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ANDERSON, S. 0, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 21, 1869.
VOLUME 5.---N0. it
Southern Historical Society.
confederate losses during the civil
war, 1861-5.
The following interesting correspon?
dence is copied from the New Orleans
Picayune:
New Orleans, Aug. 2,1869.
General S. Cooper, Alexandria, Ya. :
Dear Sir?You will please excuse the
liberty which I take in trespassing upon
your valuable time.
I have recently been preparing, for the
Southern Historical Society, a paper upon
the losses of the Confederate Army, from
battle, wounds and disease, during the
civil war, 1861?'5. The following results
of my investigation are moat respectfully
submitted to you for examination and
criticism:
killed, wounded and prisoners of the
confederate army during the war,
1861-'5.
Killed. Wounded. Prisoners.
1861 1,315 4,054 2,772
1862 18,582 68,659 48,300
1863 11,876 51,313 71,211
1864-'5' 22,000 70,000 80,000
Total, 53,773 194,026 202,283
If the deaths from disease be added,
the sum total will represont the entire
loss.
Tho returns of the field and general
hospitals are known for 1861 and 1862
Confederate killed in battle, 1861-2, . 19,897
Deaths caused by wounds in field hospitals, 1,628
Deaths caused by wounds in gen. hospitals, 2,618
Deaths caused by disease in field hospitals, 14,597
Deaths caused by disease in gen. hospitals, 16,741
Total deaths in the C. S. A., 1861-2, 55,076
Total wounded in C. S. A., 1861-2, 72,713
Total prisoners in C. S. A.. 1861-2, 51,072
Total discharged in C. S. a., 1861-2, 16,940
Total wounded, prisoners end discharged
from C. S. A. in 1861-2, 140,725
If it be fair to assume that the total
mortality of 1863-4 was equal to that of
1862, then tho total deaths in the Confed?
erate army 1861-5 was at least 160,000,
exclusive of the deaths iu Northern pris?
ons, which would swell the number to
near 185,000; and if the deaths amongst
the discharged for wounds and diseases,
and amongst the sick and wounded on
furlough, be added, the grand total of
deaths in the Confederate army during
the entire war did not f?ll far short of
200,000.
According to this calculation the deaths
from disease were about three times as
numerous as those resulting from the
casualties of battle.
The available Confederate force capa?
ble of active service in the field did not,
during the entire war, exceed six hundred
thousand (600,000) men. Of this num?
ber not more than four hundred thou?
sand (400,000) were enrolled at an}* one
time, and the Confederate States never
had in the field more than two hundred
thousand (200,000) men capable of bear?
ing arms, at any one time, exclusive of
sick, wounded and disabled.
If the preceding calculation be correct
we have tiie following figures illustrating
the losses of the Confederate armies du?
ring the war:
Confed. forces actively engaged, 1361-5, 600,000
Total deaths in C. S. A., 200,000
Losses in C. S. A. in prisoners, 1861-5,
which may be considered as rotal losses
ou account of the non-exchange by the
United States, 200,000
Los?es of C. S. A. by discharges, disabil?
ity aud desertion, 100,000
If this calculation, which is given on\y
as an approximation, be correct, one-third
of all the men actively engaged on the
Confederate side were either killed out
Tight upon the field or died of disease and
wounds; another third of the entire num
bcr were captured and held for an indefi
nito period in Northern prisons; and of
the remaining 400,000 at least one-half
were lost to the service by discharges and
desertion.
At the close of the war the available
force of the Confederate States number
ed scarcely 100,000 effective men.
The resolution, unsurpassed bravery
and skill with which the Confederate
leaders conducted this contest is shown
by the fact that out of 600,000 men in
the field about 500,000 were lost to the
service.
At the close of tho war the 100,000
Confederates were opposed to one million
(1,000,000) Federal troops.
Your approval or disapproval of this
calculation is most respectfully solicited.
Tho distinguished ability with which
you discharged the responsible and ardu?
ous duties of Adjutant General of the
Confederate army qualifies you above
every other officer of tho late Confede?
rate "States, to decide how far such calcu?
lations may approach to accuracy.
With 2;roat respect and the highest es?
teem, 1 have the honor Lo be 3-our obedi?
ent servant,
Joseph Jone?, M. D.,
Secretary and Treasurer Southern His?
torical Society, Professor Chemistry
Medical Department of the University
of Louisiana.
