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HOYT &\7?./Proprietors. ANDERSON C. H., S. C, THURSDAY MORNING-, NOVEMBER 21, 1872. VOLUME Vm.?NO. 20. Farther Particulars of the Great Fire in Boston. The annexed concise account of the recent conflagration is copied from the Boston Jour? nal: Boston has'sustained the greatest calamity recorded in her history. Eighty odd acres of territory, nine-tenths of which was occupied by the finest palaces of trade in the city, have . been swept by fire. The tection of the city which contained all the edifices which were regarded with pride by ev<jry business man. and which combined the modern commercial appliances with architectnral beauty, are a mass of rains. Summer street and Franklin street, the locale of the largest dry goods firms in the city, Pearl street and High street, the headquarters of the leather, boot and shoe trade, Washington street, fron Summer to Milk street, and also Milk street, Congress street, where the large wool houses are located, these and others enumerated belov may be seen only in sad outline of half burnt facades and skele? ton side walls. The wealthiest portion of the city of Boston exists no louder, and since .'Sat? urday night, at half-past seven, it is estimated by the city assessors that property, real and personal, to the amount of between one and two hundred million dollars has been destroyed. Fortunately this heavy blow has not caused so large an amount of personal suffering as the great fire at Chicago, as there were bat com? paratively few habitations destroyed in Bos? ton. In the vicinity of Fort Hill and to the South there were some tenements, and many families were driven out to find such shelter as they could among the mass of goods which ac? cumulated upon the unimproved portion of Fort HilL The horrors of the dreadful fire at Chicago were in a measure repeated on Saturday night and Sunday morning, the same day;," of the week which witnessed that memorable fire. The prospective extent of the fire was at once almost foretold by those who witnessed the angry flames as they plunged from wooden, cornice to Mansard win dorrs, and ran along the tarred roof of the five and six story buildings, defying the efforts of the firemen to conquer or subdue. Nearly all the buildings destroyed were first ignited on the roof and burnt down? ward, the roof falling in, and floor aiiter floor crumbling as the rafters gave way, thus inten? sifying the material into oae vast combustible mass. By twelve o'clock at night the streets were crowded with teams carrying merchandise to places of safety. The Common, near the central malls, was transferred into one vast depot of rescued goods, while City Hall yard and the interior of the building, and also all the leading hotels were made receiving stations. The streets were alive with people, male and female, and the rattle of vehicles and the spec? ulations of the hundred thousand witnesses of the grand but sad sight was a scene which we trust we may never see repeated. The light of the fire was seen at a distance o f a hundred miles, and it cttst over the surround? ing country a glare which seemed like the lurid light of a burning cauldron. The church stee-1 B'es, and especially the dome of the State ouse, stood out in brilliant magnificence, while every street which centred upon the vast conflagration was radiant with the light of the great fire. The firemen worked like giants, and we regret that report states that several of these brave fellows perished in their attempts to battle the flames. Dispatches summoned to our succor engines from afar and near, and as they arrived on the ground they met with a hearty reception, though the great and general grief and excite? ment that prevailed prevented those hospitali? ties which would otherwise have been exten? ded. With this brief introduction we proceed to give the reports of the events of this great public affliction. No conflagration, with the exception of that at Chicago, ever approxima? ted to this. We trust the same heart and en? terprise which characterized our fellow-coun? trymen of the West will be found to exist here, and that upon the now smouldering ruins a new Commercial Boston will arise, exceeding in beauty and convenience that which has been so ruthlessly destroyed. Already many who were burned out are seeking offices and stores in which to resume business, and in not a few instances the trade of large nouses, which have supplies at their manufactories in ti e country, will not be materially interrupted. The calam? ity occurs when mills are in full operation, and in most cases orders can be executed for cur? rent demand, with little, if any interruption in the great. New England staples, cotton and woolen goods, boots and shoes, paper and other domestic fabrics. Confident that we shall receive the universal sympathy of our country, which was so prompt? ly and generously exhibited towards our friends in Portland and Chicago, under like circum? stances, every effort will be made by our own citizens to provide for themselves and for the destitute. i The origin of the fire is really not