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An Independent Family Journal?Devoted to Politics, Literature and General Intelligence. HOTT & CO., Proprietors. ANDERSON, S. C, THURSDAY, JUNE 17, 1869. VOLUME 4, -NO. 51 A Starfttag Narrative of Real Life. BY ANNIE ROBERTS, I was oh a visit to Columbus, Missts aippi. I bad four or five friends there, schoolmates of mine; for in those days we Southerners used to form parties, and a number of us leave our homes, and go together to the far North to be educated. A great mistake I have since thought; for I have had occasion, often, to regret not having received instruction in my own State. . At the time of which I write, was at the house of my moat intimate friend, Sue Long. ' She was lovely in disposition, not re? markably beautiful; but I never saw any one with so sweet a face. Her skin was-, purely white, and her eyes a dark gray that many mistook for black, because c f the long dark lashes veiling them. She had always a beautiful color and looked healthy; yet, I don't know why, ghe never seemed strong to me. At school, I have seen her tremble and grow pale at little incidents that scarcely affected me. That very nervous weak? ness, so opposed to my strength of nerve, endeared her to me, and I came to watch over her as if she were a younger sister. I had been spending the winter with Hier, and it had been auch a happy one.^" One evening she came into my room just as I was getting ready for a party ; she held a note in her hand, and her face was so ghastly that I thought she was ill. She seemed perfectly unnerved, and with? out a word dropped in a chair, near the feureau, where I was standing. '-Sue, what is the matter 1" I said at last. She put her bands to her face, and wept aloud ; but calming herself, she sobbed : "Oh, Lucy, poor Lily is dead !" I uttered an exclamation of horror. "?It can't be! It can't be! We only saw her this morning, and she was perfectly well." "Yos, bnt a few minutes after wo left ?he was taken ill, and died about an hour ago. Read the note." * I took it and read a short statement of what she had told me. . We wept together; for Lily was our schoolmate and dear friend. She was the only daughter of one x>f the wealthiest men in Columbus; her dis? position so kind and amiable, that she was petted and caressed by all. I bad never lost a friend before, nor bad Sue; and we felt this bereavement most terribly. I put off my party dress with the saddest heart I had ever known, and la? ter in the evening we went around to the house of mourning. She bad been laid out In the parlor, and there we went to look at her. Two evenings before, we had danced on the spot where the still form of the dead now lay. "Sweet flower! cutoff while you yet 'budded new V" She was the most life-like corpse I have over seen. A smile rested on her coun? tenance and her skin still retained a slight roseate hue. We sat up with her several nights. On Friday she was to be buried; but her father's grief was so heart-rending, and ahe still remained so life-like, that at his earnest request she was kept some days longer. At first we had many friends to share our nightly vigils; but the last night all were tired out, and only two others be? tide Sue and myself remained. We were much fatigued and very sad; for the next day Lily was to be consign? ed to the tomb, and we had hoped we hardly knew what. Two hours passed slowly. There were two parlors, with folding-doors between them. They were handsomely furnished; the most luxurious velvet carpet, chairs, soiai, and mirrors of rare value. The body was in the front parlor, resting on a bier, in the middle of the room, length? wise between one of the mirrors and the folding-doors. On each side of this mir? ror were candles. We sat in the adjoin? ing room, and several times during tho night, two of us, together, went in and snuffed the candles. About twelve o'clock this night, the other two girls complained of headache, and laid down to get a little sleep, so on? ly Sue and I were left Seme hours afterwards, Suo said to me, wearily: "I feel a perfect horror creeping over me. The sight of poor Lily inspires me with terror." "Yes," I replied, :'I feel wretchedly, too; but I attribute it to loss of sleep, and our long and tedious watch over our friend." As Sue passed mc to go into the next room to snuff the candles, she hesitated, as if about to ask me to accompany her. Would that I had ! But I was reclining in my chair, and, in a half-dreamy state, watching her as she unfolded the doors and entered the next room. As I sat I could see everything. There were six