Near Alexandria, Va.,)
August 29, 1869. J
J)r. Joseph Jones, Secretary and Treasurer
of the Southern Historical Society, New
Orleans. La.:
Dear Sir?I havo tho honor to receive
your kind and interesting letter of the
2d instant, and bog you will accept my
best thanks lor the same.
I have closely examined yonr several
statements in respect to the Confederate
military forces during the late war, as
well as the casualties incident thereto,
and I have como to the conclusion from
my general recollection, which those
statements have served to enlighten, that
they must bo regarded as nearly critical?
ly correct. Most of the returns from
which you most probably have derived
your information, must have passed
through the files of my office in the Con?
federacy, and if reference could be made
to all the records of that office, they
would, I have no doubt, enable you to
give nearly a complete histor}r of the
strength and operations of our armies in
detail. Tho files of that office which
could best :.fford this information, were
carefully boxed up and taken on our re?
treat from Eichmond to Charlotte, N. C,
where they were unfortunately finally
captured, and, as I learn, aro now in
Washington, where they are proporly ar?
ranged in a separate building, with other
records appertaining to the Confederacy.
I presume that by proper management,
reference might be had to them. Indeed,
I had at one time contemplated to make
an effort to renew my acquaintance with
the records by a personal application to
the authorities in Washington, but I final?
ly abandoned the idea.
It would afford me much pleasure to
furnish you with tho information in the
tabular form you have suggested, but it
would be quite impossible for mo to do
this without reference to those records.
I can only state from general recollection
that during the last twp years of the war
the monthly returns of our armies re?
ceived at my office exhibited tho present
active force in the field nearly one half
less than the returns themselves actually
called for, on acaoont of absentees by
sickness, extra duty, furloughs, deser?
tions, and other casualties incident to a
campaign life. These returns were kept
with great secresy, in order to prevent
the onemy from becoming acquainted
with our weakness. Another disadvan?
tage was also felt in the limited number
of our suitablo weapons of war, and I
believe it will be found, on examination,
that the most approved and tried arms in
the bands of our troops were captured
from the enemy in battle. These, and
jnany other incidents of a liko nature,
if brought to light, would exhibit the
greatest disparity between the two oppo?
sing forces, if not alike in tho number of
troops, as you have exhibited in your ta?
bles, at least of sufficient importance to
satisfy every unprejudiced mind that we
were constantly laboring, throughout the
contest, under every possible disadvan?
tage.
1 perceive by the printed prospectus of
the '-Southern Historical Society," which
you were so kind as to send mo, that time
must bo given in collecting the necessary
facts which are to bo the basis of this im?
portant work, before it shall bo prepared
and given to tho public. To this end it
will be my endeavor to contribute, from
time to time, such facts as 1 may be ena?
bled to collect, and as may be deemed of
consequence by tho society.
With great respect, I have tho honor
to bo your obedient sorvant,
S. Cooper.
Last Illness of President Pierce.?
A dispatch dated Concord, N. H., Octo?
ber 8, says:
"The last sickness of ex President
Pieree commenced in a mild form about
five weeks 6incc at Hampton Beach. It
was not at first considered to be a dan?
gerous illness, but he grew worse rapidly,
and in a few days was taken to his home
in Concord. His family physician, Dr.
Charles P. Gage, was summoned, and he
found the ex-President suffering from ab?
dominal dropsy, attended with alarming
symptoms. Prompt treatment resulted
in relieving the patient. About two
weeks since hiccups set in seriously, and
continued at intervals for about ten da}-s.
The dropsical difficulty had boon again
relieved, but when it set in the third time
tho system did not seem to respond to
diuretic medicines. This physical condi?
tion, joined with inability to take much
nourishment, caused Mr. Pierce to com?
mence sinking, and he continued to fail
gradually until death. He was conscious
to tho last, and had sufficient strength to
converse up to within two hours of his
decease. He conversed frequently during
his sickness upon public and national
matters, and expressed a deep interest in
and anxiety for tho welfare of tho coun?
try. He talked freely of tho public men
with whom he had been associated in
political life, and spoke personally of his
former Cabinet members, and of many
other statesmen and representative men
in different parts of the country.
