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An Independent Family Journal?Devoted to Politics, Literature and General Intelligence. HOTT & CO., Proprietors. ANDERSON 0. H., S. C, THURSDAY MORNING, JUNE 9, 1870. VOLUME 5?NO. .50. An Important Act of Congress, The following is the full text of the Act to enforce the fourteenth and fifteenth amend? ments, as it passed both Houses of Congress : An Act to enforce the right of citizens of the United States to vote in the several States of this Union, and for other pur? poses. ? Beit enacted by the Senate and House of. Representatives of the United States of Amer? ica, in Congress assembled: That all citizens of Ihe United States who are or shall be other? wise qualified by law to vote at any election by the people in any State, Territory, district, county, city, parish, township, school district, municipality, or other territorial subdivision, shall be entitled and allowed to vote at all such elections, without distinction of race, color, or previous condition of servitude; any constitu? tion, law; custom, usage, or regulation of any State or Territory, or by or under its authority, to the contrary notwithstanding. Sec. 2. That if by or under the authority of the constitution or laws of any State, or the laws of any Territory, any act is or shall bo re? quired to be done as a prerequisite or qualifica? tion for voting, and by such constitution or laws persons or officers are or shall be charged with the performance of duties in furnishing to citizens an opportunity to perform such pre? requisite, or to L>ecome qualified to vote, it shall be the duty of every such person and officer to give to all citizens of the United States the same and equal opportunity to perform such prerequisite, and to become qualified to vote without distinction of race, color, or previous condition of servitude; and if any such person or officer shall refuse or knowingly omit to give full effect to this section, he shall, for every such offence, forfeit and pay the sum of five hundred dollars to the person aggrieved there? by, to be recovered by an action on the case, with full costs and such allowance for counsel fees as tbe court shall deem iust, and shall, also, for every Euch offence, be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall, on conviction thereof, be fined not less than five hundred dollars, or . imprisoned not less than one month and not more than one year, or both, at the discretion of the court. Sec. 3. That whenever, by or under the au? thority of the constitution or law of any State, ? or under the laws of any Territory, an act is or shall be required to be done by any citizen as a prerequisite to qualify or entitle him to vote, the offer of any such citizen to perform the act required to be done as aforesaid shall, if it fail to he carried into execution by reason of tbe wrongful act or omission aforesaid of the per? son or officer charged with the duty of receiv? ing cr permitting such performance, or offer to perform or acting thereon, be deemed and bold as a performance in law of such act; and the person so offering and failing as aforesaid, and being otherwise qualified, shall be entitled to vote in the same manner and to the same ex? tent as if he had in fact performed such act; and any judge, inspector, or other officer of election whose duty n is or shall be to receive, count, certify, register, report, or give effect to the vote of any such citizen, or shall wrong? fully refuse or omit to receive, count, certify, register, report or give effect to the vote of such citizen upon the presentation by him of bis affidavit- stating such offer and the time and place thereof, and the name of the officer or person whose duty it was to act thereon, and that he was wrongfully prevented by such per? son or officer from performing such act, shall for every such offence forfeit and pay the sum of five hundred dollars to the person aggrieved thereby, to be recovered by an action on tbe case, with full costs and such allowance for counsel fees as the court shall deem just, and shall also for every such offeuce be guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall, on conviction thereof, be fined not less than five hundred dollars* or be imprisoned not less than one month and not more than one year, or both, at tbe discretion of the court. Sec. 4. That if any person, by force, bribe? ry, threats, intimidation, or other unlawful means, shall hinder, delay, prevent, or obstruct, or shall combine and confederate with others to hinder, delay, prevent, or obstruct, any citi? zen from doing any act required to be done to qualify him to vote or from voting; at any elec? tion as aforesaid such person shall for every such offence forfeit ana pay the sum of five hundred dollars to the person aggrieved there? by, to be recovered by an action on tho case, with full costs and such allowance for counsel fees as the court shall deem just, and shall also for every such offence bo guilty of a misde? meanor, and shall, on conviction thereof, be fined not less than five hundred dollars, or be imprisoned not less than one month and not more than one year, or both, at the' discretion of the court. Sec. 5. That if any person shall prevent, hinder, control, or intimidate, or shall attempt to prevent, hinder, control, or intimidate any person from exercising or in exercising tbe . right of suffrage, to whom the right of suffrage is secured or guaranteed by the fifteenth amend? ment to the Constitution of the United States, . by means of bribery, threats, or