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An Independent Family Journal?Devoted to Politics, Literature and General Intelligence: HOTT & CO., Proprietors. ANDERSON, S. C, THURSDAY, MA^CR 11, 1869. VOLUME 4.---N0. 3?. <JEN. GRANT'S INAUGURAL ADDRESS. Citizens of the United States : Your 'suffrage having elected mo to the office of President of tho United States, I havo, in conformity with the Constitution of our country, taken the oath of office prescrib? ed theiein. I have taken this oath with? out mental reservation, and with the de? termination to do, to the bestof my ability, all that it requires of me. The responsi? bilities of the position I feel, but accept them without fear. The office has come to me unsought. I commence its duties tin trammeled. I bring tc it a conscienti? ous desire and determination to fill it, to j Ihe best of my ability, to the satisfaction 'of tho people. On all leading questious agitating the public mind, I will always express my views to Congress, and urge them according to my judgment; and, when I think it advisable, will exercise the constitutional privilege of interposing a veto to defeat measures which I oppose. "But ail laws will bo faithfully executed, whether they meet my approval or not. 1 shall on all subjects havo a policy to recommend, but none to enforce against the will of the people. Laws are to gov? ern all alike?thoso opposed to, as well as those who favor them. I know no better method to secure the repeal of bad or ob? noxious laws than their stringent execu? tion. Tho country having just emerged from a great rebellion, many questions Will come before it for settlement in the next four years which preceding adminis? trations have never had to deal with. In tho meantime, it is desirable that thej should bo approached cat ml}*, without prejudice, hate or sectional pride, remem? bering that the greatest good to the great? est number is the object to bo attained. This requires security of property and of political opinion in every part of our com? mon country, without regard to local prejudice. All laws to secure these ends will receive my best efforts for their en? forcement. A great debt has boen contracted in so curing to us and posterity the Union. The payment of this principal and inter? est as well as the roturn to a" specie basis as soon as it can bo accomplished, with? out material detriment to the debtor class, or to the country at large, must be pledg? ed. To protect the national honor every dollar of the Government indebtedness should be pai?l in gold, unless otherwise expressly stipulated in the contract. Let it be understood that no repudiation oi one I Art hing of our public debt will be entertained, and it will go far towards strengthening a credit which ought to be ihe best in the world, and "tvo will ulti? mately be able to replace the debt with bonds bearing less interest than wo now pay. To this should be added faithful col? lection of the revenue, a strict accounta? bility to the Treasury for every dollar collected, and the greatest possible re? trenchment in expenditures in every de? partment of the Government. When we compare ihe paying capacity of the coun? try now (with ten States still in poverty from tho effects of war, but soon to emerge, we trust, to greater prosperity than ever before,) with its paying capac? ity twenty-five years ago, it is incalcula? ble what it probably will be twenty-five years hence. Who can doubt, then, the feasibility of paying every dollar with more case than we now p:iy for useless luxuries? Whyj it looks as though Provi? dence had bestowed upon us a strong box of precious metals locked up in the sterile mountains of the far West, which we are now forging the key to unlock to meet tho very contingency that is now upon u?? Ultimately it may bo necessary to in? crease the facilities lo reach these riches, and it may be necessary, also, that the General Government should give its aid to secure this access. But lhatshould on? ly be when a dollar of obligation to pay secures the dollar to us now, and not be? fore. Whilst the quostion of specie-pay? ments is in abeyance, tho prudent busi? ness man is careful about contracting debts, payable in 'Jio distant future. The nation should follow the same rule. A prostrate commerce is now to rebuild, and all inducements to encourage tho young men of the country?those, who, from their age, must be its rulers twenty five years hence?demand greater inter? est in maintaining the national honor. A moment's reflection as to what will be our commanding influence among tho nations of tho earth, in their da}', if they are only true to themselves, should inspire them with national pride. All divisions, geo? graphical, political and religious, can join in this common