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i?B?YT & CO., Proprietors. ANDERSON O. H., S. 0., THURSDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 15, 1872. VOLUME VIT.?NO. 32. , Wlg^ji? History of the Radical Kn Elnx. 1 The special corresponde o. t of the Charleston JMfa ? tarnishes the annexed account of the history and objects of a liadicat organizati o n 4?own as the United Brotherhood: n [h OoLUMBiAi Feb. 8. -1 propose in this letter to furnish the readers of tne-Aey?? with such information in regard fc&t?e organisation, extent and objects of the i?w political coaspiracy known as the Inde? pendent Order of United Brethren, as has been oj?attrsd ih'the course of a careful and diligent investigation. Some of the facts and'details which will be presented have been gathered ftjw* *he statements and intimations of certain, pioaaaeat officials of the organization, while otbers have been furnished by persons who have good opportunities for witnessing its ope? rations, but who are outside of its oath bound circle, and are amazed ai its audacity./ It is admitted by all, however, that -it ie ? secret so- 1 ciety with .oaths, grips,, incantations, and all abrfe of ghastly mysteriefi, and that its scope j?ad purposes are purely political, and in the isteresfrof that portion of the Radical party Which-is in communion with the present State administration. . My informants, among the namlbersof the'order, have.generally accom? panied' their statements with such plentitude of winks and nods and pokings in the ribs as ttMa?tnflte that of coarse they did not' desire' their infoimation to be published, and merely fmtsartsed it in a spirit of supreme good-fellow aftipj like the serio-comical fellow in'Punchy wlar'- -:- -t ? ?'. ^Smolea'ghastlrsmile, ?ni o. >. while marry a wink Wunik he." 1 .;^e.ou^deis,-on ?ie contrary, bave been so p.rolific of romaatic and exaggerated descrip? tionsI of the doijigs of the i^w Ku Klux as to cfose me to receive with equal grains of salt both! sorts of statements) anu to evolve from the mass of information the-following facts, every one of which appears to be thoroughly estab? lished, and easily susceptible of xcroof, h ; It appears, then, that ll.is precious organiza? tion, although it was fro i a the first a secret and pbEocal-society, did not contemplate at its-in? ception any purposes or operations outside of j a.iocal infiuence in the cijjV of Colombia.; In? ternal dissensions of. a more or less serious, na? ture had existed for a long time in the local councils of the Loyal League or the Union League of America, which is composed hi this,, city of four ward clubs and one main body or council- These local difiiculties arose, as was tientiy natural, in the distribution of local, and plunder, and culminated upon the di- I ?a of spoils incidental to Coluralu'a's latest freatest swindles?the building of the new ball and market ? yaxiomefforts were j to Leal the dissensions and ?? close up the. j of the Loyal League, but without avail,' ! and, at last it came to the open secession of a large delegation, who immediately applied to ! the "State CouaciL" of the Loyal League for a > "?dispensation" to authorize the-, establishment or another "ConncU" in Columbia, but they were refused the."dispensation" under the oner, ration of Section 11 of the. constitution of ike Loyal League, which says - that "dispensations | for the establis omeat of counci Is shall be gran t ed.in .the same manner as charters. But no person shall be allowed a dispensation except upon the recommendation of a subordinate ' c?nncil, or of at least a two-thirds vote of the members present at the meeting at which the ' application therefor may be acted' upon." , in this dilemma they resolved upon setting up an organization of their own, independent qjjyiy, authority. State or NationaL, aad'jcait^. ' ing about for a title, adopted, the high sound? ing and characteristic designation of the Inde- 1 pendent Order of United Brethren. This an- ! ewered very well, and the brethren grew apace, steadily increasing in power and influence, bat still confining themselves to local enterprises,* 1 until one morning a happy thought occurred to T. J. Mackey, a gentleman who is known to be prolific of brilliant ideas, and who has the further commend able trait of thorough fidelity to his friends. Now, T. J. Mackey has been for months the friend, tutor, coach and confi? dent of Governor Scott, ana his Excellency was just then in desperate txtronis. This was about the first of 'December. The sword of Damocles ?ras suspended over the head of Scott in the shape of Bowen's impending resc lations of jmpeachmout, Whittemore's. report of frauds unparalelled, the Baltimore bond holders threatened.prosecution, and the angry clamors of swindled creditors and plundered citizens. It occurred to Mackey that some- . thing must be done, and he- thought also "an 'twere well done, it were well 'twere done quickly/' The impeichment resolutions might; be killed, and a great many other things ac? complished by the use of money from the Gu bernatorial purse, but some mechanism was needed to distribute the bribes and to organize; the campaign in various directions. Then he thought of the united brotherhood.' There was an association organised purely and avow? edly for purposes of plunder, and here was plunder needing only an organization. There were votes seeking bribes, and here was a bribe, looking for votes. A long and, confidential conversation between the Governor and .his faithful preceptor was followed by an invita? tion to the leading lights of the f. 0. O. B. to champagne and oysters at the Executive man? sion on a certain Thursday night 1 The Thurs? day night came, and so did the hnngry breth? ren.