threats of de? priving such person of employment or occupa? tion or of ejecting such person from rented house, lands, or other property, or by threats of refusing to renew leases or contracts for labor, or by threats of violence to himself, or fami? ly, such person so offending shall be deemed guilty ot a misdemeanor, and shall, on convic? tion thereof, be fined not less than five hundred ?dollars, or be imprisoned not less than one month, and not more than one year, or both, at the discretion of the court. Sec. 6. That if two or more persons shall band or conspire together, or go in disguise aupon the public highway, or upon the premises ?of another, with intent to violate any provision ?of this act, or to injure, oppress, threaten, or intimida*.e any citizen with intent to prevent >or hinder his free exercise and enjoyment of any right or privilege granted or secured to him by the Constitution or laws of the United States, or because of his having exercised the same, such persons shall be guilty of felony, and, _ on conviction thereof, shall be fined or imprisoned, or both, at the discretion of the .court?the fine not to exceed five thousand dol? lars, and the imprisonment not to exceed ten years, and shall, moreover, be thereafter ineli? gible to, and disabled from holding, any office ?or place of honor, profit, or trust, created by the Constitution or laws of the United States. Sec. 7. That if in the act of violating any provision in either of the two preceding sec? tions, any other felony, crime, or misdemeanor shall be committed, the offender, on conviction of such violation of said sections, shall be pun? ished for the same with such punishments as are attached to the said felonies, crimes, and misdemeanors by the laws of the State in which the offence may be committed. Sec. 8. That the districtcourte of the United States, within their respective districts, shall have, exclusively of the courts of the several States, cognizance of all crimes and offences committed against the provisions of this act, and, also, concurrently with the circuit courts of the United States, of all causes, civil and criminal, arising under this act, except as here? in otherwise provided; and the jurisdiction hereby conferred shall be exercised in conform ity with the laws and practice governing Uni? ted States courts; and all crimes and offences committed against the provisions of this act may be prosecuted by the indictment of a grand jury, or, in cases of crimes and offences not in? famous, the prosecution may be either by in? dictment or information filed by the district attorney in a court having jurisdiction. Sec. 9. That the district attorneys, marshals and deputy-marshals of the United States, the commissioners appointed by the circuit and Territorial courts of the United States, with powers of arresting, imprisoning, or bailing offenders against the laws of the United States, and every other officer who may be specially empowered by the President of the United States shall be, and they are hereby, specially authorized and required, at the expense of the United States, to institute proceedings against all and every person who shall violate the pro? visions of this act, and cause him or them to be arrested and imprisoned, or bailed, as the case may be,-for trial before such court of the Uni? ted States or Territorial court as has cognizance of the offence. And with a view to afford rea? sonable protection to all persons in their con stutional right to vote without distinction of race, color, or previous condition of servitude, and to the prompt discharge of the duties of this act, it shall be the duty of the Circuit Courts of the United States, and the Superior Courts of the Territories of the United St'.tes, from time to time, to increase the number of commissioners, so as to afford a speedy and convenient means for the arrest and examina? tion of persons charged with a violation of this act; ana such commissioners are hereby au? thorized and required to exercise and discharge all the powers and duties conferred on them by this act, and the same duties with regard to offences created by this act as they are author? ized by law to exercise with regard to other offences against the laws of the Uaticd States. Sec. 10. That it shall be the duiy%f aH mar? shals and deputy-marshals to obey and execute all warrants and precepts issued under the pro? visions of this act, when to them directed; and should any marshal or deputy-marshal re? fuse to receive such warrant or other process when tendered, or to use all proper means dili? gently to execute tbe same, he shall, on conviction thereof, be fined in the sum of one thousand dollars, to the use of the person de? prived of the rights conferred by this act. And the better to enable the said commissioners to execute their duties faithfully and efficiently, in conformity with the Constitution of the United States and the requirements of this act, they are hereby authorized and empowered, within their districts respectively, to appoint, in writing, under their hands, any one or more suitable persons, from time to time, to execute all such warrants and other process as may be issued by them in the lawful performance of their respective duties, and the persons so ap? pointed to execute any warrant or process as aforesaid, shall have authority to summon and call to their aid the bystanders or posse comita his of the proper county, or such portion of the. land or naval forces of the United States, or of the militia, as may be necessary to the perfor? mance of the