not conducive to the interest and dignity of | ' the service that so important a question as the ! ; equipment of his majesty's guard should any j ! longer be left undecided." The two young officers, who had cemented j their friendship anew during the period of ill- j | ness, here took each other's hands and gazed : | long and silently into each other's face. Col- j ! onel A turned away to hide his emotiou ; j ! for being really possessed of a kindly disposi- j tion, he began to regret the stern and unbend- ! I ing part he had been called upon to perform. 1 Brushing the signs of his weakness away ' ; from his eyes, he turned once more towards , I the young officers and sa:d : [ "Gentlemen, I have orders from England J to supersede you in the regiment to which we all have the honor to belong ; and I am only i to wave the execution of these orders on con- j dition that the duel is renewed, as already stated. Your honor is absolutely iu yourown hands. I leave you to decide, gentlemen, what course that shall be, and bid you forfhe present adieu." So saying, the colonel left the two friends to decide upon their own fate. They ultimate- j ly decided to consult with their brother offi- j cers on the subject, and to be guided by their , general opinion. This opinion turned out to j be iu favor of another fight; and they once j more proceeded to the place of nfeeting, each | mentally resolved not to injure the other,' but each exchanging portraits and letters for I i their friends. The fatal weapons were dis- j , charged, and Ensign Warbottle fell to the earth with a shot buried in his heart. The grief of Lord Vellum knew no bouuds, I ! for he had been led to believe that the balls had been withdrawn from the pistols. He j threw himself on the inanimate body of his j j friend, and could with great difficulty be re- j j moved therefrom. At length he was con-1 I ducted to the house of a married officer; and I from there Nhe indited a letter to Colonel A , tendering his resignation, and reproaching the latter with the death of his friend. The same afternoon, Colonel A assembled the other officers, and addressing hiraselt especially to those whose applications to fight were in suspension, declared himself ready to grant one more permission on the same conditions as the other, namely, that "for honor's sake" the combatants should fight to the ? - 1 death. In the pause wmcn ensuea, one omcer after another saluted the colonel respectfully, and then retired as silently as they came, leaving him alone in the mess-room, and master of the situation. It fras a rude lesson which these officers bad received, but it fully accomplished its# purpose ; and from that day to this dueling has been almost unknown in the British array. jtoliug. FRESH FASHIONS FOR FALL. the coming styles, as decreed by paris. New York, September 14.?So far as one can judge from recent importations by wholesale houses, the styles this fall are to have a wide scope. Long dresses and short dresses, overskirts and princesse dresses, polonaises and basques, all will be worn, and one will scarcely be more fashionable than the other. As a rule, street dresses will be short?those for afternoon and evening wear, at home and for unceremonious calls, demi-train?while evening dresses will still, serpent-like, trail in narrow length a yard or so on the floor. The French dressmakers fill in this train with a mass of plaited muslin stiffly starched, which holds it out like a hoop, and answers every purpose of crinoline. Apropos of crinoline, the usual cry is raised this season, also, that hoops are again to be worn. But the longwaisted, close clinging dresses which come to us from Paris?dresses which scarcely admit of sufficient underclothing?do not look much like crinoline. As gentlemen are not supposed to read these letters, I suppose I may goBsip a little about these undergarments without betraying any secrets of the feminine toilet. The chemiloon then is pretty widely adopted by fashionable women. This, as I have heretofore said, is chemise and drawers combined, trimmed around the neck and sleeves like the former, which it copies to the waist; thence it divides into the trousers. Over this is worn the corset, very long on the hips. and over the corset is the corset cover, fitting without a wrinkle, and to it are buttoned the skirts worn under the dress. Thus it will be seen that the amount of clothing worn about the waist end hips is reduced to as small a quantity as possible, and the fit of the princesse robe or long cuirass is unmarred by fold or wrinkle. The undergarments of flannel, worn next to the skin, fit like a glove also, and add but little to the size of the wearer. Still it is whispered that when these are worn, some of our belles dispense with the chemiloon above them. The plaited dress will be worn chiefly by misses and young ladies. Matrons will adopt