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A Beautiful Story. Extract from a speech of Gen. Cullen a. Battle, at Tus cumbia, Alabama. During the winter of 1865-64 it was my for? tune to be President of orte of the courts-mar? tial of the Army of Northern Virginia. One bleak December morning, while the snow cov? ered the ground and the winds howled around i our camp, I left my. bivouac fire to attend the session of the court. Winding for miles along uncertain paths, I at length arrived at the court ground at Round Oak Church. Day after day it had been our duty to try the gal iant soldiers of that army, charged with viola? tion of military law; but never had I on any previous occasion been greeted by such anxious spectators as on that morning awaited the opening of the court. Case after case was dis? posed of, and at length the case of "The Con? federate States vs. Edward Cooper," was called ?charge, desertion. A low murmur rose spon? taneously from the battle-scattered spectators, as a young artilleryman rose from the prison? er's bench, and in response to the question, ""Guilty, or Not Guilty?" answered, "Not Guilty." The Judge Advocate was proceeding to open the prosecution, when the Court, observing that the prisoner was unattended by counsel, inter? posed and enquired of the accused, "Who is your counsel ?" He replied, "I have no coun? sel." Supposing that it was his purpose to represent himself before the court, the Judge Advocate was instructed to proceed. Every charge and specification against the prisoner was sustained. The prisoner was then told to introduce his witnesses. He replied, I "have no witnesses." Astonished at the calmness with which he seemed to be submitting to what he regarded as inevitable fate, I said to him, "Have you no defence ? Is it possible that you abandoned your comrades and deserted your colors in the face of the enemy withotU any reason?" He replied, "There was a reason, but it will not avail me before a military court." I said: "Perhaps you are mistaken ; you are charged with the highest crime known to military law, and it is your duty to make known the causes that influenced your actions." For the first time his manly form trembled and his blue eyes swam in tears. Approaching the President of the court he presented a letter, sayiug as he did so, "There, General, is what did it." I opened the letter, and in a moment my eyes filled with tears. It was passed from one to another of the court until all had seen it, and those stern warriors who had passed with Stonewall Jackson through a hundred battles wept like little children. Soon as I sufficiently recovered my self-possession, I read the letter as the defence of the prisoner. It was in these words: My Deak Edward: I have always been proud of you, and since your connection with the Confederate army, I have been prouder of you than ever before. I would not have you do anything wrong for the world; but before God, Edward, unless you come home we must die! Last night I was aroused by little Eddie's crying. I called and said, "What's the matter, Eddie?" and he said, "Oh mamma, I'm so hungry I" And Lucy, Edward, your darling Lucy; she never complains but she is growing thinner and thinner every day. And before God, Edward, unless you come home we must die. Youe Mary. Turning to the prisoner, I asked, "What did you do when you received this letter?" He replied, "I made application for furlough, and it was rejected; again I made application and it was rejected ; a third time I made applica? tion and it was rejected, and that night as I wandered backward and forward it: the camp, thinking of my home, with the mild eyes of Lucy looking up to me, and the burning words j of Mary sinking in ray brain, I was no longer the Confederate soldier, but I was the father of Lucy and the husband of Mary, and I would have passed those lines if every gun in the battery had fired upon me! I went to my home. Mary ran out to meet me, her augel arms embraced me; and she whispered, 'Oh I Edward, I am so happy! I am so glad you got your furlough !' She must have felt me shud? der, for she turned pale as death, and catching her breath at every word, she said, 'have you come without your furlough? 0, Edward, Edward, go back! go back! Let me and my children go down together to the grave, but 0, for Heaven's sake, save the honor of our name!' And here I am, gentlemen, not brought here by military power, but in obedience to the command of Mary, to abide the sentence of your court." Every officer of that court-martial felt the force of the prisoner's words. Before them stood, in beatific vision, the eloquent pleader for a husband's and a father's wrongs; but they had been trained by their great leader, Robert E. Lee, to tread the path of duty, though the lightning flash scorched the ground beneath their feet, and each in his turn pro? nounced the verdict, Guilty. Fortunately for humanity, fortunately for the Confederacy, the proceedings of the court were reviewed by the Commanding General and upon the record was written: Headquarters, A. N. V. The finding of the court is approved. The prisoner is pardoned, and will report to his company. B. E. Lee, General. During the second battle of