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A correspondent of the Charleston News Writes as follows concerning the battle-field of Manna??*- It -will he read with interest by all, .and especially those who participated in the opening fight of the late war: ' Your correspondent* arrived at Fairfax this norning, and, rambling through that ancient and dilapidated bug, he beheld the Southern Memorial Cemetery, and the long eastern slopes where the Palmetto boys camped so many weeks, drilling and picketing and skir? mishing in the very teeth of the Grand Army. The silence of these hills weighed oppressively when: contrasted"with, the multitudinous life there apparent but eight short years ago. On the road to Centrevilie utter desolation and decay was evident, and a few solitary chimnies marked the places where hut and mansion alike had disappeared in masses of weed-covered rains. The great rippling line of batteries and rifle-pits, which wore reared on Centrevilie heights in 1862, were yet standing almost intact, looking grimly down the widening miles of road, stretching over silent hills and through voiceless valleys toward Alexandria. But the flags had long been lowered, and the black "dogs of war"' carried to other fields. But amid these sad souvenirs of the past it was pleasant to see the fresh upspringing of the early grain and the promising fertility of th# new-sown fields. The plauh on the right of the Bull Run road, so long occupied by the First South Carolina Bri? gade, was freshly broken up for a wheat field. But here and there on the route were remains of picket huts and the stockade of the tents, scarcely perceptible save as green ridges in the rank; grass. This road was battled for until a fit ransom for an empire was poured out on its flinty surface; but now it is a mere farm Lane, leading to a fence drawn squarely across it, no more: a highway, but a cul-de-sac. /Crossing the Bun on the debris of the Stone Bridjse, we ascended a little way to where the little detachment of the 4th Regiment deployed in the face of twelve advancing Federal regi? ment, massed on the opposite hills, and mul? tiplied their firing and magnified their strength, until Tyler thought that the main army con? fronted him there. The rest of the 4th, with the Mississippians and "Wheat's guns, swung in? to line near Carter's, and met and repelled the first onslaught of the powerful flanking columns. The contest in these woods was deadly. The Federals charged again and again on this .little band, which meanwhile swept the ground with rapid volleys, until overborne by numbers, and melting under the convergent fire of cannon, they gave back?*bttt their work was done, the Southern left was safe, and the impetus and elan of tho attack was deadened. It has been well said that the 4th. South Carolina fought the first hour of the battle. The Pittsylvania house ia a mass of rains now, and the under? growth has sprung- up luxuriantly under the trees and in the fields about. Bat the tide of | battle soon rolled to the base of the plateau above Young's Branch?the columns of attack became lines of assault, the Confederate lines bent as the blues clutched footholds on the crest, and expanding, swept them off again. The Hampton Legion grappled with a brigade near the road, swaying back and forth like two strong men wrestling?Kershaw and Cash pressed the United-States regulars near Sudley ?and amid all this hot and disastrous collision, the steady fire of Sempera and other batteries crashed across the valley to Sherman and Griffin, greeting. In the little yard of BobinHQn's nous 3 Lay 114 dead and wounded, blue and gray. And the superb double battery of the Federal army had gained a position on the plateau. Bee had iallen, and Bartow also; gaps were opening in Jackson's "stone-wall" brigade, and the day was going badly for the army. Suddenly, un? expectedly, came help to the hard-pressed, and panic to the Federals, and "the war was carried into Berne." The starry flag disappeared from the hills, the wrecked regiments streamed down and away on the Sduley road?a sharp attack of five regiments with the 2d and 8th South Carolina, whirled -;hem back from a new de? fensive line, and the army of the Potomac was rontod. Then; has been but little change in the phys? ical formation of the field since that eventful Sabbath. The soil was not worth fighting for. The "fruitless sterility of the red clay allows but scant tufts of grass to cover it, and cannot as? pire to richer products. Perhaps this is wejl, and ';his sacred hill may not be made common, as other hills, by a garniture of rustling corn. ? A little cairn mark? the spot where General ?Bee fell, and another pile of stones tells where Bartow went dowr.