duty with which they are charg? ed, and to insure a faithful observance of the fifteenth amendment to the Constitution of the United States; and such warrants shall run and be executed by said officers anywhere in the State or Territory within which they are issued. Sec. 11. That any person who shall know? ingly and wilfully obstruct, hinder, or prevent any officer or other person charged with the execution of any warrant or process issued un? der the provisions of this act, or any person or persons lawfully assisting him or them from arresting any person for whose apprehension such warrant or process may have been issued, or shall rescue, or attempt to rescue, such per? son from tbe custody of the officer or other person or persons, or those lawfully assisting as aforesaid, when so arrested pursuant to the au? thority herein given and declared, or shall aid, abet, or assist any person so arrested as afore? said, directly or indirectly, to escape from the custody of the officer or other person legally authorized as aforesaid, or shall harbor or con? ceal any person for whose arrest a warrant or process shall have been issued as aforesaid, so as to prevent his discovery and arrest after no? tice or knowledge of the fact that a warrant has been issued for the apprehension of such person, shall, for either of said offences, be subject to a fine not exceeding one thousand dollars, or imprisonment not exceeding six months, or both, at the discretion of the court, on conviction before the district or circuit court of the United States for the district or circuit in which said ofience may have been committed, or before the proper court of crimi? nal jurisdiction, if committed within any one of the organized Territories of the United States. Sec. 12. That the commissioners, district attorneys, the marshals, their deputies, and the clerks of the said district, circuit, and territori? al courts shall be paid for their services the like fees as may be allowed to them for similar ser? vices in other cases. The person or persons au? thorized to execute the process to be issued by such commissioners for the arrest of offenders against the provisions of this act, shall be entitled the usual fees allowed to the marshal for an ar? rest for each person he or they may arrest and take before any such commissioner as aforesaid, with such other fees as may be deemed reason? able by such commissioner for such other addi? tional services as may be necessarily performed by him or them, such as attending at the examination, keeping the prisoner in custody, and providing him with food and lodging du? ring his detention and until the final determi? nation of such commissioner, and in general for performing such other duties as may be requir? ed in the premises; such fees to be made up in comformity with the fees usually charged by the officers of the court of justice within the proper district or county as near as may be practicable, and paid out of the Treasury of the United States on the certificate of the judge of the district within which the arrest is made, and to be recoverable from the defendant as part of the judgment in case of conviction. Sec. 13. That it shall be lawful for the President of the United States to employ such part of the land or naval forces of the United States, or of the militia, as shall be necessary to aid in the execution of judicial process is? sued under this act Sec. 14. That whenever any person shall hold office, except as a member of Congress or of some State Legislature, contrary to the pro? visions of the third section of the fourteenth article of amendment of the Constitution of the United States, it shall be the duty of the district-attorney of the United States for the district in which such person shall hold office, as aforesaid, to proceed against such person, by writ of quo warranto returnable to the circuit or district court of the United States in such district, and to prosecute the same to the ro moval of such person from office; any writ of quo warranto so brought, as aforesaid, shall take precedence of all other cases on the dock? et of the court to which it is made returnable, and shall not be continued unless for cause proved to the satisfaction of the court. Sec. 15. That any person who shall hereafter knowingly accept or hold any office under the United States, or any State, to which he is in? eligible under the third section of the fourteenth article of amendment of the Constitution of the United States, or who shall attempt to hold or exercise the duties of any such office, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor against the United States, and, upon conviction thereof be? fore the circuit or district court of the United States, shall be imprisoned not more than one year, or fined not exceeding one thousand dol? lars, or both, at the discretion of the court. Sec. 16. That all persons|within the jurisdic? tion of the United States shall have the same right in every State and Territory in the United States to make and enforce contracts, to sue, be Earties, give evidence, and to the full and equal enefit of all laws and proceedings for the se? curity of person and property as is enjoyed by white citizens, and shall be subject to like pun? ishment, pains, penalties, taxes, licenses, and exactions of every kind, and none other, any law, statute, ordinance, regulation, or custom to the contrary notwithstanding. No tax or charge shall be imposed or enforced by any State upon any person immigrating thereto from a foreign country which is not equally im? posed