candles, I think. She went from one to , the other, leaving tho two on the mirror stand, at the bead of the dead body, for the last. She trembled so, that she could scarce? ly accomplish her task. I saw her resolutely turn her head away as she approached the mirror; but as she stood in front of it, some feeling prompt? ed her to glance up. I was wide awake now, and I could see the reflection of her terror-stricken face, and?great God! The corpse was mov? ing ? i First one hand was raised, then fell j then the other; then one of the limbs, and the body became so convulsed that the drapery covering it, fell to the floor. Sue had seen it all in the glass, without, a word, her face stony. As the pall fell she tottered forward and fell over the body. I uttered shriek after shriek, and soon the room was filled with our friends and neighbors. I did not think of Sue, I only said : "LilyI Lily! Save her! Save her! She is alive !" It was a long time before the restora? tives were effectual in arousing her from her trance. Her father knelt by her, weeping and praying* Just as we were giving up in despair, he suddenly uttered an exclamation of joy. "Look!" The eyelids quivered and opened, and the sweet mouth smiled. There was nothing to fear now; and the room echoed our rejoicing. ' > "Come, Sue, and see her," said one of | the girls, going to the sofa on which they had laid her when she was taken up so hastily. "Sue! Sue!" she cried, in alarm, bend? ing over her. "What is the mutter? Oh, come here and see ! Look at her I" Alas! our neglect of her fainting-fit had proved fatal. In her weak, nervous state the start? ling fright had been too much for her, and I had regained one friend but to lo6e another, the most beloved I have over known. Lily is a matron now, living \n Colum? bus still ; and this incident is well re? membered by the older inhabitants of J this beautiful Southern town. .-<? The Famous Gaines Mill Case.?The New Orleans Times relates that twenty five years ago, when the case of Mrs. Gaines first came up for trial in that city, her counsel having withdrawn because of | a difficulty with thejudge, General Gaines himself claimed, as an admitted mombcr of the bar to represent his wife's inter? ests. Unfortunately, when he studied law in Virginia, it was under a very dif? ferent sj'stem of jurisprudence, and he felt very much out at sea in the courts of a civil law State. He wonld, therefore, ask that the lady dofendant, who was better acquainted with the remarkable fuels of her history than any one else, should be allowed to address the jury in her oase. The judge stated that the lady had the right to argue her own case. Then the General, with that grand old dignity for which he was so distinguished, lod for? ward Mrs. Gaines, who proceeded to ad? dress the jury at grout length, reading numerous documents bearing upon her cbso. Whilst reading these documents, the Judge, who was a high-spirited man, interfered, and notified her that she could not bo allowed to read documents which wore not in evidence in the case. The lady still persisting, the Judgo again in? terfered, and a disagreeable wranglo arose, in the midst of which Mr. Gaines charged the Judgo with having an interest against her. Judgo Buchanan retorted with tem? per, and notified General Gaines that he was expected to control his wife in court, where no persons were privileged.? Whereupon the stately old General arose to his full attidude of six feet three, and assuming the position of a commander of | grenadiers, and gracefully touching the bolt belt of his sword, responded : "May it please your Honor, for everything that lady shall say or do, I hold myself per? sonally responsible in every manner and form known to the laws of my country or the laws of honor." This reply and the accompanying action and the appear? ance of the general in his military garb, aroused to a still higher pitch the Irish fire of thejudge, who quickly answered: "Gaines, this court will not be overawed by military authorities." "Rest assured, your Honor, that when an attempt of | that sort is made, the sword which I wear in conformity to the regulations of the service and out of respect to this honor? able court, will be quickly unsheathed to defend the rights and dignity of your Honor and of the civil tribunals of my country." After these explanations peace and order were restored. Overwork?There was William Pitt, dead at forty-nine, carrying the British Empire on his shoulders for a quarter of ] a century, and attempting to carry a pint of port wine daily and a pinch of opium in his stomach, and foundering in