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in fitentai Jfamifii |oanmI-gtbotta iff ftfitics, gtfos, fiferata, tft. BY JAMES A. HOYT.~ ANDERSON C. H., S. C, THURSDAY MORNING, MAY 24, 1866. VOLUME 1.-NUMBER 49. Tile Intelligencer IS PUBLISHED WEEKLY AT $?.?O I?ER, ANNUM, LN U. S. CURRENCY. RATES OF ADVERTISING. Advertisements inserted at the rates of One Dol? lar per square of twelve lines for the first insertion and Fifty Cents for each subsequent insertion. Obituaries and Marriage Notices charged for at these rates. The Stay Law Annulled in South Carolina. The Stay Law is pronounced uncon atitutional by our Judges now mot and sitting in Columbia, Judge Aldrich only dissenting. We publish the decision?it ia merely a decision as it appears in the Phcenix, no reasoning or argument accom? panying. We regret that the Court has taken the view they have of the Stay Law. If it is to be set aside, it would have been far better it had been done be? fore the close of the war. There never has. been a crisis in the history cf tho the.State, when general suing and Sher? iffs-sales could have been so fatal to the welfare and interest of the State as now. People may sue, but will it collect their debts ? Property will bring nothing? who has the money to buy with ? If tho thing works out as our Judges have decreed it may, it is certain that tho lands, and real estates generally, in South Carolina, will change owners, and the probability is, that a vast number of our citizens, who, if they had somo indul? gence, could extricate themselves from debt sufficiently to savo a home for them? selves and families, will bo turned out of doors penniless and hopeless, with tho load or debt still upon them, for their lands will be bought for a song?as the saying is?but it will be a death song to their hopes?the funeral chant of their prosperity and independence. The future owners of the lands in South Carolina, by the results of this judicial decree, it seems to us, will be Northern '-capitalists. New York and Boston, or eome of Mr. Stevens' Radical friends/may buy up our lands, and tho people gene tally, ot South Carolina, become their serfs and tenants, if they are so highly fevored as to be permitted to share with another class of the population in leasing j a little portion of what was recently their own. , in tho depth of our present ruin, poverty and distress, our Court has un? covered "a lower deep" of more hideous ruin still opening to devour us. If our Judges felt it their duty to ab? rogate the Stay Law, as doubtless they diu, it seems to us, with all deference, that the Court of Errors might havo been delayed with propriety till next Decem? ber, and it has been unfortunate and in? expedient, that they have hurried to a decision at the May Term of this year. The December Term would have given another year's crop to our planters, and some time for settlement and adjustment. Merciful Civil Judges, in passing sentence of death on the meanest of culprits, usu? ally allow time for the victim of law to> prepare for his fate, and to set his house in order if he can. Tho people of South' Carolina have been less favored, as to their estates, and most unexpectedly summoned to judgment and execution Upon "tho remnant that is left" We are of opinion, that the creditor class, as a general rule, will be as much injured as the,debtor, by the general im? pending sacrifice of property, for most creditors arc also debtors, and those who are not debtors, will fail to collect their debtsbecause of the incalculable depre? ciation of property by bringing so much at once under the hammer, and tho waste and consumption of the proceeds of sales in the payment of costs. \Yc have heard one of the most sensible lawyers in the State^-who iB cot given to exaggera? tion-?express tne opinion, that if the Stay Law was removed, and the people of his District all sued each other, as he thought inevitable in such an event, that the lands of the District exposed to salo under such circumstances, would, not bring more than enough to pay the costs of the suits, arid would Icavo the debts all unpaid still. The Stay Law, as enacted by the last Legislature, did provide for tho means of collecting debts by instalments on cer? tain conditions?which was fair?and without giving any weight to our own opinions of Constitutional law, or enter? ing upon the argument, we will stato the fact, that some as good lawyers as any in the State wore of the opinion, and so ar? gued in the Legislature und out of it, that the law, as passed, was Constitution? al. Our State Court has decided other? wise, and its decision is entitled to great respect, for no one doubts its purity and ability, but