upon every person immigrating to such State from any other foreign country; and any law of any State in conflict with this provision is hereby declared null and void. Sec. 17. That any'person who, under color of any law, statute, ordinance, regulation, or cus? tom, shall subject, or cause to be subjected, any inhabitant of any State or Territory to the de? privation of any right secured or protected by this act, or to different punishment, pains, or penalties on account of such person. being an alien, or by reason of his color or race, than is Erescribed for the punishment of citizens, shall e deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and, on conviction, shall be punished by a fine not ex? ceeding one thousand dollars, or imprisonment not exceeding one year, or both in the discre? tion of the court. Sec. 18. That the act to protect all persons in the United States in their civil rights, and furnish the means of their vindication, passed April 9,1866, is hereby re-enacted; and sec? tions 16 and 17 hereof shall be enforced accor? ding to the provisions of said act. Sec. 19. That if at any election for represen? tative or delegate in the Congress of the United States any person shall knowingly personate and vote, or attempt to vote in the name of any other person, whether living, dead, or fictitious; or vote more than once at the same election for any candidate for the same office; or vote at a place where he may not be lawfully entitled to vote; or vote without having a lawful right to vote; or do any unlawful act to secure a right or an opportunity to vote for himself or any other person; or by force, threat, menace, in? timidation, bribery, reward, or offer, or promise thereof, or otherwise unlawfully prevent any qualified voter of any State ol the United States of America, or of any Territory thereof, from freely exercising the right of suffrage, or by any such means induce any voter to refuse to exercise such right; or compel or induce by any such means, or otherwise, any officer of any elec? tion in any such State or Territory to receive a vote from a person not legally qualified or en? titled to vote; or intefere in any manner with any officer of said elections in the discharge of his duties; or by any of such means, or other unlawful means, induce any officer of an elec? tion, or officer whose duty it is to ascertain, an? nounce, or declare the result of any such elec? tion, or give or make any certificate, document, or evidence in relation thereto, to violate or re? fuse to comply with bis duty, or any law regu? lating the same; or knowingly and wilfully re? ceive the vote of any person not entitled to vote, i or refuse to receive the vote of any person en? titled to vote; or aid, counsel, procure, or ad? vise any such voter, person, or officer to do any | act hereby made a crime, or to omit to do any duty the omission of which is hereby made a crime, or attempt to do so, every euch person shall be deemed guilty of a crime, and shall for such crime be liable to prosecution in any court of the United States of competent jurisdiction, and, on conviction thereof snail be punished by a fine not exceeding five hundred dollars, or by imprisonment for a term not exceeding three years, or both, in the discretion of the court, and shall pay the costs of prosecution. Sec. 20. That if, at any registration of voters for an election of representative or delegate in the Congress of the United States, any person shall knowingly personate and register, or at? tempt to register in the name of any other per? son, whether living, dead, or fictitious, or fraud? ulently register, or fraudulently attempt to reg? ister, not Having a lawful right so to do; or do any unlawful act to secure registration for him? self or any other person; or oy force, threat, menace, intimidation, bribery, reward, or offer, or promise thereof, or other unlawful means, prevent or hinder any person having a lawful right to register from duly exercising such right; or compel or induce, by any of such means, or other unlawful means, any officer of registra? tion to admit to registration any person not le? gally entitled thereto, or interfere in any man? ner with any officer of registration in the dis? charge of his duties, or by any such means, or other unlawful means, induce any officer of reg? istration to violate or refuse to comply with his dutv, or any law regulating the same, or know? ingly and wilfully receive the vote of any per? son not entitled to vote, or refuse to receive the vote of any person entitled to vote, or aid, counsel, procure, or advise any such voter, per? son or officer to do any act hereby made a crime, or to omit any act the omission of which is hereby made a crime, every such person shall be deemed guilty of a crime, and shall be liable to prosecution and punishment therefor, as provided in section nineteen of this act for per? sons guilty of any of the crimes therein speci ed: Provided, that every registration made un? der the laws of any State or Territory, for any State or other election at which such represen? tative or delegate in Congress shall be chosen, shall be deemed to be a registration within the meaning of this act notwithstanding the same shall also be made for the purposes of any State, Territorial, or municipal election. Sec. 21. That whenever, by the laws of any State or Territory, the name of any candidate or person to be voted for as representative or delegate in Congress shall be required to be printed, written, or contained in any ticket or ballot with other candidates