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Announcements of marriages and deaths, and notices of a religions character, are respectfully solicited, and will be inserted gratis The latest Project for Keeping Open the Southern Question.?Patterson's Plan for a New Election. SENATOR PATTERSON'S PLAN FOE A NEW ELECTION?THE MILITARY TO TAKE POSSESSION OF THE STATE. . . ' Washington,March 13,1877. ; The plan proposed by Senator Patter son for a new election in Scut h Carolina, j which he offered to President Hayes to? day, and which is falsely reported to have his favor, is as follows: m - First?Governor Chamberlain shall be recognized as Governor. He shall con? vene the Legislature composed of mem-jI .bera declared elected by the Beturningj -Board, which will insure a Democratic1 House and a Republican Senate. ' | ? Second?This Legislature shall pass a! regis'try law- and a law providing, for a new election. >?> Tktrd^-Tno of the registration officers; shall be selected by Governors Chamber? lain and "Hampton, one each, and the third by General Buger. Fourth?The election and registration j ?haj* bei under General Ruger's control. The military sbsll take possession of the! State'and guaranteo a fair election. ??/: ; -JFiffh^ militiaorganizations; and white league clubs shall be prohibi? ted from parading pending the election, i Sixth? Chamberlain and Hampton; shall each appoint one of the three elec? tion commissioners in every county and! General Edeer the third. . , ^oCT/?^Tbe'election precinct eommis mohera.alfaJLL be .appointed,ui* follows: One by the'deroocratie county committee: ?and cue by the republican committee' ?= -and one bv 'the hoard of county com tarn ttimirtf- ? -s ? - 1 \f???^-7-The Board of State Canvas-i sers shall'consist of five persons, two to' be appointed by Hampton, two by Cham-' Detain and one by General Ruger. Ninth?Hampton and Chamberlain, shall agree to abide by the result of the . election and guarantee the preservation; of the peace on the part of their respec? tive partisans. THE PROJECT FOR A NEW ELECTION IN. LOUISIANA AND SOUTH CAROLINA. new scheme for- muddling the Southern question and keeping not only Louisiana and South Carolina, but the whole coun? try in an uproar of politics 'for at. least another.few months. It is to hold now elections in the. two unfortunate States.! But justicato Mr. Elaine demands that it shall be known thatithat estate states? man, Senator Patterson, of Sooth Caro? tis'the author of this scheme: rfHe| took the trouble to lay it formally before! the President'to-day,"and, as there was an allusion to jt in the morning and eve? ning papers here, -the plan" has been gen-' erally discussed to-day. Ail; the carpet-j baggers like it, and it haa the favor of all; those who; wa/it Jhe ? Southern .question. . unaet?elfaOTSrlf? aTe:aVtteirSvits' ends! to devise some way to defeat, or at least qo delay, the President's purpose to settle it. Mr. Kellogg, in conversation on the sub? ject to-night, said- he had heard of the; proposition; and if - Governor Packard, were; allowed to manage the'details it would be acceptable to the republican party in. .Louisiana so far as is known. On the other hand, all who 'sincerely de? sire ;he settlement of the Southern ques? tion oppose it as a device eminently cal? culated to defeat a settlement and to keep tfce people of the two Statesandofthe ^ht)le' country in hot water. '. A prominent republican Senator said about it this evening that it was a plan entirely without merit, without the least color of law, and which could not be carried out without direct violation of the laws and constitutions of the'two States. 'Congress, lie held, even if it were in session; would have no authority to command a new election in a State. The. laws of-the two States do not authorize a new election.^ There if no lawful way of doing it, and if it were done the result would not be entitled to any one's re? spect, .and would settle nothing. He added that no bargains, arrangements or investigations were. necessary to settle the questions which disturb Louisiana and South Carolina. , The Presidentcan settle it at once, be said, by ordering.the troops not to interfere, in Che local gov? ernments.. He does not need to do any? thing, hut only to stop .doing?that is all. He is now doing something?name? ly,' interfering with -the process of local .self-government in those States. He has only to stop doing and the Southern question disappears at once. Judge Mackey says this evening, con? cerning the Patterson plan for a new election, that he is' authorized to speak for Governor Hampton, and to say that he would utterly refuse to agree to a new - election, as not only was he elected, but j his tithjt has been affirmeiihy Xhe courts. MorcaiaaiJlo^peooQ. could; take a title ander such new election, because the State constitution provides for a special election only in one contingency, and that i;s in -case of a contest before the Legislature, when the two houses fail to come to the same decision. The