known; still,**11 sorts of conjectured reports are in cir? culation. As fast as one theory is laid low by by facta which dispute them, another springs into existence. There are two almost equally popolar. One is that the fire originated in the basement, from the furnace, and another that it was ignited in the third story of the building, corner of Summer and Kingston streets. The first seems the most pUusible one. The build? ing was heated by steam, and the fire could have been ignited from the furnace under the boiler and communicated at once to the third story by means of the light wood elevator, and then making its appearance at the elevator doorway, so that it could be seen from the street. There was a gentleman who, while on Summer street, saw the light in the third story of the building, while nothing was noticeable below, and it is thought the elevator doors of the second were not open. And to this is added the fact that in a few minutes each flat was on Are.' Therefore, it is reasonable to believe from the investigation rmide by the reporter last night, that from an overheated furnace the fire to the building originated; that elevator-way furnished a draft; that the first light illumina? ted the windows of the third story, through th6 doors referred to, and that the spread of the flames in the other stories was retarded only the time occupied in burning through the sheathing. No stoves or open fires were in use anywhere in the building. THE SCENE BY NIGHT. It takes but a few lines to detail che march which the fire took through a portion of the city, where every part of the flames.' advance sent to destruction thousands of dollars of ac? cumulated wealth. It took hours for it to oc? cur. From the early time in the evening the j fire marched on its way with a remorseless tread, and the dawn of the Sabbath saw no cessation of its fury. The crowds who thronged j the streets and covered the housetops hoped for I the best and prayed for the staying of the j flames. In minutes men saw the accumulation 1 of years pass into the night air in clouds of smoke and cinders and the rolling of volumes of red fire. In the teeth of the wind, against all common supposition, the fire steadily ad? vanced. As was 6aid before, the wind blew, steadily from the northwest and west. It should have carried the fire towards the bay, and by common calculation, If any vulnerable point of the city was to be taken, South Boston was its direct victim. It would jhave been better for the losers had even the destruction of that part of the city with its teeming dwellings had been razed to the ground. But against all calcula? tion the fire relentlessly marched with an al? most stately and unassisted tread nearly direct? ly north, striking down the costliest part of the whole city and putting a temporary embarrass? ment on trade and business. No language can picture with sufficient vividness to give the reader who did not see it an equal conception of the grandness of a great fire like that of Saturday night and Sunday morning which the writer of this witnessed from the roof of the ' Journal building. At ten o'clock, so much of the vicinity of Summer street was in flames that a great glare of light filled the air for miles around and lit up the whole surrounding country. The almost fabulous distance which the fire was seen, as shown elsewhere, gives a mint idea of the magnificence of the spectacle to the beholder who was near the scene. From the Journal office to Summer street it is perhaps four minutes walk. The flames were working towards us with a steadiness which was alarm? ing. The night was an otherwise beautiful one. The air was remarkably clear, the sky cloud? less, and the almost full moon looked down on the combat of man and his terrible enemy with a cool complaisance. A mass of flame, making the air warm about us, hung over the doomed structures. Great throngs of people packed the streets, dotted the surrounding house-steps, and'were hustled here and there by the hurry? ing firemen, horse cars, engines and teams re moving.goods from the buildings in the path of the fire. the CrjEIOSITIES of fire. Not one who has not gazed upon such a scene can appreciate the full force of the expression, billows of fire. Great rollers of flame came striding forward with a steady movement, breaking into forks of fire and rolling up vol? umes of smoke. The air seemed burned out, and the heavens had a dull and lifeless look, so ramble above a great conflagration in contrast with their closeness in the normal state of a cloudless sky. The air had a singular clearness, which was almost unaccountable, und which, from a reference below, will be seen to have followed the great fire. Why the flames should have marched steadily to the windward against all common reason, but repeats wha; great con? flagrations have before exhibited asi a curiosty of fire. At the Journal office there was no sense of insecurity when the fire was first discovered, and even after Summer street was a mass of flames. Why should there be? The wind blew in a di? rection to carry the fire away from us. There was no cause for