or persons" to be voted for at the same election for State, Terri? torial, municipal, or local officers, it shall be sufficient prima facie evidence, either for the purpose of indicting or convicting any person charged with voting, or attempting or offering to vote, unlawfully under the provisions of the preceding sections, or for committing either of the offences thereby created, to prove that the person so charged or ?indicted voted, or attempt? ed or offered to vote, such ballot or ticket, or committed either of the offences named in the preceding sections of this act with reference to such ballot. And the proof and establishment of such fact shall be taken, held, and deemed to be presumptive evidence that such person voted, or attempted or offered to vote, for such representative or delegate, aa the case may be, or that such offence was committed with refer? ence to the election of such representative or delegate, and shall be sufficient to warrant his conviction, unless it shall be shown that any such ballot, when cast, or attempted or offered to be cast by him, did not contain the name of any candidate for the office of representative or delegate in the Congress of the United States, or that such offence was not committed with reference to the election of such representative or delegate. Sec. 22. That any officer of any election at which any representative or delegate in the Congress of the United States shall be voted for, whether such officer of election be appoin? ted or created by or under any law or authority of the United States, or by or under any State, Territorial district, or municipal law or author? ity, who shall neglect or refuse to perform any duty in regard to such election required of him by any law of the United States, or of any State or Territory thereof; or violate any duty so im? posed, or knowingly do any act thereby unau? thorized, with intent to affect any such election, or the result thereof; or fraudectly make any false certificate of the result of such election in regard to such representative or delegate; or withhold, conceal, or destroy any certificate of record so required by law respecting, concern? ing, or pertaining to the election of any such representative or delegate; or neglect or refuse to make and return the same as so required by law; or aid, counsel, procure, or advise any vo? ter, person, or officer to do any act by this or any of the preceding sections made a crime; or to omit to do any duty the omission of which is by this or any of said sections made a crime, or attempt to do so, shall be deemed guilty of a crime, and shall be liable to prosecution and punishment therefor, as provided in the nine? teenth section of this act for persons guilty of any of the crimes therein specified. Sec. 23. That whenever any person shall be defeated or deprived of his election to any office, except elector of President or Vice Presi? dent, representative or delegate in Congress, or member of a State Legislature, by reason of the denial to any citizen or citizens who. shall offer to vote, of the right to vote, on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude, his right to hold and enjoy such office, and the emoluments thereof, shall not be impaired by such denial; and such person may bring any appropriate suit or proceeding to recover poses sion of such office, and in cases where it shall appear that the sole question touching the title to such office arises out of the denial of the right to vote to citizens who so offered to vote on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude, such suit or proceeding may be instituted in the circuit or district court of the United States of the circuit or district in which such person resides. And said circuit or dis? trict court shall have, concurrently with the State courts, jurisdiction thereof so far as to de tewnine the rights of the parties to such office by reason of the denial of the right guaranteed by the fifteenth article of amendment to the Constitution of the United States, and secured by this act, and that the Senate agree to the same. Radical Infamies.?The Philadelphia Age, referring to the decoration of the graves of the Federal dead, takes occasion to make some very just observations on the infamies of the Radi? cal party. It says: Last year, however, the troops of the United States were posted in the cemeteries at Wash? ington to repulse with the bayonet the wife or child who might bring a flower to a grave pro? scribed by political ferocity 1 We remember no act more cowardly and brutai than this, and the orders that warranted it are among the las? ting disgraces that Radicalism has inflicted on our country by a vulgar malignity that outlasts not only the war, but the very lives of those who fell in it. The magnanimous spirit that animated the res! fljrhtilig men in that great struggle, aud the real desire in the mass of the people North and South, to bury its animosi? ties, form a noble contrast to the infinite base? ness of the plundering knaves who are busy in funning the old embers of strife for their own profit. Their grand, we hope their final strug fle, has been made in this Congress against the >emocrats and all the honest men of the Re? publican organization. They have thus far re? sisted the Georgia bill, and some of the other infamies, by which a vile gang of rascals hope to keep up the license of war for plunder, though its fighting is over. Yesterday a Radi? cal paper announced that President Grant had abandoned his intention to recommend a gen? eral amnesty. The Pardon