- His marble monument was long ago carried away, piecemeal, by relic seekers. A rude monument of red sandstone has been reared near the focal point of the bat? tle, at the Henry house, but the storms of five years have caused it to settle and cant over to a toppling position, soon, perhaps, to fall. Just on the slope near by we found some flattened bullets and a rusty fragment of shell, and here and there over the field a little depression and a richer green grass marked the trenches where the dead were buried?the dead of two battles. Man y Northern soldiers have been removed to Arlington, and some Southerners to their homes; but there seems something fitting in the idea that these heroes should rest on the spot which they have consecrated by their valor; sleeping, not ra Confederate soil, not on the territory of a vassal State, but in the heart of the American land, on that field which was at once the Mara? thon and the Chaeronea of the-Union. ? Jouicnalism.?Controversy in journalism, like it is in all other professions is perfectly le? gitimate, provided it is conducted in the right spirit and on just principles. Differences of ?pinion, where so many questions of public in? terests arise, will inevitably, occur, and it is both right and proper that these questions should be discussed calmly, sensibly and elab? orately ; and when opposition of views is de? veloped it should be met with firmness, but at the same time with respect and decency. When polemics degenerate into a low disgus? ting war of words, in which the moat- abusive and rancorous personalities-take the place of ar? gument, then they are a disgrace to the profes? sion and should be frowned down by the pub? lic.?Pttertburg Courier. ?-*? ? Mark Twain has had his fortune told. He remembers as ranch as follows : "Yours was not, iq?he beginning, a criminal nature, but eircumsitances changed it. At the age of nine you stole sugar; at fifteen you stole money; at twenty you stole horses; at twenty five you committed arson ; at thirty?-hardened in crime?you became an editor. Since then your descent has been rapid. You are now a public lecturer. Worse things are in store for you?you will be sent to Congress; next to the penitentiary; and then, finally, happiness will come to you again?all will be well?you will be hanged." From the Walerbury (Conn.) American, April 22. A Night of Horror. an incident of the eecent flood in con . nectictjt?a texte hero. The rain on .-Monday was unusually severe further North, where it fell during the entire day, melting the snow drifts and swelling the streams anarivUlets to large size. The Nauga tuck commenced .rising about noon, and after sunset filled its banks and came pouring in torrents over the roafas. As usual, it filled the space between the iron bridge and the Manhan, covering the road to the depth of several feet, washing out the eavJi, and rendering travel impossible. This place was the scene of a tragedy during the night, which resulted in the death of one man and the hair breadth escape of another. Andrew Gillain, the line repairer of the Western Union Telegraph Company, left this city on -Monday noon for Newton, to repair a break in the line. He took with him as an as sistant, a friend named John Bay, a poor man, somewhat advanced in life, whom Gillain has furnished with a home for some time past. Af? ter accomplishing their work at Newton, they started to return, about 7 o'clock in the even? ing, and came through without trouble to West Side hill. While descending the hill, Gillan saw through the darkness, the meadows all white before them, and, not thinking of a fresh? et, called the attention of his companion to them, and both pronounced it a mist or fog? a very natural inference. The horse walked across the bridge, and on reaching the eastern side started on a brisk trot. He had hardly gone two rods, however, before he plunged into the boiling waters of the flood, dragging pie carriage with him. The remainder of the sto? ry we will give in the Words of the survivor: "I said, immediately, 'Good God, John, it's water; I would give anything if we were back on the bridge.' 'If s too late,' said he, 'pray for your soul, Andy.' Then the water commenced to swing the carriage down stream, and as it swung I turned the horse's head up stream, as the carriage kept swinging, hoping to get. him headed for the bridge again, but it was no use; the stream kept carryine: us further and further back, until horse and all were carried over the side. Then I tried to sav my prayers, and I heard John praying. Heard' nim say, 'God have mercy on Mary Gillan (that's my wife) and her little children.' Then the carriage went over on its side and carried us both under water. After some trouble, I brpke through the side curtain and got my head out of water; then I reach|f in ana got hold of John, and pulled him up, too. I told him not to give up, that we had one more chance, which was to catch hold of a tree near by. We were carried out* of the cariage then, and as we passed a tree I caught for it, but missed the first one. There was another one close by and I got my arm around it, and got hold of John by the neck and drew him to me. ? Then the carriage float? ed down to us, so that we stood on a part of it. Just about this time .the horse gave his last struggle. Then I hallooed for help and told John to halloo. But he was nearly nsed up and said he had not time to halloo. He told me told me to think of my souL I told him to halloo and we might be saved yet. He said it would do no good, that the cold was killing him. Then I told him to halloo and it would warm him and make his blood circulate, but he was too much exhausted. About 12 o'clock, after we had been in the water about half an hour, a man came?vith a lantern from the Ma han, and went, as I supposed, for help. About two hours after, as near as I can judge, I heard voices near the Mahan calling