Cold Harbor, when shot and shell were falling "like torrents from the mouutain cloud," my attention was directed to the fact that one of our batteries was being silenced by the concentrated fire of the enemy. When I reached the battery eery gun but one had been dismantled, and by it stood a solitary Confederate soldier, with the blood streaming from his side. As he recog? nized me, he elevated his voice above the roar ?of the battle, and said: "General, I have one shell left; tell me have I saved the honor of Mary and Lucy?" I raised my hat. Once more a Confederate shell went crashing through the ranks of the enemy, and the hero sank by his gun to rise no more. Remedies for Diphtheria.?In a chemi? cal lecture by M. Bucquoy, Paris, he expressed his preference for lemon juice, as a local appli cacion in diphtheria, to acids, chlorate of pot? ash, nitrate of silver, per-chloride of iron, alum or lime water. He uses it by dipping a little plug of cotton or wool, twisted around a wire, in the juice, and pressing it against the diseased surface four or five times daily. A gentleman in Charleston, who has tried it in the case of two of his own children, testifies to the remark? able efficiency of very strong lemonade, admin? istered internally, in the treatment; of diphthe? ria. A lady correspondent has found in her com? mon-place book the following remedy for diph? theria : "Take onions, slice them and place in a bag of stockings around the patient's throat, also around the wrist and ankles. Administer occasionally the syrup of onions, obtained by covering sliced onions with powdered sugar a teaspoonful at a time. Give chlorate of pot? ash." She says: "I used syrup of onions once in the country in a prolonged case of croup, where I could obtain no other remedy, with happy effect." 1 No "Atrocities" iu South Carolina. In a communication to the Attorney General of the United States, bearing date of Septem? ber 2, President Grant spoke of atrocities as existing in South Carolina which showed a disregard for law, civil rights, and personal protection, that ought not to be tolerated in any civilized government. The State Tax Union, which met in conven? tion on the 10th of September, appointed a committee, consisting of one delegate from each county, to inquire what atrocities have been committed, and in what section and by what class of persons. The committee has just made its report through Col. James H. Eion, P-.esident. It says: That we have failed to ascertain a single case iu the State of an injury, outrage or wrong committed during the present year by a white man upon a negro, in the slightest degree at? tributable to the race, color or previous condi? tion of servitude of the negro, or upon any Eepublican on account of his political opin? ions. There have been too many instances of out? rages committed upon whites by negroes, be? cause the sufferers were white; but these are not within the scope of the matter submitted to us. There have been instances, of late, of fla? grant breaches of the peace, but these have been between negroes; or caused by armed bands of negroes assembling on Sunday and other days, and threatening violence to the whites; or by negroes endeavoring to resist arrest of those of their color. These cases are also outside of the matter submitted to us. I We deem it, however, not irrelevant to report that a conflict of races has only been avoided by the uniform forbearance of the whites ; which forbearance is especially commendable, as the whites, under grievous provocation, with their males, for the greater pa.o, veteran and disciplined soldiers, and thus having it in their power to crush at a blow the undisci? plined negroes, whose numerical superiority (only four to three) is of no consideration, have, from a regard for peace and good order, and a desire to avoid conflict with the Federal authorities, hitherto borne and forborne. The tendency to a conflict exists entirely on the side of the negroes, and arises from the existence of the following condition of affairs : The negro is generally too apt to regard the administration of justice, in which any white man has any instrumentality, as an invasion of his rights. The negro is taught to consider that the whites (not Republicans) have not the right to form volunteer military organizations; and hence regard the rifle clubs, lately formed for martial, social and defensive purposes, as the evidence of incipient rebellion. The fact that almost the entire militia of the State are ne? groes, and that white companies have not been accepted by the State authorities when ten? dered, may have caused this opinion. The negro militia are commanded by many turbulent officers, are armed with fire arms, and abundantly supplied with ball cartridges, as if their services in actual conflict might any day be required. The negro is taught to believe that the whites design not only to deprive them of the right of suffrage, but even to reduce them to their original condition of slavery. The negro is taught to regard the United States troops as only intended <o keep down the whites, and not for the common protection of all citizens. The carpet-baggers, (by which term we do not mean those from other Stales