instead, the short round skirt and long overskirt with cuirass basque. The favorite overskirt will be the lavandiere or washerwoman skirt turned up in front from four to twelve or fifteen inches. The ordinary round skirt is easily converted iDto this tunic, by turning up the bottom of the three front breadths, and trimming to suit the altered position. When the material has a right side and a wrong side this turned up piece must of necessity be set on like af facing. The cutaway coat and vest is to be a favorite fancy, and very many beautiful materials come for ladies' vests, valours, or uncut velvet, corduroy, and a new material in which the stripes are so woven that they appear as though plaited or braided and then sown on the foundation. Cloth will be much used for these suits when the weather shall be colder, and this, I think, will render plaits to the waist less fashionable,'the cloth being too heavy to plait gracefully over the hips. There is already in style for misses a form of this dress, which I venture to predict will be much worn. This has a long cuirass or princesse waist, for they are the same, extending well over the hips, and to this kilt plaiting is attached, a narrow scarf, not more than half a yard in width, at most, hiding the joint, and being tied in a knot and ends behind. The cutaway coat may be worn with this or not as preferred, aud the dress may, if you choose, have a plastron, which under the coat, will appear as a vest. The kilt plaits are hot pressed, and are held in place by tapes sewn uuderneath. They are not lined, and require three times the width of the skirt, since to hang gracefully they must be full. The jacket and vest are not meant for stout people. These had bestconhne themselves to the mantilla, or to the balf-fitting long sack which will be worn again this season. NEW MATERIALS AND COLORS. The new bourettes differ from those with which we are familiar, in having the surface covered with loops like a Brussels carpet, instead of being shagged. The richer fabrics will be made with the curtain overskirt described in my last, and trimmed with fringe in all the colors of the bourette. The cloth, of which I have just spoken as likely to be popular for suits, and known to merchants as coatings, is also a novelty. It is not the gray, brown, blue or dark green ladies' cloth, with which we are familiar, but is heavier, with loosely woven, thick threads in a mixture of several rich dark colors, so blended that at a little distance they appear as only one. Stripes and plaids both appear in large quantities, among new importations, and everything indicates that they will be much worn. Worth uses them to trim black and other dark colors in cashmere, and also in silk. They are small plaids, irregular bars and broken checks? not the broad Scotch torltan of the clans. Conservative ladies of quiet taste will still cling to the useful cashmeres and debeges of solid, dark colors, which are standard goods and which form a part of every merchant's stock. Satin and moire antique will be fashionable, especially for use in combination with other rich materials. For combination suits, it is easy to see, are to lose none of their popularity, and suits all of one fabric, unless they are black will be the exception. Black also, black silks especially, will be trimmed with colors, but such dresses are suitable only for the house, and for the evening, so ladies who .. 1 1 ui?i. _:n._ l j 1 ?. canuoi Hiiuiu several umcn hii&s, uau uusl trim the new one with the same color?that is, with black, which the critics will tell one is no color at all. India cashmeres, soft and clinging, grow in popularity with those who can afford them, but they are expensive in comparison with French cashmeres, and with the American manufactures. Indeed, our American factories copy foreign wares successfully at half the price, and before winter we shall probably have India cashmeres woven at home, which only an expert will be able to distinguish from the imported article. The new color, I mean the coming color which is to blend with every thing and be worn by everybody, is Thiers red, a dark, rich garnet color, deeper than cardinal. This will form one of the tints in bourettes and in plaids, will illuminate our bonnets and appear in bows and in dress trimmings. Sulphur is to be the favorite shade of yellow, while mastic gray?i. e. putty color?the olive shades, brown, blue, bottle green, and bronze hues are all to hold their own. That black and white will be fashionable goes without saying, they always are, aod many of the handsomest dresses of the season will be either black or white. TRIMMINGS AND NOTIONS. Gold and silver tinsel will be much used for trimming evening dress of black or white satin, and gauze spangled with gold or silver is to^)e used for jcarf tunics 'and draperies over them. Fringes of gilt will edge