alarm. Still, with a malig? nant relentlessness, the fire marched towards us against the wind. It is said by those who Have reflected on tin's singular fact that the rarifying of the air aided by the wind creates a vacuum which is filled again by the flames and creeps along licking up everything in its way, and making its march really a blackened one. We leave the theorizing to those who can solve successfully the singular problem. Horace Gkeeley taking Comfort in De? feat.?The following article, from the New York Tribune, bears the impress of Mr. Grce ley's pen: There has been no time, until now, within the last twelve years, when the Tribune was not supposed to keep, for the benefit of the idle and incapable, a sort of Federal employment agency, established to get places under Govern? ment for those who were indisposed to work for their living. Any man who had ever voted the Republican ticket believed that it was the duty and the privilege of the editor of this faper to get him a place in the Custom House. Ivery reonosed politician who had cheated at the caucus and fought at the polls looked to the editor of the Tribune to secure his appoint? ment as gauger, or as army chaplain, or as minister to France. Every campaign orator came upon us after the battle was over for a recommendatiou as Secretary of the Treasury or (he loan of half a dollar. If one of our party bad an interest pending at Washington, the editor of the Tribune was telegraphed in frantic baste to come to the Capitol, save this bill, crush that one, promote one project or stop another. He was to be Everybody's Friend, with nothing to do but to take care-of other folk's business, sign papers, write letters, and ask favors for them, and to get no thanks for it either. Four-fifths of these people were sent away without what they wanted, only to be? come straightway abusive enemies; it was the worry of life to try to gratify one demand in a dozen for the other fifth. The man with two wooden legs congratulated himself that he could never be troubled with cold feet. It is a source of profound satisfac? tion to us that office-seekers will keep aloof from a defeated candidate, who has not influ j enee enough at Washington or Albany to get a sweeper appointed under the Sergeant-at-Arms, or a deputy-sub-assistant temporary clerk into the pastepot section of the folding room. At last we shall be let alone to mind our own af? fairs aud manage our own newspaper, without being called aside every hour to help lazy peo? ple whom we don't know and to spend our strength in efforts that only benefit people who don't deserve assistance. At last we shall keep our.office clear of blatherskites and polit cal beggars, and go about our daily work with the satisfaction of knowing that not the most credulous of place hunters will suspectus of having any credit with the appointing powers. That is one of the results of luesday's election, for which we own ourselves profoundly grate? ful. ____m^m_ Gold Discoveries in Virginia.?-The presence of aurieflrous metals in Virginia in the neighborhood of the Potomac, Rappaban nock and other streams, as well as in the foot hills of the Blue Ridge, has long been known, but the location of a permanent quartz mine or reef has not been thoroughly demonstrated until lately. For a year past, parties of expe? rience have been engaged in developing a mine near Kel ley's Ford, five miles from Rappahan nock station. In the neighborhood of a well known place for deposits they have found a series of well defined gold-bearing veins, loca? ted in a mound three-fourths of a mile from the river. The surface rock of decomposed quartz bears a strict resemblance to the ore taken out in the richest districts of California. A shaft eighty feet deep cuts tGree veins at a depth of fifteen, forty-five and seventy-five feet, yielding rock worth from $60 to $100 per ton. The deposit seems to be a basi n of veins show? ing free gold, with carbonates and not sul? phates. Three tunnels are now being worked through the rich rock, and everything gives evidence of permanency. ? A very genteel and amiable young man is now insane. He splits his hair in the mid , die. The other day in combing it he chanced to get two more hairs on one side than on the j other. This destroyed the balance of the head and overturned his brain, lie makes a very gentle lunatic however. J An Essay on Farming- as Adapted to Upper Sooth Carolina. by R. m. bubbis8. The commonwealth of South Carolina has always borne features peculiarly her own. In war and in peace, South Careiina proper is the type of a true, dignified Southern manhood. Alike distinguished for dignity of purpose and readiness of action, she has cherished a high toned honor, the most refined principles of so? cial character, and a noble hospitality. Now, aside from these merits, and taking her as a section of country, we maintain that few can bear higher test for agricultural advantages than does Upper South Carolina. In support of this, we regard it unnecessary to treat the subject in detail; and only neces? sary to sketch the capacity of this section in farming interests, leaving