sentiment?how the public debt is to be paid or specie payments re? sumed. Legislation upon this subject may not bo necessary now. nor even advisable, but it will be when the civil laws are more fully restored in all parts of the country, and trade resumes it wonted channels. It will be my endeavor to execute all laws in good faith, to collect all revenues as? sessed, and to have them properly ac? counted for, and economically disbursed. I will, to the best of my ability, appoint to oflicc those only who will carry out this design. In regard to foreign polity, I would deal with nations as equitable law requir? es individuals to deal with each other, and I would protect the law abiding citi? zen whether of nutivo or foreign birth, wherever his rights arc jeopardized or tho flag of our countiy floats. I would rc ppect the rights of all nations, deman? ding equal respect for our own. If others depart from this rule in their deal? ings with us, we may be compelled to fol? low their precedent. Tho proper treatment of the original occupants of this land, the Indians, isone deserving of careful study. I will favor aiiv course towards them which Lends to their civilization, christianizing and ulti? mate citizenship. The question of suf? frage is one which is likely to agitate ihe public so long as a portion of their do? main is to be added or excluded from its privileges in any Stale. It seems to me very desirable that this question should be settled now, and I entertain the hope and express the desire that it may be by the ratification of the fifteenth article of amendment to the Constitution. In con? clusion, I ask patient forbearance?one towards anothor?throughout tho land, and a determined effort on the part of ev-j eiy citizen to do his share towards cemen? ting a happy Union. And I ask the pray? ers of the nation to Almighty God in behalf of this consummation. Washington, March 5. The Good Will Fire Company, of Phil? adelphia, wheeled out the procession, yes terda}', in consequence of being preceded by a negro organization. The chief topic of conversation this morning is the loss of wearing apparel at the ball. Itnmodiato personal clothing was torn to pieces by pushing through the crowd. Everybody lost their wrap? pings. In the Scnato, Thaycr introduced a bill repealing the tenure of office. Conkling in? troduced a bill establishing mail steamers to Europe. A bill was introduced to more equally distributing national circu? lation. Edmunds introduced a bill modi? fying the the term-re of office act; also, a bill enforcing the fourteenth amendment to aid in restoring republican government to Georgia. Ferry introduced a resolu? tion regarding the removal of political disabilities. Sawyer offered a joint reso? lution providing (or a joint committee of three Senators and five Congressmen to consider applications for the removal of political disabilities. Williams gave no? tice of an amendment to the tenure of of? fice bill, suspending its operations until 1873. After Executive session, adjourned. In the House, several members were sworn in. The credentials, of the Louisi? ana members were referred to the Elec? tion Committee, with instructions to re? port whether the informality of their credentials was fatal. This report, if fa? vorable, will seat tho Louisiana members. Efforts to have the committee consider all questions regarding the Louisiana election tailed by a large vole. The newly-clccted Ivor tuck}' members were s,worn in. The announcement of the cubinot created such confusion, that recess was declared. The ease of the Georgia claimants was referred to the Election Committee. The further election of officers showed 12S to 59 as the relative strength of the parties in tho House. Seats were drawn, when the House adjourned. Tue Univeusity ok South Carolina. ?We learn from tho Columbia correspon? dence of the Charleston Daily JS'acs, of the 25th ult., that the University bill will now become a law. The House refused to con? cur in the amendment of the Senate to havo the Board of Trustees appointed by the Governor, instead of being elected by the General Assembly, as agreed upon in the House. Senator Nash, in favoring the motion, said a great deal of feeling had been created against the Governor on account of his appointments, and he therefore desired to rid his Excellency of the hcavj' responsibility of appointing di? rectors of the University. He now con? sidered it a University of the people. The bill provides there shall be no distinction on account of color, and he wanted men on that board whose nerves would not be shocked at the idea of admitting a color? ed student into tho University*. The attempt to force the youth of the two races together in our educational in? stitutions cannot result in anything but the most