these, and, altogether, the wearers of such dresses will literally shine in gorgeous array. But however well such, a fashion may "take," it fs too brilliant to be otherwise than ephemeral, and dresses thus trimmed are too conspicuous to be worn more than once or twice in a season. Jet will be freely used in all its colore. A new fancy in this is garnet, and garnet beads are to trim bonnets and to embroider dresses. The passion for embroidery increases. One of the most elegant and also the most expensive of novelties imported, is fringe formed of drooping flowers, wisteria, fuchsia, bluebells, snowdrops, rosebuds, &c., embroidered by hand on silk, or thick linen in silk in the natural shades, and then cut out. Embroidered ribbon is another fancy, but less expensive than this fringe. It is simply a finer variety of the galloons of last year, and very pretty may be bought for 81 a yard. I have seen a dress of white gauze trimmed with tbiB ribbon, on which the ribbon was put in three perpendicular rows down the front of the tablier, one down the middle and one at each side of the front breadths, wbioh were shirred, so as to fall in stylish wrinkles between the embroidered bands. The fashion of trimming the front of the dress with lace, or em'broidery, or fringe, while the long train formed by the back breadths is trimmed only at the base and with the dress material, is much liked. Thus lace flounces are draped across the tablier?i. e., the front of the skirt?and lose themselves where the front joins the train, and, in the dress of which I have just spoken, the ribbon served as a dividing line between the front and back of the dress. Ribbons are used to excess, 1 have said the same thing in previous letters, but the fashion is a furor, and I am forced to repeat the statement. Ruillings and shells of ribbon head flounces edge tunics, and are set down the front and sides of dresses. Cascades of narrow loops ot nlootvAAno on/) fkn oilmn oauu nuuuu iuiui piaouvuuo) uuu vu? snuiv material is used for fringes; white bows are unlimited in their application. Some time ago it was said that ribbon manufactories were closed for lack of work. They must be busy enough now ! Self-trimmings are infinite in variety. I have noticed a French dress on which was one of these, which struck me as a novelty. The heading to the flounce at the foot of the dress and finish to the curtain overskirt consisted of a row of diamondshaped pieces of silk, placed point to point, and held by buttons, while the Xs between were filled in with fan shaped knife plaiting, also of the dress material. Many overakirta and bauds for trialming are cut out iDto square, round,' or pointed scallops and faced by knife plaitings. Scarf draperies are worn very low down on the skirt, often serving as a heading to the flouncing at the foot of the dress. Where the dress is of two materials the scarf is frequently formed of alternate bands of each, and bordered with fringe, lace or plaiting. White organdies are prettily trimmed with shell of satin ribbon, red, pink, rose color, or blue. Large square buckles for belts are imported in silver, pearl and in jet. Embroidered belt ribboqs are also imported, and everything indicates that belted dress waists are still to be worn. A ruche of black crepe lisse to be worn around the neck has an edge of steel beads. Others have a thread of white silk ruu in the edge. The fancy for wearing black at the throat continues in favor, but it is becoming only to blondes. Brunettes wear it only at their peril. MANTLES AND MILLINERY. The mantles worn last spring are again seen?cardinal capes, fichu mantles, and the favorite mantilla with long square fronts. Light cloth dolmans are offered at greatly reduced prices, which probably means that they are passed, and indeed the recent importations in mantles are either black or match suits. Bonnets will probably be rather larger than heretofore this fall, and the old fashioned wide shape introduced this summer will he worn. But the pretty and prim cottage shape is seen also. The caps spoken of in our last letter will be worn beyond doubt, since they are extremely becoming, and it is an easy matter for a lady to have one to match each areas. Flow ers are plenty, there is much gilt, many beads, and, as already said, Thiers red is the coming color. From the Philadelphia Timet). PATTERSON'S LATEST YIEWS. Senator John Patterson?he of South Carolina?has been taking a good deal of rest at the Girard House this summer. Cape May and its attractions have enticed him away from the genial McKibben'H hostelrie aDd business has called him to Harrisburg now and again, but he has always come back, and in the way of rest stretched himself, shoeless and coatless, on his bed yesterday, where a "literary feller," with a quiver full of interrogation points, found him. The grayish-blue eye of the Senator flashed