mid ocean from this over cargo. What a wreck "was that when J3rinsley Sheridan went to pieces on the breakers of intem? perance and overwork ? There, too, was Mirabeau, that prodigy of strength and health, of versatility and splendid talent, killed by the overwhelming labors and excitomcnts of the tribune and the Cypran hells. Sergeant S. Premiss at? tempted the double task; and if over man might with impunity, he could, with leonine health and marvelous mental gifts. Said a distinguished Mississippi lawyer to me, "Prentiss would sit up all night gambling and drinking, and then go into court next day and make a botler plea in all reBpectB than I could, or any body else at the bar of our State, even though we studied our case half the night and slept tho rest." He tried it, and in the trying burned to the socket in forty one years the lamp of life that had been trimmed to last fourscore A draft upon tho constitution in behalf of appetite is just as much a draft as in behalf of work ; aud if both are habitually proforred to? gether, bankruptcy and ruin are sure and swift.?Lippincott's Magazine. ? A colored lady, boasting tho other day of the progress made by her son in arithmetic, exultingly Baid, "Ho is in de mortification table." From the Cincinnati Enquirer. The Vice Presidents of tho United States. With the Presidents of the United States, with their characters and history, almost every well-informed man is famil? iar, but it is otherwise with tho Vice Presi? dents, the second officers of the Govern? ment. There are few who can over name them in order in which they wereelectod. A few reflections upon them may, there? fore, be both inteiesting and instructive. The first two Vico Presidents, John Adams and Thomas Jefferson, were both afterwards Presidents. They were sign? ers of tho Declaration of Independence, on the committee that dratted it, and were leaders of their respective parties. The third Vice President, Aaron Burr, is also a great historical character, who, in this connection, we may pass without notice, save tho remark that his selection over the distinguished Revolutionary gen? erals, statesmen, and orators, at tho early ago of forty-one, attests the remarkable talents of the man, and the impression they made upon public opinion. Tho fourth Vice President was George Clinton, of New York. Ho held the office for eight years, undor tho second term of Jefferson and of the first of Madison, and died in it, the first instance of death in? vading the great positions of the Govern? ment. He had been tho Governor of New York for eighteen years, during all the war of the Revolution, and for a long time before and after it. Ho was the great op? ponent of tho adoption of tho Constitu? tion of the United States, and, by his in? fluence, came near defeating it in tho New York Convention. Ho was the uncle of a still nioro celobrated man, Do Witt Clin? ton. Tho fifth Vico President was Eldridgo Gerry, of Massachusetts, one of tho im? mortal fifty-six who signod the Declara? tion of Independence. Mr. Geny was a Democrat, who maintained the faith of the party in tho darkest hours in Federal Massachusetts. He had been a Demo? cratic Governor of that State, and from his name political nomenclature has arisen. A Democratic Legislature, under his ad? ministration, districted tho State for Con? gress. Of cpurse'they regarded political linos oven more than contiguity of terri? tory. Party advantage was the great aim. The Federalists denounced the bill as a ''gerrymander," and from that day ?more than half a century ago?the phrase has always been applied to politi? cal Congressional and legislative appor? tionments. Mr. Gerry, like his predeces? sor, Mr. Clinton, died in office, and was buried in the Congressional Burying Ground, in the first year of his term. Daniel D. Tompkins, of New York, was the sixth Vico President, twice elcctod, holding tho position through all theoight year administration of James Monroe. He acquired his reputation as a war Gov? ernor in 1812. On one occasion, during that struggle, the credit of the nation had sunk so low, under the Federal opposition of New England, that when the State of New York put its bonds for $400,000 up? on tho market there were no takers. It was not until Governor Tompkins, who was a very wealthy man, endorsed them personally that the capitalists stepped for? ward and took them. He was a man of such popular and pleasing manners that it was said that a refusal from him was more highly prized than an acceptance of ins great rival, Do Witt Clinton. It is gen? erally believed that the death of Vico President