"As death approached his waning
strength did not permit him to converse,
but to all appearancos his bodily pain had
left him. He lay quietly upon his bed, a
calm, happy and resigned expression suf?
fusing his countenance. At about five
o'clock ho looked around the room for tho
last time, his eyes resting fur a moment
upon those in attendance upon him, and
thon as calmly and sweetly as a child
would sink to its rest, ho closed his eyes
in his last sleep, and passed away. He
died at the residence of Mr. Willard Wil?
liams, on Main street, where he had made
his home, while in Concord, for many
years past. President Pierce formerly
attended tho South Congrogational
Church in Concord, but a few years Hincc
he joined St. Paul's Episcopal Church, of
which ho was a communicant. He left a
handsome property, which, it is under?
stood, he devised by will."
? "Waiter," said a fastidious gontlo
man, exhibiting a singular-looking object
on a soup-ladle. "Waiter, do you know
what that is?" "Thot, sir, looks liko a
mouse, sir. We often find them, in soup,
sir. No extra charge, Bir."
? Fanny Fern said that "tho men of
the present day aro fast," Prentice re?
marks that "they have to be, to cateh the
women."
? Why is a beefsteak liko a locomo?
tive? It is of not much account without
it's tender.
From the New Orleans Picayune.
A Leaf from the Diary of an Old Detec?
tive.
"Madame, it is my duty to arrest you !"
"You dare not!"
The lips were white with passion rather
than fear, and the lady stood before me
like a lioness at bay. Even then I could
not help but noto the splendid beauty of
this grand lady. Tall and slendor, eyes
black and flashing?almost lurid now?
the spectacle she presented, standing
there in the middle of the apartment, was
more tho appearance of a queen than a
hunted criminal.
"I must," 1 replied. "I do not doubt
3'our innocence. Looking into your face,
it is strango that any one could couple it
with guilt; but I am constrained to do
my duty, madame, however inimical it
may be to my feelings."
"Will you allow me to change my
dress ?" she said in a tone almost pleas?
ant. The hard lines around tho mouth
had relaxed, and the passionate glow on
the face gave way to a pleasant smile.
"Certainly; 1 will wait for you here:"
"I wish also to send a messenger for a
friend ; will you permit him to pass V*
"Certainly."
This was my first interview with Eu?
genia Cornille. I had seen her for months,
tho leader of our gayest and most fash?
ionable society. In her splendid mansion
she dispensed tho most profuse and ele?
gant hospitality.
A Spanish lady?a widow she had rep?
resented herself?and had boon a resident
hero almost a year. No one ever suspec?
ted her of being aught than what she
seemed, until one day I was ordered to
arrest her as a murderess.
It was now alleged, 6aid ? Mr. F., that
this young beauty was no other than the
woman who had poisoned her husband in
Havana, and fled with all his wealth. An
immense reward was offered for her ap?
prehension, and the circumstances that
had come to our knowledge pointed her
out beyond all doubt as the person wo
wore in search of. Yet the person who
recognized her the evening before at the
theatre advised us to be careful lest she
should escape us. I laughed at the idea.
Mr. I. and myself were surely sufficient to
arrest a lady. Wo were old enough in
the ways of cunning to defeat any such
attempt. When tho lady left me I
stepped to the window, and said to Mr.
I., who was waiting at the doer:
"Tho lady desires to send a messenger
for a friend?suffer him to pass."
Almost at the same instant the door of
the apartment the lady had entered open?
ed, and a youth apparently a mulatto boy
?came out and passed hurriedly through
the room into the hall, and from thence
into tho street. It was, no doubt, the
messenger, I thought, and I picked up a
book and commenced reading. Nearly
an hour pawed, and still the lady did not
make her appearance, nor did the boy re?
turn. The friend she had sent for must
live at some distance. I thought or the
lady is unusually careful about her toilet;
and so another hour wont by. At last 1
grow impatient,*and knocked at the door.
"Madame, I can wait no longer."
There was no reply. I knocked re?
peatedly, and at last determined to force
an entrance Strange fears harassed rfle,
I began to suspect, I knew not what. It
took but a moment to drive in the door,
and, once in tho apartment, tho mystery
was rovealed. The robes of the lady lay
upon the floor, and scattered over tho
room were suits of boys' Wearing apparel,
similar to that worn by the mulatto boy.