* The oysters were deviled, and so were the sardines. The Governor's champagne was drunk and the brotherhood was ditto, and then And there (he I. 0. 0. B. was quietly bagged by the Governor's right hand man. This; lun ior Macchifi-vclli explained to the off-color brethren that their local arrangement was all very well in iff way, but that by coalescing with Scott they could become the head centres of an organization which could be made to ramify through every county and village in the State, that incidental to the exculpation of their chief would be their own elevation to any local offices that they wished, and that last, bat not least, they would be paid down in cash for their labor and their votes any reasonable price they might demand, The stipulations, on the other side, were simple, and to the affect that the brethren should organize, as quickly as possible, one Klan in every county, with a Bubordinate den at every village and cross? roads ; should pack the Radical State Conven? tion on the IPth of February, and the next Gubernatorial convention in the interest of Scott, defeat impeachment, and elect Mr. Mackey to the Judgeahip in the Sixth Judicial Circuit. "The bargain and sale was promptly comple? ted upon these terms, and the time that has since elapsed has been employed in perfecting the organization and in steady, effective work, for the Grand High Old Cyclops, Scott. The first step was the securing of more ambitious quarters than those that bad satisfied the local organization. These were soon found in the s<*iond story of the building on the corner of Main and Bridge street, owned by tho county auditor of Bichland, who is also clerk to the. attorney-general, solicitor of the House, &c. This floor was hired (the rent being, quietly charged to the contingent fund of the House as "rent of committee rooms,") and gorgeously furnished upon the same scale and in much the same style as Dennis's ninety thousand dollar upholstery in the lower House. The carpet is of tapestry, with a pattern of convoluted rings, and the furniture is appropriately made' of I black - walnut ? Whiskey ana other seductive fluids are furnished by the barrel, and the ap Kintments of the lodge room include one nds?me parlor organ, the'gift of a prominent State official. The next step was to clothe this patent Kn Klux with a show of legal sanction, and for this purpose the following bill was introduced in the lower House on the 19th of December, and hurriedly put through, with but trifling opposition :; < A bill TO INCORPORATE THE GBAND CbfrST CTL' of* THE H^DEPENDEKT ORDER OF UNI? TED BRBTHBElT OF SfiCTH CAROLINA. JBcii enacted, &c, That P. P. Hedges.. Frank Adamson, S. J. Lee, William Littlofield, J. W. Thomas, John T. Henderson, R W. Cousart, A, Hart, Mi,tchel Goggins, Geo. A. Richmond, Ni;B. Meyers, Fortune Childs, Robert Tarle to?, ^Eeop Goodson, Edward Ferguson, "W: H. Jones, and others, who are now,-?Jf'may here? after become, officers and members of the Grand Council: of tire; Independent Order of United Brethren, and their si ccessory officers and,members, be, and they ar^rbereby,decrnred to be a body politic and corporate, by the name and style of the "Grand Council of the Inde? pendent Order of1 United Brethren, of the State of South Carolina;" and that-the said corporation Erhall; by its corporate,name, sue, be snedv implead, and be impressed, in the courts of this State; and shall be enabled and em'pWeredin iaw to purchase, have, hold, en? joy and possess chattels, lands, tenements, or real est?te, Of what kind and nature soever, and the eanne or any part thereof,to sell, ' arieri^ or convey, at their "will and pleasure: Provided, That the property so held shall hot exceed the annual valne of 1Jfry^ thousand dollars. '?' 'Aaadj' the ?dd* corporation shall' bate power to make a common seal, with power to change and alter the same as often as the/m'ay deem necessary. JOf theincorporators named above, all but two ? Oat of the fourteen'are members of the House. This.bill was oassed through the low? er house under the lash'of the brotherhood, which'possesses seventy-six votes in that body. It mraM yet'passed the Senate, arid it is like? ly that-it will not, but its passage after all is a matter of no great importance to the brother' hood, except as giving it a quoin-legislative endorsement. The ritual- and constitution of this new Ku Eins ^?been .' completed and adopted. ' It 'hr* an adaptation of the formnla of the old "Know' Nothing'* organization; or the United Order of Sam, and includes a solemn oath, a terrible in-, itiation, and the penalty of death 'for any be? trayal "of the secrets of the order. The State is divided first into two departments, over each of which there is a division commander, and: then into districts composed of the various counties. ; The utmost-secrecy is preserved as to the-names of the Officers'of the grand cOun-'; eil and ; the parties who are depended on to organize the various counties. Iain told that t he'Stovernor holds no actual office in the or-' dor, "but, with the aid of :T.: J. j?ackey, stands ' behind the scenes to work the wires; that one of the grana divisions is commanded by a col? ored membe* of the United States Congress; that a prominent