Tompkins was produced by an immoderate indulgence in tho use of spir? ituous liquors. Tho seventh Vice President was a man well known to us in middle life who have taken any part in politics;?John C. Cal houn, of South Carolina, tho ablest man, with the possible exception of Jefferson, who ever held tho place. He was Vice President under John Quincoy Adams, and also under General Jackson. Before his term was out he resigned, in order to take his seat upon the door as United States Senator, to combat what he con? sidered the Federal heresies of Daniel Webster in regard to the respective rights of the States and tho Federal Govern? ment. He was the great apostle of State rights, and when he arose to address the Senate his salutation was not "Mr. Presi? dent," but always ''Senators." He con? sidered the Senate a mere convocation of State ambassadors. The eighth Vico President was Martin Van Buren, of New York, who was after? ward elected President. Ho was a vory successful man, who, by his Talloyrand address, occupied in succession every high position in the Government?Governor, United States Sonator, Minister to Kng land, Secretary of State, Vice President, and President. Of all his friends there wcro none in whom Andrew Jackson re? posed so much confidence. Colonel .Richard M. Johnson, ol Ken? tucky, was tho ninth person who filled tho Vice Presidential chair. Until he was chosen, in 1836, no Vice President had ever beon selected west of tho AlFcghany Mountains. He was a gallant soldier of tho war of" 1812, and with his own hand, as established by incontrovertible testi? mony, killed Tceumseh, the celebrated In? dian Chief, at tho battle of the Thames, in 1813. He was then colonel of :i Ken? tucky regrment. His civic distinction arose from his celebrated report, early in Jackson'B Administration, against discon? tinuing the Sunday mail service, which wasdomandod by the religious sentiment. In 1840. John Tyler of Virginia, was chosou the tenth Vice President. By tho death of General Harrison ho became President in one mouth alter tho latter's inauguration. He had been Governor of Virginia, a Unitod States Senator, and WAV a man of more than ordinary talent. It has been charged that he was a traitor to his party; but it is not true. He was always an anti-United Slates Bank and anti-protective tariff man, and opposed to internal improvements at tho expenso of the General Government. It was with that understanding he was .nominated and ^elected. When he vetoed those measures he was no apostate. Tho eleventh Vice President was George M. Dallas, ofPcnnsylvania. The Convention nominated Silas Wright, of New York, but he declined it, and Mr. Dallas was substituted. Tho first tele? graphic despatch that ever passed over the wires was from Baltimore to Wash? ington, acquainting Mr. Wright of his nomination, and requesting his accep? tance. Mr. Dallas had been Minister to Russia and United States Senator previ? ous to his election. He was an able and dignified man. He gave the casting vote in tho Senate for the free-trade tariff of 1846 against a howl of remonstrance from his own State. The twelfth Vice President was Millard Fillmore, of New York, who had been for years a distinguished member of Con fress from that State. It was during his residency of tho Senate that death again visited the Executive Mansion removing General Taylor, making him President. It was fortunate for tho country. Had Taylor lived the war of 1861 would bave ensued in 1850. It was a curious fact that Taylor, the man of the extreme South, was controlled by the men of the ex? treme North; while Fillmore, a Northern man pursued a moderate, conservative, and national course Tho next Vice Pre6idont was William R. King, of Alabama. He was dying.of consumption whon elected, and took the oath of office before an American Consul in the Island of Cuba, where he had re? paired for his health-. He died a little more than a month after tho beginning of his official term. . Ho had been thirty years a Senator from Alabama, and was a gentleman of tho "old school" of polish? ed and urbane manners. Without great ability, this fact, combined with his known integrity, gavo him position and promi? nence. The fourteenth Vice President was General John C. Breckenridge, of Iven tuck\T, tho only civilian on tho Southern side who may be said to have distinguish? ed himself in -the late war. Able and elo? quent, a man of splendid address, with a lino person and carriage, it is safe to say that tho office was never adorned by a more distinguished character. Hiscareer in tho war was that of a brave and