the conclusion as to relative profits to be drawn therefrom.' A country eminently suited to successful farming does not imply merely a fertility of soil, but a combination of conditions most favorable to that occupation. These condi? tions are? 1st. A soil and climate adapted to the growth of at least one of the staple crops?cotton, corn, wheat, &d 2nd. A convenient market 3rd. Climatic conditions of health.' This section is not strictly within the "cotton belt"; yet a large per centage of the soil be? ing composed of silicates which readily absorb the heat of the sun, the deficiency in Southern latitude is thereby made up to the plant With intelligent cultivation, these lands will produce, at low average, 700 to 800 lbs. cotton per acre. A geographical .survey of this country will discover that it is magnificently watered by creeks and rivers. These afford a fair propor? tion of excellent corn land; and in some cases it is well adapted to cotton, yielding 1500 lbs. per acre. This has an advantage over more southern latitudes as a wheat-growing country, from the fact that a cold climate is one of the prime ad? vantages to the growth of this crop; and by improved culture, it has been proved that it can be grown profitably. The above leading crops, in their favorite latitudes, are more or less subject to disaster. Here, the wheat crop is rarely ever damaged from the fly. Rust may, with as much propri? ety, be regarded a hereditary disease of the grain, as produced from any other cause; and if further experience corroborate this, it can, of course, be obviated in any country. The banks of our creek and river lands being high, they are not so liable to inundation as the most renowned farming lands of this class. Other very formidable enemies are the boll worm and caterpillar; yet the crops in upper South Carolina are seldom injured by these visitors. We can account for this fact upon no better theory than that warm and moist tempe? ratures are necessary to their extensive and effectual propagation; and the fall season here, we find, is rather the reverse of these condi- j tions. Water-coui"ses, webbing the whole up-coun? try, afford another local advantage, inasmuch as they are a conductor of moisture and rain. In connection with our forest land, these give superior advantages over some prairie lands in bringing about this result Upper South Carolina, as we have shown, is adapted to diversified farming. Root crops grow to perfection, and all cereals are well adapted to this latitude. i As a crop, oats are being slowly substituted for corn, the most expensive crop to the farmer in this section. Land that will produce one barrel of corn to the acre, will yield from ten to fifteen bushels of oats, at one-fourth the cost for labor, and pound for pound are regarded a better stock food. The experience of- recent-years has proven our low lands admirably suited to the cultiva? tion of rice?sixty to seventy-five bushels being obtained per acre. Limited experience has also evinced this section favorable to the growth of fallow crops, especial ly clover and orchard grass. On fresh land, these need very little artificial manuring. The facilities for transportation have con? tributed in giving us ready markets?markets at fair prices for any of the varied products, from a pound of cotton to a pint of pindars. In addition to the merits of this section as adapted to successful farming, our genial cli? mate makes it a most delightful home. We are neither oppressed by the extremes of North? ern and Southern climates, nor the heavy at? mosphere of low and flat situations; but enjoy a golden medium, crowned with a luxury of early and late fruits, clothed with a bracing atmosphere, imbibing her life-giving breezes, it is, in truth, the isle of prosperity, the Eden of America. _ _^_ What Constituteh Masonby??It clothes the naked, visits the sick, and comforts the distressed. The hand of a brother is always open to relieve a worthy distressed brother; so long as one is worthy to remain a member of this order, so long he is entitled to its benefac? tions. The mystical future with its unknown reservation is before us. No man can fathom it a single day. He whose heart is most gay to? day, and whose morrow seems most redolent of bright joys, may be the first to need the assis? tance of his fellow mortals. The ease and lux? ury in which he delights to-day, to-morrow nay be as the talc that is told. The health and strength in which he now rejoices may fall as a shadow before the light of another day. Against these our order, to a certain extent, provides. Masonry is a safeguard against the pecuniary distresses of this life. ? The Titusville Press chronicles the follow? ing event with modest pride: "Titusville was not the birthplace of 'the Father of his coun? try,' but we have a man residing here who slipped up on a muddy crossing, this forenoon, and sat down on a roll of butter which he was carrying home, and instead of swearing, he simply arose, scraped the butter from his pants into the paper again, and went on as if nothing had happened." For the Anderson Intelligencer, MUSIC. From