officer of the House has been commissioned grand preceptor'and instructor, and an attochee of the same-: body,' named' in the bill, is the grand scribe, and that various members of the House aro depended 'on to or? ganize the various counties, and are, of course, to be rewarded with important offices. In some of the counties, for obvious and pruden? tial reasons, no organization .will be attempted, bat all friends of corruption and misgovern ment will be invited . to rally to the general standard in Columbia. ' The regular meetings of the Central Klan are held! in the Columbia Lodge room on Mon? day, Wednesday and Friday nights, but the rooms are brilliantly illuminated every even? ing, and the work ot organization and corrup? tion is going bravely on. Constant accessions to the brotherhood are being made, and chart? ers for subordinate Klans are being printed by the ream."- The actual operations of the band in recent legislation are most plainly to be seen in the defeat of the proposed repeat'of' the resolution" authorizing the Governor to purchase two thousand stands of arms, the' killing of the impeachment resolution, and the election of Judge Mackey. The lost named jobs were part of the original stipulations, and the first was demanded by the Governor and approved by the brethren, on- the ground that it might be useful to have a few hundred Win? chester rifles for their own use during the-next campaign. In the light of these revelations a number of other transactions, which in themselves seem trivial, ?equrre'? new significance. The'calen dar^of both houses are crowded with acts' of incorporation' forcountless leagues, societies and clubs, nine-tenths of which may safely be assumed to be denendancics of Scott's Ku Kiux; the State-miiitia is being reconstructed, and euch; determined advocates of reform as General Whipper, Colonel Yoeum, &c., sum? marily discharged; a united effort is" making to-saddle the city of Charleston with a metro Eolitan police commission ; Sheriff Mackey as been commissioned colonel of another reg? iment to be raised in Charleston, of which the "Mishaw Zouaves," "Saxton Riflemen," '.'Car? olina Light Infantry," "St. Andrew's Rifle Corps," "Edisto Light Guard)" and other gangs with similar high soundirg names, who are be? sieging the Assembly for acts of incorporation, are doubtless to be the component companies, and if all these preparations do not presage a bloody and literal fight, then I am no phor het or Picket. ? I-', libjjj m ? r I "New Children, not New Toys."?Fanny I Fern writes in the last number of the Ledger: Not long since I read a newspaper article, In which the writer deplored that some "new. toys were not invented for the children of the pres? ent day." Now, to the best of my belief, that wouldn't solve the difficulty, since the trouble is with the childreu, not with the toys; which were never more varied, ingenious, and abun? dant. Now the doll of my bib-days was a crooked necked squash, with a towel for a dress, and a numerous progeny of little cucumbers forba bies; and 1 was juBt as happy, and a great deal better contented, than the little' girl of to-day with ai>100 Paris doll, which can say "Mam? ma," and turn its curly head from side to side; which has cashmere shawls and sets of jewels, and trunks full of dresses, and every luxury of fine-lady-dom in little. We Want new children invented, not 'new toys. The little pampered Ladies and gentlemen of the present day are not children. The poor things are not to blame for crying for the moon, when they are brought up to do so. Take off their kid gloves and vel? vet dresses, and give them a shingle and a mud puddle, and you will soon see children, who will pout no longer for a "new toy." If you will pUt nature into a hot bed to force its growth, don't at least go whining round the world about the consequences, and placing the blame everywhere but whore it belongs. Parent*' Position end Duty. . The family is the nursery which supplies both the church and state with its members. The character of the various families which compose, any single congregation of Christians in the land, give, tone aud character to the whole congregation. In fact, the largest con? gregations and States are but one large family made up of many families, as a single family is made Up of its several members. If the indi? vidual members of a family are corrupt and sinful, the whole family will inevitably be of the same description. The Whole is like its parts. All the parts make the whole. It is easy to see that Christian parents exercise a tremendous influence upon the destiny of the world. They are the instruments in the hand of God to build np and establish the church in the community in which God has cast their lot. The church and state in the future will be what the children of the present day will make them. What the children of the present 'day, when they become- men arid women, will make the church and state, depends very much upon the manner in which they are educated by their Sarents. Tliisisnot all. Whether the chil ren of the present di.y are to become honora? ble or dishonorable men and women, depends very much upon the'parental training they are at present receiving./ Some parents are raising up their sons and daughters in such a Way that they will fill their old age with bitterness and sorrow. Other parents are so instructing their children, that they will take an honorable po? sition in society and live useful lives. This is not all. The