On the table was a-cosmetic that would
stain tho skin to a light delicate brown.
I was foiled by a surety; tho lady had
escaped in the disguise of a messenger.
I should havo detected tho ruse, I felt hu?
miliated and determined to redress my
error. I knew she would not remain in
tho city an instant longer than she could
get away. I hurried to her banker's, but
found that she had drawn the amount due
her an hour before.
"Who presented tho check?" I asked
of tho clerk.
"A mulatto boy. It was made payabfo
to boarer."
There was yet a chance. The French
steamer left within an hour, it was pos?
sible she would seek that means of oscapo.
I jumped into a cab and arrived there ten
minutes before she loft tho wharf?just in
time to see an aged decrepit gentleman
into tho cabin. There were few passen?
gers ; none of them answered tho descrip?
tion of the person I sought. 1 stood on
wharf tho watching tho receding vessel
until it disappeared. I was in tho act of
turning away when ahackman approach
with the remark:
"Mr. F.. did you seo that old man on
board? lie had long, white beard, and
hair that fell on his shoulders."
"Yes."
"Well, there's something cunous about
him."
"Why?" .
"Why, sir, when ho got into my car?
riage he was a mulatto boy, and when he
got out ho was an old man."
I will not repeat the expression I used
then?it was neither refined nor polito?
for I knew tho vessel would bo far out at
sea beforo she could be overtaken. 1 was
foiled by a woman. Nor could I help re?
joicing, now that thechaso was over, that
sho had oscaped.
Innocent or guilty, thero was a charm
about her none could resist. Tho spell of
her wondrous beauty affectod all who ap?
proached her. It lingers in my memory
yet; and I could not have the stain of her
blood upon my conscionce.
I -4p.
? Why are shoep tho most dissipated
creatures in creation? Because they gam?
bol in their youth, spend mostol their days
on the turf; tho best of them are black?
legs and they aro stiro to be floecod at
last.
A Singular Story of the Battle of Chicka
A gentleman who witnessed the play
of E och Arden at De?ar's Opera House,
relates a circumstance very similar in its
details to the sad story of the cast-way
sailor. "Wo give the statement in his
own words:
"That play recalls to my mind a cir?
cumstance that happened in my own ex?
perience. A sergeant in my regiment
was wounded at Chickamauga, and was
reported dead; Ho was seen to fall in
the heat of the engagement, and our lines
being pushed back, tho body was not re?
covered until next day. When the poor
fellow was fourid he was so mutilated by
being trampled on by the cavalry that
his face could not be recognized. A com?
rade, however, found in his breastpocket
a minature of his wife, and sent it to her.
with an account of his death. It turned
out that the body was not that of Tom
C-, but a Sergeant of another compa?
ny. Tom, desperately wounded, fell irlto
the hands of tho enemy, and was 6ent to
Andersonville, where tho rebel surgeon
cut off one of his arms and one of his
legs, and, in spite of bad fare, ho recover?
ed in due time. I never knew why they
kept Tom so long in prison, except it was
for the purpose of exchanging him for a
sound man.
"When poor Tom returned f,o his home
in Pennsylvania, he was a mere wreck of
his former self, and nobody in the village
knew him. His wife had removed to Illi?
nois with her parents, more than a year
previously. Without making himself
known to any of his old acquaintances in
the village, Tom started for Illinois to
hunt for his wife. When he arrived in
tho neighborhood whero she was living,
he learned that she was married to an
old friend of his, who had followed her
from Pennslyvania. His first impulse
was to make himself known to her, and
claim her as his own ; but when he saw
the snug cabin in which she was living,
and heard how kindly she was treated by
her husband, he changed his mind. 'Sup
poso I go and claim hor,' ho said to him?
self, 'how can 1 support her, with only
one arm and one leg, and a body weaken?
ed by months of suffering at Anderson?
ville? No; she is happy and contented,
and thinks me dead, and I will not de?
stroy happiness and become a burden to
her.'
"Tom acted upon this resolution, and
worked his way to New York, where he
set up a small business as a curb-stone
merchant, selling nuts, and cakes, and
soda-water, and getting along prosperous?
ly. He soon made money enough to buy
him an artificial leg, and after a while ho
got a patent arm made, and to see him
wallfing along the street, you would not
suppose that ho was but little more than
half ft man. Ho was a good business man,
and in the course of a year enlarged his
stock in trade and opened a regular re?
tail grocer}'. Ho made money fast, and
became a prosperous merchant,respected
b}' all who knew him.
