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? An Independent Family Journal?Devoted to Politics, Literature and General Intelligence. VOL 2. ANDERSON, S. C., WEDNESDAY, MAY 15, 1867. NO. 48. il-S^Yf^ WALTE ES. ? , " TEBMS; a??i&ES AH?.A . SALF PE& AHHUH, . 1? "Trans? STATES OOBBEISOT. - KATES Of* ADVERTISING, " Advertisements inserted at the rates of One Dol? lar per Bquiire of twelve lines for the first insertion and "Fifty Cents for osch oubseqaent insertion. Lit eral deductions made to those who advertise by thfcyearv jj^ Poirannoancinga c?^idate, Five Dollars advance SciitoxM Notes cm the South. ;W!isi?.'C.' Prime, -Baq., the Editor of| tho Hew Tork Journal of Commerce, has recently been on a visit to the Sooth, and Js fara&lring his paper with "editorial ootea^ on her resources and necessities. '"We madei n short extract last week from tile observations of Mr. Prime, and here? with preiient two more editorials from the" same peiu In connection with the ex? tracts also given last wtek from^the New Tork. 22zpres$r these oteervations are in Interesting and instructive, to say the %TJierewas never .offered to capitalists a S&ore promising field, of investment It [ needs orjy, a visit to. convince them of ?this, and they will bejweloomed with the' tftmost cordiality, whether they come as visitors cr as residents. It matters noth " ing what is the politicalfaith of the North? ern maii;jradi(?l;.or.?onrervative, ho will ' <b& welcomed; and well received. The published ststements.to the-contrary of j this are absolutely untrue. If a Northern rowdy gets drank inaSouthern hotel, he? roines riotous and receives deserved pnn - tshraent. it is generally published in the North as an instance pf Southern ill-treat -Bient of Northern travelere. Al l classes of the peopler 6ld andlyoung, are impress? ed with the eonvictfou that they need Northern visitors' aid settlers among thorn. We have seejT? in several i nstan ces, groups of Northern travelers, con? versing in hotels with Southern men, wlijere, in the coarse *f the-convereation, it'&]j?earedthat someof them had been soltdiers on opposite sites in the same bat? tles^ and the coarse of the battles formed &t once' the subject of animated and in -fce?>ested conversation, but in no instance ?xvi&tk&e the slightest insult, ill-feeling, ?rpa?sie?* "displayed. We have seen simi? lar conversations between civilians where fJiesabject was the loss of near and dear I Natives on opposite sides of the contest. ILni?hort; the war has already assumed in the minds of men a sort.of historic aspect, its results are accepted as conclusive, and jio one dreams of ever again opening the Ijuestion involved, < 4?'Qn$.of- the best societies which could ^/formed how: would be d benevolent ?ochaly. to promote intercourse between the;tw?'sections. .It'is not the expedi tioiisof "vp^tical sjoeakers which will do good. .^Xt is the visit to the South of hon- j ^estmen who have; no political ends to serve which sbouid be oncouiagrid. AYexyeakjot the;openings lor capital, ^heso...?peninirs are of two classes; the first in- the.way oft loans of mone}', the second in the way-of purchases of prop? erty* There is, of coarse, apprehensions . on the part of Northern men that the values of Southern ijecurities may be over? estimated. But. we are persuaded that tljere can hardly be a lower depth than ..-tails?, now been reached. Certainly it is < Impossible that the real estate of theSoutb can ever be worth less than it is now of? fered at. There ateno bettor securities in the world than are now proposed in iond?^and.mortgages on Southern real ?estate. ' The margins are ample on the jpresent low valuations, while they are from four-fifths to nine-tenths of the value of the property eight years ago. We have seen improved property of the best class, which was salable before the-war at ?6Q,O06 offered nowfor ?16,000, and a loa n asked on itof $8,000, without a taker. Wi3 have seen plantaiions formerly worth ten dollars an- acrc> including cleared; j3wamp and timber land, now offered ur? gently at SL25 an acre, without finding a purchaser. T,6e general depression is so great that.men areanxious only for a Jit tic money on whiei to endeavor.to make . a netv start fVbm the beginning. They regard their present ruiu as absolute. The question for capitalists is of course simply, whether the future promises a . better stsito of thing} and higher values. . It is impossible to! look over the rich Hands of the South and doubt that they ^vill again hereafter i? heretofore produce wealth, and sustain commercial and politi? cal power. The world wants their pro? duce, and the wbridwill have it. If last year*cron had not proved to so many a fail ore, this year woild i have done much to increase values au4 arouse industry. i If an election of aiy kind were to be held in the South wilhin the next three months, there is no seasonable doubt that tbjree-foorths of theaegiro vote would be Cast with the Southern wblte