great majority of those who will, in a few years, compose the visible church, are the sons and daughters Of Christian parents:? Many outsiders, as they are called, will be savingly con verted and brought into the fold of Jesus v but their number will be infinitely less than that of those who have been instructed by Christian parents. The relation which exists between parent and child, is like no other relation. Instinct? ively the child has implicit confidence in its parents. Civilized children-learn' with diffi-; culty that their parents either do anything wrong, or are capable of perpetrating a wrong. The, child respects the opinions .of a parent as I it does those of no other individual. The the? ological views, both, practical and doctrinal, of a father or mother are. regarded as orthodox. In other words, every child has to learn that its parents are not an exception to the rule, that "to err is human." The duties devolving upon parents are, from the nature of the case, many4 .any exceedingly important. . Upon pa? rents is imposed the duty of feeding and cloth? ing, as well as providing for the intellectual !trailing of. their offspnng. This is a great, duty, and iii some instances, an onorous duty;, ib?f parents pave,? g^ter duty to perform than this. They,' by jibje ordinance of God, aremade the instruments'' in' training fheir.children for heaven. This j^. a simple and oft-repeated Bible doctrine, and needs no long labored ar? guments to prove it to.the. attentive reader of 'the Bible. Abraham ordered his house aright, 'and God blessed him and his children. Eli failed to d? his whole duty in training his sons, acd God made an end of him and his sons in One day. Blessings- await the' 'parents who bring up their children in "the nurture and ad? monition of the Lord," and terrible judgments, will, in God's own time, be poured out upon those parents who neglect the moral training of theTr precious children. In. view, then, Of all the facts in the case, what.is the duty of parents ? "We say guard your 'families. God bos so ordered it that the beast of the field, the fowls of the air and the fish of the sea guard and protect their young. These irrational creatures have np moral na? tures ; hence, their defense can extend no far? ther than to the defense of the bodies of their young. The young of the human family have immortal souls incased in their mortal bodies. Our preciousI children are to live and reign with Christ -in - a world without end ; or, they are to writhe in interminable agony with fiends and lost Spirits in the bottomless pit. What parent can bear the thought that his darling' children, either in part or as a whole, are to swell that throng to whom an incensed Saviour will say, "departr?. That this terrible* result] may be avoided, parents must guard and pro-J ts;ct.their ofispring.fr<?m morel-harm. . :< One thing from;wbichall children most be moat strictly guarded is bad company v How? ever well ?Satan succeeds < in 'corrupting, the., miuds and morals' of yduib by. other means, one thing is certain, he never fails when he,} has.resbrt to bed company.. ,No parents should suffer .their children to associate, with j those | who are known, or even suspected of being im? moral. The companions with whom, bur chil? dren are" accustomed to associate, have very much to do with moulding their character for this world, and determining the destiny for the next.' Our hearth should be sacred. ;No wicked person should bo allowed to pollute it. As eterriity is longer than time, and as the soul , is of more worth: than the body, the true inter i ests of the souls of our children should, out i weigh every other. consideration in choosing I for them companion's. ..Too often parents, in, selecting companion's for their children, sire dazzled oy wealth or fame. Parents should re? flect that a w?rld-wide fame, or all the gold in the universe, is but a poor, pitiable compensa? tion for a son or a daughter reduced to a moral wreck.. The moral and intellectual character of our children is moulded by the circumstances by which we are surrounded. The neigborhood in which we live often determines the destiny of our children. There are certain localities in this world in which children see and hear little that is good, and much that is positively sinful aud degrading. . In such neighborhoods, it is so difficult to train children properly, that it may be set down as an impossibility. The im? morality; of the pity of Leyden drove the Pu? ritans from Holland to the bleak and cold shores of Massachusetts.. "Tell us where you came from arid we will tell you what you are," is! an old proverb. It is full of common sense. No parent ought to be so presumptuous as to try to rear a pious family in an irreligious com? munity. He. can not do it. In spite of re? straints, his children will be likely to become immoral. God works by means. He does not promise to protect us if we heedlessly rush into danger. Good moral neighbors is a blessing of almost incalculable worth to parents. In such a community children cau be raised properly, both for church and state. Amongst other things, wo would suggest that children be re? strained from having their own way. Give boys their own way and they will be Seen to grow up trifling and worthless for both church and state. "He that wastcth his father, and ehaseth away his mother, is a son that causcth sbarno, and bringeth reproach."