chival? rous soldier, who won the respect even of his opponents. The fifteenth vice President was Hanni? bal llamlin, of Mainu; and the sixteenth was Andrew Johnson, of Tennesso. It is unnecessary to speak of these gentlemen. Mr. Hamlin is a very ordinary man; per? haps tho most so, with the exception of the present incumbent?Schuyler Collax ?who ever filled the position. Andrew Johnson was really a superior character, whom death, for the third time, designa? ted as tho controller of the Executive Mansion. Severely denounced and bitter? ly assailed, he may rely with confidence upon posterity doing justice to tho great measures of his administration. The man man who without any advantages in early life, could riso from a village al? derman to bo President of the United States, passing, in the meantime through all the grudations, could not but have possessed sterling qualities and a vigor? ous intellect. Tue Negro Postmaster at Columbia. ?The Augusta Constitutionalist says: "We understand that Wilder, tho negro postmaster of Columbia, has finally con? cluded that his aspirations have been far above his abilities, and has actually im? portuned Mr. Samuel Leaphcarc, who formerly held the position of chief clerk in the office (under Mr. J. C. Janney, suc? ceeded by Wilder) to relieve him of' his b?rden? agreeing to accept any part of the salary of the position which Mr. Leap hart's liberality may see proper to allow him. Mr. L., in accordance with tho ex press wishes of the citizens, had concluded to accept tho proffered offer of Wilder, when the latter found a littlo hitch in tho 1 transfer, growing out of the fact that Governor Scott was one of tho endorsers of his official bond, and it would bo nec? essary to consult him with regard to the execution of the manoeuvre. The black ne? gro endorser on Wiidcr's bond acquiesces | in the purpose of his principal to transfer his office, and there are hopes expressed that Governor Scott, from a little circum? stance of recent occurrence, in which he was personally inconvenienced, may yield his assent to Wiidcr's abdication, it seems that the Governor has been in Charleston for the past week, and iound it essential for his personal or part)'' psr posos to order a remittance from the cap? ital. A check was enveloped and dispatch? ed to his anxious Excellency through mail. The check failed to reach Charles? ton, and the Ohio Gubornator of South Carolina returned to the capital to inves? tigate the obstructions which interposed to shut off his anticipated supply of funds. He succeeded in finding the check, to his great chagrin, (because Southern Gover? nors, in these degenerate days, must have cash at command to grease their machin? ery) quietly resting in the Columbia Post office it is hoped that tho pcoplo ot Columbia may reap some substantial good from this reported 'riling' of Governor Scott, and that the good sense exhibited by Wilder may bo allowed to prevail." ? When tho enterprising butcher's clerk 'set up on his own hook/ did he find a comfortable seat? ? What gives a cold, cures a cold, and pays the doctor 1 A draught. CHUECH BELLES. Comiuj in couples, Smiling so sweetly, Up the long aisle Tripping so neatly; Envying bonnets^ Envying laces, Nodding at neighbors, Peering at faces, Whispering softly, Heeding no sermon; What they go there for ? Hard to determine; On all around them, Gazing benignly, Wholly unconsciously, Singing divinely, Prosy discoursing, Don't suit their whims ; Plain they assemble Just for the "himSi'1 Mechanics Needed in the Reconstruction of the South. From a woll considered article in the last Abbeville Banner, we make the fol? lowing extracts. The writer shows the folly and stupidity of the policy hereto? fore pursued in depending upon the North for superior mechanical labor, and pro? ceeds to urge Southern parents to devel ope mechanical genius whenever found in th eir sons. Ho then administers a just rebuke to tho falso pride and narrow prej? udice against mechanics always existing to a greater or less extent in Southern society, and upon this point wo desire to have our readers bencfitted by his illus? trations and sound reflections: Experience teaches that we should fos? ter the mechanical arts, at least, to the extent of supplying our own wants, and cease to bo so entirely dependent upbn tho Northern States. Such a change in our policy and practice cannot be wrought in a day. This is no reason why an effort should not bo made to introduce a change. As a means to this end, we suggest, that parents should study closely the charac? ters of their sons, aud direct them to those pursuits, for which they seem to have greatest aptitude. It seems to have been taken for granted, heretofore, that all mechanical ialent and inventive genius had been monopolized by the Yankees. The history of the late war put an end to this fallacy. A vast amount of mechani? cal talent has been buried at the South. Our.;; presont necessitous condition de? mands that all such talents should be de? veloped and applied for the benefit of so? ciety. A very strong and a very general preju? dice lies in tho way. Employment in the workshop has been regarded in this State, especial!