the decision of a Court on a Constitutional question may be orrone ous, nevertheless, and it is binding, how? ever, upon the people till removed. Tho opinion of Judges are not infallible, any more than other men's opinions, but they have to be and should be respected as law till overruled as just stated. As to tho morality and justico of somo Stay Law giving reasonable protection and mutual advantage to debtors and creditors, (the great mass of the people,) we havo not the shadow of doubt. This position we are satisfied could bo main? tained in any forum of conscience, though a host of learned Judges should encamp Against it. We think it very probable an extra session of the Legislatnrc may con rene before tho Fall Courts commence, and it is possible somo scheme may bo devisod for tho roliof of the people.? Greenville Mountaineer. ? Government is supporting 434,000 negroes. Interesting Debate in Congress. We make the following extract from the proceedings in the United States Sen? ate on tho 10th instant: The morning hour having expired, the Post office Appropriation hill was taken up, the pending question being on Mr. TrumbulVs amendment. Air. Nyo re? sumed the floor in continuation of his speech commenced yesterday. Air. Nye read from the President's speech to show that lie (the President) was in lavor of the repeal of tho test oath. Hero the gulf became impassable. Here he must part with the President. Here he (Nyo) must stop. [Applause in the galleries.] Ho never would cast a voto to admit a single one of these rebels. He would not have that sin to answer for at the judg? ment day. He did not intend to follow the example of tho husbandman who took a frozen copperhead to his bosom, and was bitten to death for his kindness. [Ap? plause in the galleries.^ In discussing State rights, Mr. Nyo was interrupted by Mr. Cowan, who said: "What State right are you opposed to ?" Mr. Nye: Secession. Mr. Cowan : I mean except secession. Mr. Nyo : I am oppos? ed to all State rights that mar the har? mony of the General Government. [Ap? plause in tho galleries.] What State rights aro you in favor of? Mr. Cowan: All of them. Mr. Nye: I thought so, in? cluding secession. Mr. Cowan : Seces? sion is not a Stato right. Mr. Nyo. in conclusion, appealed to the Sonato to stand firm, see to it that there could be no re? currence of the rebellion?that what was done was well done. In tho name of the immortal dead and the mangled living he domanded this. Beyond the grave wc shall meet an army of thrco hundred thousand dead that will never again an? swer to the roll call on earth j but, Sir, on the day of judgment they will be there, j In their name, by their mommy, by the immortal deaths they died and lives they 1 lived, I demand that Congress and every i departmentof this Government shall tread cautiously upon this great work of recon? struction. [Applause in the galleries.] Mr. Doolittle said that he, too, had I stood by the graves of loyal men who had 1 fallen in the late war. He had stood over tho grave of his first born and sworn he would never give over this struggle until < the rebellion should be suppressed and i tho Union restored. He had made hun- i drcils of speeches in the same view as Mr. i .Nye. while the country was in a state of war, and when it was necessary to nerve the country for the shock of battle. But : did not the Senator from Nevada (Nyo) 1 recognize the difference between war and peace f We were now at peace, and should wo still go on with speeches to 'wage war? No principle of statesman? ship or Christianity would justify it.? There was nothing in statesmanship or Christianity to justify a spirit of unre? lenting vengeance toward the Southern people. They had already been punished enough to satify the demands of reasona- i bio men. That thero were men to whom i extraordinary punishmont should be meted out, he did not doubt. How many men did the Senator from Nevada, and i those who acted with him, wish to hang? i A wholesale prosecution had never been i advocated. A very few prosecutions j would satisfy even those who were loudest in their demands for retribution. What had the President done ? Must he exe? cute prisoners in his power, without tri? al^ as Commander-in-chief of the Army ? i Was there a man on this floor ready to advocate the shooting of Jefferson Davis without trial ? Then how were they to i be tried? Tho Supreme Court has de? cided that they could not be tried by military commission or court martial.? They must be indicted, arraigned and tried as other men arc tried. He would ask Mr. Nye how many he would try, and in what way, whether by a military commission or by a court. ? Mr. Nye: .Do you want an answer