vote. There ' is perfect accord betyeen the larger por? tion of the freedmehund the white popu? lation. This is but neural. The negroes Were as ardent enemies of the North as their masters during ihe war. They had no theories to sustain and no special care ?s to what questions ?vere involved in the conrtest. They- sympathized with the people Who enrroancBd them; and if the Oath of allegiance w$re distinctly under? stood by the freed mm when it is admin? istered to them, nine-.onths of them would be unable to say tb? they had not lent willing aid sad comfcrt to the rebellion. Having stood firmly iy their masters in the trials of the war,they are still likely to tftand by them in ill public questions. It eeeras to be from [.knowledge and ap pre:.'iatioa of these nets, that the men who are seeking to tie the negro vote for {mrtisan purposes finl it necessary to de nde the poor fellowswith promises of a division of the Sands among tbem. The .sorions qaestion for the freedmen now ought tol)e bow to. eiablisb a regular and pennanent system of paid labor, and bow to fix the rate of patent so as to ap? proximate" as nearly a> may be to the old rate?namely, a supp<rt for the laborer and his-family, in sckness.and health, childhood and old ag? But the interfer? ence of politicians is meirating to prevent the determination of ibeso questions, and Postpone the day of calm settling down, t is impossible to rogard the speech making missions of Northern politicians to the Southern negroes as anything bat injurious to them. It is, In fact, adding the final blow to their ruin as a people. Unless they settle down to work, and take the position of laborers whose labor is necessary, and must he cherished and eared for, they will rapidly perish. The suffrage is in danger of proving the de? struction of the race. It would ordinari? ly take a generation to learn the require? ments of the new order of things. Where the interests of employers are so deeply in? volved in the "education; of the employed, the process or accommodation to the new system might be much more rapid. But the temptations to idleness which political speakers are offering them, are too strong to be resisted by their feeble intellects, and they- are- easily led to rein. They would go much faster if the promises were fulfilled. If the lands were divided among them, and they made to depend on their own labor for the product of their own farms, the race would mel t away in two or three generations. . The Southern megro is very much like a hot-house plant. He needs constant care and advice. Exposure is dangerous. It is astonishing to observe how many of them seem to be ill, how few are free from coughs and indications of disease. They know nothing about taking care of them? selves. They require adWce, watching and constant help. These are the gene? ral truths, while the exceptions serve by contrast to make the common rulo more visible. The future, therefore,- looks doubtful to the Southern people. There is reason to fear that the negro race will disappear. Already it is plain that it will not be able to supply the demand for labor which is sure to be made within a few years. The indications are that they will diminish from year to year, while the demand will increase in more rapid ratio. If these questions were left to the management of Southern men, they would be considered with great care, and the utmost attention would be paid to the comfort and well being of the freed in en. The best friends they have in the world are Southern em? ployers, and their worst enemies are those who, however honestly, are seeking to di? vert their attention from the primary question of bread, and clothing, and shel? ter, to the work of governing a great nation. Unfit at present to govern them? selves, they ought to be spared the mis2 rable delusion of thinking they are fit to malte laws for the world or the greatest nation in it. Tho direction of their minds towards such subjects results in their absolute destruction, physical as well as moral. There are many reasons for believing that the tendency of things in the South is toward the breaking up of the old sys? tem of large plantations employing many Lands. These will continue in some sec? tions, because no other system can be made to work successfully. But it will not be strange if the general rule shall hereafter be more like that at the North, where the farmer cultivates a small farm, requiring but tew hands. Here comes inj however, the question of emigration? whether it can be turned to the South, and how. The world's history has shown that emigration does not tend to warm climates. But here are inducements such as - were never before offered. A land onco teeming with abundance, rich soil which rewards labor ten-fold, the prospect of crops which are more valuable than, mines of gold, the certainty that the soil will yield support to the laborer and his family from the time that the seed grows?these and other reasons may tempt the