from under his almost white eye-brows, and the Senatorial feet, clad in clocked stockings, with stripes of cardinal and ashes of rose color, were disposed to advantage at the foot of the bed. A daintily-embroidered shirt front took rank with the pretty stockings in proclaiming the Senator's fine feelings in the matter of toilet. The Senator understood that he was visited 1 for the purpose of being listened to and so j he rattled along. He preserved his recumbent position the while, but occasionally sat up and gesticulated a bit, beat up the pillow for his Senatorial head's improved comfort and lay down again. The Senator sometimes speaks vigorously and with a trifle of profanity?mild profanity seasoning the monotony of his political statements, personal reminiscenses and hopeful prophecy. "Don't write the adjectives," he said ; "they don't express facts. Fire ahead." "Well, Senator, what disposition do you expect will be made of the Butler-Corbin contest for the Senatorial seat this winter?" "Well, it is a pretty even clip, and Senator Davis' vote is the one thing which we can't tell anything about; but I reckon the votes : that put Mr. Butler in there will retain him ! in his seat. The report#of the committee on I privileges and elections will be made, if Cor' bin pushes the matter, early in the next ses! sion. They have decided that Butler was l seated on prima facie evidence and that Corbiu has been deprived of his right, and they ; will so report. Now, to analyze the result. J The Senate stands thirty-uine Republicans : and one Independent, Senator Davis, who did not vote before. Butler was seated by one majority, Conovef and myself voting I with the Democrats. If the resolution is prei sented that Butler is not entitled to his seat, | Davis may vote for it, and that will oust j him. Then will follow a resolution to seat i Corbin. I don't know how the vote will i stand on that; I will not vote-for it, nor do I j think Conover will, although he has not told ' me so. If he is consistent he can't vote for him. I tell you it's a very even thing; but, i as I said before, I suppose we can hold Rutj ler in by the same vote we got him there. I The only thing we can't count on and proj vide for is death, He's a fellow we can't get I away from, Well, if there is a tie vote the I Vice President will cast the deciding ballot, and that will seat Corbin, sure?" "You are not taking much interest in South Carolina politics now ?" "Oh, the Republican party is gone forever there. There's no use, anyway, of fighting the Democrats any more down there. I fought them till the last minute, and what's the reward for South Carolina? After Hayes was inaugurated, and the matter about the returning board was still pending in the Supreme Court, Hayes gave the Democrats so much that there was no use contesting nor fighting any longer." Here the Senator threw the striped stockings over the rails of the bed and plunged his face into the pillow, as though be were burying there old recollections that were painful. Then he straightened up and went on : "Hampton made a fight and came to Washington a conqueror?no less than a conoueror. sir?and Haves, the ^ * rf ' President of the United States, got down and licked his feet. That was aliright for Hampton, but bad for our man. Bad? It was disgraceful. Oh, yes, great fellow, Hayes is." "How about civil service ?" The Senator's arms went over bis head, tbat now lay peacefully upon the pillow. "He answered meditatively: "Great thiDgs, tbat civil service. It don't exist. Grant did try to enforce it, I know. We have talked it all over together, and he told me himself that the first man appointed under ita rules went to the penitentiary in short order. I forget the fellow's name; it was out West, though. We never had so personal an administration in this country, not in forty years, at any rate. Grant, I say, tried to do something with civil service and accomplished a little; but these fellows only profess to do it, and those professions are through the newspapers." The Senator shook up his pillow and lay down again with an air of satisfaction. "Now, Senator, say something about yourself, the probabilities of your arrest, you know." "I don't know anything about it except what I read in the newspapers. My friends down there tell me there's nothing in it at all, and that it has never been contemplated to send a requisition after me." "If you went back, do you think they would arrest and try you." "Well, if I went back they probably would arrest and perhaps bring me to trial. I ain't going back." The Senator readjusted his pillow and spoke with emphasis, and presently added, "At least not just now." "Because of the likelihood of arrest?" "No, too hot; I've got no business there now; it's hot enough here." "You were there last summer, though ?" . "Oh, yes, I had business there then." "You don't look