to us/hut could not understand them. I called to them if they could send any help to do it soon, as we could not hold out much longer. About" this time John began to let go of the tree. I changed my hold, and lifted him up, and held him by the collar of his coat until I found that he was entirely dead; then, as I was nearly tuckered out, I did not try to hold him up any longer, but fastened my finger through a button hole to try to keep the body neir'me. I held him this way "until nearly daylight, when I either faint? ed or slept for a minute, and woke with a start which loosened my hold, and he disappeared. At daylight, Mr. John Clark came from West Side hill, and after seeing the condition of | things brought another man with some ropes, which they floated down to me with a rail, and after I got hold pulled.me ashore." Gillan managed to drag himself to his home, on Maple street, where his strength failed him. and his friends relieved him of his drenched garments and put him to bed, where he must remain for some days. We have given his sto? ry nearly in full, as he tells of such a night as few men ever endure, and none ever forget. It also tells of wonderful endurance, and of self sacrificing effort to save the life of a friend. Gillan has the stuff in him of which heroes are madfi. When our reporter visited him, yester? day, he was lying in bed, faint and weak, but he seemed chiefly affected at the fate of his frrend Bay, and by the fact that, when the dan? ger was most imminent, the deceassd found time to pray for the wife and children of his friend. As the water subsided, the body of Ray. was found in a hole near the tree, along-side the horse and buggy. A Warning to Husbands.?A persecuted young wife in Oswego, New York, wanted a di? vorce. The legal gentleman to whose consid? eration the grievance was submitted, inquired the precise grounds on which the motion for dissolution was to be taken. The injured wife replied that it was "assault." The circumstan? ces of the brutal affair were that herself and husband disagreed on the subject of cats. She had a beautiful Maltese kitten, to which the wretched man exhibited a malignant dislike, and had several times made the pet the object I of his fiendish cruelty by pitching it out of | the. window in the middle of the night. On the last occasion she endeavored to save the innocent creature from such abuse, and re? tained her hold on one end of the kitten while her husband had grasped the other half to throw it out of the chamber window. She con? quered in the effort, but the recoil of the kitten, on being partially released in the struggle, re? sulted in several severe scratches across' the countenance of its mistress, for which the bru? tal husband was of course responsible. The legal, adviser was doubtful whether a case of I deliberate assault could be made out on these circumstances; "but," says the Oswego Com? mercial, "there was certainly evidence of attro cious cunning on the part of the husband in relinquishing nis end of the cat without warn? ing." Is it Really So??A woman's thoughts about women are thus given: If Dante had not lost his Beatrice when she was young and beau? tiful?if Petrarch had wedded his Laura, or Tasse his Leonora, do you suppose the world would have been filled with their praises? That song after song, like those which have been immortal, would have been sung in their honor? Not at all! Beatrice would never have been the angel in Dante's heaven, if she had continued to brighten his earthly home, and Laura and Leonora would have bloomed through their beauty and youth, and growinp wrinkled and faded, have dropped into the tomt without the world knowing aught of their fate. We are all "angels" in our lover's vocabulary, until we consent to marry, and really take up? on ourselves the task of trying to render some man's life happy. But then how quickly comes the change! -^ Fatal Accident.?Mr. John Schumann, whilst employed on the steam saw mill of Mr. Parker, near Walhalla, on the 10th instant, was caught by the machinery and drawn under the saw and horribly lacerated. He lingered a few hours, dying from the effects of the hurt. The deceased was only nineteen years of age and could not speak a word of English. His pa? rents reside near Pomaria, S. C.?Keowec Cou? rier. The Feeling North and South.?A cor? respondent of the New York Commercial Ad? vertiser, writes to .that iournal as follows on the subject of the fueling North and South: In your paper of Friday last there appears certain remarks called forth by the late norri ble loss of life in Richmond^to the chief senti? ment of which every pure heart in the nation must say amen, viz: That the great calamity may serve to soften the asperities of the last nine years between the sections. But you Bay other things, by way of rebuttal to.the remarks of the World, on the s>ame subject, to which many good men cannot respond in like manner. I refer to the analysis of feeling, North and South. The impression in the North in regard, to feeling and to crime in the South, is very largely like it would be if a foreigner would take your police and criminal reports as daily appearing in New York and other city journals, ana by them make up /md enunciate his opin? ions of the Northern people as exceedingly de? praved generally, and especially