cradle songs that hush to sleep The harmless .little child, To mournful winds that wildly sweep Thro' woodlands bleak and wild, We trace the tones that richly wind '" Thro' deepest hearts to echo find. How, often songs of long ago Remind us of the past! We hear them sung, and fancies flow (Oh! if they could but last,) Back to the time when first the spell Of Music round our spirits fell. The world seems full of Music yet, Though some discordant sounds May jar the heart-strings only set To melody's rebounds, The falling leaf, or the rippling stream, ? . Soon, sends us off in a pleasant dream. - The songs of birds, the flowers' smiles, The gentle breezes sighing Through Autumn leaves, whose blush be? guiles Away all thoughts of dying All blend in harmony so sweet, That heaven and earth appear to meet. L?LA. JteidvUle Female College. An Address by the United States Centennial Commission* To the People of the United States : The Congress of the United States has enac? ted that the completion of the One Hundredth Year of American Independence shall be cele? brated by an International Exhibition of the Arts, Manufactures and Products of the soil and mine, to be held at Philadelphia, in 1876, and has appointed a Commission, consisting of representatives from each State and Territory, to conduct the celebration. Originating under the ?auspices of the Nation? al Legislature, controlled by a National Com? mission, and designed as it is to "Commemorate the first Century of our existence, by an Exhi? bition of the Natural resources of the Country and their development, and of our progress in those Arts which benefit mankind, in compari? son with those of older Nations," it is to the people at large that the Commission look for the aid which is necessary to make the Centen? nial Celebration the grandest anniversary the world has ever seen. That the completion of the first century of our existence should be marked by some impos? ing demonstration is, we believe, the patriotic wish of the people of the whole country. The Congress of the United States has wisely deci? ded that the Birth day of the Great Republic can be most fittingly celebrated by the univer? sal connection and display of all the trophies of its progress. Tt is designed to bring togeth? er, within a building covering fifty acres, not only the varied productions of our mines and of the soil, but types of all the intellectual triumphs of our citizens, specimens of every thing that America can furnish, whether from the brains or the'hands of her children, and thus make evident to the world the advancement of which a self governed people is capable. In this "Celebration" all nations will be in? vited to participate; its character being Inter? national. Europe will display her arts and manufactures, India her curious fabrics, while newly opened China and Japan will lay bare the treasures which for centuries their inge? nious people have been perfecting. Each land will compete in generous rivalry for the palm of superior excellence. To this grand gathering every zone will con? tribute its fruits and cereals. No mineral shall be wanting; for what the East lacks the West will supply. Under one roof will the South display in rich luxuriance her growing cotton, and the North in miniature, the ceaseless ma? chinery of her mills converting that cotton in? to cloth. Each section of the globe will send its best'offerings to this exhibition, and each State, of the Union, as a member of one united body politic, will show to her sister State and to the world, how much she can add to the greatness of their nation of which she is a har? monious'part.'1 1 To make the Centennial Celebration such a success as the patriotism and the pride of every American demands will require the co-opera? tion of the people of the whole country. The United States Centennial Commission has re? ceived no Government aid, such as England extended to the World's Fair, and France to her Universal Exposition, yet the labor and responsibility imposed upon the Commission is as great in either of those undertakings. It is estimated that ten millions of dollars will be required, and this sum Congress has provided shall be raised by stock subscription, and the people shall have the opportunity of subscrib? ing in proportion to the population of their respective States and Territories The Commission looks to the unfailing pa? triotism of the people of every section, to see that each contributes its share to the expenses, and receives its share of the benefits of an en? terprise in which all are ;so deeply interested. It would further earnestly urge the formation in each State and. Territory of a centennial organ? ization, which shall in time see that county associations are fo'ritied,'so that when the na? tions are gathered together in* 1876'each Com? monwealth can view with pride the contribu? tions she has. made.to the national glory.; Confidently relying on the zeal and patriot? ism ev^r displayed by our people in every na? tional undertaking, we pledge and prophecy that the Centennial Celebration will worthily show how greatness, wealth and