emigrant. But the people of the South must do something to induce immigration, and one of the finest things necessary is to per suado their railway companies to estab? lish second-class through rates of faro at a low tariff. The present rates are only local, and very high. When we compare the cost of going from New York to St. Louis or Chicago with the cost of going as far Southward, we see reasons why the emigrant cannot now be induced to try the latter. There are fine openings for the organi? zation of emigrantcompanies in .he South. Large tracts of improved land can be bought at a low figure, and these lands sold to emigrants in alternate sections would at once become more valuable than in the most prosperous day 5 of old. r--;-* How to Prevent Kerosine Accidents. ?Never fill the. lamp when lighted. Trim always by day, putting in fresh oil every morning and removing the charred portion oi the wick. Avoid exposing the lamp to sudden drafts, which blow the flamo into the reservoir and explode them. Car? ry them about as little as possible, and before doing so lower the wick. Never burn with flamo too low, for this causes smoke and smell. Never extinguish ihern by blowing; there is always a gas in tbei reservoir of the lamp, and the instant tho flame descends and comes in contact therewith, oxplosion follows, put them out by lowering the wick. If these simple instructions are attended to, explosion is impossible, all bad erne!! avoided, and a light obtained twice as brilliant as gas. -o Bather too Modest.?A young lady, who lives on Winchester Street, (we men? tion no names) went, the other day, into Utterback's to see his spring and summer goods, and while examining some articles, anothor lady entered in search of (don't blush, ladies) some undress muslin. Not wishing to use this simple terra, with several distinctly andible hems, she said to the attentive clork: "Have you any muslin that isn't up in the morning." W?rrehtan (Va.) Sentinel. I Interesting Sketch. VISIT TO THE TOMB OF LAZARUS AND THE GARDEN OF GETHSEMANE. The Rev. R. A Holland is contributing to the Louisville Courier a series of inter? esting letters from the Holy Land, which he has been exploring for some months pas t. We present below graphic pictures of the Tomb of Lazarus and the Garden of Gethsemane, which we select from his letter of March 23rd, written from Con? stantinople : THE TOMB OF LAZARUS. But I digress. The path is precipitous. We dismount and lead our horses down. We have reached the tomb of Lazarus. We enter by a low opening, and feel our way down a long, winding, dilapidated staircase to a small chamber, the walls of which are partly plastered, partly the na? ked rock of the cavern. From this cham? ber a few steps lead into a low vault, I imagine not more than nine feet square. Therein lay the body of Lazarus. The closeness of the atmosphere limits our in? spection to a mere glance. We retire to the larger room, and sitting upon the floor, Bible in hand, one of us reads aloud, by candle-light, St. John's account of the mir acle and of the Savour's intercourse with those whom it most affected. How touch ingly simple, how surpassingly beautiful that"Gospel sounds when read on the spot it commemorates. The past tense becomes the present. The scene is most finished, but transpiring. Right there in that cell the corpse has been lying for four days, and every day Mary has been here to weep. The noise of conversation, as of many persons above, I began to hear. A shadow is in the door. It is His. The long-expected and prayed-for has come from beyond Jordan. His mellow voice, tremulous with emotion, but loud with au? thority, peals down the arched 6taircase and echoes among these sepulchral walls, "Lazarus, cojne forth," It goes deep be? yond, reaching into the regions of death. Hush! do you hear that rustling! See! he comes stooping, "bound hand and foot with grave clothes and his face bound about with a napkiD." Slowly he mounts the steps. He is on the threshold. He has passed out under the sky. Listen again ! "Loose him and let him go V And Lazarus, the dead brother, no longer dead, is in the arras of his bereaved sisters, no longer bereaved. Neighbors gather around and passionately greet him. Bethany is glad. The newe flies throughout the land. Crowds come from Jerusalem to see "the man" who has wrought the wonder, and believe him God. Reluctantly do we tear ourselves from the hallowed place. We go from the grave to the house of Mary and Majtha, and that of Simon, the leper, where, while Jesus sat at supper, Mary annointed his feet with costly spikenard, and wiped tbem with her hair, and, as the room then was, eveu so to-day the world is "filled with the odor of the ointment." THE GARDEN OF GETHSEMANE. We return to Gethsemane, over the southern shoulder of Olivet, by the road Messiah followed on the morning of His triumphal entry into Jerusalem. Our raps are more successful this time than be? fore, for the heavy iron gate soon