bestialized by that moral pollution called free love. How very unjust would be such an opinion need not be stated; but it illustrates, most aptly, much of the opinions still prevailing in the North about feeling in the South. Your assumption about the reception of Northern gentlemen and ladies in the South, as a fair test of just opinion, is far from' correct. Wherever there has arisen no local cause, since the war, to create or foster ill feeling?such, for instance, as dishonest or oppressive action by some agent of the Freedmen's Bureau, which did so much wrong in those directions, or op? pressive military action where the civil author? ity was entirely competent and willing to pun? ish crime, I express the fullest conviction that Northerners traveling through or migrating in good faith to the South, have been not only treated with uniform kindness, but for the last three or four years Northern emigration has been sincerely desired by the South. In the Southern mind the Northern immigrant is re? garded as one who comes to be a fellow-citizen, to help develop their prostrate country, and whose interestwill be their interest. Thatother class, opprobriously designated as carpet-bag? gers; are universally regarded by real Southern? ers" as dishonest, selfish, and mischief-making adventurers, dangerous to the peace of the whites, and as serpents to the blacks. This lat? ter class does much, as newspaper correspon? dents to the Northern press, to loster and mis? lead public opinion North. The South, natu? rally, has its corresponding element of discord, in nery, ill-tempered zealots among the press, and its quota of really bad men left unemploy? ed and poor after the war, and who, like many we read of in your police reports, commit occa? sional deeds of blood; but oftener among them? selves than upon* either the negroes or immi? grants from any other quarter. Their number and evil course are steadily decreasing, as so? ciety resumes control of its affairs. It is plain that these elements, North and South, react up? on each other, and thus prolong the day of heart? felt reconciliation, greatly to the regret of the general community. To what you say of the kind treatment of Southerners coming North, speaking in our own experience during three months last year (the first time I was ever on Northern soil,) and sev? eral weeks now, I endorse it in the most un? qualified manner. - Without one exception, among a very large number of communions in? dividually, in social circles and families, I have received the treatment due to a gentleman, a friend, and in numerous cases a relative. The inhuman remarks quoted by you as com? ing from the Lexington (Mo.) Caucasian, in re? gard to the ill-fated Oneida, are simply the ex? pressions of a fiend?such a wicked nature as occasionally brings shame and disgrace upon all communities?and will be reprobated by the Southern people as much as by yourself. -o The Late Bishop -Soule.?In the address of the Bishops, read by Dr. Wightman, of South Carolina, before the Methodist General Conference at Memphis, were the following re? marks upon the life and character of the late Bishop ?oule: With profound emotion we announce to you that since vour last session our venerable and beloved colleague, Joshua Soule, has departed this life. His death occurred in Nashville, Tcnn., March 6,1867, in the 87th year of his life, and the 70th year of his itinerant minis? try. In many respects Bishop Soule was a re? markable man. At the time of his death he was, probably, the oldest traveling preacher in America, if not in the world ; and was thus the connecting link between the Methodism of Wesley and Asbury and that of the present day. Throughout his whole ministerial life he was eminently devoted to God, and employed exclusively in the service of the Church; often filling positions of the highest responsibility, and always honorably and usefully. His mina was clear and vigorous, his deportment digni? fied, and his whole course was marked by con? sistency, purity and unswerving fidelity. to principle. Whether viewed as a man, a Chris? tian or minister, or as filling the highest office in the Church for forty-three years, his charac? ter deserves to be held in the highest esteem, and his memory to be perpetuated in the his? tory of the Church. We devoutly thank God for such a man, and for the gifts and grace which rendered his eventful life so useful, his declining years and closing day so beautifully serene, so sublimely triumphant. The Decrease in the Negeo Population of South Carolina.?In his opening address before the Agricultural and Immigration Con? vention, W. M. Lawton, Esq., made the follow? ing statement in reference to the decrease of the colored population 'of this State. The statis? tics, if correct, are certainly valuable at this, time: The following figures in reference to the slave population of South Carolina, are taken from the United States Census: In 1790 it numbered.107,094 In 1800 it numbered.146,151 In 1810 it numbered.196,365 In 1820 it numbered.250,477 In 1830 it numbered.:.....315,401" In 1840 it numbered.327,037 In 1850 it numbered.384,984 In 1860 it numbered.402,406 Add for 1865 the increase, according to the annual average from!840 to 1860, and the population of freedmen in 1865 may do presumed to have num? bered......421,246 Deduct therefrom the entire colored pop? ulation, as shown by the State Census of 1869..'