intelligence, can be fostered by such institutions as those which have for one hundred years blessed the people of the United States. JOSEPH R. HAWLEY, President. Lewis Walk Smith, Temporary Secretary. ? A commercial traveler in a Western city, handed a merchant upon whom he had called, a portrait of his betrothed, instead of his busi? ness card, saying that he represented that estab? lishment. The merchant examined itcarefully, remarked that it was a fine establishment, and returned it to the astonished and blushing trav? eler, with a hope that he would soon be admit? ted into partnership. ? "How do you get along with your arith? metic?" asked a father of his little son, who answered and said: "I've cyphered through addition, partition, subtraction, distraction, abomination, justification, hallucination, deri? vation, amputation, creation and adoption !" ? "I wish you wouldn't give me such short weight for my money," said a customer to bis grocer, who replied (remembering the cus? tomer's unpaid grocery account), "And 1 wish you would not give me so long wait for mine." ? It is said that a green tarlctnn dress con? tains arsenic enough to kill a man, and yet | men do not seem to he afraid to go near green tarletan dresses. ? Carpets are bought by the yard aud worn by the foot. From the Abbeville Medium. A Visit to the Anderson Fair. WrixiAMSTON, S. O, Nov. 4,1872. Messrs. Editors: Four years ago a few ener? getic and enterprising citizens of Anderson, incited by a noble and praiseworthy public spirit, determined to inaugurate a plan by which the agricultural and mechanical inter? ests of tbe county might, for the first time in its history, be most successfully developed. Al? though this Association, like everything else, not only in art but also in nature, was at first feeble and attended by some drawbacks, yet it has gradually and successfully, and with her? culean strength, surmounted .every obstacle, and is to-day an almost indispensable requisi? tion to the county. However, Messrs. Editors, we need not, in this enlightened age, adduce arguments to prove tbe importance of such in? stitutions ; your own County Fairs can much better convince you of this. ^ Our county haj felt the necessity of procu? ring proper grounds and erecting suitable buildings in which to hold these annual Fairs. This disiderata has been accomplished. The grounds have been enclosed, and on these spa? cious and well-arranged buildings, of two sto? ries and sixty by eighty feet, have recently been completed in the suburbs of town.? Around this truly beautiful buildiug is a natu? ral race-course of adequate dimensions for equestrian contests and other purposes. Tbe writer would mention, on entering the Fair building on Friday, 31st, the manner in which the different departments were arranged. These were certainly arranged in tbe most ele? gant and artistic manner, displaying all that elegance of taste which is characteristic of wo? man alone. And, Messrs. Editors, it would doubtless have been a great treat to the Abbe villians who cultivate cotton so extensively, to the neglect of all those nutritious aliments "that make fat horses and cows?to have regaled their optics with the sight of the extra fine saffron colored butter, manufactured by our Anderson mothers?butter that the world cannot surpass. And, just here, I cannot omit to mention the rolls, light-bread and domestic bams, which could not fail to whet the appetite of the most fastidious. And, again, the jellies, preserves and the snow-wreathed cakes, etc., in endless variety, met us on every hand, and such as wo? man's handiwork can alone prepare. And the domestic wines next engaged our attention, which, in flavor and taste, apes successfully those of the far-famed Rhine and sunny Italy ?the ancient Mansie and Falernian were never more delicious. By the way, I must not forget to mention the very large and substantial de? partment situated in the northeast corner of the Hall on first floor, potatoes, turnips, beets ?the latter too large to be sold by measure, but only by the cubic foot. After leaving the Hall, I could but call the attention of a friend to the variety of corn that was on exhibition, from whom I learued that this new variety bad been recently introduced into the county from Ten? nessee, and that its yield was immense on good ground, such as we have in Anderson county. This friend informed me that this variety would produce two large ears on every stalk; and, besides, a small "nubbin" as long as your arm. We now return to the Hall to examine some other departments, and, among so many, we could not help being struck with the exhibition of the country-made coverlets, quilts and blan? kets, which were indeed of no ordinary kind, and does great credit to the ingenious handi? work of the ladies of our county, and, even while viewing them, our thoughts were trans? ferred to mid-winter's cold, and the luxury of being cozily ensconced beneath their warm folds. I cannot omit to mention the very fine oil paintings, crayon sketches and pencil drawings of Anderson's fairest artists, all of which will favorably compare with aDy of