to that question ? Mr. Doolittle : 1 do. Mr. Nye: If the Senator will give me a day or two to make out a list of the men J would have hung, I will do so. Mr. Doo littlo: But about how many would you hang? Mr. N}rc : Well, at a venture, 1 would hang enough to make treason odious?to make good that assertion by the President. Mr. Doolittle: How many, in the opin? ion of the Senator, would be necessary to do that? Mr. Nye: Five or six. Mr. Doolittle: In what way would you try them?by court martial or civil courts. Mr. Nye: I will answer that question in two ways. Mr- Doolittle: I want a di? rect answer. Mr. Nye: I would not have kept Davis so long. 1 would have hung him in a hollow square of the grand Union armies, when they were being mustered out here. Now, I suppose, I would try him by law. Mr. Doolittlo said the President was not responsible for the delay in Hie trial of Davis. It was admitted that a court martial was not the proper triounal, and the judge of the proper eourt had refused, so far, to try him. Ho (Doolittle) was tired of the clamor against tho President for not bringing Dayis to justice. The President, in the exercise of the pardon? ing power, had done what iL was impossi? ble lor him to have avoided. There was no tribuual before which the rebels of the South could be tried. As for the trial of Gen. Lee, it was well known that (Jen. Grant had spurned the idea of such a thing, so long as ho (Lee) obeyed the terms of surrender. Mr. Nye had asked where was Clement C. ("lay, by way of casting a stigma upon the President. Ho (Doolittlo) would point him to the letter of appeal for his release,"written by Mr. Wilson. Mr. Doolittle said there were two wings of opposition to the -Republi? can party?one. the Universal party, led by Ml*. Sumncr; another, the Universal Confiscation party, led by Mr. Stevens of Pennsylvania. There was also, he might say5 the Universal If anging party, led by Mr. Nye, and the Universal Amnesty in return for Universal Suffrage party, led by Mr. Stewart. I Mr. Doolittlo then took up the ques? tion of State rights, alleging that he was for defending the rights of States from j the insidious aggressions of Congress. It was not a right of tho States to secede. But it was one of their rights to defend and control thoir domestic affairs. The party opposed to these.rights would meet the fate of the old Federal party. Mag? nanimity to a fallen foe was directed by every consideration of Christianity and every teaching of history. The Southern people, since the close of the war, had behaved peaceably and well. Tho con? ditions of the pardon granted by tho President were ample and full. Tho charge was not true that the Presidont or his supporters were in favor of admitting rebels to the councils of tho nation. It was an infamous falsehood. The Presi? dent and his friends in Congross only maintained that each House for itself was the judge of the qualification of its own members. He (Mr. Doolittlc) maintain? ed that neither the President nor the Su? preme Court had any right to say who should or who should not be admitted to the Senate. An Incioent of the Floral Offering Day.?Among the many female forms that thronged tho Confederate cemetery nt "Cave Hill," on the 20th ult, gently and sorrowfully scattering their floral of? ferings o'or the graves of fallen heroes, was ono arrayed in tho sombre robes of mourning, Hero and there she offered licr flowery tributes upon a little hillock, marking the resting place of a slumbering warrior; but paused longest beside one, it whose foot flourished a small evergreen, planted there by her own delicate hands. There reposes the body of a friend, from i Southern Stato, to whom it had been bcr privilege to minister occasionally, while, as a captive, in a military prison, lar away from home and kindred, ho suf? fered, and finally breathed his lifo away. On that grave she wrought a bcautitul wreath of flowers; a faithful family ser? vant, who, as a freedman, adheres to the changed fortunes of his young mistress, stood a few feet removed, and, with un? covered head, gazed reverently upon her is she performed her sad duty. That mourner was the daughter of one of the most distinguished gj.ierals of the Con? federate army?the slaughtered hero of Shiloh's bloody field. Her father's body tills a soldier's grave. No monument, it may be, marks his resting place, but he lives in tho hearts of his countrymen, and bis name is incrasibly recorded on the page of American history, and indelibly inscribed on the tablet Of fame?a monu? ment more enduring than the exquisitely wrought column of marble that sur? mounts many an one unknown to fame ind unheard of on the historic