.386,139 Balance.85,107 And the balance, 35,107, or 8,776 per annum, in South Carolina alone, have evaporated since the close of the war. At this rate, in less than 44 years the entire colored population of South Carolina will have disappeared. -*a> More Legislation for the Colored People.?The Washington correspondent of the Baltimore Su?i says : In the forthcoming Republican Congression? al caucus, a Southern Senator intends, to pro? pose a policy to be incorporated into a law, for the better protection of the colored people of the South, and to secure the enforcement of the Fifteenth Amendment in the North. This will take something of the shape ^f a Bill pre? pared by Mr. Pool, of North Carolina, and which will declare that all citizens of the Uni? ted States shall have in the several States all the privileges and immunities of life, liberty and property. It will declare it to be unlawful for persons to combine or conspire to violate or hinder or impede any of the rights meant to be secured by this Act, one of which is to pre? vent the discharge from employment of any person with intent to restrain his free and completo exercise of the elective franchise. Another feature of this proposed legislation is to authorize the President to employ the land and naval forces or the militia to preserve the peace of any State. . From, Hearth and Emxe. The Housekeeper's Tragedy. One day, as I wandered, I heard a complaining, And saw a poor woman, the picture of gloom; She glared at the mud on her door-step ('twas raining), And this was her wall, as she wielded her broom ; "Oh! life is a toil, and lore is a trouble, And beauty will fade, and riches will flee, And pleasures they dwindle, and prices they double, And nothing is whafr I could wish it to be. "There's too much of .worriment goes to a bonnet; There's too'much of ironing goes to a shirt; There's nothing that pays for the timo you waste on it; There's nothing that lasts us but trouble and dirt. "In March it is mud; it's slush in December; The Midsummer breezes are loaded with dust; In Fall, the leaves litter ; In muggy September The wall-paper rots, and the candlesticks rust. "There are worms In the cherries, and slugs in the roses, And ants in the sugar, and mice in the pies; The rubbish of spiders no mortal supposes, And ravaging roaches, and damaging flies. "It's sweeping at six, and it's dusting at seven; It's victuals at eight, and it's dusting at nine; It's potting and panning from ten to eleven; We scarce break our fast ere we're planning to dine. "With grease and with grime, from corner to center, Forerer at war, and forever alert, No rest for a day, lest the enemy enter; I spend my whole time In a struggle with dirt. "Last night, in my dream, i was stationed forever On a little bare isle in the midst of the sea; My one chance of life won a ceaseless endeavor To sweep off the waves ere they swept off poor me! ''Alas! 'twas a dream?again I behold it f i yield! I am helpless my fate to avert V She rolled down her sleeves; her apron she folded; Then lay down and died, and was buried in dirt. ?-*> Hadn't Jined 'em Yet.?We heard a good thing recently that every member of Free and Accepted Masons will be apt to have a good laugh over, and for that we send it out on its travels: A rather verdant young man, whose features exhibited every symptom of having been slightly tinged with the emerald, quite recent? ly entered a jewelry store in New York, and gazing earnestly into the show case, remarked: "You've got a heap of mighty pretty breast? pins thar, mister; what mought ye ax for 'em?" ^What sort of pin would you like to look at ?" inquired the merchant. "Well, dunno I" said the visitor, pointing to a plain Masonic pin, (the compass and square), ^ow much is that yere ?" "Five dollars only, sir," was the reply. "It's a yery fine pin, eighteen carat gold, and?" "You haven't got ary one with a little gold handsaw laid a cross it, hev you ?" interrupted the would-be purchaser. "I believe not, sir," said the merchant. "Wish yer had, it would suit, me exactly. I'm just out of my time, and gwine to set up as -a carpenter and j'iner, and I thought I'd like some sort of a sign to wear about me, go folks would have an idee who I was. What do ye ax for that'ar pin you've got yer hand on ?" "Seven dollars," said the merchant, produ? cing a compass and square surrounding the let? ter G. "Seven dollars, eh!" said the youth, "I'll take it?sorry yer didn't have the hand saw, though. But I reckon everybody will under? stand it. The compass to measure out the work, and the square to see it's all right after it's measured, and every darned fool orter know that G allus stands for gimlet J" -,-o How to Eat.?The common vice of our people, in the United States, in both town and country, in city and village, among the old-and young, rich and poor, is rapid eating, when the stomach, like a dark bottle which is attempted to be filled with a funnel, gets full, and over? runs before one knows it. There are two ill effects from hasty feeding; the food expands considerably, both by increased* warmth and by its being divided and liquefied, so that if the stomach is not full when one ceases to eat, it will be full enough in a very few minutes by the heating and liquefying process; thus it happens when a person is called from the ta? ble, he may feel as if he could very easily have eaten more, but if detained a very few minutes, he comes back, feeling that he does not want to take another particle, and often times ex? press himself impatiently about his dinner be? ing "spoiled," wnen the truth is, his food has been enlarged in bulk by the necessary prepa? rations which it has undergone, thus making the stomach full enough for all healthy purpo ses^ and full enough for comfort. If a meal is taken with great deliberation, this expanding, healthy, liquefying process. begins and keeps }>ace with the meal, and the man does not feel ike a gorged anaconda. -??