who remove here, but the dishonest political adventurers who now infest this State,) do everything in their power by incendiary speeches, slanders and otherwise to inflame the blacks against the whites, and also to inflame the blacks against any of their own color who might dare to vote, as they call it, "against their race." Thus, there is no political freedom in South Carolina for either race, and little civil liberty for the whites. It is true, and it could not be otherwise, that there exists a feeling of deep indignation on the part of the whites, but it is not against the negro, nor against the honest Republicans of either color, but against those who have organ? ized a system of election frauds, invent and publish abroad shameful slanders for political purposes, crush us with taxes, steal the money raised by taxation, teach the negro the infa? mous doctrines above mentioned, and in gener? al teach the negro to regard all white men not of the Republican party as their natural enemies. In conclusion, we repeat that we have failed to ascertain a single case in the State, of an injury, outrage or wrong committed during the present year, by a white man upon a negro in the slightest degree attributable to the race, color or previous condition of servitude of the negro, or upon any Republican on account of his political opinions. All of whicn is respectfully submitted. JAMES H. RION, Chm'n. I Fairs ?and Industrial Expositions.? This is the season for Agricultural and Mech? anical Fairs and Industrial Expositions. It is to be hoped that they will be generally well managed and patronised. In this fast age, with our vast facilities for transportation and travel, the easiest and cheapest methods of familiarizing the indus? trial population with the improvements being being made in all the arts and pursuits that tend to increase wealth, to provide for human necessities, and promote a taste for the elegant and beautiful, should be adopted, as part of the necessary educational facilities that must be embraced by all who would not be left behind the race of life. Agricultural fairs and in? dustrial expositions, are valuable museums of agriculture and art, wherein, in the brief space of one or two weeks, are brought together in? teresting and valuable specimeus of animated nature and inanimate material, crude or man? ufactured, without which the masses of the peo? ple would! be deprived of the opportunity of studying and observing the triumphs of human genius, skill and industry. Men are never so stimulated to efforts as after they have seen what man can do, and has done. A majority of our race would make no progress, socially, morally or in dusirially, were they all the time removed from contact with the more active and enterprising. Hence the necessity of gatherings of the people in gsn eroui and earnest competition and rivalry in business. All should patronize the great fairs at central localities, who are able to do so; but none should neglect tho social reunions offered at the county and neighborhood fairs, for if right lay conducted, they tend to promote good neighborship. As they are near to home, the cost of attendance is not so great as to forbid the presence of the humblest of the population. ?Greenville Daily News. ? "And now," said a political orator, warm? ing up as he approached the climax of his speech, "let us conduct this campaign, fellow citizens, upon the principle enunciated by tlic immortal Lincoln, 'With niaiice toward all, and charity to none' " Senator Dunn's Reply to Judge Melton* In simple justice to Senator Dunn, the origi? nator of the bolter's movement, we extract the following statements from his speech at the Charleston ratificatiou meeting last week, in reply to allegations made by Attorney-General Melton here and elsewhere, regarding his con? nection with the bond frauds, which it is im: portant should be known to the people. Sena? tor Dunn was on a committee of investigation last summer, and had access to sources of infor? mation in New York and elsewhere that let in a flood of light upon the dark transactions con? nected with them: He says that he found out that, in addition to the $6,000,000 fraudulent conversation bonds now out, there are $1,250,000 of the bonds which the last Legislature declared legal and valid that are just as fraudulent as the conversion bonds. When I returned to Columbia last June I informed to Attorney-General and the honest State Treasurer of this. Having laid the proofs before them, I asked the Attorney General to take out a mandamus to prevent Cardozo from receiving and funding these bonds. He told me that he couldn't and wouldn't do it; that it was his duty to support the executive officers of the State and not to interfere with them. I then went to Treasurer Cardozo and told him that he would have to bear the responsibility of receiving these bonds, and he said he reckoned he would have to do it. This was all the report that Legislature authorized me to make before its meeting, and the State Treasurer decided to receive these bonds, although I laid the evidence of their illegality before him. I then forgot my party and went to a Democratic lawyer, in Columbia, Mr. Youmans, and in placing