after your constituents at short range tbeu,eh ?" "They are able to look out for themselves. I couldn't do any good there to the party. It is beyond redemption in the South. I do not believe, however, that it has been seriously thought of to take me back to South Carolina. My information, and its source is good, is that all such talk originated in Washington. When it was first heard of, my friends at Columbia asked-me, by wire, what it all meant. I answered them, 'You are down there, you ought to know.' They didn't know, though, and I definitely found out that it was Washington talk, the whole of it." "Now, Senator, I've got a question on my notes here I want to ask you." "Heave ahead," said the Senator. "Well, how about the saying, 'There's five years' good stealing down here yet ?'" "I'm glad you mentioned that. I never used that expression at all. 'Twas an old expression?a kind of popular slang phrase in, South Carolina when Scott was Governor, from 1868 to 1872, but this was the way it ran: 'There's several years more of good stealing yet.' Everybody used it. Well, in 1876, Judge Mackey was making a speech at Chester, and revived it, and attributed its origin to me, saying I used it in a speech in the State Legislature. Now. the truth is I ?""7 ? ~? ( ? ? was not in Columbia that winter. Mackey was supporting Chamberlain and I was opposing him at the time. Chamberlain got that dtrn-fool notion of civil service reform into his bead, too, and at the very time of that campaign was trying to sell out to the other side. Oh, I know all about that, you'd better believe. He prepared the State for Hampton." "Is Hampton to be the next Governor ot the State?" "There is no opposition. His government has given universal satisfaction. I think he wants to do right. By the way,. I see that a colored ex-Judge of South Carolina paid his respects to me the other day in an interview published in the Times. vA.ll right. The darkies wanted a representative in every branch of the government, and Wright got on the Supreme bench. He's a disreputable 1 nigger, corrupt on the bench and drunk everywhere." "How about the statement by your son, Silas, in Washington, that he saw Pauline Markham seated on Governor Scott's knee in the Fifth Avenue Hotel, New York, and kissing him each time he set seal to a bond ?" "Now, that is a newspaper lie. Silas never said so. He never saw any such afFaif. He 1 was only 14 years old at the time, and was at school. 1 den} that he ever said anything of the sort." "There has been a publication, in substance, that you recently visited Washington, and finding Judge Humphries who released you once on a writ of habeas corpus, to be out of town, you also left at once?" "Now, that's not so. Judge Humphries ' was in Washington. He lives at Alexandria, and comes up every Wednesday to hold court. He was the only Judge in town, in 1 fact. I went to Washington on business, got through with it and left. It has recently been published that I wrote to Senator Butler, appealing to his aid to prevent my arrest. Why, that is nonsense. Butler telegraphed for me to come to see him in Washington. I was so far away that before I : could get there he had gone." "It is said you propose to buy a house here and settle down. Is that so ?" "Well, property is cheap here and I may i buy some as an investment. I had rather : live in South Carolina than anywhere else, though." 1 "You propose to retire to private life after your term as Senator expires?" "No, sir ; I do not intend any such thing. 1 I don't know where I shall start again, but I 1 suppose I shall break out somewhere. You ' can say, too, that I do not intend to retire be- 1 fore my term is up. I have made no propo- 1 sition to Governor Hampton to resign in re- J turn for the stopping of legal proceedings ' against me." The Senator sat up in bed as if in defiance of such a probability aud said good-bye. "I I' could give you fellows lots of inside history of 1 Washington?secret history, you know." "Good-bye, Senator; I dare say it would ' make interesting reading." * "So it would. Leave the door open; it's J hot." 1 ? ? i Welcoming an Ex-Confeperate.?Af- : ter the meeting, Tuesday night, of George B. i Mead, Post No. 38, of the Grand Army of i the Republic, an interesting incident occur- I red. One of the members had made the ac- ( quaintance of a poor Confederate soldier, and ? invited him to the meeting. The long hair t and slouched hat of the Southerner soon at- ] tracted much attention of men who well re- t membered these peculiarities. t Many whispered inquiries were made, but ( when the beer and pipes went round, it was t noticed that the ex-rebel was kept bountiful- ? ly supplied. Finally the commander announ- t cod thai be understood there was a brother t soldier in the audience?a brother soldier, however, who had fought on the other side? and from whom a few