-v?? Advertising.?The case of Mr. E. C. Al? len, of Augusta, Maine, is another attractive illustration of the advantages of advertising. Five years ago, when he was not twenty-fiye years of age, his worldly wealth amounted to less than ten dollars, but his knowledge of the value of printers' ink was worth a fortune. Since then, by judicious advertising, sometimes paying one New York advertising agency as much as $5,000 a month, he has grown rich. The Hartford Post says the letters received by him have exceeded the entire mail of all the other citizens of Augusta' combined, his bill for postage stamps averaging more than $100 daily. So great an influx of mail matter has caused Augusta to be rated as a first-class office, and the happy postmaster is delighted with an increased salary as in such cases is provided by law. The offices which were ample for the State printing and the wants of those most largely circulating newspapers in the State have been compelled to add new presses and material to fill his orders for circulars. A corps of forty assistants is constantly employed. All this grand result has been accomplished by newspaper advertising. -o-. A Delightful PenitentiarYi?A novel reformatory enterprise is in progress in the Idaho Territorial prison. The prisoners have formed a Bible class and spend part of each day in reading and commenting on the Scriptures and in the performance ot religious services. Two prisoners, who were pardoned in the latter part of last month, left the institution with great reluctance, as they regard its moral at? mosphere as of a far higher tone than that of the rest of the Territory. One of the inmates, who attempted to rob an express-wagon train, is now studying for the ministry, expecting to preach the gospel when he is set at lberty. On the occasion of breaking ground and beginning the foundation for the Idaho penitentiary, the citizens of Boise City were invited to be pres? ent at the ceremonies; and the views of the inhabitants of that city upon such subjects may be inferred from the terms of the notice, which says: ''A general attendance of every age and sex is requested, in order that all may view the commencement of an edifice that may some day be their home." Such a possibility is delight? ful to contemplate whero Jifo and society in such institutions are so far superior to their outside surroundings.?N. Y. Tribune. Another Murder.?A few days ago, Cap? tain Kennedy and his constabulary force arres? ted Abram Landrum, colored, charged with killing John Bush, colored Irving on the plantation of Mr. Jerry Gardner, on the night of the 26th of April. It appears that Landrum went to Bush's house, called him out, got into a Juarrel, altercation ensuedj and, thereupon, landrum fired upon Bush with a loaded mus? ket, killing him instantly. Landrum is in fail. Love and jealousy, it is said, were at the bot? tom of this unfortunate affair.?Edgefield Ad? vertiser. ? A Democratic editor in Mississippi com? ments upon Governor Alcorn's Thanksgiving ?reclamation with this quotation from the salm*: "They that carried us away captive required of us mirth, saying, Sing us one of the songs of Zion." The Eaole Soars Aloft.?A weekly news? paper, named the Eagle, has just made its first apppearance in Louisiana, with the following lines by way of what the editor calls a "Salu? tary."' We produce the writer's spelling as well as his sentiments: "Once more at the Helm, we feare no storms, no thunder, no billows. The winds may roar and surge, and in wild, mad career upheave the political ocean until her discolored depths are seen and bear mountain night with wild confu? sion the billows and the billows spray. "From cloud to cloud the rending lightning may range, until the heavens appear one broad sheet of fire and the torrents pour in unbroken' floods, a solid mass. The .ocean may rage and the billows strive to reach the very heavens, yet, safely, proudly, fearlessly will we steer our scaunchedj storm-tossed baurque until we have anchored in the placid waters of Constitutional Liberty. "Unless a prompt, effectual stop is put to the lawless career of the robber bands that yeald the cepter of power, we may have to stear through an ocean of blood, a'storm of sighs, a Tain of tears, yet will we safely breast them all, and eventually arrive at the goal for which all good men and patriots pray and strive." ? The town of Fincastle, Va,, has met with a terrible disaster?afire, which destroyed near? ly $400,000 worth of property.. Many of the inhabitants have been deprived of their homes, and are without food or money. Between forty