the evidence in his hands, asked him to lay it before the Exec? utive Committee of the Tax-payer's Union. I also told the Attorney-General that the law validating these bonds was, in my opinion, un? constitutional, and that I thought the Supreme Court would so decide. It was unconstitution? al beeause it increased the public debt, by ma? king good the bonds which had no legal exist? ence, and I wanted a mandamus, so as to pre? vent the holders of these bonds from coming before the Legislature again. The ring, how? ever, were afraid to have a decision from the Supreme Court, which would invalidate the il? legal claims, find they refused to take any no? tice of my report. Senator Dunn also paid his respects to At? torney-General Melton, who has madesome ac? cusations about him in the up country. "I have heard," he said, "that Attorney-Gen? eral Melton, in a speech in the up-country, has charged me with proposing to Chamberlain a plan to recognize the conversion bonds. I here publicly say that if it be true that Melton dared to say such a thing, 'he is a liar, and the truth is not in him.' I have found that whenever a man chooses to stand up against these rascals, and they can't do anything else, they begin to lie about him. I hope they will get the liar's reward on the 3d of next November. What I say here I want reported, and I also want At? torney-General Melton to fully understand, that when he next meets me he has got to retract that charge, or it will be the last word that one of us will speak. Here the speaker wished to conclude his remarks, but the crowd insisted on his going on, and he proceeded: Who is it that is trying to keep up this war of races? Not any honest man from the North or East. I believe, as I stand here that only by the in? auguration of this movement was it possible to fend off the impending conflict between the two races. In two months time the land would have been drenched in blood if there had not been found some men with the manhood to come out and invite the people to help sweep out the rascals and unite in an effort for honest government. I believe the property owners of the State, if they had the courage I think they have, would never have permitted the ring to be fastened upon them for two years longer, and I believe that the people of the United States would have bid them Gcd-speed in the work. If this movement is a success, there will be such a shout of joy in South Carolina as was never heard before, and may God speed the day and God protect the right. A Warning Against the Pursuit of Office-seek? ing by Young Men. Hon. Albert G. Brown, of Mississippi, recent? ly wrote a letter to a young friend, in which he laments that he ever made a political speech or held an office. Ex-Governor Brown was for thirty-three years, previous to 1SG?, continually in high official and political station, and would, therefore, seem to have had as extensive and favorable an experience as any of his contem? poraries and associates. We quote as fol? lows : "True, as you say, I have held many offices. Indeed, I may say that I never knew defeat in any of my aspirations ; and it is just because I had success which people call wonderful, that I feel competent to administer a word of 'cau? tion' to the young men of this generation. "My young friend, do not be deceived by the glitter of oflice. I am now past the three-score years, and am fast traveling into the ten. I have held almost every office in the gift of the people, and I can truly say, with the preacher, 'it is all vanity and vexation of spirit.' "Looking back over a long and I hope not unsuccessful life, I can say, with a clear con? science, my greatest regret is that I ever made apolitical speech or held an ollicc. "There is fascination in office which beguiles men, but be assured, my young friend, it is the fascination of a serpent, or, to change the figure, it is the ignis fatuus which coaxes you ou to inevitable ruin. "I speak of that which I know. If my young friends will be governed by my advice, 1 have this to say, after all my success asa public man, now, wheu my head is blossoming for the grave, I feel that it would have been better for me if I had followed the occupation of my father, and been a farmer. "The mechanic arts are all honorable. To be a blacksmith, a carpenter, or an artisan of any sort is no discredit to any man. Better that than be a jack-leg lawyer, a quack doctor, a counter-hopper, or, worse still, a wretched seeker after office. "Of all pursuits in life that of a farmer is the most respectable. It may have its trials and disappointments, so do all others. The me? chanic may lose the wages of his labor, the professional man his fees, the editor may weep over delinquent subscribers, but the honest, in? dustrious farmer is morally certain of a fair re? turn for his labor. "True, 'Paul may plant, and Appollos water, but God must give the increase.' But where is the faithful cultivator of the soil, God's heritage to man, who ever yet suffered for bread. "Allow me again to 'caution' my young friends against the beguiling influence of office, and to advise them most earnestly to stick to mother earth." ? Next in point of meanness, to doing a man an injury, is