Ring, a powerful body at Washington, has made a convert of him to its interests." One Pound of Cotton Per Acre Will Do It.?Do what? Why, establish cotton manufactories, add $300,000,000 to the annual income of the South, and, in ten years, double our white population and quadruple the value of land. How? Why, just because the calcula? tion has been made, and a contribution ofcone Sound of cotton to the acre from each land older of Fairfield, for example, will erect the manufactories in the short space of three years, that are required to spin all the cotton raised in Fairfield; and what is true here must be true elsewhere. Just think of it 1 A combination of land-holders for three years, upon the basis of contributing one pouna of cotton per acre for establisliing cotton manufactories, would render the South independent of the world and mis? tress of her own destinies! This simple plan of combination is proposed by one of our most sterling citizens, wno states he has yet to find the landholder who does not agree with him that it is quite feasible. Upon our suggesting five pounds for every acre cultivated, as an amendment, he accepted it, as a fairer way of getting at one pound from every acre owned, and requested us to give the project circulation in print.? Winnsboro News. -* The Art of Financiering.?A singular financial transaction occurred in one of the dock offices a day or two since. By some means or other it happened that the office boy owed one of the clerks three cents, the clerk owed the cashier two cents, and the cashier owed the office boy two cents. One day last week the office boy having a cent in his pocket concluded to diminish his debt, and therefore handed the nickle over to the clerk, who, in turn, paid half of his debt by giving the coin to the cashier. The latter handed the cent back to the office boy, remarking, "now I only owe you one cent." The office boy again passed the cent to the clerk who passed it to the cashier, who passed it back to the office boy, and the latter individ? ual squared all accounts, paying it to the clerk, thereby discharging his entire debt. Thus it may be seen how great is the benefit to be de? rived from a single cent if only expended judi? ciously. ? Seldom do we meet with a truth more beautifully expressed than this from the New York Nation: "Refined homes are the end of civilization. All the work of the world-^the rail roading; navigating, digging, delving, man? ufacturing, inventing, teaching, writing, fight? ing, are done, first of all, to secure each family in the quiet possession of its own hearth; and secondly, to surround as many hearths as possi? ble with grace and culture and beauty. The work of all races for five thousand years is rep? resented in the difference between a wigwam and a lady's parlor. It has no better result to show." .' i SCANDAL. A Story for Suspicious People. A lady purchased a home in a beautiful vil? lage about forty miles from a well known city. She longed for fresh air and quiet scenes, and doubtless she would have found all the happiness which she sought in this rural re? treat had not the place been haunted by that , terrible spectre?Scandal. "Have you seen the new arrival ?" asked Mrs. Thomas of her neighbor, Mrs. Lawrence, about a week after the stranger took possession of Maple Cottage?as the little place she had purchased was called. A curl of the lip and shrug of the shoulders was all the reply made by Mrs. Lawrence; but Mrs. Thomas saw, or supposed she saw, a suffi? cient reason for shunning the acquaintance of the stranger. Mrs. Thomas, who was very jealous and sus? picious, translated this sign language in her own way. "I have no doubt," she said to her husband at night, "that she had a bad reputation in tbe city. She has come here dressed in deep deep mourning, but who knows whether she ever had a husband ? And, if she bad, her wearing black is no sign he's dead, in my opin? ion." The next day quite a crowd had gathered in the store of Mr. Thomas, waiting for the arri? val of the daily mail. The stranger came in to make some trifling purchases, and was stared at by the people, as strangers always are. ' Af? ter she left tbe store, some remarks were made concerning her lady-like appearance. Mr. Thomas immediately rejoined: "Yes, she appears enough like a lady, but my wife thinks her reputation 'none the best." Customers coming in, nothing more was said at that time, but the fire of scandal was kin? dled?the story spread rapidly, each one telling it in his own way, until there was riot a family in the place but heard and believed the rumor. Weeks passed on, and the inmate of Maple Cottage felt that for some reason she was look? ed upon with much suspicion and dislike. There was no hospitality, nothing said or done for which she could demand an explanation. Every day seemed to increase the avoidance \ of ber neighbors; and she, seeing this, ceased making overtures towards an acquaintance 1 with them, sending to the city for her house? hold supplies, and never came in contact with any of them save at church, and even here she generally found a whole seat at ber disposal. At last the storm which bad so long darken ened the village borizon seemed about to burst over her head. There were low threats of driving her from thz place, and the mob spirit seemed to be gathering strength. About this time, some three months after tbe stranger came to Maple Cottage, a very hand? some traveling carriage, drawn by a span of noble greys, stopped in front of her dwelling, and a fine looking man, apparently about fifty