signal failure The University of South Carolina can never become a school for both white and colored. It must be ono or the other. If tho Legislature per? sist, and colored youths are sent there and received, it will become entirely an insti? tution for the colored man, and wo doubt not, in such an event, the opportunity will be voluntarily afforded to till up anew the entire professorship and management ot it. This action of the Legislature, in its persistent stupidity, has astonished us. Wo do not believe that the intclligentcol orud,people claim or desire any such a condition of affairs at the University. It is proper that the State should make pro? vision, as far as its moans will allow, for the education of colored youths, and the white people of tho country, who pay the great mass of the taxes, will not object to such provision, in moderation, but the attempt to force amalgamation in our schools and colleges is simply tho spas? modic throes of an expiring radicalism.? Sumter Watchman. -^ Mus. Gkant.?The Washington corres? pondent of a Western journal has this to say of Mrs. Gen. Grant: "Few women ever bore the perilous testet sudden fame and fortune with a more hearty happiness or more unassum? ing grace. Is she pretty? No. She is a roly poly of a little" woman, with beauti? ful neck, hands and feet. Her features are well cut, her eyes arc crossed. Some of her friends wished her to havo them j straightened. "No," she said, "Mr. Grant [ had loved her ever since she was a liltlu girl with her cyos crossed. H0 had said that she would not bo herself to him if thoy were straight. Crooked they should remain. If he was satisfied, what mattered it to other people ?" - ? "T?ters!'' cried a darkey peddler in Richmond. "Hush dat racket?you dis? tracts do whole neighborhood," came from a colored dame in a door way. "You kin hear mo, kin you V" "Hear yon! 1 kin hear yon a mile." "Thank God for dat? I ib hollowin' to be heard. T?ters!" - Gen Albert Sidney Johnston. A correspondent of the Henderson (Ky.) News writes us follows of the scenes und incidents connected with the remov? al of Gen. Albert Sidney Johnston's re? mains to Texas: Editor News : In a recent issue of your paper, it was stated that the bodies of Gen. Albert Sidney Johnston and General Bousscau repose side by side. Ilowover gratifying to the sentimental mind would be ihe picture of the two Genen Is, hos? tile in life, but like brothers in the repose of tho grave, the facts do not warrant the statement. Their graves are far apart. After the death of General Johnston, on the battle field of Shiloh, his bod}' was conveyed to New Orleans, where it re? ceived the honors accorded to a Lieuten? ant General?lay in state several days in tho City Hall, and was entombed in one of the mausolea in the cemetery ef St. Louis. The whole city attended tho sepulture, under the greatest oppression of sorrow. A glowing panegyric was penned by a soldier of Shiloh, inserted into a glazed frame, and being in front of the niche, in? to which the bod}- had been walled. This was copied into most of the papers in the Confederacy, and was deemed a just tribute to the virtues and deeds of the illustrious hero. In Januar)-, 1SG7, a committee of the Texas Legislature arrived in Now Orleans to obtain the remains of General John? ston, and convey them to Texas, as their final resting place. And this, because General Johnston had been a citizen of that State. His bereaved widow and chil? dren still reside there. Thecotnmittce applied to Gen. Sheridan, the military commandant ef tho depart? ment, for permission to remove the body. He gave a reluctant and ungracious con? sent, prohibiting any manifestations of public regard for the departed chieftain. He even intimated that any gathering of the people, more than tho immediate friends, would bo highly displeasing. Ac? cordingly only the friends ofGeneral John? ston were invited to attend. So, on a balm)* sunshiny evening, an im? mense multitude gathered in and around tho walls of the ancient cemetery, which itself, is one of the greatest curiosities of Now Orleans. The tomb was unsealed with solemn, re? ligious rites, similar to those held at tho disintermcnt of the body of the great Na? poleon in St. Helena, A* I\ 1841. The coffin, which five years before had been so carefully deposited, was found crushed and torn to fragments. It was thou recollected that the infamous vandal, General Butler, had caused tho tomb to be violated and the coffin torn to pieces, under the suspicion that it might contain treasure, arms or ammunition. The remains wero gathered into a cas? ket, but alas ! how few and meagre the remains of the great commander. A low bone*, to which adhered fragments of shriveled flesh, baked in its narrow house by the odors of