}' as degrading. In our early years, nothing was more shocking to the members of the old families of the State, than the idea of one of them learning a trade. It was too decidedly plebeian. It might be known that they were gam? blers, imtemperato and licentious; but, they did not lose caste. To handle the trowel or tho jack plane, however, was death to character. An intimate fiiend of our boyhood, belonging to an old-fam il}', whoso estates had dwindled away, not willing to live poor, in order to feast pride, determined on becoming a brick mason, having noticed the great success of the father of one of our classmates, who belonged to this class of citizens. His eldest brother remonstrated vehemently against this determination, and said to him: "Do you suppose that, if 1 meet you in King Street, (the fashionable promenade) with a trowel in }rour hand and mortar on your shoes, I shall speak to you"? He replied calmly, but firmly: "The day will come, when you will be glad to have a room in my fine brick house." This as wo happened to know, was literally fulfilled; This incident serves to illustrate the feeling that has prevailed in this State with regard to boys learning a trade. Wo confess, that to us, it has al? ways seemed very silly. We havo known a man to affect superiority over the me? chanic, who built his nice mills, though his own father laid tho foundation of his vast fortune in selling half pints. Mixed liquors was decidedly more aristocratic than mixing mortar. Different eyes cer? tainly require different glasses. Parents should teach their children that "Honor and slulrae from no condition rise.'* Even in this State numerous cases could be adduced to show that mechanics share a pretty fair chance for wealth and posi? tion. Let a few suffice. Jonathan Lucus, who amassed a fortune and was made a Baronet by George III. for introducing rice mills into England, was a millwright. His next neighbor, Thomas Bennett, who became very wealthy and was mado Gov? ernor of the State, was also a millwright. Old Mr. Schnierlo was a carpenter, and acquired riches by his industry; but this did not prevent his son, tho General, from filling the Mayoralty of Charles? ton for years. Many more such cases we could cite, but it is unnecessary. These servo to show that despite tho strong prejudice against mechanics, many have risen superior to it, and have compelled tho respect of thoso who, in early lifo, may havo regarded them with disdain. Wo havo Buffered in this State on account of this prejudice. Our present condition demands that common sense .should govern. Our youth should be taught that there i6 dignity in labor; and they should be encouraged to lay hold of the trowel, the plane, tho slodge, the loom, or any instrument of art employ? ing tho wants of society. They should be encouraged to regard manual labor, as not adverse to tho acquisition of fame, as weil as riches. Sir Christopher Wren was an architect. Stephenson was a ma? chinist. Franklin was a printer. Hugh Miller was was a stone masen. Elihu Bun-it was a blacksmith. What man is there in South Carolina who, how^ter'fee fuddled with notions of caste^ would not be exhilarated at the prospect of his son securing a reputation similar to that of these mechanics ? And to what does this thing of caste amount? Weknow a very aristocratic family in which is commingl? ed the blood of a tailor, a tallow chandler^ and a dealer in peltry. But they are non? tho worse for their humble beginnings. In the reconstruction of things among us, mechanics are very much needed/ We must have all sorts of shops, and all Borts of workmen. Let the beys among tIS that have an aptitude for mechanics, be encouraged to learn some trade. Let proper attention be showed to them. Let them not be excluded from society, be? cause they handle tools. Let reading rooms and libraries and evening schools be es? tablished, so that, like Miller and Burnt and Franklin, they may improve their minds, and be fitted to occupy high posi? tions at home, as abroad. We hope yet