a similar char? acter in the State. And now we enter the second floor, upon which all the glory of the Anderson Fair was to be seen, consisting of a perfect jam of An? derson's fairest daughters. The God of Nature has made many beautiful things, but that which incomparably transcends every other, is woman. This, all will concede. I could but stand mo? tionless for some minutes and contemplate the transcendent beauty?some artificial, mostly natural?before me. One object?if possible? more than others, caught my attention, and while I was thus contemplating her almost transcendent beauty, my friend Joe, seeing my interest, said: "Why waste time in admiring Miss Sr-y ; let me iutroduce you. But," he says, "she's engaged 1" Thereupon I imme? diately turned away and said: "Lucky is the man that gets her." My eyes then fell upon J Miss.H-n, whose charms and personal at? tractions cannot be surpassed, and now a little farther up the aisle I see Miss M-r, of Pen dleton, a perfect jewel; whose soft and mellow eye, combined with that sweet smile peculiar only to herself, gives to her face a loveliness and a charm rarely seen, but never surpassed. We returned to the first floor and met Mr. J. P. S. and his lovely bride. She was dressed in fawn-colored silk, of elegant pattern, and trimmed in the most superb taste. It is said there is luck in leisure, and I think our friend J. P. S. can certainly lay claim to such fortune; and, in his personal appearance, he had im? proved so much (having been married three days), that one would have imagined that he had spent the summer at the far-famed Wil li?mston Springs. And, finally, to you, the Junior Editor?J. C. H?.whenever you feel ?disposed to follow the example of our friend above, and to enter the hymeneal bower, we advise you to come to Anderson, Pcndleton or Williamston ; and, if not sooner, be sure to attend our next Annual Fair, where we are sure you can regale your optics to your heart's content. _PEE DEE. The Case of Dr. Bratton.?The British Minister has called the attention of- the Secre? tary of State to the case of Dr. Rufus Bratton, a citizen of South Carolina, who was forcibly ab? ducted from Canada last spring by an Ameri? can detective named Hester, assisted by a Ca? nadian official named Cromwell. It will be re? membered that Cromwell was sentenced to three years' imprisonment for this act, upon the testimony of Dr. Bratton, and it was not suppo? sed that any further mention would be made of the case, but it appears that Bratton was released by the United States authorities on bail, and not returning to South Carolina, the sureties were informed that the bail bond would be for? feited, if Bratton did not return. He there? upon appealed to the British Government for protection. The British Minister, under in? struction from the Home Government, reminds the Secretary of State that her Majesty's Gov? ernment does not tolerate interference with her laws, and that the proceedings against Bratton having followed his abduction from British territory, they must be cancelled. The Attorney General has, therefore, instructed United States District Attorney Corbin, at Charleston, to dis? miss the bail bond and discharge the sureties of Bratton, and to place the proceedings against him, as far as practicable, in the same position j as before his forcible abduction from Canada. | ? Punch has found a man too lazy to labor under au impression. J From the Rome {Go.) Commercial. Bill Arp on the Collapse* As the poet sed Jithe agony is over." Them cards in the sleeve would hav beat any honest hand. Bes-i-des, as Thomp. Allan would say. we played badly. Baltimore Convention, and O'Connor aod Alek Stevens and a limited sup fly of votes has beat us. Well, we still live, 'm not goin to bed about it. Old Greeley aint no.kin to me. Grant aint neither, and thats whats the matter. I talked for Greeley and writ for him and voted for him, but I never did hanker after him. It made such an ever lastin fuss in my family I had like to run away. You see Mrs. Arp wasent rekonsiled. She were a strait, and when she aint rekonsiled things aint as plassid as a silver lake around my house. I dont mean that times is hot or desperate, but to say the least of it they are pekuliar. A man likes to hav his bed and his board sereen. Dont he? So you see as my wife was a strait it dident become me to be very crooked. And I want?at home. She's a good oraan and she'l endure everything and never grunt nor groan, but she wont compermise wortli a cent. I told her I had no partikler use for Greeley and that he was a darned old infatyated humbug, but that our paper belonged to the great unterry fide, unsatisfide, trausniorgrifide Democratic party and must keep into line. She sed some remarks about papers lyin by the day and by the week and about self respect and indepen? dence and the like, and I grew meek like Moses in a few minutes. The fact is, I'm a meek man. I've laid awake of nights a ruminatin how meek I was. Mrs. Arp thinks the paper ought to take "trute" for a motto and work up to it. I told her it would be a dangerous experiment, but she says it has