years of age, with his wife and two children, were seen to alight and enter the house. All the day and through the evening, there was heard the sound of merry voices, mingled with the rippling laughter of joyous hearts. The nest day was Sunday, but this time the widow did not sit alone. Strange looks and low, murmured words ran through the congre I gation, and the minister seemed to share the surprise of his audience, and looked and preach? ed as though under painful embarrassment. He recognized in the stranger a minister whose reputation was world-wide?no other than the rich and distinguished President of-Col? lege, from which he was a graduate. Professor C. remembered his former pupil, but it must be confessed he was both surprised and disappointed. He had given tbe youug man credit for individual talent, but this ser? mon was a mere repetition of poor platitudes and a truckling to public opinion, which show? ed a weak and little mind. After service the President stopped a mo? ment until the preacher came forward, and when the greetings were over, he said: "My sister wrote me that Richard Forbes was preaching here, but I did not connect the name with the memory of my former pupil." "Your sister!" said the embarrassed young man. "You do not mean to say that the wo? man with whom you entered church is your sister?" "And why not?" It was now Professor C.'s turn to look sur? prised. Sure enough, why not ? What did he know: against the woman of whom all had been "speaking evil" for the last three months ? There is something about this matter that I cannot understand," said tbe Professor. "You do not mean-to say that my sister has been a resident of your place,, and listened to your preaching for three months, without your call? ing upon her ? The duties of a preacher are surely better defined?" "But I did not darel" and here the poor man stammered and stopped. "Did not dare to call on my sister, the widow of General Finch ?" and a tinge of contempt mingled with tbe look of surprise and indigna? tion with which he contemplated tbe abashed and crestfallen young preacher. After reaching his sister's residence, he ques? tioned her in regard to the matter;, but she could only tell him that since her residence in the place she had been "let alone," in full ac? ceptance of the term. Determined to under? stand the wherefore of such a proceeding, he again demanded explanation of the minister, who was finally compelled to admit that he had supposed from tbe gossip of church mem? bers, that the woman was a very outcast from society, and that there had been talk of driving her from the place. "She will not care to remain," said the Pro? fessor; "but before she goes I will sift this matter thoroughly." And so be did?gathering up, link by link, the whole chain of scandal until he came to Mrs. Lawrence. But this she utterly denied, and Mrs. Thomas was at last obliged to confess that Mrs. Lawrence had merely shrugged her shoulders and curled her lip when asked her opinion of her new neighbor. "Ah, indeed," was Mrs. Lawrence's rejoin? der, "I remember of thinking she could not be much of a lady, as she wore laded delaine and did her own washing." The Professor preached the following Sun? day, and at the conclusion of the discourse, re? peated the tale of wrong, adding : "Had this woman really been poor and friendless, as supposed, what would the end have been? Deprived of her good name, and in consequence, of all means of earning a livelihood, she would doubtless have been dis? couraged and desponded, and sunk down to the grave a victim of the scandal of those falsely calling themselves CHRISTIANS; and who, in the sight of God, would not only have been classed among liars, but murderers. ? The people who hojd that large heads mean large intellects jtfe confounded by the established fact that man is inferior to some apes m the proportion which his brain bears to his body. Let gentlemen who aspire to large ?iztfd hat? teSe tf?tfce. From the Memphis, Appeal.. An Extraordinary Story---Probable Discove? ry of De-Soto's Body. There is no incident of the remote past more interesting to the people of this city than that which the mounds at Fort Pickering suggest with/Vague memories of De Soto and his armed followers. Here they are said to have executed a treaty of peace with the Indians, and traces of DeSoto's march are alleged to be found north of the city, in the vicinity of Fort Pil? low. Of that tradition we will tell hereafter. Very certainly he was the first white man who beheld the Mississippi, and, very certainly, if we may accept as true the story written by a priest who accompanied him, De Soto's body was committed to the keeping of the great riv? er which has never ceased to chant a sad re? quiem over his last resting place. The recital that follows has direct reference to these facts, and, therefore; is well calculated to excite keen interest among those who delight in recurring to events of the olden time. what led to the discover"?. Some time ago we recited facts incident to the avocations of Capt. John Cowdon, who de? votes himself to the task of dragging up wreck? ed vessels from fathomless abysses along the Mississippi. He has studied the peculiarities and wonders of the mighty river as none have done before. He travels up and down the in? land sea, and ascends its tributaries and studies the shores and beds of streams, above and be? neath the water. His diving-bell-boat is one of the curiosities of naval architecture, the like of which was never known before. It consists of two flat boats, wholly