a tropical 6iin. But there was that large skuli, that noble domo of thought, that had been tho abodo ot that mighty mind, which mad* him pre-emi? nent among renowned generals, as a groat commander. And this was all that remained of that majestic form, which, on the morning of the Gth of April, 1SU2, led a mighty host into battle and to victory ! Oh, God ! oarth is not man's abiding place! It was with some dela)* that the coffin could be conveyed along the intricate paths that wind between the irregular tombs of this strange old cemetery. At length it was placed beneath the black pall and nodding plumes of a ponderous hearse, drawn by four while horses, led by liveried grooms. By the sides of the hearse there walk? ed, as pall-bearers, several distinguished : Confederate Generals. There was Beau re? gard, trim and erect; and the lithe, tall form of Bragg ; and Buckner, with his ma? jestic port; and Longstreet, and Wheel? er, and Hairy Hays, and Jeff. Thomp? son. The only carriage in that long pro? cession followed immediately after the hearse, and conveyed Hood, too much maimed to be able to walk. Behind came, first, a long procession of ladios, the elite of tho city. For high po? sition, intelligence and refined manners, they could not be surpassed by an equal number, upon earth. Albeit, accustomed to ride in sumptuous carriages, they now walked in the middle of the streets. They trod unflinchingly the slum of tho street, because tlicy wore doing honor to tho li luslrious hero. The procession moved on slowly and sadly amidst the most awful stillness and solemnity. "Not a bell was lolled, nor a funeral note." The occasion was too solemn and awful for tears. Indeed, in the minds of man)*, the departed chieftain whoso obsequies were now celebrated for tho second time, was deemed happy and fortunate, for he had passed away in tho full title of victory, while wo, tho survivors, were suffering tho ignominy inflicted by a eoar.se and insolent tyrant, who had learned how to insult and oppress a free and noble people, from tho outrages of British tyranny inflicted upon his Irish brethren in his own native land. Indeed it was momentarily expected that Phil. Sheridan would, from his mili? tary den in Colisseum Place, order the procession to be dispersed by Federal bay ; onets, and those bayonets in iho hands of ! negro troops. However, tho procossion moved on, ! gaining access the wholo of tho way, nn | til it reach od the bank of tho Mississippi, a distance of nearly two miles. I Tho casket was then taken from the hearse ami placed on board a boat, winch immediately started for Texas. After watching the vessel out of sight, tho im? mense concourse returned, solemnly and sadly to their homco. Upon tho arrival at Galvcston the com? mittee experienced much detention. The citizens of Galvoston were prohib ted by the military authorities from man? ifesting the least respect for the remains of Gen. Johnston, But at length they were conveyed to his former home, and now repose in their last resting place in the soil of Texas -<?-? From the Railroad Record, Cincinnati, Ohio. Blue Ridge Southern Railroad The following interesting letter is an? other appeal to the dormant enterprise of our people, to arouse and reach out an arm to seize the created wealth of the reviving South. These great interests have been kuooking at our doors for a quarter of a century, yet we stand firmly against them, and shout, "No Admit? tance." More generous and more enter? prising friends will be found somewhere, when wo will long for what we now drive away by neglect: Anderson, S. C, Fob. 16, 1SG9. Messrs. Editors : Believing that every item of progress in securing the direct and speedy connection between the great cities of the West and the city of Charles tori, would be welcome news to you, in? duces me to again write you. You will remember that the State of South Carolina, in September last, agreed to guarantee the Bonds of the Blue Ridge Railroad Company to the extent of $4,000, 000. Tho Stale, City of Charleston and private citizens had already subscribed and paid in over two and a half millions of stock to this road, which had been ju? diciously and wisely expended. Tho road is completed and running to Walhalla, '63 miles, with one half the re? maining work to Knoxvillo, as to cost, also done. The expensive part of the road is botween Walhalla and the Rabun Gap, a distance of 30 miles, including heavy tunneling, grading ami masonry. When the road reaches tho Rabun Gap, all the difficulties are surmounted, and the passage down the Tennessee river is easy, and comparatively cheap. The Blue Ridge Railroad Company are active? ly engaged in preparing tho estimates for a resumption of the work ; a corps of engineers will bo in the field before this