? Yorkvllle En? quirer. ?.What ig the use of waiting to join a so? ciety for the encouragement of plainness in dress? Every woman who dresses in a simple, tasteful, economical, elegant way is a whole society in horsclf, and hems to create a fashion which it will be a credit for all women to fol? low. ? The Ohio River is going into a decline. It keeps its bed and is quite low. Wade Hampton on General R. E. Lee's Mili? tary Career. In Wade Hampton's address before the "So? ciety of Confederate Soldiers and Sailors" de? livered in Baltimore, begins one of the finest delineations of Lee, the Soldier, which ire have ever; seen. The whole address is a noble tri? bute from a great soldier to a loved and hon? ored Chief, and we regret that we have space for only the following extract: . In order to form a correct estimate of his career, we should compare Lee in his character and achievements as a soldier, with the great Captains of other days. The late war between the States, though it placed millions of men in the field, gave but cue soldier on either side who could bear for a moment the perilous com? parison with Lee,?the predecessor in command of the Army of Northern Virginia,?and as he, fortunately for the South, still lives, it would scarcely be agreeable to him to compare him with his illustrious countryman, i It is true that Lee surrendered his sword and the skeleton of his army to the last and most successful of the Federal Commanders, but there is one criteri? on by. which the merits of the two Generals can be easily tested. This test, simply as it is sure, consists in considering the resources of each, and then estimating, the results accomplished by each, . .. ?? . What did Lee effect with the Army of North? ern Virginia? In,the three years he commanded that army, he inflicted a loss on the enemy of not less, and perhaps more, than three hundred thousand men, besides taking guns and .small arms al? most beyond computation. In his last carn? al gn, with a force at no time exceeding forty ve thousand, and often far less than that num? ber, he destroyed one hundred and twenty thousand of the enemy, and he held for nine months, a week line against an army quadru? ple his own. These are, in brief, the actual, palpable, enduring results of his generalship. wfcat did Grant effect during those same eleven months of carnage embraced in the last campaign, to prove his generalship? He be? gan his movements with upwards of one hun? dred and forty thousand men, and he was able, on account of his great resources, to keep his army up to this number at least, to the close. In the first month of the campaign his loss was so heavy, that hod bin dead and wounded been Elaced touching each other they would literally ave formed one long, continuous, gory line, from the Wilderness to Cold Harbor 1 They at least, had fought it out on that line. In the whole campaign be lost not less than one hun? dred and twenty thousand men, and he finally, by mere weight of numbers?for his general? ship could never have accomplished this?over? whelmed his antagonist. But in order to bring I this question down to narrower limits, let us suppose that the relative numbers and posi? tions of the opposing armies had been reversed,, and that Grant with thirty-five thousand men, had occupied a line forty miles long, while Lee confronted him with one hundred and forty thousand Southern troops ; can any imagina? tion, however, wild, stretch so far as to conceive that he could have held that line for nine, months ? The proposition is too absurd for se? rious consideration. He would opt have held it for one mouth, not for one day, no, not for one hour 1 We must look then to.the great soldiers of the past, to find fit subjects, for the comparison we wish to make. An English au? thor?the same from whom the glowing tribute to Jackson, already quoted, was taken?calls Lee "the General who stands second to Wel? lington among the great soldiers of English blood of the present century ; and who, if you enlarge the field and take the world into com? petition, will acknowledge no superior besides Wellington and Napoleon alone." Recogniz? ing the justice of his criticism, as far as Napo? leon, who stands alone iu the art of war, is con? cerned, it may be questioned in the case of Wellington. Coming as it does from an Eng? lish .soldier, we should receive it as the highest compliment an Englishman could pay to Lee, and I am far from wishing to detract .from the merits of the hero of Waterloo. But . taking; him, in the words just quoted, as the great sol? dier of English blood of the present century, land according to him full praise for his deeds, we of the South claim that our great soldier was hU superior. ? ... ;. If. we turn,from, WjeBington to Marlborongh, the other and greater soldier of English blood, we shall find his, achievements surpassed also by those of Lee. Between 1704,and.1709, Marl borough won his four great victories .of Blen? heim Bamilies,, Oudenarde and Malplaquet His numbers on each field were about equal to those of.