page.?Ex? change. A Delightful Legend.?There is a charming tradation connected with the site on which the temple of Solomon was arcctcd. It is said to have been occupied in common by two brothers, one of whom bad a family, tho other had none. On this spot was sown a field of wheat. On the evening succeeding the harvest tho wheat having been gathered in separate ?hocks, the elder brother said to his wife, 'My youngor brother is unablo to bear the burden and heat of the day; I will arise, take of my shocks and place them with his without his knowledge." The younger brother being actuated by the same benevolent motives, said within himself, "My elder brother has a family, I have none; I will contribute to their support; I will, arise, take my shocks and place with his, without his knowledge." J udge of their mutual astonishment when on the following morning, they found their respective shocks undiminished.? This course of events transpired for sev? eral nights, when each resolved in his own mind to stand guard and solve the mys? tery. They did so; when, on the follow? ing morning, they met each other half way between their respective shocks, with their arms full. Upon ground hallowed by such association as this was the Tem? ple of Solomon erected?so spacious and magnificent, the wonder and admiration of the world ! Alas! in these days, how many would sooner steal their brother's whoio shock, than add to a single sheaf. ? A little incident containing some mystical interest transpired in Wayne County, North Carolina, during tho late war. It is the following: It was late at night. Tho husband was absent and the wife, alone with her little children, had retired. Three or four sol? diers rudely knocked at the door of tho house and demanded entrance and some? thing to eat. The good lady told them it was too late?that she had nothing cooked ; but, fearing they would break the door, she got out of bed and opened it to expostulate with them. They insisted that she should cook something for them, and while she was getting read}', and the}' were roaming about the house, one of the party, who seemed to be tho leader, happened to find a copy of Mackay's "Masonic Jurispru? dence" lying upon the side table. Turn? ing it over, he found the narao of the poor frightened woman's husband written on the fly leaf. "Is this your husband's V ho inquired of the lady. "Yes, sir," was tho timid reply. "Is he a Mason ?" "Yes, sir." "Como, boys, right about ?march !" and immediately the house was cleared and quietly closed. Killing of Crozier at Newberry. Many of our readers will doubtless re? member tho inhuman and brutal murder of Calvin Crozier, a paroled Confede? rate soldier, at Newbcrry last August, by order of Lieutenant Colonel Trowbridge, of the 33rd TJ. S. colored troops. The case excited much interest at the time, but in tho midst of innumerable scenes of wanton bloodshed and unprovoked out? rages, the people have almost allowed the circumstance to be blotted from mem oiy. The following article, therefore, will serve to refresh their recollections, and in addition, throw some light upon the disgraceful proceedings whereby Trowbridge was permitted to be released from arrest and escape the punishment due to a cowardly and fiendish murderer. Wo copy from tho editorial columns of the New York News : Not satisfied with having, at a cost that it makes one shudder to think of, mado the once prosperous and happy States of the South a waste of desolation, and per? secuted her impoverished and helpless people with insulting and oppressive leg? islation, the Radicals have inaugurated a system of petty persecutions directed against those ofiicors of tho army whoso sense of justice or self-respect forbid them to take part in the crusado against tho people of tho South. From Generals Blair and Sickles down to tho humblest subaltern, every officer, who has evinced a disposition to shape his official course in accordance with the dictates of reason, justice and humanity, has been mado to feel, in one form or another, tho weight of Radical displeasure. The latest case of tho sort that has fal? len under our notice is that of General Charles Levens, of Massachusetts, who has been denounced, through the pross, as little better than a traitor, because ho was unwilling to sanction a crime, the perpetrators of which, in any other ser? vice than our own, as regulated by tho Radicals, would havo been summarily ahot. This denunciation is based chiefly upon Gen. Devons' action in tho case of Lieutenant Colonel Trowbridgo, tried by court martial for tho murder of Calvin Crozier. The facts in the caso arc briefly these. Crozier, who was a paroled Con? federate soldier, was traveling