to do him a favor, and every now and then remind him of it. The Old Plantation. To our mind there is nothing nobler or more inspiring in the history of any country than the cheerful and patient hopefulness with which the people of the South have endeav? ored, during the last ten years, to cover up the gaping and ghastly ruts left by the tumbril wheels of war. We have even endeavored, upon occasion, to convince ourselves that the future was fuller of promise than the past had ever been, and possibly we have advanced fee? ble arguments to prove that the star of hope might ever rise and shine above the Valley of Desolation. Indeed, it might be easy to admit, even now, that the practical eye can discover in the results of war the prospects and possi? bilities of material prosperity and commercial greatness. This is well. But after all there is nothing so shocking to sentiment as utilitarianism. No better illustration of this can be found than in the plaintive appeal of the poet to the wood? man to spare the tree around which clustered so many pleasant associations. These associa? tions are immemorial. They are not limited to any particular object, nor to any particular section. The claim?which we by no means feel in? clined to admit?that the results of the late war are utilitarian in their character, is one which may be left with some degree of com? placency for future generations to decide. Be this as it may, however, the particular result of that bloody strife which dismanteled the "Old Plantation" was a violent shock to the senti? ment that clings to whatever is suggesdve of pleasant association. War waved his bloody hand, and in the twinkling of an eye one of the most splendid institutions that the world has ever seen?the nursery of the greatest American statesmen? the cradle of conservatism?crumbled into dust and past away forever. It seems like a dream to refer to the days when the patriarchal influ? ence of the "Old Plantation" extended over the South. The world has never produced the su? periors of the gallant gentlemen who, in the good old days, made the Southern name memo? rable in every field of intellectual activity. They were barons of a later and more refined era. They followed wherever duty led, and bore themselves right gallantly. They were proud?imperious if you will?but true to themselves and their country in all conjunc? tures. For many long and glorious years they directed the administration of the American Republic through sheer force of intellect, but it lias never been charged from any quarter that they have stooped from their knightly purity and stained their hands in jobbery. Their princely hospitality was crowned by gen? erous and ungrudging charity, and their lives blossomed with that chaste patriotism which seems to have been buried in the universal ruin of war. The old plantation! What mournfully pleasantly memories crowd into the mind! The quaint, rambling manor house nestling among the great trees; the long, low, level field of grain ; the lusty negro melodies borne upon the bosom of the wind; the far off cry of hounds; a confusion of melodious sounds. These carry the mind to the central figures, the brave men and fair women who gave to Southern society an elegance and refinement that no project of the utilitarians can oblite? rate. Gallant gentlemen ! brave souls ! generous hearts !?we salute you I Fair ladies ! mothers of a noble race 1?we bend before you ! But the dream is ended. Drays trundle by with food for the capacious mouth of commerce. Men move quickly along with their thoughts on the future. For, look you, the new days are upon us.?Savannah Morning News. The Great Need in Politics. There is certainly no lack among politicians of a profession of zeal for the public good, nor of zeal for personal aggrandizement; but then is, we fear, great need of candor and fairness in speaking and writing of one another, and of one another's principles. Party spirit, more intolerant than bigotry, and more suspicious than jealousy, gives color to every political statement. Judging of politicians, on both sides, from the descriptions giv<^ of them by their opponents, we should concl?de that they are all unmitigated scoundrels, holding the most corrupt and dangerous sentiments. What? ever may damage a candidate for office, or the party thab-suppo'rts him, is published with ex? aggerations, and without the extenuating cir? cumstances of the case. Does anybody imag? ine that political partisans and newspapers deal justly with their adversaries? It is the rule of political warfare to say all manner of evil, and but little good of antagonists. We rearly read a party speech, or examine a party journal, in which we are not pained to find partial statements of truth, gross misrepresen? tations of fact, evil motives needlessly imputed, corrupt designs charged, and bitter and un? measured denunciations indulged. Can this censorious and indiscriminate poli? cy be demanded by the public interests? We think not. Candor is better than prejudice, truth than misrepresentation, and justice than success. Our national welfare may be best promoted by fairness, truth, reason, moderation, kindness and conciliation. No permanent good can be secured