-his enemy. The smallest force he had engaged in any of these battles was fifty-two thousand men, and the loss he indicted in all of them in killed and wounded, did not exceed thirty-five thousand meu. Thus we see that in comparing the great soldier of the South with the greatest.Captains, to whom England, justly proud of. her. martial fame, has given birth, he was got only their peer butj their superior. What to Do in* Emergencies.?If a per? son1 falls in a fit, and begins to snore loudly, with very red face, it is apoplexy. Let him be seated so as to favor the -blood going down? wards^ away from the head; apply cold cloths to the head;'or cushions of equal quantities of snow or porrhded ice and common sale. If the person is perfectly still, face pale, and there is no perceptible breathing, it is a fit of fainting. Do not touch him, except to loosen the cloth? ing ; then keep oft five or ten feet distant, so as to allow the air to come in ; make no noise, and there will very soon he a calm, quiet re? turn to consciousness and life, for it is only a momentary cessation of the circulation of the blood to the head. But suppose there is a very violent motion of the hands and feet, and all sorts of bodily contortions, it is epilepsy. Let the man Oontort until he is tired; you can't hold him still ; all yemr efforts tend to aggra? vate the trouble arid to exhaust the strength; all that ought to be done is to keep the unfor? tunate from hurting himself. There is no felt suffering, for as soon as he comes to he will tell you that he remembers nothing whatever of what has passed, appears to be the only calm and self-possessed person in the crowd, and is apparently as perfectly well as before the' occurrence. Dizziness often comes instantane? ously, and we begin to reel before we know it. Shut the eyes, whether you arc walking along the street, looking over a precipice, ascending a ladder, or climbing to a ship's masthead ; the fear or dizziness disappears instantly if you look upward.?Hull's Journal of Health. ? The following specimen of blank verse.is taken from an exchange. The writer evident? ly means business. It will behoove the author of "Little Breeches" to look to his laurels: I stood upon the ocean's briny shore, and with a fragile reed I wrote upon the sand? "?ngeline, I love thee!" The mad waves rushed in and blotted out the fair impression. Cruel wave! frail reed! treacherous sand! I'll trust ye no more. But with giant hand I'll pluck from Norway's frozen shore her tallest? pine, dip it in the crater of Vesuvius, and high upon the burnished sky I'll write?"Angeline, I love thee!" And I'd like to sec any dog gened wave wash that out. (JhostS. The following incidents of supernBtural oc? currence are as far within my own personal knowledge as it is possible to be, without being the actual object of the extraordinary inter- j ferences narrated. There was residing, some years ago, at an insignificant town in the northern counties, a widow lady who occupied a small house alone with her young children. The even calmness and self*possession of her disposition, the ab sence in her of everything approaching ner? vousness or hysteria, and her extreme good sense, would'entirery dissipate any suspicion of weakness or unusual susceptibility of mind, or of her possessing tendencies befitting her, ac? cording to popular notions, to be the subject of any supernatural revelation! She was sleeping, or rather dozing in a half-uncohscious state, in bed, with one of her children, at night, when she felt her reason overpowered by an over? mastering influence, as though she were seized with a fit.- Immediately there was. presented to her mind a vision of -terrible distinctness! She saw'three , men struggling desperately in the water of some deep and rapid stream, and in all the,agonies of the last gasp for life. The vision was but momentary, but sufficient fro? her to observe distinctly and with minuteness the despairingly distorted features of each in a manner.so vivid and impressive that they were never effaced in all their clearness from her memory. On returning to consciousness, the feeling of reality created was so "exciting that she was unable to obtain any further rest; but dressing herself,- spent the remainder of the night in passing about the house, in great per? turbation of mind, in the endeavor to recover from the terrifying effects of her vision. When daylight began: to dawn, she opened the shut? ters of a lower room looking on to the town street, and before closing the window observed a person, whom she recognized, running hastily down the street. He told her that just then the bodies of three drowned men were being taken out of the river adjoining the town.? Deeply affected with the.coincidence, she sough t and obtained an opportunity of viewing the d?rpses during the day. They were those of three strangers to the vicinity, who, engaged in some inoaching. venture in the neighborhood, and being pursued,-had pluugcd into the river, which, .small in^other places, was there deep, rapid and unfordablej and had so met with their death. In : them she recognized at once the very faces that had been so plainly represent? ed to her mind in her vision of the night pre? vious. In another case, a married lady, residing in a remote country district in Lincolnshire, nad bestowed her charity, and taken a deep interest in a poor "and friendless stranger-woman, who, advanced in years, bad seen better days, and who, struggling with starvation, persistently refused to apply for, or receive, parish assist? ance. Her great fear?a dread which haunted her perpetually?was that after death she would be submitted to the indignity of a pauper's burial. Ou this theme she continually dwelt to her benefactor, and she extracted from her a solemn promise that after death she would secure for her a decent aud respectable inter? ment The hopeof obtaining a little present aid fcr her necessities led her a short distance away from-her friend for some length of time. Du? ring