swings open with a creak, exhibiting the tonsured head of Padre Louis, who invites us into the garden. It disappoints at first. There is too much, of art, too little of nature. The happy medium, so desirable and so rarely obtained, between culpable neglect and excessive care, is not found here. The faucy which has already prepared a Geth? semane of its own, does not at once recog nize the claims of this; objects to the im- j prisoning walls, to the trim parterres, to j the front-yard neatness of the railings, to the prayer stations arithmetically calcula ted, and marked by crucifixes on the stuc? coed inclosure, to the air of perfect readi ness for the security of connoisseur-ship in the whole. But the eve speedily becomes accustom? ed to what it cannot alterj and concen? trates its attention upon the olive trees doublv grand?grand from their own as? sociation with incidents of which they are the sole surviving spectators on earth. These trees are eight in number. Their gnarled and marsive sterns^ and far-spread? ing leafy bougliBgive them the appearance of patriarchs : n the attitude of blessing. I cannot understand why they should not be as old as the event requires, nor do I desire to understand, if an illusion lovelier than the truth is to be dissolved by the explanation. I abandon criticisms to eru? dite cavilers and recline under the foliage of the largess and most ancient of the trees?the one supposed to have shadowed the victim in His prostrations of agony. Here, then, with soul exceeding sorrowful unto death, He fell on the ground and prayed, while His disciples slept a stone's cast hence, too fatigued to watch with Him. Here thrice He bowed himself and groaned the entreaty to be delivered" from the mysterious cup. Oh, the intensity of that struggle. It wrung the crimson per? spiration from his temples and forced the strengthening succor of anxious Heaven j but its issue was victory, and its fruit eter? nal life. I will not, dear Courier, trespass upon your patience by detailing my reflections while resting under that venerable olive, by telling how with mental vision I saw Judas, one of the twelve, come, accompa? nied by a great multitude with swords and staves from the chief priests and elders of the people, and now, after the kiss of murder was planted on His pale cheek, I saw the Son of Man rudely grasp? ed and1 led away to Cai?phas, to Calvary. For once upon the tide I should be bonae by it beyond my intentions?beyond your wishes. When we were about to with? draw, Padre Louis presented each of us, a I delicate bouquet, composed of roses, jon? quils, marigolds, and other flowers which \ he had c?ued and arranged during our short stay. I took mine to my room in the hotel, and by putting them* in water enjoyed their beauty a:ad aroma for sever? al days. They died too soon, as all lovely things do, but their meaning still blooms in my being, and "Their fragrance hath 'Hade A garden within roe where :nemory strays Evermore, with faint footfalls, down blossoming ways." -?o What the Soutih May Be. There is not much in the Washington Chronicle that Southern editors care to reproduce; but the following extract from one of its articles, as to what the now excluded ten Southern States may become, contains much truth. It is worthy of perusal by our people, as it gives them good ground for hope and en? couragement, if they can ever be in a situation to develop their resources: Once admitted into the halls of Con? gress, they will hold, and that very short? ly, not the balance, but tho weight of power. The late insurrectionary dis? tricts, as we have grown accustomed to call them, ere entitled, at a rough esti? mate, to some eighty or ninety .Repre? sentatives and some twenty Senators. A few years, and this estimate will be dou? bled or quadrupled. With free labor and free schools, the South will leap forward as no section of this country ever did be? fore. She is ripe for development. It is not with her as with a new and unpopu? lated country. All the conditions of rapid and thorough development are at hand. Her great cities are already located; ber great lines of travel are already stretched out; her forests are broken; her streams known and navigated j her soils tested; ber mineral treasures tapped* Through? out her territory, courts are open, the machinery of local and municipal Gov? ernment is in working order, and well understood, and* schoo s and churches are sprinkled from border to border. There are no wild and hostile savages to exter? minate: no impassable mountains to be hewn through; no malaria or deadly fe? vers to be conquered by the slow ap I proaches of a gradual civilization. All these great obstacles which face the pion? eers olf a new country, and make the march of civilization like the march of an army, whose foremost columns, no matter how daring or fearless, must melt away, have been overcome. The magnificent, luxuriant Sontb, bursting with undevel? oped?perhaps, undreamed