about a year ago on the Newberry, S. 0., train, accompanied by two ladies. Just before the cars reached the depot, some negroes belonging to the Thirty-third Regiment, U. S. C. T., who had got aboard at a wood station above, entered the ladies' car and commenced insulting the passen? gers. One of them, named Mills, came up to Crozier's party, and putting his | arm around the waist of one of tho la-1 dies, attempted to kiss her. A sculllc of course ensued, in the courso of which Mills was stabbed. He was carried out, mortally wounded, as was supposed, and immediately the cars wero surrounded by a furious mob of negroes belonging to the Thirty-third Regiment, which was quar? tered there at tho timo. Crozier was ar? rested, and, although thcro was no evi? dence that he had inflicted tho wound, within twenty minutes thereafter, ho was shot by order.of Colonel Trowbridgo without any trial whatever. Tho affair created an intense axcitemcnt in tho com? munity, and all through the State, to al? lay which an ex parte Court of Inquiry was called, which, as a matter of course, acquitted Trowbridgo of all blame in the matter. His excuse was that, if he had not caused Crozier to bo shot, his men would havo sacked the town. Governor Perry, however, not being prepared to bcliovc that the United States authorities would sanction so gross an outrage, ap? plied to General Gilmoro for an investi? gation. This was ordered by General Dcvens, then temporarily in command, and, upon the report of tho Inspector General, a Court Martial was ordered by General Gilmore, who by that time had returned and resumed command. Mills, for whose murder Crozier was shot, was present at the trial, but, strange to say, was not examined. Tho Court Martial acquitted Trowbridgo on the ground al? ready stated, and General Dcvens disap? proved the finding, using in regard to it tho following languago : "Calvin Crozier was executed summarily by Lieutenant Colonel Trowbridgo for the murder of private Mills, Thirty-third U. S. C. T.. who not only was not murdered by said Crozier, but is to-day alive and well. It was, in my opinion, a most unjustifiable act," etc. What else, in the name of common decency, could ho have done? If Crozier had killed Mills on the spot, ho would have been justified. But ho did not kill him, and there was no evi? dence that he had even Avoundcd him ; and yet whon this bloodthirsty scoundrel Trowbridge, this coward who' could not control his own men, deliberately mur? ders Crozior at the instigation of his black ruffians, Gen. Dovens is callod upon to ondorse his conduct, and denounced because he will not. Was there ever such tyranny, such atrocious proscription, such unblushing avowal of lawlessness ? We have referred at length to this caso of Crozier's, becauso it throws a light up? on the course pursued by post Command? ers and petty officers in tho interior of tho Southern States, and will serve to explain the irritation and uneasiness caused by the continuance of tho milita? ry occupation and tho suspension of the Habeas Corpus. As for Gen. Dcvens, who is a gentleman, which is more than can bo said of his defamcrs, he will sur? vive these attacks upon his loyalty; and the time will come when his action in the Trowbridge case will be regarded, even in Boston, as the only redeeming feature of a transaction otherwise most foul and disgraceful. 1 The rreedmen in this District. We give place to tl-e annexed letter addressed to the Loyal Georgian, publish? ed at Augusta, Goo., in the interest of the negro race. The letter is interesting, be? cause tho views presented emanate from a standpoint where the condition of the freedmcn is supposed to be carefully watched and guarded. Without com? menting upon tho same, we leave our readers to judge of tho fairnoss and jus? tice of the views expressed: Anderson, S. C, April 23,1866. In giving an accouut of the condition of the freed people in this District, it will be proper to allude to che relations which existed between master and slave before the result of the war emancipated them. Most of the farms in this District were small, and required constant labor to make their cultivation profitable. The owners therefore, generally worked with their slaves, as farmers, at tho North workod with their laborers, and, as a re? sult, tho slaves were more humanely treated, and acquired a degree of intelli? gence unknown to thoso who had passed their time on the cotton and rice planta? tions towards tho coast. On acquiring their freedom, many of them remained with their former owners, instead of seeking to realize their freedom by leaving homes, and going to the large cities and towns where they expected food and