and fifty stores and dwelling houses were burn? ed, and a great many out-houses. -There is not left in the town one store, or office, or business house of any kind, except that a mill, a tan? nery and a blacksmith shop on the suburbs re? main, and in these is invested at present the brainess capital of Fincastle The Sumter and Columbia Railroad.? The proposed line of railroad to connect the thriving town of Sumter with the State capital is likely to be begun immediately. Mr. Bridges is thoroughly alive to the importance of this enterprise, and with his usual zeal and energy will push it to a successful termination very soon, after its commencement. ? The Ku EQux of Ireland don't send threat? ening letters. They just, dig a grave in the landlord's front yard. ? Picnics in a town in Maryland are wound up by th'e girls standing in a long row, while the young men go along the line and kiss them all "good night." Wish we lived there. ? Imitate the example of the locomotive. He runs along, whistles over his work, yet never takes anything but water when he wants to "wet his whistle." ? The man who imagined he had forgotten his watch, and who took it out of his pocket to see whether he would have time to go back for it, exhibited a clear case of absent-minded? ness. ? A wag, reading in one of Brigham Young's manifestoes that "the great resources of Utah are her women," exclaimed: "It is very evident that the prophet is disposed to husband his re* sources." ? The Charleston Courier advises its friends in the country to make ample preparations to save the blackberry crop of this year. The berries when dried have become an important article of commerce. It will pay to save them. ? One of the most singular sights growing out of the war is a continuous line of peach trees, of nearly fifty miles -in length^ around Petersburg and extending towards Richmond. They are growing from the breastworks thrown up by the Confederate army. ? In Iowa a merchant sent a dunning letter to a man, who replied by return mail: "You say you areflolding my note yet. That is all right?perfectly right. Just keep holdingon to it, and if you find your hands slipping, spit on them and try again. Yours affectionately." ? Fire insurance in Japan is simple hut ef? fective. No paid up capital required. The "Company" consists of the Mikado, who issues one general "policy" which he calls an edict. The chief condition of the policy is that every person whose house catches fire shall have his head cut off. The losses have been very light. ? An Indiana husband, having remained married for the unprecedented space of three weeks, forestalled divorce by committing sui .cide; probably on the same principle that the old gentleman mentioned by Sam Weiler blew -his brains out after eating five shillings worth of crumpets to show that crumpets were not unhealthy.. ? The i)anbury (Conn.) News has a way of mixing things that cannot be particularly agreeable to all readers. It says: "Sunday be? ing a balmy day, the styles were brought out. The most richly dressed lady we saw is the wife of a man who has owed this office $18 for three years. He says he cannot raise the money and we believe him." ? An Ohio editor is getting particular about what he eats. Hear him: "The woman who made the butter which we bought last week is respectfully requested to use more judgment in Eroportioning the ingredients. The last batch ad too much hair in for butter and not quite enough for a waterfall. There is no sense in making.yourself baldheaded if butter is sixty five cento a pound." ? We agree with the Hon. .Charles A. El dridge, of Wisconsin, that the word "loyal" is a word to be despised-and hated. In a recent debate in Congress he declared that it always reminded him of a definition given of it by an army contractor during the war, when asked to explain what he meant by saying that he felt "loyal." "I meant," said the contractor, "that I felt like stealing something." Mr. Eldridge continued, that for himself, ne was patriotic, not loyal. The word did not belong to this country; it only belonged to Massachusetts. NOTICE ! Valuable Water Powers and Small Im? provements for Sale 1 ? NO. 1, containing Ninety-three Acres, known as the Major's Mill Place, ?even miles West of Anderson Court House?the best unimproved water-power in the county. NO. 2, known as the Dr. Gaillard Mill Place, near the Railroad, eight miles North of Anderson Court House. Splendid water-power, plenty wa? ter and can be easily improved?a convenient and pleasant place for machinery operations. Teems?One-half cash. For particulars, ad? dress the subscriber at Perryville, S. C. THOMAS HARPER. Marek 8, 1870 86 WHOLESALE Tobacco Dealers. O. H. ?. FANT and W. S. REESE are my au? thorized Agents for Ute sale of D. R. Leak's Cele? brated TOBACCO, at Anderson, S. C. They keep | constantly on hand a large assortment of Tobacco, at wholesale, to whioh dealers are invited. They cannot be undersold by any tobacconist selling j the same quality of tobacco. All the tobacco ii warranted sound. 0. H. P Fant, Agent, Anderson Depot. W. 8. Rbxsi, Agent, Southwest Corner Bn?k Range. D- LE\F'? 