of?wealth, stands, to-day, ready and waiting to be entered in and possessed. Like seed sown J in good ground, will turn out all inveet : merits made within her fertile and willing bounds. She must be, tor the next de? cade, the commercial and financial El Do? rado of our land. Other things being equal, she will out? strip the far and unknown West, simply because she is known and within reach, j Men will not care to settle at the spurs of the Rocky Mountains and on the bound? less plains, where, at best, they could only hope to leave tc their children the advan? tages they may themsslvett at once enjoy in fullness in the South of to-day. -O--; Sensible.?The colored people of Tal? lahassee, Florida, had a mass meeting re? cently, and invited Governor Walker of that State to address them; He complied i with their reqest, and among other things, j told them: I am happy to mfeet yon to-day under these wide spreading oaks in the Capitol Square, beneath the bl ue vault of heaven. This is the manner in which freemen should meet to consult Concerning their public affairs. I am, as I have ever been, opposed to all secret political associations. Let all the people, both black and white, meet in j public as you do to-day, and make known and discuss their sentiments and their complaints and then tru th will be arrived at, abuses and errors corrected, and good feeling and harmony promoted. But when I there is a secret society that meets in some j dark place, and bars the djors and per? suades men, one at a time, to go in and take perhaps a terrible oath and sign a pledge, no good Can come of it. The members of such a society cease to be freemen and become slaves to those who manage the secret organization. For though after joining the society its mem? bers may become convinced that its objects are not for the public good, they are afraid to say so, because when th ey attempt to exercise the rights of freemen they are stopped with the cry of "Remember your oath, remember your oath." In times of war and public disturbance there m?f he some excuse for secret meetings, but lean conceivo of none in peaceful times, and in a free country like this. The laws and the ! officers, both State and Federal, will fully protect you in meeting in public and giv ! mg full expressions to your views, what? ever they may be, and therefore I warn I you to give the cold shoulder to any man who should endeavor to persuade you into some secret place to take an oath or sign i a pledge binding both your souls and bodies to any particular action. Your bodies are free, and no power under heav? en can take that freedom from you, but the freedom of your minds is in your own keeping; let it not be stolen away from yo? by designing persons?remember that "None are free but whom the troth makes free, And all are stoves besides." ?"What is the reason that men never kiss each other, while the ladies waste a world of kisses on feminine faces ?" said the Captain to Gussie the other day at Beaufort. Gussie cogitated a minute, aDd then answered : "Because the men have something better to kiss and the women havn't." ?Tbo Captain saw it immediate ?The fear of the Lord is the begin? ning of wisdom. From Memphis and Ar!t. Christian Advocate, Lincoln's Religion. Wm. H. Herndon, of Springfield, HI., for many years Mr. Lincoln's law partner, gives the following synopsis of his reli? gious opinions: 1. He did not believe in in the special, miraculous inspiration of the Scriptures. At the same time, he believed they were inspired to a higher degree than peraaps any other book. 2. But he believed that other works were also inspired?such as those of Plato, Aristotle, Shakspeare. and numbers of others?and inspired in a very high degree, also. He believed that all writings were more or less inspired. 3. In fact, he believed in a general law of inspiration, to which every man, woman and child born upon earth, and even the earth itself, and the productions, animals, and vegetables therecn, were alike subject, according to their powers and capabilities in the degree of the receptivity of each. The whole world, and all things thereon, were to him a vast receptacle into which God was continually breathing the life of lives?the soul by which and through which the universe, with all things therein, j exists. 4. He did not believe in the miraculous conception of the Virgin Mary, or in the miraculous birth of Jesus Christ. He looked upon Christ as a man endowed with superior inspiration, but only as a man. In fact, he was decidedly Unitarian in his belief, as respects this dogma of the Chris? tian religion. 