reaches you, to re-adjust the estimates ; and already a company is being organ? ized, who will bid for all the tunneling in advance of the other work. It will require, perhaps, twenty months to com? plete the read to Rabun Gap, but in tho same time the whole road from Walhalla to Knoxvillo can be completed and put in operation. This result can be accom? plished if the funds are provided prompt? ly. The State of South Carolina and the people have furnished substantial evi? dence of their desire lor thin direct com munication by the appropriation of these millions of money. Will not Cincinnati and Louisville, and the great connecting railroads of each city, come to our aid, and enable us speedily to build and equip this great and important link? It might be wise policy for these cities to secure a material interest in this road, by way of stock and a voice in its man ajrement. We intend to build the road to Knoxvillo, it may cost us several years of arduous labor j but if the monej' can be obtained, it can be accomplished in twenty months, and the West and the Atlantic coast thus brought in this close, direct and advantageous commercial con? nection. Yours, <fcc, J. W. Harrison. Governor Scott as a Witness?His Testimony.?The Abbeville Press, one of tho best of our exchanges, in point of tone and ability, contains in full the testimony of Governor Scott, in the matter of the contested election case, between Messrs. Heid and Iloge. At some future day, we may publish this paper. It is a remarka? ble paper to come from the Chief Execu? tive of the State. It will be found from beginning to end a tissue of misrepresen? tations, and is full of mere fancies and surmises. The Governor, for the most pat t seems indebted to his imagination for his fears, and to his party for his facts. Iii? testimony is exactly what Mr. Ilogc desired to elicit, and it grossly misrepre? sents the acts and motives of the Democ? racy of this Congressional District. The animvs of tho mere partisan is evident throughout the wholo testimony, llo charges upon the Democracy upon mere rumor and hearsay, or irresponsible evi? dence, the greatest enormities in the ro ccnt canvass. We know the noble and gallant people whom the Governor assails, and we will say to him that they are tho poors ol any people in any portion of the country, and it ill bocomes the Governor of the ?State to lend himself to the effort made by a defeated candidate to traduce those whose voles he could not secure. The Abbeville Press indulges in some severe strictures on what it calls "tho li? bel of the Governor of South Carolina upon the people of South Carolina." We can? not regard this language as too strong, and when our readers come to examine Governor Scott's testimony, they will con? clude that to have said less than we have, would havo boon inconsistent with tho duty which wo owo to tho people with with whom we live, and to the party whoso principles wo upheld in the recent canvass.?Phc?aix. ? "Sir, you arc a fool!'' "Do you call me a fool, sir?" "Yes, sir." "You do, sir?*' "Yes, sir, I would call any man a fool who behaves as you do." "Oh ! you would call any man a fool. Then I can? not consider it personal. I wish you good morning, sir." Hew ?.c Eispose of a Husband. The Chicago Tribune gives the follow? ing details as to how a venerable New Yorker was shamefully tricked by a young and beautiful wile: Last October, Mr. B. Y. Haile and his wife moved to this city from New York, and bought a house ami lot on Madison street. He was about 45 years ?hl, some? what stern in his manners, and averse to society. On tho other hand, his wife, who was young and quite pretty, was naturally gay and fond of balls; parties, &c. They had been married but a few months at the time they came here, and It Is now supposed that the marriage was a mercenary one on her part. Mr. Haile engaged in business, and was only home during the night limp and at meals, and his wife soon became acquainted with all her neighbors. Much of her tine wa* passed in visiting and shopping. They had disagreement only on a single point. She wished to attend the the; ties fre? quently, and to go to the man)'parties to which she was invited, while he 3trongly objected to it. He did not wish to go himself, and would not permit her to go without him. So there were tears and reproaches, quarrels and reconciliations ; sometimes he would yield to her and go, but it was generally the contrary. He was fond of domestic life, while she dc ' tested it. Had she loved him, it might have been different. Their quarrels on this subject became bitterer and bitterer, until ono night last December she went to a parly contrary to his commands. When she returned he told her if it happened again he would separate from her; that her