by falsehood, trickery and vio? lence. Abuse, misrepresentation and artifice are weapons that may be used by every party ; but are likely to be most successfully used by the worst. Suppose a political newspaper were fair in all its statements and candid in all its reason? ings; were to award its opponents full credit for their virtues, their talents and their respec? tability; were to correct all its mistakes and make reparation for all its unintentional inju? ries ; and were, in short, to prefer the public good to party triumph, honest representatives to artful demagogues, and truth to popularity, is it possible that it would not, in tiie long run, gain a stronger hold on the confidence of the people, and wield a more beneficent influence in the country, than the party journal that seeks by fraud and chicanery to carry its points? If it would not, we have reached a point of demoralization and disgrace of which we should be heartily ashamed, and from which all good citizens should endeavor to extricate us. To secure our welfare, they should take fair and dispassionate views of public men and measures, and select as their representatives, so far as practicable, only honest, sober, virtu? ous and intelligent citizens, having interests in common with their constituents.?Religious Herald. ? A good way to clcau black gloves that are soiled, turned white and otherwise injured is to take a teaspoonful of salad oil, drop a few drops of ink into it, and rub it over the gloves with tho end of a feather; then let them dry in the sun. Black kid boots and slippers can be restored to their original gloss by this meth? od. ? A clergyman, advocating corporal pun? ishment for children, said, "The child, when onco started in a course of evil conduct, is like a locomotive on the wrong track?it takes the switch to get it off." Chamberlain's Defeat a Foregone Conclusion. The white voting population of the State of South Carolina, according to the State census of 1869, was 59,301; and according to the Uni? ted States census of 1870, was 62,547. It must, therefore, stand to-day at about 65,000. The colored voting population of the State of South Carolina, according to the State cen? sus of 1869, was 89,415 ; and, according to the United States census of 1870, was 85,475. It is doubtful whether it stands to-day, allowing for excessive mortality and emigration, at over 85,000. In no case can it exceed 90,000. The number of white votes usually cast for Republican candidates is not usually believed to exceed the number of colored votes cast for Conservative candidates. It may, therefore, be assumed that the nominal Republican majority in South Carolina, with a full and free vote and a fair count, does not exceed 25,000. A change of 12,500 votes from the Republican side to the Conservative side is sufficient to place the two parties on a par, and a change of 13,000 votes will give the Conservatives a ma? jority of 1,000. The Democratic vote, in the Presidential election of 1868, was 45,137, and for Carpenter, in 1870, was 51,537. The Republican vote for Grant, in 1868, was 62,300 ; was, in 1870, for Scott, 85,071, and was, in 1872, for Grant, 72,290. The Republican majority in 1S68 was 17,163, and in 1870 was 33,534. The leading Republican papers in the State claim a majority of only 20,000. The popula? tion, by races, shows a majority of only 25,000. Scott, with the mighty frauds of 1S70, had a majority of 33,534. It is safe to say that, un? der no circumstances, can the Republican nor? mal majority exceed 30,000. That is an out? side estimate. More than ten thousand white voters ab? stained from voting when Judge Carpenter ran on the Conservative ticket for Governor. Car? penter was a Republican, as Judge Green is ; but Judge Green is a South Carolinian, and, in every way, a better man than Carpenter. As? suming that only as many Conservatives vote for Judge Green as voted for Carpenter, it will require that the Independent Republican ticket secure fifteen thousand Republican votes to in? sure the election of Judge Green. Of the fifteen thousand Republican votes required to defeat Chamberlain and elect Green, at least thirteen thousand votes can to-day be relied on in the four counties of Charleston, Georgetown, Sumter and Kershaw. And we believe that the rest of the State, before the canvass even opens, can be relied on for ten thousand more. The deduction is, that Chamberlain's defeat is a foregone conclusion, provided that Green receives as many Conservative votes as were cast for Carpenter four years ago.? Charleston News and Courier. A Just Rebuke.?The Walhalla Courier administers ajust rebuke to Judge H?ge for his inflammatory speech at that place in the following style : The speech of Gen. H?ge failed to do him credit. As Comptroller General, he has given general satisfaction, and by his fairness had won the esteem of good men in our country. We think a less partisan speech would have been equally effective with our colored voters and much more creditable to the General. He went to the riots in Tennessee and Louisiana to inflame the race spirit of his hearers, by detail? ing the jail breaking and killing of negroes in Gibson County, and the murder of the colored