"In his prosperity, ho never forgot his
wife, arid alwnj's cherished a hope that
she would bo restored to him. He was a
regular subscriber to the village paper
published at the town near which his wife
lived, and read it with great interest.
One day ho saw in this paper the an?
nouncement of the death of the man who
had married his wife. Ho lost no time in
starting for Illinois. Ho found his wife
in deep mourning for her late husband,
to the family circle. Tom made himself
known to her, and was rejoiced to find
that she still loved him as fondly as over.
It was some time before ho could convince
her that he was not a ghoat returned from
the other world. In order to make things
sure, the parson was called in, and Tom
and his wife were married over again.
They went to New York, where they are
still living, as happy a couple as you will
find in Gotham. They live in a brown
stone front, and tho family, when I saw
them, were preparing to add another lit?
tle link to its circle. Of oourso, they do
not tell everybody about their family mat?
ters, but you can rc)y upon this story as
strictly truo. Tho ending is rather bct
fer than that of Enoch Arden, and I
think Adams would do a good thing if he
would depart from tho version of Tenny?
son, in tho last act get Philip Ray ground
?p in his own mill?accidentally, of course
?make poor Enoch step in .irrd enjoy the
wifo and tho fortune left behind.
"What about tho picture of Tom's wife,
found in tho pocket of tho dead soldier?
"Oh, I forgot about that. Tom says
when ho was wounded and left upon iho
field a straggler camo along, and he
stopped him. Supposing he would bleed
to death, he gave tho picture to tho strag?
gler, with a mossage for his wife. Tho
rebel cavalry mado a charge soon after,
and killed the straggler, with the picturo
of Tom's wifo in his bosom, and carried
Tom off to Andersonville. That accounts
for tho picturo boing found and causing
overybody to believe that Tom was kill?
ed."? Si. Louis Republican.
? Tho Norfolk (Va.) Old Dominion has
tho following: "Southorn ladies do not
talk to anything liko the samo extent as
in former years. What does it mean?
Arc wo wrong in cla.-sing this phenome?
non among tho signs of tho times? We
believe it is the result of a mysterious so?
lemnity that has in tho last lew years of
trial and mighty events crept over tho
world. Levity is not as widespread. Men
and womon now look moro in earnest,
work harder, do rnoro towards carrying
out tho ond of their boing. We may be
wrong; but such are our convictions in
spite of tho wickedness abroad in tho
land."
? In an Illinois cemetery is a tomb?
stone bearing only this simple touching
epitaph, "Gone up."
manga.
and she had added
A Romance- In Real Life;
The remark is often made that "truth is
stranger than fiction," but its application
was never more forcibly illustrated, we
think, than by the brie"f history of two
persons, whieh culminated yesterday at
tho Actor House in this city. It runs as
follows:
About twenty-two years ago Mr. M., a
Northern gentleman, married Miss N., of
this State. To all appearances it was
what the world denominated "ft happy
marriage." About one year after this
union, Mrs. M. presented her husband
with a fine boy. whose appearance seemed
to bo an additional living and breathing
bond of affection, The "happy couple"
lived together for about ten years; when
by a reverse of circumstances in Mr. M.'s
business, over which he had no control,
he became quite poor. Passing over de?
tails, suffice it to say that a divorce c rimi?
nating neither party was easily obtained
in a court of one of the States, whose
loose laws now offer inducements to the
discontented to violate the solemn ordi?
nance of marriage with impunity. But
this was not a trap sprung" by one with?
out the knowledge of the other. It was
a mutual divorce.
Mrs. M. was a healthy, fine-looking
woman, and a few.years became the wifo
of a well-to-do gentleman. This was a
happy marriage throughout. Thesecond
husband died a little rnore than one year
ago, leaving the widow a small fortune of
about $20,000.
During these eight or nine years of life
with a second husband, the lady did not
forget her first born, nor did the son lose
sight of the mother. Tho affection in
both was strong. The boy was the divine
magnet which attracted the divorced and
widowed mother, and the wandering
father from his search for business and
happiness in distant Costa Eica: At the
death of the second husband the son had
reached the manly age of twenty.?