remarks would be acceptable. The statement was received with applause, and when it ceased the astonished soldier made a few remarks to the effect that if the troubles resulting from the war bad been left to those who did th^ fighting all sectional animosities would have been buried by this time, and the entire country in a more flourishing condition. At the conclusion of this little speech, it was proposed that the lone Confederate soldier be welcomed with the "Grand Army cheer"? a compliment never tendered except to the most distinguished guests. The cheer was given with great enthusiasm. Immediately after .this the "Liberty of the floor" was accorded by Commander Finley to the comrades of tbe post, and then ensued a scene which almost baffles description. A grand fraternal rush was made for the ex-rebel. His hand was shaken ; tickets to contemplated excursions, member's business and personal cards, and general invitations without number were thrust upon him ; and he was placed in the ranks, behind the Philadelphia guests, and escorted with military honors and martial music, to Broadway, near which thoroughfare lay his temporary home. Not a member present, except the acquaintance of thqsoldier, was aware that he would attend.?New York Tribune. A HERO'S DEATH. Bill Redding was the telegraph operator at Grenada, Miss., and at tbe same time the correspondent of the Cincinnati Enquirer? a bright young fellow of only twenty-three, with the vigor of youth and the hope of a long life before him. When the yellow fever broke out at Grenada he telegraphed to the Enquirer a private message, saying that the Yellow Jack threatened to give them a fieVce tussle, but be would stay and might be relied upon for the news. His dispatches were graphic and careful, coming from a brave man, at first, but day by day, as tbe situation became more alarming, they changed their tone. They were graphic still, but the horrible scenes through which he was passing gave the eloquence of woe to what he wrot?. One day he commenced his dispatch: "To describe the scene is beyond the power of mortal man. Although the deaths are decreasing, it is not from an abatement of the disease, but from the want of material- Our little band of well ones are quickly counted, and we miss them hourly, requiring the strongest ner^e and courage for us to battle against the plague-deipon. We imagine we can almost see it in the air, and we feel like it was lurking around us, waiting for an unguarded moment to strike us down." That gave an idea of what brave Bill Redding and bis associates were doing for humanity. A week ago he sent another private message, saying that he didn't know how long he would live, and he wanted the amount of his compensation fixed, that he was braving the dangers for his mother and those dependent on him. A liberal sum was named for bis services to that date, and still more for bis future pay. Two or three days later his dispatches came with an apology at the foot, saying that he feared that he could not write coherently, as the room in which he wrote contained four persons down with the disease and a corpse. The four persons were Bill Redding's wife, his mother and his two sisters. The corpse was that of his child. Was it any wonder that he could not write coherently? Two days more elapsed and his dispatches came along as usual, only the woeful picture drawn in them increased in its dark colors. There was no hope at Grenada, but Bill Redding still remained, battling in the face of despair. Then two more days passed, and there was nothing from Grenada. The office could not be reached by the wires. This was Thursday and Friday. The town seemed to have dropped out of existence. Saturday the wire was opened .again, and with its opening came this message: "Bill Redding is down with the fever. This for the Enquire^ Yesterday came still another: "Reddiflpdied at half-past eight." The hero had Tought his last, fight and was conquered by him who conquers all. THE SOUTH CAROLINA RAILROAD. At Baltimore, on Wednesday of last week, the case against the South Carolina Railroad Company came up in the United States Court before Judge Hugh L. Bond, sitting in chambers. The action was brought by Calvin Claflin and Cyrus Gatewood, of New York, John Parsons of New Hampshire, Frank C. Eddy and Benjamin S. Hatch of Massachusetts, and others, against the South Carolina Railroad Company, praying an injunction to restrain certain holders of a portion of the second mortgage bonds of the road from disposing of them, and an order of the Court for the appointment of a receiver of the road. It is charged by the plaintiffs that the affairs of the road have been mismanaged, that it is insolvent, in default of interest on the second mortgage bouds, and that a portion of these bonds was illegally issued. A number of parties are made defendants to the suit, including