expenditures for dress and jewelry had been too great, and that in tho future she must be con? tent to stay at home, as a loving w fe should. He added that he had no objec? tion to taking her to the theatre, or to a i party once or twice a month, hut beyond I that he would not go. She cried, of course, but ho had become used to that, having been married almost a year, and did not alter his determination. During the laat week of December Mrs. Ilailo received an invitation to attend what was to be one of the most fashiona? ble parlies of the seuson. Not to attend it would be to be unfashionable. Ot course she wished to accept it, ami to get a new dress, &c, for the occasion. Coax? ing she spoke to her husband about it, but he at once refused to let her go. He had been losing money ; ho cot Id not afford it, and ho was tired of having his wife from home. Again she entreated, coaxed, and wept, but all in vain. Angered at her husband, with her self love and prido wounded, and full (?I lung? ing to attend the party, she determined to go at all hazards. The next day, when her husband was at his business, she went to her dressmaker's and ordered a new and costly dress. When her husband re? turned home in the evening she again implored him to let her go; he refused. She consulted with her maid, who had long boon with her, and the restrt was this: When her husband returned home the evening before the ball, she met him with smiles and kisses, saying she had made up her mind to bo contented at home. At supper she gave him, as usual, his two cups of tea, which he drank, complaining of a peculiar taste in it. The tea was drugged with something, and in a short time he was sleeping. About 10 o'clock, the wife and maid took from him his I watch and chain, money and rings, and cut and tore his clothes somewhat. Then they poured some whiskey down his throat and spilled 6ome on his clothes. Then, having put cloaks on and covered their heads with shawls, they partially raised him and made him walk out of the house with them. The night was dark and the streets were deserted. Support? ing him on either side, they went three or four blocks from the house, and there left him lying on tho sidewalk, knowing that a policeman would pass within half an hour. Then they returned home. All happened as they expected. The policeman found Mr. Ilailo lying on the sidewalk, and knew from his breath that he had been drinking. As Mr. Haile would neithor answer or move, he natural? ly supposed him to be dead drunk, and had him expressed to the police station. The next morning ho was brought before the Police Court on tho charge of drunk-, enness. He was still under the influence of tho drflg and acted as if he was drunk. Ho was fined three dollars, and, as he had no money, was taken to the Bridewell. Tho last thing he could remember was eating supper with his wife. He man? aged to get a note to his partner and was released before evening. When his wife and her maid loft him in tho street and returned home, they were disappointed to find that they had not obtained all the money needed to pay for tho dress and somo other articles. Mrs. Ilailo saw but one way to obtain it, and that was to sell hor husband's watch and tho other things she had taken from him. The next day thoy were sohl by the maid at a pawn? broker's'. The dress was thus paid for and Mrs. Ilailo attended tho party that evening. When asked why her husband was not present, she answered, with a sigh, that sho feared he was on a ''spree;" that she had not seen him for twenty four hours. When tho party was over sho returned homo well satisfied, and locked tho dress up in her trunk. Then sho calmly waited for her husband. As soon as Mr. Haile was released from the Bridewell he went home, and there found his wife in bed, sick and weeping. He met with a storm of reproaches she accusing him of having been drunk, and having left her to keep company with somo vile woman. Sho risked him, in a | meek and injured way, if he did not re-; member how ho had loft her, after sup-1 per, two nights previous, saying he had to seo a friend on business '{ Was thai the reward she was to have for consent1 log to st?3' at home ? All these reproaches were moistened witli tears. Finally, Mr. Haile was al? lowed to speak, and ho told her all he knew?ho had found himself in the Bride? well, with his money, watch, etc., stolen: How, why or wherefore he did not know. She declined to believe him, and called Upon her" maid to bear witness that her husband had said he was going to see a friend on business. The maid did so. Mn Hailo protestod his innocence, and wa? finally believed. The next day he' wSa able to find out, by inquiring at the Ar* mory and sub station, that ho had been picked up dead drunk in tho streets. Be? yond