shelter from the Govornment. Until after the first of January, it was difficult to get the freed peoplo to make contracts for the year; but finding that they must work or starve, they chose the first alternative, and now there is scarcely an unemployed ono in tho District. In? deed there is now a scarcity, rather than an excess of laborers. The contracts that have been made are generally very fairt being tho same, in many cases, as were formerly made with whites; and it requires only industry and economy on the part of the freed people, to give them a good reward for their years labor. Some have entered into oontracts with persons of whom they knew little, and will perhaps make nothing j but the les? son that these will learn, will not be with out effect on themselves, as well as their acquaintances. This year will necessarily bo a hard one for many of the freed people, for they began with nothing; they cannot get credit, and they are compelled to buy at high rates from their employers, paying at the end of the year from their shares of tho crop, or from their wages. Then, too, it is the first in which the experiment of free labor will bo fairly tried; and its result will be looked for with great interest by friends, as well as opponents, of tho system. Therefore, those who havo made equita? ble contracts are pleased with their hands. They exhibit an interest in their work which they could never feel while slaves, and a degree of intelligence which was in many cases unlocked for. There aro to be sure some uneasy ones, who do not fully understand the obliga? tions and responsibilities, as well as the security, that freodom bestows upon them; and who consider a contract bind? ing only as long as they choose to abide by it; but this class is small, and will grow still smaller in timo. Nearly all parents have a strong desire that their children should acquire an edu? cation; and there is now, a school in working ordor, in which there are over ono hundred scholars. Its teacher is a white citizen of this place, who has taught hero many yoars. Nearly all the scholars know the alphabot, and some are quite well advanced in the spelling-book. None have yet gono beyond this. All manifest a degree of earnestness in their studies which is not excelled by white children. Out of the school-house, ono sees them on door-steps or by tho road-side, conning their lessons, with an appearance of wis? dom which is often ludicrous. Well is it for them that thoir lives aro not to know tho heaviness of tho burden their parents so long bore. S. An Interesting Sequel to a Hasty Divorce.?A correspondent of the Volhs frcud, writing from tho "Indiana Prairie," April 30, has the following: In Sullivan county a young married pair, who had been united in the bonds of wedlock about six years, having be? come somewhat mutually disagreeable of late, the husband in his anger hastened to a lawyer, and took steps to obtain a divorce from his wife; Ono day he came home to his wife and said to her, "Betsy, I havo fullfilledyour wish. You said yon wished you were separated from mo.? Here is the decree of divorce." His wife was at first surprised, but far too indig? nant to botray an emotion. She said she was ready to leave. She only needed to pack up her goods. She wished ho would bo present to sco that sho took nothing except what was her own. He stepped into the adjoining room with her where tho bureau and clothes press wore. The wifo proceeded in si? lence to take out the clothes, when sud? denly her eyes fell upon a small dress, and, quite overcome, she broke out in convulsive weeping. The husband, hitherto an indifferent observer, remark? ed her emotion and discovered tho cause. It was the dress of their only child, a lit? tle daughter of three years, who had died almost two years ago. The husband was not less affected by the sight than his wife. He embraced hor with emo? tion, begged her pardon again and again, tore the decree of divorce into a thousand pieces, hastened to the Clerk's oflico. took out a new marriage license, and was mar? ried immediately to his late wife. The Heart's Flowers.?The human heart is like a garden hedged with thorns. You must pass through the difficult en? closure before you pluck its blossoms. As one will take more pains to secure a violet that flourishes in a dangerous place, for we are naturally fond of hazard, and prize the treasure according to its cost? so the fair growths of the heart, whon gained after much seeking, become of ex? ceeding value. They are worth striving after?for where are the flowers with tints so exquisite, with odors so transpor? ting, as those which spring from the rich soil of the human bosom. It is proper