5. He believed in the ultimate salvation of all men; Ha was want to observe that, if one man was saved, then all men would be, or God could not be a just God. "All would be saved, or nobody," waa an ex? pression he was m the habit of using to his friends. He generally, however, avoid? ed discussions upon religious subjects; and was heard, on more than one occasion to say, "It would not do to investigate the subject of religion too closely, as it was apt to lead to infidelity." In 1835, Mr. Henderson informs me, Mr. Lincoln, wrote a rationalistic work, giving hi3 peculiar views on religion at length, and which he showed to a merchant, named Samuel L. Hill. Mr. Hill took the manuscript from him and consigned it to the flames, warn? ing Mr. Lincoln of the fate of Tom. Paine, and other infidels, placing before him the fact that he was a young man, having his way to make in the world; and that the publication- of such a work would ruin his social, as well as political prospects. This work was subsequently thrown in Mr. Lincoln's face while he was stumping this District for Congress, against the celebra? ted Methodist preacher, Rev; Pet;er ,Cart wright. Biit Mr. Lincoln never publicly or privately denied its authorship, or the sentiments expressed therein. .NTbr was he known to change his religious views any, to the latest period ot his lite. "That Mr. Lincoln," says a correspondent of the Chicago Tlilies, writing from Springfield, "was a believer in the Christian religion, as understood by the so-called orthodox sects of the day, I am compelled most em? phatically to deny; that is,- If I c?n put faith in the Statements of his most intimate friends and acquaintances in this city. All of them with whom I have conversed on this subject, agree in endorsing the state? ments ot Mr. Herndon; .Indeed, many of them unreserviiet' j call him ?n infidel. But by such a view of his religious opinions, I think they misjudge him, merely been use they compare bis faith with the so-called orthodox religious opinions of the day. STarrow-minded people may class Mr. Lin? coln's religious belief with that of Paine, Voltaire, or Volney. To my idea, howev? er, Mr. Lincoln's views of religion were as sublime as his views respecting human rights and human dutie?. Lincoln was too good a man to be a Pharisee; too g?*eat a man to be a Sectarian, and too charitable a man to be a bigot," -~* IafrOKTAXT Cf?CULAR FROM THE IjTTER nal Revenue Office.?A circular has been issued from the office of internal rev? enue, concerning the tax of ten per cent, the notes of any town, city or municipal corporation, which is as follows: "The second section of the Act of March 26, 1867, enacts: "That every national banking association; State bauk or bank? er or association shall pay a tax Of ten per centum on the amount cf any town or municipal corporation paid out by them after the first day of May, 1867, to be col? lected in the mode and manner in which the tax on the notes of ? t?te banks is col? lected." It is understood that there is a large amount of these notes in circulation, particularly in the Southern States, and the attention of revenue officers is hereby called to the foregoing section. Assessors will instruct their assistants to make as? sessments for said tax against any nation? al banking association,- State bank, banker, or association, which' shall pay the notes in question, after the firut day of Mav, 1867." ? ? Professor Phelps'book, entitled,'The Still Hour,' contain? the fol lowing sentence: "The stillness of the huur is the stillness of a dead calm at sea." Imagine the rev erened author's horror when he found, af? ter several hundred copiee had been print? ed, that "calm" was made by the types to read "clami" ? The use of tobacco ?y ministers was j discussed in the Philadelphia Methodist Conference, and a resolution passed by a unanimous vote, disapproving of its use by members of the Conference. ? The bishops of the Papal Church throughout the world are to assemble at Rome, in June next, to celebrate the eighteenth centenary of th e martyrdom of the Apostles Peter and Paul, and the can? onization of several mnrtyrs, confessors, and virgins. The Intelligencer Job Office? Laving recently made considerable acdi?ooa i? thl? department, r*e are prepared to exoeuto JJflDiB W(DEIK M lOftBS ' In the neatest style and on the most reasonable5 - terms. Legal Blanks, Bill Heads, Posters, Cards, Handbills. Pamphlets, Label?, and In fact erery - style of work usually done in a country Printing . Office. B?3* In all cases, the money will be required upon delivery of the work. Orders, accompanied - I with the cash, will receive prompt attention. Dicey L?ngston. The patriots of Laurens District in Sooth Carolina, during the revolution, were frequently indebted for important information to one young girl of fifteen ' or sixteen years old at the commencement of the war. At length suspicions of the active aid she rendered Was excited among the Tory neighbors. Mr. Langston was informed that he would be held responsi? ble thenceforward, with his property, for the conduct of his daughter. The young girl was reproved severely, and commanded to desist. For a time, she obeyed; but havingheard by accident that a company of loyalists, who, on ac? count of their ruthless cruelty, bad been called the "Bloody Scout," in tent on their work of death, were