unlike one another, connected by heavy beams, from which the diving-bell is suspended. With this rude machinery Capt. John Cowdon makes his endless voyages, ana with this he dragged up, not long ago, from the bottom of the Ar? kansas, a locomotive and train of cars, now running from Little Rock in the direction of Fort Smith. We -stated that Capt. Cowdon was cognizant of facts which might lead to the recovery of vast wealth resting beneath islands everywhere along the course of the mighty river. When a steamer sinks and is anchored at the bottom of the river, an island is formed by.depositions of sand made by the"broken current. Higher and higher, and broader and broader,, each month and year becomes the cumulus that constitutes the "grave of the steamer, until it lifts its summit above the riv? er's surface. Then-it is kissed by the sunbeams, and luxuriant vegetation, rich as blessings that nature lavishes on this matchless valley, crowns it with garlands of verdure. Time rolls by, noiselessly, unmurmuringly, unlike the heav? ing, boisterous billows of* the mighty, river. Trees spring up and grow with a rapidily aot known elsewhere in the world. There are countless forest-crowned islands which owe ex? istence to simple facts here recited. Beneath one of these rests a steamer (we are not per? mitted to give its name) on which there are five hundred barrels of brandy and at least three hundred of whisky. Within fifteen years, the chimneys of this boat, wrecked in 1844, still portruded above the surface of the island formed about them. Capt Cowdon has often marked the spot, and now that he has somewhat recovered from shocks given his for? tune by war, he proposes to invade the great rumhole of the dwellers at the bottom of the Mississippi. If "he enters this "whisky chute'' in safety, he will come up one of the richest, as most come out of the' other poorest, gentle? men in Memphis. Another steamer, the Ten? nessee, was sunk about thirty years ago, having $80,000 in gold in an iron safs on board. Shs rests beneath another island which Cowdoa has often traversed. For several weeks past Capt. Cowdon has been making a survey of localities which may contain uncounted wealth. He has examined islands and the river shorts about the mouth of the Arkansas, where he knows that valuable wrecks may be discovered. how it happened. While inspecting the water line along the eastern shore last Wednesday week, he discov? ered the bow of a small copper-fastened vessel protruding into the river. Having no tools, and traversing the river in a narrow "dugout," he could do no more than make a critical ex? amination of the boat and of the place where it was discovered. He observed that trees from five to seven feet in diameter grew immediately above the bttricd boat, and that the roots of these gigantic cypresses were twined about the ancient vessel. When boats sink in some lo? calities the current drives or lifts them up an inclined plane, and a violent flood sometrawis leaves them above the river's surface on ah is? land or sandbar. It is, however, as above sta? ted, generally true that islands are created by sunken vessels heavily freighted, and having iron machinery. The semicircular shape of this boat, found last Wednesday by Captain Cowdon; its high prow ; its dimensions, twice as great as those of a modern yawl; its cooper fastening; the length of time it has restea be? neath the soil and water, as shown by the mighty trees that stand above it; these are facts which have excited Capt. Cowdon's won? der to the last degree. Who had such vessels on the Mississippi before those great trees sprang into existence? Throe hundred years ago De Soto's body., at midnight, was placed in a vessel, a Spanisli built vessel (?) ana sunk in the midst of the river. His soldiers feared that their Indian enemies would assail them if it were known that the great chieftain was no more. Dc Soto, so the old Spanish chronicler, whose story is reproduced by Irving, tells us, died near the mouth of the Arkansas, andhere Capt Cowdon discovered the boat which ex? cited all these surmises. There is more than verisimilitude in this recital. Capt Cowdon is in the city, and proposes at an early day to return to the spot where the supposed Spaniuh vessel is buried. He has agreed to bring it to this city, and if he find within it the skeleton of a Hidalgo will not the name of John Cow? don and that of De Soto be inseparably linked together through all coming time? De Soto discovered the Mississippi, and became immor? tal. John Cowdon achieves infinitely a greater wonder in the discover}' of De Soto. Who doubts ? The Two Anoei^.?A traveller, who speit some time in Turkey, relates a beautiful parable, which was told him by a dervish, and it seemed even more beautiful than Sterne's celebratod figure of the accusing spirit and recording aa gel: "Every man," said the dervish, "has tvrq angels, one on his right shoulder and one on his left. When he does anything good, the angel on the right shoulder writes it down and bos .Is it, because what is well done is done forever. When he does evil, the angel on the left aide writes it down, and he waits till midnight If before that time the man bows his head and ex? claims : 'Gracious Allah! I have sinned; fr r give me!' the angel rubs out the record; but if not, at midnight he seals it, and the belovisd angel on the right shoulder weeps." _Dr- jjaii says sponge beds are healthy. We know a man who has sponged beds and even sponged his meals for five years, and lie .isn't so very healthy?except at meal time.