that each one should culti? vate his own domains. He who neglects his household is worse than an infldel? and he who neglects his land shall como to want. But we may bestow all neces? sary attention upon our own fields, and still have leisure to inspire and assist oth? ers. We may raise the blossom that has been blown down by the storm?we may train the vine that has become mis? shaped?we may relievo the plant that is choked by weeds, and direct the tendril that is looking for support. There is work to do for others as well as ourselves. There may be hearts in which such aid seems useless. There arc. We can call them before us. There is no dew that can revive their blighted blossoms?no sun can warm to life their dead fruitage. But yet the attempt is not wholly use loss, for thero may bo one blossom and one plant that have survived the general execration. They have a fable in the East, that a: maiden's tears, falling On the lips of a dead soldier, recalled him to life again. And thus may it be with hearts whose vegeta? tion is withered and dried up?for tears are might}', and wo may not reckon their, influence. Shall wo not then husband our time? and while we give good heed to our own hearts, extend our sympathy^ and aid to others. It is a glorious and satisfying labor to work among the blossoms of tho heart?a labor which shall make sleep sweet, life beautiful, and the future mel? low as" the May morning. Clerical Humor.?Emmigr?tion to the State of Michigan was so great du? ring the years of 1835 and 1836, that ev? ery house was filled every night with travelers waiting. Every traveler there at that time will remember the difficulty of obtaining a bed at the hotels, even-if he had two or three "strange bed fel? lows." The Rev. Hosea Brown, an ec? centric Methodist minister, stopped one night at one of the hotels in-Ann Arbor, and inquired if he could have a room and bed to himself. The bar keeper told him ho could unless they should become so full as to render it necessary to put in another with him. At an early hour tho. reverend gentleman went to his room, locked the door, retired to bis bed, and soon sunk into a comfortable sleep. Along towards midnight he was roused fromliis slumbers by a loud knocking at. his door. "Hallo! you there," ho exclaimed, "what do you want now !" particular stress on tho last word. "You must take in another lodger, sir, in with you," said the landlord. "What! another yet ?" "Why, yes, sir, there is only one in here, is there ?" "One ! why here is Mr. Brown, and a Methodist minister and myself, already, and I should think that enough for ouo bed, even in Michigan." The landlord seemed to think so too, and left the trio to their repose. -4? Hard Upon Kilpatrick.?The New Hampshire States and Union thus compli- . ments Major General Kilpatrick on his protest against tho bombardment of Val? paraiso by the Spaniards: . "Our readers will remember one Kilpa? trick, who was a Federal cavalry leader the latter part of tho war, and afterwards an Abolition disunion stnmp speaker in New Jersey. For his heathenish bru? tality and barbarism at the South lie was appointed by A. Lincoln as minister to Chili, with a residence at Valparaiso. It seems that "ust before the Spanish bom? bardment of that city on the 31st of March] General Kilpatrick became very tender hearted and thought it was too bad to destroy a city containing ?'thou? sands of helpless women and children' who would be 'driven from their homes to die amid the desert hills,' <fco. And so he wrote a letter to each of the other for? eign ministers at Valparaiso. * * * ... "A very nice and pious sort of a follow is this finished villain, this brntal, God abhorred wretch, who traveled from At? lanta to "Raleigh with a sword in ono hand and a torch in tho other, slaying and burning all that stood in his desolating path." -O The Fate of all Such.?An editor of a Western paper, while taking a snooze, after dark, traveling in a railway car? riage, had his pocket picked. The thief next da}- forwarded tho pocket book by express to tho editor's offico, with tho fol? lowing note : ? - # "Yoa mizcrablo skunk, hears yer pockit book. I don't keep sich. For a man dressed as well as ycou was, to go round with a wallit and nuthin in it but a lot of noose paper scraps, an ivry toothe comb, too noose paper stamps, and a pass from a ralcroad directur, is a contemter ble impersition on the publick. As I heer vcour a editur, I return yer trash?I nover robs any, only gentlemen." -_-*-? _"Now my little boys and girls," said a teacher, " I want you to be veiy still? so still that you can hear a pin drop." For a minute all was still, and a little boy shrieked, " let her drop."