to see the day when South Carolina sbaHl not be dependent on Yankeedom for a'xs helves and broom handles. MajIly Sentiments.?The. New York Herald but expresses the sentiments of all, save the extreme (torch and turpen? tine) Radicate, when, in reference to the mean and very doubtful conduct of certain parties at Washington in preventing the decoration of Confederate graves,,it asks: "Is it possible that we cannot see how to be patriots without being brutes? Is it possible that our respect for a great cause requires us to exercise a mean sti? pe rvision over the actions and thoughts of those whose sorrows differ from ours in their direction ? Is this horrible tyran? ny of a majority to go into the sacred do? main of the grave, too, and shall no one bo grieved over, if he happened to be wrong ? Shame on the zeal that pursues a quarrel beyond the grave. In the TJni ?ted States of America freedom has been much cramped for some time, but we have always desired to believe that it was only necessarily so. Permit us, men in author ity, to believe that there is still freedom for a woman to go to the grave of her son or her lover and cast upon it a token of remembrance. If there is not what bet? ter are you than the brjjtal despots that made Austria a byword among nations t --'? Mark Twain's Experience?Mark Twain writes as follows from Ylcksburgi At dinner yesterday I helped myself to a piece of pumpkin pie. The gentleman who bad been so obliging to amuse me at an expense of $75, observing me eat the pie, rose from tho table with a heavy frown on his face. When I had finished my dinner and walked forward to the so? cial hall, he approached with a drawn Bowie-knife and sternly demanded of me where I was from. I told him, after a slight hesitation, that 1 was born in Albe* marlo county, Va., and that I was a nephew of Colonel-. He then saidt "If that is the case, sir, you may eon* Lin ue to live; but, sir, I thought you must be a d?d Yankee from the way you ate that pumpkin pie, and in that case I should have regarded it as a duty to cut your thront I" I thanked him very politely for the high regard he manifested for the place of my birth and my family connections. He then asked mo if I took part in the rebel? lion. I said yes. He inquired on which side. I replied on both ; that I was visit? ing a relative of mine by the name of John M. Botts at the time the war broke out, and that I remained there until the war closedi He seemed satisfied with my answer, and asked me to introduce him to Gen. Blair. He told the General that he was the first man ho ever voted fbr that ho had fought against; that the South could never have been conquered if he, Col. Jay Haw* ker I think he called himself, had been in command, or if they had all been like him. Ho had lost very heavily by the war. I think he said he had lost an uncle, a nig* ger, a watch and thirty dollars in Confed? erate money. ? A lad, narrating a street fight in which he had been engaged, said: 'Til tell you how it was. You see, Bill and me went down to the wharf to fish; and 1 felt in my pocket and found my knife, and It Was gone; and I said, Bill, you stole my knife; and he said I war anoth? er; and I said go there yourself; and he said it was ne such thing; und I said he was a liar, and could whip him if I was m'gger'n him; and he said he'd rock me to sleep, mother; and 1 Baid he was a bigger one; and he said 1 never had the measles; I said lor him to fork over that knife, or I'd fix him fora tombstone at Laurel Hill; and ho said my grandmother was no gen? tleman; and I said he dufscn't take itupj but he did. you bet; you never?well, you never did; then I got up again, and he. tried to, but ho didn't; and I grabbed him and throwed him down on top of me like several bricks; tied I tell you it boat all? and so did he; and my little dog got bo hind Bill aud bit him, and Bill kicked at the dog and the dog ran, and I ran after the dog to fetch him back, and I didn't catch him till I got clea.- home; and I'll whip him more yet. Is my eye very black ?" ? It is an exquisite and beautiful thing in our naturo, that when oar heart is touched aud softened by some tranquil happiness, the memorv of the dead comes over it most powerfully and irresistably. It would almost seem as though our bet? ter thoughts and sympathies were charms in virtue of which the soul is enabled to hold some vague and mysterious inter-*, course with tho spirits of those whop* *re> dearly loved in life. Alas! how often and" how long may those patient angels hover above us, watching for the spell whicb is so seldom uttered and ecoa forgotten.