6 Charlotte, N..C. Jan 20,1870 _*0 _ At Private Sale! THAT VALUABLE TRACT OF LAND, on Eighteen Mile Creek and Seneca River, contain? ing 1770 acres, formerly owned by James Steele The Traot will be divided to suit purchasers! Apply to W. H*. D. GAILLARD, ? PerkUeton, 8. C. Jan 6, ?1870_28_ LIQHT, pleasant and profitablo employment guaranteed to persons in every part of the country. Suitable for ladies or gentlemen, boys or girls. Address XIX Cektukt Publication Co., Charleston, S. C. May ?, 1870 45 4 THE POLICY-HOLDEaS* LIFE AND TONTINE ISSUE AN ce COMPANY of the south, 29 Broad Street, Charleston,: & C, HAVING deposited $50,000 with the Comp? troller General for the protection of its policy-holders, w'ill issue the usual forms of Life and Endowment Policies. It is the most liberal Company to the Assured in the World. The Charter guarantees to the assured the cash 'surrender value of his policy after one annual pre? mium has been paid, except in case of fraud. It is the only purely mutual Company in ths South. It has no Stockholders. .All surplus profits must be divided among the policy-holders. It is thoroughly conservative. ? Its investments are confined by. charter to the most solid securities, and it is under management of men of well established ability and integrity. Persons desiring any information will pies*** communicate with any of the officers. WM. MCBURNEY, President. - . E. P. ALEXANDER, Vice Pres. and Act. GEO. E..BOGGS, Sec; and Gen. Agent. .10HN T. DARBY, M. D., Med. Adviser. JAMES A. HOYT, Local Agent for Anderson, and Dr. THOS. A. EVINS, Medieal Examiner, April 2l, 1870 48 GEORGE W. CARPENTER'S Compound Fluid Extract of Sarsa* parilla. george yv. carpenter's Compound Fluid Extract of Buchte THESE celebrated preparations, originally in? troduced by George W. Carpenter, under the pat* ronage of the medical faculty, have bees so long extensively used By Physicians atfd" others;- that they are generally known for their intrinsic value/ and can be relied on as being most valuable reih' cdies in all cases where Sarsaparilla or Buchu ar? applicable, and cannot be too highly recommend? eel. They are prepared in- a highly concentrated form, so as to render the dose small and convene ient. Orders by mail or otherwise Will receive' prompt attention. GEORGE W. CARPENTER, HENSZEY & CO., Wholesale Chemical Warehouse, No. 737 Market street, Philadelphia. For sale by Walters & Baker and W. H. Nardis & Co., Anderson, S. C. Dowie &'Moire;- Whole sale Agents, Charleston, 8. C. Oct21, 1869 17 A. B. MULLIGAN, COTTON FACTOR AW General Commisson Ifercnant, acco^odatio* wharf, CHABLIlStOIV^ S* C. Liberal Advances made) on-Cotton. Jjg&- I will, when placed in' funds, ^arenas* and lorward all kinds of Merchandize, Machine ry, Agricultural Implements, Manures, Seeds, &o, Sept 23, 1769 13 ly - -?-. . " ?" . -;:7> Greenville & Columbia EaiLroatf. GENERAL SUPERINTENDENT'S -OFFICE; V . Columbia, January 16,1870: -y ON and after WEDNESDAY, January 19, toe following Schedule will be run daily, Snnday ex? cepted, connecting with Night Train on South' Carolina Road, up and down, and with Night Tram on Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta Road going North: L've Columbia 7.00 a m " Alston 8.40 a m " Newb'ry 10.10 a m Arr. Abbeville 3.00 p m Anderson 4.20 p m Gr*nville 5.00 p m L've Greenville 5.45 a mt " Anderson 6.25 a m "-Abbeville .8.00 a ax " Newb'ry 12.85 p m> " Alston 2.10p m Arr. Columbia 3.45 p tnr The Train will return from Belton to Anderson* on Monday and Friday mornings. JAMES O. MEREDITH, Gen. Bnp't. Jan 20, 1870 30 _'_. , _. h. bisch0ff. c. wttlbbbh. j. h. nsriK. JOHN McFALL, WITH HEFRY BIS0H0FF .& CO., WHOLESALE GROCERS, AfffJ DIALERS IK WINES, LIQUORS, Cigars, Tobacco, *Sco., NO. 197 EAST BAY, ? ih A ie 1k ? if sb H? S?. ?A. Nov 25, 1869 22 ?-;- . " Schedule Blue Ridge Railroad. ON and after this date the following schedule will be observed by the Passenger Train* over this Road : in?. ' dowjj. L've Anderson, 4.20 p m " Pendleton,5.20 ? " Perryville, 6.10 " ' Arr. Walhalla, 7.00 " L've Walhalhi, 8.80 a m " PexTyville,4.10 " " Pendleton, 6.10 " Arr. Anderson, 6.10 " In cases of detention on the G. and O. R. B., the train on this Road will wait one hoar'for the train from Belton, except on Saturdays, when it will wait until the arrival of the Belton train. W. H. D. GAILLARD, Sup't. March 10, 1870 3V Tutt's Vegetable Liver Pilfe ! For Liver Complaint, Billiousness, &c. ? Tutt's Sarsaparilla and Queen's Delight, For purifying the blood. Tutt's Expectorant, For Cough's, Cold's, Consumption, &c, &o* Tutt's Improved Hair Bye, The best in the world, Are for sale in Anderson by Walt*bs,.& Bakbb, Druggists, and Druggists and Merchants generally throughout the United States. July 29 1869_6_*J JAMES H. THOMWELL, Attorney at Law, ANDERSON C. H., 8, C. jj?j? Office in the residence immediately oppo? site Dr. Cater's, on Main street. Feb 3, 1870 82 8m . Flour, Bacon, Coin, &e, AFINE lot of Flour, Bacor, Corn, &e., en. hand, and for sale cheap by M. LESSER, Agent. Mareh24, 1870 S9 You had better Believe It. ALL persons owing me money had better oomt forward and pay up, or thuy will certaiuly bo sued. M. LESSER, Agout. March 24, 1870 89 Groceries, SUGAR, Coffee, Tea, Syrup*, *nd all kindi ef Groceries can be had, at reduced prieee for cash, by going to M. LESSER, Agent Mareh24,1870 ?9 : The Spondulix! HAVING purchased my Goods for cash, I wanl it strictly understood that Lraust have cash for them. M. LESSER, Agent, March 24, 1870 39