this period, in the middle of one night, whilst the lady was passing from her own cham? ber to her children's nursery, she suddenly saw on the landing between the two rooms, with great distinctness, what she took to be the form of her old dependant, who had for some time escaped her memory, regarding her with a look: of most anxious supplication. The reader will, of course, guess the sequel of the story, which is; however, a veritable fact. When the lady with her husband on the following day, deeply impressed with this circumstance, sought out the little hut in which the poor woman had been resident since her removal, they found the parish assistants preparing her corpse for its funeral, and the promise So singularly exacted thus strangely obtained its fulfilment. There lived some years ago in one of the large towns in the north, a lad, who, in his later years, was well known by many now liy iagj? ?Beginning life ?s an 'errand boy in an office of large business, his merit soon became np parent and was acknowledged; and in the same office he eventually became a partner of the firm he had served. His only parent from infancy was his mother, left in wretched cir? cumstances in life, but toiling for, loving with an engrossing intensity of devotion, and wholly wrapped in toe fortunes of her only son. His base indifference and disregard of her did not check, but seemed to heighten her affection; In her son's prosperity, and her age, and the great infirmity induced by her privations, she was the inmate of a public almehouse. But here her sole thought and conversation was of the son. Having at last become bedridden, she was visited by the vicar of the parish one day, at a time after she had been supposed to be un? conscious. He entered into conversation with her, and with a-flood of tears?but tears of re? signation?she told him that her boy was dead, that she had seen it all?that she had seen his body drawn out of the sea, that very afternoon, quite dead; and she continued rationally rela? ting several incidents of the scene which she had supposed she bad witnessed. The minister soothingly conversed with her, but left her in pity at the apparent derangement which pos? sessed her. In the morning of the following day, however, he was astonished at a visit from friends of the poor sufferer, who wished him to broak to her the dreadful tidings of her sou's death. He had been drowned on the afternoon of the previous day, whilst bathing at a water? ing-place not far distant; and on inquiry, many of the circumstances referred to by the widow in her conversation on the subject were found to have actually taken place, at the time of the recovery of the corpse; A Man with Three ArSis.?The Wil? liamsport fPennsylvania) Gazette is responsible for the following: Among the passengers on the train bound south last evening was a man born and raised in ! the county of Otsego, New York. His name is William Jacobs. He prides himself oh three well-developed arms and hands, the member extraordinary having grown above the right Bhoulder blade. It nangs suspended down the back, and can be raised and lowered at will. In length it is shorter than the arms proper, hut possesses extraordinary muscle, which he displays when occasions demand it No person passing through a railroad car or meeting him upon the street would observe any deformity, but after becoming cognizant of this siugular case would perceive a pccular fit of his coat Ho states that he lias often been questioned as to why he docs not place himself on exhibition or become one of Barn?m's.per manent attractions. His invariable reply is that he is averse to public exhibitions. His father being a wealthy farmer, he has always preferred to remain at home, and was the most I active and profitable of the farmer's help. ? Why are your eves like friends separated by distant climes ??they correspond but never meet. Some Facts about Tobacco. Two kinds of tobacco are recognized in com? merce, riz: chewing and smoking, snttff- being included in chewing. Chewing tobacco ts raised in Virginia, Missouri, Kentucky and Louisiana. The beat of .the Virginia tobacco is made into "plug." Previous to the war, "plug" tobacco was only manufactured, to any extent, in Virginia, but now the largest manu? facturers in the world are located inNew York* The largest portion of Kentucky and Missouri tobacco is made into "fine cut," and Louisiana tobacco into rolls called "Pcrique." Detroit, Michigan, claims the distinction of making the best "fine cut" tobacco; and'bas thirteen firms engaged in .the business. Detroit's favorite brands are the "May* Flower" and the "Amer? ican Eagle." The favorite brand of New York is the "Virgin Leaf," while the '-Century1- is known all over the world. The best tobacco for "fine cut" is raised in Mason, Owen and Brocklin counties, Kentucky. South Carolina and Arkansas are the two largest consumers'of snuff. I la Tobacco for segars is raised in Connecticut, New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Wisconsin and Cuba. Connecticut produces the best :segar tobacco raised in this country. It is generally used for wrappers} and sells at 55 t? 75 cents per pound. New Ywk**Srate ranks next. The best is raised; between Syracuse and Elmira. Its average price is about '28 cents,, that -of Pennsylvania 15 cents, Ohio 20 cen'ts^ and Wisconsin 17 cents. 