never been tried yet. If I wasent afeerd the little Arps would perish to deth durin the experiment I would try it. Old Shank says we cant be worsted, for he has tride lying for 20 years and it wont pay. He says it would be an episode in the press, a kurosity, something like a elephant or an eklipse or John Robyson's circus. He says sometimes a paper sukseeds by lyin, like the New York Herald and the Tribune and Forney's paper, but it has to be well backed. The Herald has got so now it can quit party and set back in a cheer and tell the truth in its old age; like an old spik ulatur who has made a fortune by cheatin and lyin and then puts his money in stocks and retires. He says that political papers lie from 90 per cent, down to 10, and that Forney is the only editor who ever went up to a 100 and kept it there. Well, now that Grant has got in, I don't see any necessity for runnin the Commercial at a high pressure. If all the lyin issues aint dcd they are past doctorin. Now is a good time to go to developin the country. We can raise children and chickens by the 1,000 in 4 years. Some of our folks is a tellin around how the country could have been saved, and all that. Old Shank thinks he knows, but he don't.? He's a good fellow, old Shank is. He don't gas around, but jest tells me privately, and asks me to say nothing about it, which I don't But I heard oue feller a goin it, and he said. "Gentlemen, if the people of the South had. hav taken my advice, this kalamity wouldent hav happened. I talked to em, and preached to em, but you might as well have tried to stop a Gawtamailer hurricane with a thimble full of ! sulphuretted hydrogen gas." Well, I don't like his sort nor his gas. It don't do any good. The thing has happened? the dog is ded. Grant aint agoin to takeaway our bred corn nor tobaker. As for a few little post offices and tax collektors, I dident care anything about em. Them whats got em needs em, I reken, and its took a power of low down hard work to get em. We hav got all the State officers, from Gov? ernor Smith down to the bottom, and I'm sat? isfied. Hurrah for old Georgy! Bill Arp. P. S.?I remarked to-day in a crowd: "We are a nation of thieves," and an offis holder slipped up to me and whispered, "Call no names, Bill, call no names." Tbars something wrong about that man. B. A. Shaking Fists Across the Mississippi.? General N. B. Forrest, of Tennessee, publishes a card in the Memphis Appeal in answer to certain charges reported to have been made against him during the late campaign by Gen? eral Hammond, of Missouri. The substance of the charges made by General Hammond is that the gigantic robberies in reconstructed Al? abama, which have been notoriously the work of the Radical leaders of that State, are equally chargeable to the Democrats, and that General Forrest, as president of the Alabama and Chat? tanooga Railroad, had profited by them. Gen? eral Forrest knocks the bottom out of these allegations by showing that he never was presi? dent of that railroad and by other and equally conclusive answers, and then goes for the re? doubtable General beyond the Mississippi in the following style: This is not the first time I have been person? ally traduced by persons who bear the title of Federal officers, and ou a former occasion I have branded such charges iu such terms (if there had been proper military courage to back up an insult) as afforded ample opportunity to my assailants. I now propose to offer the same opportunity to General Hammond, to whom I desire to ad? dress myself in plain and unmistakable terms, not stronger than the imputation upon me de? serves, but so plain that his understanding of my meaning .and purpose cannot be at fault. He is a liar, (I can use no other language to one so base,) a cowardly puppy and a scoun? drel. If he owns the title of General in the Federal army, he disgraces it; and if I have anything like justice and fair dealing at the haiids of the journal that published his unpro? voked and wanton outrage upon me, this brand of liar, coward and scoundrel will spread as far as his slander, and live longer. That he may be assured of my willingness to hear from him, he is notified that a letter addressed to me at Memphis will meet with attention. N. B. Forrest. ? Many a man who thought he had made a bargain buying silks finds that he has got worsted. ? "I can't drink liquor," said Bob ; "it goes risrht to my head." "Well," said Dob's friend, "where could it go with icss danger of being crowded ?" ? A prudent match-making mamma gave the following candid advice to her daughter : "Oh, many the man you love, if he is as rich as Crtbsus." ? A Welch orator recently remarked, in a fine peroration, "Innocence is like an umbrella; when once we have lost it we can never hope to see it back again." ? A young man who ought to be ashamed of himself, in commenting ou the fireman's parade, said that a wet day was always favora? ble for an exhibition of hose. ? "Arc you not afraid that whiskey will get i into your head ?" asked a stranger of a man he 1 saw drinking at the bar. "No." said the toper, I "this liquor's too weak to climb."