that ho could find out nothing, and tho whole matter was a mystery to him. But for one little incident it Would prob** bly havo remained so forever, and ho would never have known of his wii'o'a treachery and wickedness; The incident was this : On his Way to1 bis place of business on Saturday, morn? ing ho parsed the pawnbroker's where hia watch had been sold by the maid. HB happened to notice a pretty chain in the window and entered the store to inquire the price. While the pawnbroker was getting it from the window he saw his lost watch in the case on the counter. He asked who had brought it there, and the pawnbroker described the maid. Mr. Hailo could rot even imagine how the maid had got it, but determined to have her arrested at once. He never had liked her, believing that she fexerted a bad influence on his wife; She was immedi? ately arrested and was taken before a justice of* tho peace at the corner of Ran? dolph and Canal streets, who heard the case. Mrs. Haile went there with the maid, and earnestly- besought her has* bund not to prosecute. He would hot comply with her request; The pawnbro? ker identified the maid as the person who hail sold him the watch. Then camo tho tableaux. The hiiiid confessed everything, telling Mr. H?ile that if he doubted I.er he could look in his wile's trunk, or inquire whether she had not attended the party; Mrs. Haile denied nothing, but stood there trembling.' crying, eon I used. What her husband felt is not easy to describe. At his repeated requests she acknowledged the truth of what the maid had said, ac? knowledged that she herself hud taken the watch and the other articles. At the request of Mr. Haile the magis? trate then discharged the maid and tho party left his office. What the result will be is not known, except that Mr. Haile declared his intention of living no longer with his wife. Thus ends lor the time being this do? mestic drama. A ViBOixiA Diamond.?A remarkable diamond story has been set afloat in the Eastern part of this Slate, which is brief? ly as follows: Nearly a century ago an old gentleman, in the lower part of Virginia, picked Up a stone to throw at a rabbit. The stono glitteted in the sun. and the old gentleman concluded to take it home to the children to play with. Shortly afterward the fam? ily physiciah happened to see tho stone, and offered six dollars for it; but the fam? ily would :iot sell. Subsequently a trusty friin about to visit EurdpCj was given the stone, and upon his reaching London he consulted an old Lapidary named Fox, who, after caieful examination, declared that all America Was not able to buy it. A certain Jew whom he also consulted, informed him not to come out with the stone again without a guard, as he would be robbed were it known he had it. The friend returned home and delivered up ihe precious gem. Some time afterward a party of six Mary hinders offered for the .-tone, in lands and negroes, the equiva? lent ol 8100,000, which was refused. The old man died, and the stone remained in the family for several generations, and re? cently, so runs the story, it came into the possession of Dr. Dougherty, of Meeban icsville, Pa., whose children are legal heirs. It is claimed to be a diamond of first quality, and weighs 450 carats, while that of the Rajah of Mat tan, said to bo the largest in the world, weighs only 367 carats. The stono has been sent away to pass the scrutiny of the ablest scientific men in the country, and there is reason to believe that America can boast of tho largest diamond in tho world. -?-? ? The New York Herald, commenting on the action ot a few sensible Northern capitalists, says that Rhode Island is a small State, but she produces men with sound heads, stout hearts and long purses. Senator Sprague, of that State, has just purchased an immense water power canal in Columbia, S. C, on which he will soon commence a large cotton mill. A South? ern exchange states that, besides this en? terprise of Mr. Sprague, there aro several oilier large cotton factories being built in South Carolina, several in Georgia, three or four in Alabama, as ninny in Mississip? pi, and even Florida und Texas arc mov? ing in the same direction. If the South keeps on progressing in this rapid way the whole manufacturing system of the country will oventnally he revolutionised, and New England, as she or.ee did, favor free trade, and the South demand a pro? tective tariff. ? A young woman alighted from a stage coach when a piece of ribbon from her bonnet fell into the coach. "You hava left your bow behind,' said a lady passen? ger. "Oh, no, I haven't?he's gone fish? ing," innocently rejoined the damsel, pro? ceeding on her way. ? An old bachelor is a traveler on life's railroad who has entirely failed to make the proper connections.