Imagine his feelings as ho came to realize
the real situation of his father and
mother. One an unhappy.wanderer, still
without sufficient worldly goods to make
life worth living for; tho other occupant
of a husbandless house, with a plentiful
larder. Ever present was the thought
that one yet lived whom she had sworn
before God to "love and cherish." He
was the father of her son. The son, who
loved his mother. loved his father not less.
The mother could not gazo into the eyes
of her only born without beholding the
in?age of his father. Time passed. The
son brought his divorced father and
widowod mother together. Tney talked
over the past. They agreed upon the f'u
turo. Tho boy was the centre of attrac?
tion. He was fieslwof their flesh and
bone of their bone, xhe ties of nature
were too strong for resistance. Like two
drops of quicksilver thf two hearts united.
Yesterday, in this city, the sort had the
happiness to celebrate the anniversary of
his twenty-first birthday by witnessing
the extraordinary scene of the marriage
of hie own father and mother! This
was joy enough for one da}'. History
probably does not afford the parallel of
this truthful picture'.
Mr. and Mrs. M., accompanied by their
son and several friends, dined at thu Astor
House yesterday afternoon, and after?
wards left for Boston on their bridal tour
to enjoy his second and her third "honey
moon." Tho son, who is a promising, fine
looking, young man, is a telegraph oper?
ator of excellent abilities and employed
in this city.?N. Y. Mail.
Averaging Expenses.?It is very sel?
dom that any business can be counted up?
on as sure to yield a large and constant
income. There are many chances and
casualties in trade and business which can?
not be foreseen. He is a fortunate man
indeed, whatever his calling, who does
not find himself, sooner or later, going
"out of fashion." Tho new comer, or
more dashing, ingenious, or wily competi?
tor, will sometimes distance an old public
favorite. Or a successful man may be
spoiled by success, spoil his own business
by neglect, or over-confidence in his repu?
tation.
For those and many other reasons, it
should be the effort of every man to be?
come independent of his business. Wo
mean that he should place a part, how
over small, of his earnings in s/)mc de?
scription of investment, which shall be
secure from the chances Which affect his
regular calling. To do this, ho should
tax not his business means, but his per?
sonal vanity, and bo content to creep, as
tho phraso goes, before he attempts to
walk; and to walk before he essays to run.
There is many a man who looks back on
tho careless expenditure of past years
with regret, but who might now bo assis?
ted by tho interest of his prosperous ac?
quisitions, if ho had funded, instead of |
spending his money for temporary grati?
fication.
Working men, while in tho prime of |
their strength and manhood, and tho re?
ceipt of liberal wages, might secure them?
selves not only against the distant day of
old ago; but also against much of the in?
convenience of dull times, of sickness or
of forced inactivity from any othcreause.
Whoever will mako a firm rule, and abide
by it, always to live within his income, is
on the safo road to competence, if not to
wealth.
? "You say,.Mrs. Jones, that you have
lived with the defendant for eight years.
Does tho court understand that you are
married to him?" "In course it does."
"Havo you a marriage certificate?" "Yes,
yor honor, threo on 'em?two gals and a
boy."
? "Mother," said Iko Partington, "did
you know that the 'iron h?rne' had but
one ear?" "One ear! Merciful gracious,
child, what do you mean ?" "Why, the en?
gineer, of course."
A Sensation Scene.?On Monday
morning last, Judge Platt, supposing J;
L. Addison, Esq., to be the author of a1
communication in the Augusta Constitu?
tionalist, in reference to the present ses?
sion of our Court, the presiding Judge*
&<?., which article Judge P. thought was
d "little heavy," called upon H. VV. Addi?
son, who is an Attorney at the Edgefield
Bar, in open Con it to be sworn and to
testify as to whether his brother, J. L;
Addison, had written the article alluded
to. This be declined to do. Judge Piai%
then imposed a fine of twenty-five dollars'
for contempt of Court, and imprisonment
until said tine was paid.
J. L. Addison was then called upOH to
be sworn, and to answer whether or rioi
he had written the article. Mr. Addison
did not refuse to be sworn, but declined
to answer the question. He was suspend
ded from tho Holl of Attorneys during
tho pleasure of the Court, or until, r'elti*
stated by competent authority. Messrs.