school mistress by parties in that State, and gave these as Democratic outrages and the fruits of Democratic government. In speaking of the Civil Rights Bill illustrations of intima? cies between whites and blacks not very decent were made. The outrages in Tennessee have been gener? ally condemned by Democrats, and they are not Democratic outrages any more than isolated I cases of rape and murder committed by negroes are Republican outrages. There are bad men in all parties, and what they do for private re? venge or gratification cannot be imputed prop? erly to political faith and teachings. If this were true Republican government would be branded in every county, for three fourths of the crimes committed in the State are committed by men who belongs to that party. It is not due however to their politics. Such speeches pleases the negro, but they neither instruct nor elevate them, nor do they lead to kindly feel? ings between the races. ? A Volcano in Kentucky.?Several years ago we made notice of the fact that in a rock quarry near Nicholasville, there had been cer? tain mysterious explosions, for which no expla? nation could be or was given. At that time rock was being taken out with which to Build the new jail, and the hands became so much alarmed that it was difficult to get them to work near the infested place. At that time we visited the locality,, but as no explosion took place during our stay, we could only see the places pointed out to us by those who had witnessed them. Lately these explosions have begun again, and two very violent ones occur? red, rending the rock in all directions, and throwing up a vast amount of debris. The people of the neighborhood are very much ex? ercised in reference to these unaccountable proceedings, and do not know what to expect. The explosions are so violent that, if one should occur under a house, it would hoist it and its contents like a veritable torpedo. In our limited reading on natural phenomena, we have met with no examples of the kind ; but they may be common in other parts of the world ; and they arc certainly worthy of the investigation of our scientists. Who knows but a volcano of huge proportions may thrust its fiery head up in that valley some night and astonish our friends in Jessamine with a veritable eruption. As strange things have occurred in South America. Such a mon? ster would be in uncomfortable proximity to Lexington, much less to Nicholasville, and we hope our neighbors will ho spared the visita? tion.?Lexington (A'y.) Gazette. Don't Frighten the Children.?It is an old warning, but as treated anew in Scribner's Magazine may not be without effect: Never frighten children ; don't shut them up in dark rooms; never let them comprehend what light? ning is, or thunder, or take any notice of either in their presence. It is one of the most painful things in the world to sec a child run to hide itself from a thunder-storm, and in nearly all cases where it does so, some one has blundered. Never attempt to control a child by making it believe that something terrible will happen to it; "Bogie" will catch it, or the "black man" will come for it, or some terrible spectre or other will haunt it. Those children who have been shut in dark rooms as a punishment fre- j qucntly feel the effects of such torture until late in life. It is strange how these terrors cling to i the person in after life?become, as it were engrafted into them, and so firmly fixed that reason can not dislodge them. A mother, therefore, that will use such means to compel obedience is weak, cruel and unwise ; a nurse who employs them is simply unfit for her posi? tion. Gen. Kershaw Declares for Green.? Some days ago ex-Governor Perry, of Green* ville, wrote a letter to express his views as to the proper course the Conservatives should pursue in the present crisis, and strenuously urged that the Conservatives unite on Judge Green and Maj. Delaney, as candidates for Governor and Liut. Governor, and that Gen. Kershaw be nominated for, and elected to, Con? gress from the Fourth District. The letter was eminently prudent and patriotic, and evoked from Gen. Kershaw the following reply: Camden, S. C, September 30. My dear Governor: I avail myself of an ear* ly opportunity of thanking you, as a citizen, for your eminently wise, judicious, well-timed and patriotic letter, and personally for your very kind and flattering references to myself. The sentiments you express, coming from one whose public life has been so eminent and pure, must have great influence upon the pub? lic mind at this time, when wise counsel is so much needed rightly to guide our people in the battle for all that is now possible of attainment through political action. I confess the de? mands of some of our own high-spirited and patriotic young men, counselled, too, by some of mature years, make my heart very saa. But your words of wisdom cannot fall unheeded, and I thank you for them, and take new cour? age. If we shall fail to elect Green, it will be the fault of the conservatives ; but I hope for better things. I greatly regret that you will probably not be in Columbia at the Convention, and espec? ially that an imperfect state of health is the cause. Should I be