1 Cuba'tobacco is esteemed the best segar tobacco raised. The "Vuelts Abaio" ranks first and is worth $1.05. Most of the segars manufactured in this country are, made from Havana filling, with' Connecticut wrappers, Havana wrappers being wwth^S.50' per pound. . In manufacturing chewing tobacco and snuff, 105,000 hogsheads are consumed annu? ally. At 1,400 pounds to the hogshead, .and;at* 15 cents pet pound, this would give to the pro? ducer $21,000,000. As it is sold by the retail dealer it represents fully doable this amount, or $40,000,000..; AcairdingJ? the.feport of the Commissioner of internal Revenue^ there were made in the United States last ? year $1,382,-: 246,000 segars, at least taxes were paid on this. number. At ten cents apiece it would amount to $132,224,600. As large quantities" of segars are made, on which no taxes arc paid and con? sequently no record kept, the above figures are1 undoubtedly under rather than over the true amoupts. The total amount spent for-segars, snuff'and chewing tobacco by . consumers, is estimated at $250,000,000 aoMuaXiy.?The South: CtotfVT??A-n^'-^^ power is a gift of birth. ? It is some men's nature to talk. Words flow out incessantly, like drops from a spring in the hill-side?not because they'are solicited,, but because pushed out by an inward force that will not let them lie still. We have known persons whose tongues ran from the rising of the sun until the going down'bf the same. One sentence ran into another as con? tinuously as one link in an endless chain took hold of another link. We always marvel whether they do not wake up of nights and have a good talk all by themselves, just for the" -relief it would give them. From this extreme there is every degree of modification until we j come to the opposite extreme, in which men. I seem almost unable, certainly unwilling, to ut^ ter their thoughts. Some men. are poor in'slm-' ! pie language. They have thoughts enough, butithe symbols of thought?woros-^refuse tei present themselves, or come singly and stingily.. Others are silent from the stricture of secret! re ness. Others are cautious, and loot bet?re' they speak, and before they are ready f?eoecaP sionhas passed. .;. .??:.>? In regard to, language itself, the habit of. reading pure English, and of employing it fiv,^ cry day, is the best drill for a good1 tailor.?? People always act more naturally iO'theirevery^ day clothes than they do who a. dressed up for Sunday, and . the reason, is, that they are uny conscious in the one case and self-conscious in. the other. It is so in speech. 'If One allows^ himself to talk coarsely and vulgarly" eveiy^ day and out of the company, he will,--most assuredly find it not easy to talk , well :in. cum ! Habit is stronger than, intention, and some? where the common' run' of speech wiH break'' through and betray you. i To converse well at' some .tiroes requires that. you. shall converse ? well at all times. Avoid pn the one side vul-. garisms, all street colloquialisms, even when they' are not''vicious; for by-words and *uaug: Sentences amuse only while tusy are new.' As' j soon as they become .habitual they, corrupt, I your language, without any. equivalent 4x1, amusement. , ". On the other extreme, avoid magniloquent' and high-flown language of every kind. Noth- * iug. is! more tedious than a grand talker. . -Ev-; erybody laughs at a pompous fellow,who; lugs, into his conversation big words or pedantic'ex- * pressions. The best language in the world 5s"' that which is'so simple and transparent that no one thinks of the words which you use, but; only of the, thought or feeling which they ex,-, press.?LTcnr'y \Yard Beecher. . Cheek'.' Him.?In one of our large cities, a fire broke out in a lofty dwelling. It was near I midnight, and the flames had made headway before they were discovered. The fire cqmpa-, nics rallied, but the smoke had become so thick that the outlines of the house were scarce? ly visible, and the fiery element was 'i-aging with fearful power, when a piercing cry thrulecL all hearts, when they learned that there was one person yet unsaved within the building.? . In a moment a ladder was swung through the flames and planted against the heated wafts*,: and a brave fireman rushed up its rounds to the J rescue. .- - Overcome by the smoke, and perhaps daunt-, ed by the hissing flames before him, he halted" and seemed to hesitate. It was an awful scene.a A life bung in the balance?each moment was an age. [ "Cheer him," shouted a voice from the crowd, ( and a wild "hurrah !" burst like a tempest from the beholding multitude. That cheer did the/1 work, and the brave fireman went upward amid smoke and name, and in a moment descended 1 with the rescued one in his arms. , Friend, brother, when you see a brave soul battling with temptation," struggling under the' cross, rushing forward to rescue dyingmen, and ? yet faltering in an hour of weakness or a nio- ? meat of peril, then "cheer him!" As a pebble'*,, fall may change a river's course, so your words of sympathetic kindness may uplift a drooping heart, and fix its faltering purpose for a nobler lifo. . . ! v ? . ? A farmer saw an advertised recipe to pre- 1 vent wells and cisterns from freezing. He sent the money and received the answer. "Take in 1 your well or cistern on cold nights and keep it ' by the fire." ? A lady noticed a boy sprinkling Bait on : the sidewalk to take off the ice, and remarked ; to a friend, pointing to the salt: "Now, that's benevolence." "No, it ain't," said the boy, somewhat indignantly, "its salt." ? Men who frequent drinking saloons are most of their time in a tight place. ?1 *'