Gaty & Gary, and Butler & Youmans
were counsel tor Mr. J. L. Addison, Mr.
Jno. E. Bacon was counsel for Mr. H. W,
Addison. These Attorneys endeavored
to convince the Court that the proceed?
ings'were irregular and improper.
Judge Platt exhibited much feeling and
anger, and would not hear counsel, but
pcremtorily ordered Codhsel to be seated,
as he desired no suggestions or informal
tion from the members of the Bar., Even
Elliott undertook to object to the Judge
styling him a "colored Attorney," and to
requesi that his name be withdrawn frort
all connection with the charges. He was
ordered to "sit down."
We do not pretend to be '-learned in
the law," arid yet we do knot* that no
one can be called upon earth to criminate
himself. This actic n on the part of Judge"
Platt is a flagrant abuse of his power as
a Judge, and calls forth the indignation
and censure of every good citizen. Judge
Platt finally, at tho suggestion of Cottfi
sei, agreed to suspend the order" until
Wednesday in order that Counsel might
be heard.
On Monday afternoon, however, Jadg?
Platt withdrew his order, and sowed for'
giveness broadcast, stating that he had
never intended to enforce these orders,
but simply desired to ventilate the fact
that he would notice a contempt of fjfltirfc
from any person. And withdrawing these
orders is the Wisest thing he has done this
Court. Thus the little sensation scene
terminated.?Edgefield Advertiser.
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Cotton Manufactures in thi Sout?.
?The Augusta Factory has declared a
quarterly dividend of five per cent., and
the Graniteville Manufacturing Company
a dividend of ten dollars a share. These
facts show what cotton manufacturing will
do in the South. It is the most profitable
branch of industry in which capitalists e?rf
embark. I he manufacturing of cotton 1ft
the South is bound to become large and;
extensive. The" surplus profits arising
from the production of the raw material
will necessarily be invested to a large ex?
tent in manufactories. First, because no
other investment will pay so handsome a
profit; and second, because there will be
nothing else to invest their surplus in. If
laborers could be multiplied by the mere
force of capital, as was the case in the
days of slavery, large amounts of each
year's profits would be invested in labor
and lands for increased production. But
this is not the case now. We have a li ti?
lted supply of labor. No amount of pro?
duction, no extent of price will enable
planters now to increase the area of
their croi s. The surplus profits Cannot
lie idle. Cotton manufacturing is the
nearest approach to their life long voca?
tions, and to this new branch of industry"
the greater portion of their money will be
directed. In less than ten years all the
cotttrn grown, in the South will he required
to keefy the looms and spindles of the Amer?
ican millers in operation. The South will
in that time require for her own mills a
million bales, and perhaps much more. We
are in our infancy now in this branch of^
industry, and yet we find that the con?
sumption of cottcn the past year in the
Southern States reached 17*3,203 bales
while that of the North Was 821,924 bales
The increased consumption of the North?
ern mills last year over that of the previous
year was oi ly 22,107 bales, notwithstand?
ing the demand for cottons fabrics is ioj
creasing in iL greater ratio than the pro
dnction of the raw material. The indica?
tions are th&t the South will show a much
larger increase in consumption than the
North, .tnd but a few years hem - this sec?
tion will not be dependent upon i he Noitb
for its cotton fabrics.?Nashville Union
and American.
Edgefield Court.?The Coart in Edge
field has been in session during the past
two weeks. The Grand Jury consists of
eight whites and eleven blacks?one of
the Petit Juries entirely of blacks, the
other with a considerable sprinkling. E.
B. Elliott, a nogro lawyer was present,
assisting tho Solicitor. Several mordef
cases wore tried. In the case of the State
vs. Blcasc, for tho murder of Eutherford,
the defendant Was acquitted. In the case
of the Stato vs. Boothe for the murder of
Toncy, tho dofendant was found guilty of
manslaughter. In the case of the State
vs". Geo. B. and James Addison for the
murder of Charles Cress well, the Grand
Jury found "no bill."
It is expected that Judge Orr will hold
an Extra Court in January next for lh%
dispatch of civil business.
? Lovers, observe ! Before a man en?
ters tho abodo ot matrimony he shoofd
ring the belle.
? Slanders issued from beautiful, lips
are like spiders crawling from the heart
of a rose.
i ? The end of a miss-spent life?the
I marriage of a young lady.