nominated for Congress, I shall probably, quite soon thereafter, be in Greenville. It will be both a duty and a pleas? ure to pay my respects to you on such an occa? sion. I am, my dear sir, very respectfully and truly yours, J. B. Kershaw. Hon. B. F. Perry, Greenville, S. C. The Independent Republican Candi? dates.?Judge John T. Green, the candidate of the Independent Republican Convention for Governor, is a native of Sumter, was always a Union man, and has, since the war, been an honest and consistent Republican againat whom the Ring seems to be unable to Dring any other complaint than he would vote for the Civil Rights bill, if he were in congress, a fact which will certainly make him more ac? ceptable to the colored people, and which can? not possibly do the whites any barm in the Gubernatorial capacity. Martin R. Delaney, the candidate for Lieu? tenant Governor, is a black man, a native of Virginia, thoroughly educated, and in every respect a deep thinker, able writer, and prac? tical scholar. For many years he was engaged in the edi? torial capacity, advancing the interest of his race, and at one time a copartner of the cele? brated Fred Douglas. He was also engaged in many important exploring expeditions of a scientific nature, in which he gained consider? able reputation. Since he has taken part in politics in South Carolina, he has always held the most liberal views, working incessantly for the harmony of the races, and giving his colored friends the best of advice. He strongly favors minority representation and cumulative voting, and has shown himself in every way the trust and ablest friend of his race in the State. With his ability he also combines honesty, which is the crowning point of all the rest.?Orangeburg Times. All Sorts of Paragraphs. ? The world is sure to find out an honest man, but it will find him out a great deal qui;ker if he advertises, ? A Boston court has decided that if a wo? man lends money to her husband she cannot get it back. The decision will not be new to many wives. ? An Alabama editor winds up an editorial on the corn crop with the remark: "We have on exhibition in our sanctum, a pair of mag? nificent ears." ? The editor of a country paper, having re? ceived a bank-note detector, returns thanks, and modestly asks for some bank notes upon which to test its accuracy. ? Six States and one territory will hold elections on Tuesday, October 13. They are as follows: Ohio, Indiana, Iowa, Arkansas, Nebraska, West Virginia and Dakota. ? Mr. Sovereign, of Fort Clark, followed three horse-thieves into Mexico, recovered his horses and dispatched the thieves to their happy hunting grounds. That is a sovereign remedy for theft. ? To err is human. No lives are passed without errorrs. The best and meanest of God's human creatures can, without a great stretch of memory, recall the time when they got hold of the wrong end of the poker. ? The Darlington Southerner describes the recent Chamberlain meeting in that town as a bacchanalian feast. It says: "Fighting, quar? relling, cursing, swearing, singing and dancing were the order of exercise on the streets." ? The planters of the South can knock re? construction "higher than a kite," if th-sy choose to do so. A very small crop of cotton next year, and very large home supplies of meat and bread would finish the job. Will they do it? ?? Let us rejoice in the posession of the Christian Sabbath. It is the one luxury which belongs to every man, howler humble, and its divine establishment would serve in the absence of all other evidences to prove the truth and beauty of revealed religion. ? Senator Robinson says the most respecta? ble Republicans will oppose the election of Chamberlain and unite upon Judge Green. The Serator also says that Chamberlain, if elected, will be a second edition of Moses, and adds that there is a good prospect of defeating him. This co.ning from a prominent Republi? can, is encouraging. ? It is a fact well worth knowing, but which docs not seem to be generally understood, that the amalgam of tinfoil with mercury which is spread on glass plate to make looking glasses, is very readily crystalized by actinic solar rays. A mirror hung where the sun can shine on it is usually spoiled ; it takes a granulated appearance, familiar to housekeepers, though they may not be acquainted with the cause of the change. In such a state the article is nearly worthless, the continuity of the surface isdestroyed, and it will not reflect outlines with any approach to precision. Care must, there? fore, be exercised in hanging. ? A curious incident recently occurred on a Western train. As the cars were moving away from the Terre Haute depot, a pretty young woman came from the ladies' car, and, rushing into the smoking car, frantically appealed to everybody to stop the train. Catching sight 1 of the conductor, she exclaimed, piteously, j "Mr. Conductor, do please stop the train ! I've left my baby!" The train was stopped and i the baby recovered, amidst the hearty cheers 1 of the people on the platform and the passen? gers; and while the young mother laughed aud cried and hugged her little one, she tried i to explain how the baby was such a new one 1 that she hadn't got used to it.