the trustees of the first mortgage bondholders, the People's National Bank of Charleston, the Greenville and Columbia Railroad Company and others. The issue involves several million dollars, and from twenty to thirty eminent counsel from South Carolina, New York and elsewhere are present, representing various parties. The argument was opened on a motion denying the authority of the Court to issue an injunction and appoint a receiver, while sitting at Chambers without the territorial limits of the District <5f South Carolina, where the case is now pending and said to be ready for trial, and directing the further hearing of the motion to be postponed until the next regular term of the circuit court of the United States for the District of South Carolina. Ex-Governor Magrath, Gen. James Conner and W. E. Earle, of South Carolina, argued in favor of the motion denying the jurisdiction of the Court, and ex-Governor D. H. Chamberlain, representing the plaintiffs, icrflinst the motion. Subsequent to the conclusion of the arguments, Judge Bond read his opinion upon the motion for a postponement and removal bf the case on the ground that there was a lack of jurisdiction, overruling the motion and continuing the sitting at Baltimore. The arguments in the case will occupy several lays, after which the Judge will probably hold the matter under advisement for a time. Black Jews in India.?There are black Jews in India. The majority, are natives of Lhe Malabar coast, where, especially in the nty Kotechim, they reside in considerable numbers. It is said that they are the descendants of the Jews who were sent to India by King Solomon to capture elephants lor his use, and to work in the gold mines; ind that their skins, in the coiyrse of 3,000 fears, have entirely changed color, so as to make it almost impossible to distinguish them ?rom the rest of the natives. They know lit,le Hebrew, that language having almost died )ut among them. Their mother tongue is the io-called Hindi, which is used in their scrip,ures and prayer-books. They also possess a Bible which is not printed, but written. Of he holidays, they only keep the Sabbath and he passover, the Day of Atonement being mtirely unknownPto them. In the preparaion of their food, they differ from the Jews, is during their 3,000 years separation from he rest of their coreligionists, nearly all of heir original customs and mauners have died out. Tbev live separately, to this day from the white Jews, as the latter do not regard them as actual descendants of the Jewish race. As an? answer to this, the colored Jews boast of their letters of freedom given by the ancient king of India, and another one of King TVchandrackupta, who lived in the time of Alexander the Great They de not call themselves "Jews," but "Sons of Israel and they maintain that thay are in possession of a number of autographprayer-books, written by the Patriarchs. They live in great poverty, and are very ignorant, earning their living by working in the field and by daylabor. Formerly they were oppressed by the ftiA P.ncr XUUia V^V/TUlUUivUV | WUV UW II I UUUUt KMV lish rule, they are free and contented. In the English army (and a few are with the Malta contingent) they are noted for their courage and bravery? Jewish World. Sending Coin Through the Maim.? The Post Office Department has at last taken important action in regard to the transportation of gold and silver through the mails. A circular is now being prepared directing postmasters to receive gold and silver as third class mail matter for transportation through the mails at the rate of one cent an ounce, the same as is charged for samples of ores, metals, minerals, etc. The circular will also contain the important order allowing the registration of third class matter, the fee to be ten cents for "each package. The weight of packages is limited to four pounds. Thus four pounds of gold coin, amounting to $1,000, can be transported from San Francisco to New York, or from any post office in the country to another, for sixty-four oents, with the- privilege of registering the same, if the sender desires, for ten cents additional. Thus a shipper desires to send to New York or. other city, ten thousand dollars in gold; he has simply to put it in ten bags of one thousand dollars each, directing each bag. The whole is then put together in a safe. The advantage of registering is that every post office official through whose hands a register* ed package passes, has to givb a receipt for it, so it may be easily traced in case of accident or criminality. Some gold has already been sent through the mails at letter postage rate, namely: one cent for each half ounce, or $3.84 for each four pounds, or one thousand dollars. The circular goes into operation October 1, and'will make a striking revolution in the matter of transporting coin. Romance of a Poor Young Man.?A poor