about to visit tho "Elder settlement" where her brother and some friends were living, she determined at all hazards to warn them of the inten* ded expedition. She had none in whom to' confide; but was obliged to leave home alone, by stealth, and at the dead hour of the night. Many miles were to be tra* versed, and the road lay through the. woods, and crossed marshes and creeks', where the conveniences of bridges and foot logs were then wanting. She walked rapidly on. heedless of slight difficulties j but her heart almost failed her When she came to the banks of the Tyger?a deep and rapid stream, which there was no possibility of crossing except by wading through the ford. This she knew to bo deep at ordinary times, and it had doubt? less been rendered more dangerous by the rains that had lately fallen. She entered the water; but when in the middle of the ford, became bewilder* ed, and knew not what direction to take, The hoarse rush of the waters* which: were up to ber neck?the blackness* of the nignt?the utter solitude around ber? the uncertainty lest the next step should engulph her past relief, Cofit?Bed her? and losing in a degree her sell'-possession,. she wandered some time in the channel; without knowing whither to turn bei' steps. Having With difficulty reached the other side, she lost no time in hasten-, ing to her brother^ informed him and his friends of the preparations made to sur? prise* and destroy them, and urged him to - send his then instantly in different direc? tions to arouse and warn the neighbor? hood. The soldiers had just returned' from a fatiguing excursion; and complain? ed that they were faint from want of food. The noble girl, not satisfied With what she had done at such risks to her? self, was ready to help them still further by providing refreshments at once.5 Though wearied, wet and shivering with: cold, she immediately set about hei' pre?-? ?ralions. A few boards Were taken from the roof of the house, a fire kirtdlcd with them, and in a few minutes a- hoe cake, partly baked, Was broken .intb pieces and thrust into, .the shot pp.uchea of the men. Thus provisioned, the little company, has? tened to give the alarm to their neigh? bors, and did so id time for all to ma ko their escape. The next day, when the "scout" visited the place, they found no living enemy upon whom to wreak their vehge? rice. At a later period of the war, a party : c?rae to his house with tho desperate de? sign of putting to death all the men of the family. The sons were absent; but the feeble old man, selected by their re-? lentless hate as a victim, was in their power. He could not escape or resist y and he scorned to implore their mercy/ One of the company drew a pistol and deliberately levelled it at the breast of Larigftton. Suddenly a wild shriek was; heard, and his young daughter sprang between her aged parent and the fatal weapon. The brutal soldier roughly or? dered her to get out of the way, or the contents of the pistol would be instantly loged in her heart. She heeded not tha threat, which was but too likely .to be ful? filled the next moment. Clasping her" arms tightly ro?nd the old man's neck, she declared that her own body should first receive the ball aimed at his heart 1 There are feW human beings, even of the most, depraved, entirely insensible to all noble and generous impulses; On thift occasion, the conduct of the daughter, so fearless,- 80 determined to shield her fath? er's life by the sacrifice of her own, touch* ed the heart even of a member of the? "Bloody Scout;" Langston was spared; and the party left the house, filled witr\ admiration at the filial affection ajid, do* v?tion they had witnessed, -* Chimney Cornet. -? ? Senator Wilson's Toub.?The New j York Times (Republican) says: "Senator Wilson's Southern tour seems to be a case of great cry and little wool' The flock surrounds him, but there is no 5'nearing done, and he is likely to come back empty-handed. The blacks listen to him, but wonder what all the bother is about. The whites let him alone, and have not paid him the complimtnt of getting angry at anything he has said. He has rated them to his neart's content, and they hear him with eivilty,- if not with respect, and then Mr. Wilson packs up his stock of platitunes and diatribes, and takes him? self off unnoticed to the next town.. It seems rather dull sort of work. It is not,, we may be sure, exactly what the Senator bargained for. If there had been a dis,-; turbance anywhere, what a theme it would have supplied him with?what a martyr he woula have returned! As it is, ho comes back in the position of one who thought to move the universe, and finds that ne has not made so much stir as a gadfly in summer. The Southern people soon found out that it ;Was -not- an earth? quake or a whirlwind which had come amomg them, but only a reed I shaken by the wind. And we say that this is very discouraging for poor Mr. Wilson and we hope he will bear upibrave I ly under h? adveraitw*,"