young clerk in San Francisco read a beautiful and affecting story of how another young man similarly situated, was once applied to for alms by a miserable old beggar, and when he had given the beggar all he had, the latter threw off his disguise and revealed the kind youth's rich uncle, who immediately fell on bis neck and wept, and afterward left him countless gold. Our poor young man was much touched by this legend, so he quietly left the paper where the senior partner, who was his rich old uncle, could see it, and then laid in wait for a beggar. The very next day one came into the store, and as soon as he started on his sad story the young man burst into tears, handed the man all the money he possessed, qp oroide watch, and even pressed upon him another clerk's new ulster that was lying on the coun ter. When the beggar was gone, the benevolent young man turned to have hie uncle, who was watching the whole proceeding, fall upon his neck. Instead of this, however, the capitalist fell upon his back, with great vigor. He kicked the philanthropist out, with the harsh remark that he didn't want any such blame fool about his establishment. And now the disappointed victim of romance is carrying a clothing store sign around, and wondering what good it does these story writers to pa? up jobs on mankind. Ways of Washing the Face.?There are several wrong ways of washing the face and but one right. Towel, flannel, sponge, are are all out of place where the face is concerned. The hands only should be used. Doctor Wilson's directions are: "Fill your basin about two-thirds full with fresh water, dip your face in the water, and then your hands. Soap your hands well, and pass the soaped bands with gentle friction over the whole face. Having performed this part of the operation thoroughly, dip the face in the water a second time, and rinse it completely; you may add very much to the luxury of the latter part of the operation by having a second basin ready with fresh water to perform a final rinse." But the care of the complexion requires that not only the face, but the whole body shall be daily subjected to the batb. The sponge bath is, perhaps, the best, and the temperature of the water must be regulated by the sensations of the bather, and by the season of the year. No one can deny the charm of clear, soft color in the cheeks and lips, and it must be an incorrigible complexion, indeed, that will not yield to the measures that I have recommended.?CasseWa Maga* zine. A Remedy for Sleeplessness.?When ready for bed sit down in an easy position, relaxing all the muscles of the body, and let the head drop forward upon the breast, as low as it will fail without forcinggt. Sit quietly in this way for a few minutes, freeing all the will power off the body, and a restful, drowsy feeling will ensue, which will, if not disturbed, lead to refreshing sleep. If the sleepless fit comes on in the night one can simply sit up in the position described. Stiffness of any part of the body most be avoided, and it is well to bend the body forward after lying down, rather than to keep it straight or thrown back upon the pillow. The writer suffered several years from sleeplessness, caused by severe pain and nervousness, and was taught the above by a physician of great experience and ability, and found through it complete relief. Many persons similarly afflicted Within the writer's knowledge have tried it, and always with good results?-Kansas City Sunday Journal. Making a Coat in a Day.?Some years ago a gentleman made a bet of one thousand guineas, that he would have a coat made in the course of a single day, from the first process of shearing the sheep, to its completion by the tailor. The wager was decided at Newbury, on the 25th of June, 1811, by Mr. John Coxeter, of Greenham Mills, near that town. At five o'clock that morning, Sir John Throckmorton, Bart, presented two Southdown wether sheep to Mr. Coxeter. Accordingly the sheep were shorn, the wool spun, the yarn spooled, warped, loomed and wove; the cloth burred, milled, rowed, dyed, dried, sheared and pressed, and put into the hands of the tailors by four o'clock that afternoon ; and at twenty minutes past six the coat, entirely finished, was presented by Mr. Coxeter to Sir John Throckmorton, who appeared with it before an assemblage of upward of 5,000 spectators, who rent the air with acclamations. I?* Among the uses of adversity are these: You can wear out your clothes. You are not troubled with visitors. You are exonerated from making calls. Bores do not bore you. No one ever thinks of presenting you with a testimonial. Flatterers do not shoot their rubbish into your ears. Impostors know it is of no use to bleed you. You practice temperance. You have saved many a debt, many a deception, many a headache. And lastly, if you have a true friend in the world,, you are sure to know it. 4 *. i.