State constitution having been ratified by Con? gress under the reconstruction acts, it "has all the.force of an act of Congress, and j no act of .the Executive or of private parties could make a special election le? gal or of binding .force on the citizens unless held in conformity with the con? stitution. ..The very first act performed by-such-an improvised Governor would be called in question in the courts and would resalt in overthrowing his title. The planters and people all over the State are now engaged in. putting in their crops. A new election in April or May' would disorganize the labor and sacrifice the .entire crop. For eight months the people have been subjected to the greatest strain. Business all over the State has been utterly paralyzed, and industry greatly'disorganized. To con? tinue arid increase all the evils from which the State has so long suffered by ordering a new election would be to put a^fnwxruef'loss On the people of the j State of both colors, and no one to whom the best interests of the State are dear, would even think of so disastrous a scheme. He adds that the persons who suggest this scheme of a new election have nointercstpersonal or1 of property in the State. He desires, however, to correct a statement he made some time ago that Senator Patterson bad no prop? erty! interests in the State of South Caro? lina, as he has since ascertained that he owns a small duoghill fowl, which he has left in charge of Mr. Baldwin, a worthy citizen of-Columbia. Senator Patterson says this evening his'scheme of a new election has the zeal? ous support of Mr. Blaine and of several other, republican Senators. Rumors are also carefully spread about that the President favors it and even that he is the inventor of it, and some false reports to this effect have gone from here to the Cress, Mr. Patterson's modesty leading im to conceal his own merits as the real inventor. The President has patiently listened to all the plans which have been submitted to blm by men of all shades of politics, and he has committed himself to none. The carpet-baggers have filled the town and Senate with stories that the Presi-<| dent urgently desires Kellogg and Corbin to be seated in tbe Senate, bot the Presi? dent desires'nothing of the kind but the reverse. They now assert that this new election scheme is his, but it has not even been considered by him. It can be said on undoubted authority to-night that the President does view with favor one method. of settling the Southern question?namely, that of or? dering the troops not to interfere iu the local governments in South Carolina and Louisiana. This plan has also the favor of the most influential members of the Cabinet. It is to be that one which at 'the Cabinet meeting to-morrow will probably come up for discussion. The President hesitates about adopting it at once for only one reason. He is fearful that if it were done there might arise some disorderly proceedings in Louisiana; which, be apprehends, might be used by demagogues iu the North to inflame, 'prejudice there against the conciliatory policy toward the South on which he has determined-and for the success of which: ho is very solicitous. He has frankly stated this fear to Southern men with! ?whom he has conversed very freely, and; ho asked them to procure him guarantees -and evidence which' shall satisfy his -mind that no such troubles as he fears would arise, if he should withdraw the troops. Such guarantees he will receive, to-morrow or at furtherest within a few days. The Southern men with whom be .'baa spoken are entirely satisfied with his position, and Bee that his anxiety on the subject is just and reasonable. Governor Nie hoi Is has already telegraphed here to a personal friend that he is ready to guarantee absolute peace and good order, and. that not a hair of Packard's or any? body else's head shall be hurt if the troops are withdrawn, and he will no doubt very soon make a formal guar? antee.,,; . , Mr. Butler, democratic Senator from1 South Carolina, made uneasy by the false reports spread-about to-day, that the President favored the plan of a new elec? tion, called on him this evening to oak' him if it was true.. The President re-' plied that such a plau had been sugges? ted to him, but no attempt would of course be made to carry such plan into' effect unless, it were freely accepted by both parties. Mr. Butler assured the President that it would not receive the assent of Governor Hampton or those who support him. ; Senator Patterson said this evening to & Herald reporter that among those who favored his scheme of a new election was Judge .Mackey. Judge Mackey denies this., He is, on the contrary, entirely opposed to it; but he says that, when Patterson spoke to him about it he added 'that, if it were adopted he (Patterson) would come out for Hampton, whereupon Judge Mackey said to him :? ' "If you are honestly for Hampton why .Hold a new election ? . You have him al The Doctrine of Political Equality for 'the Negro Practically Abandoned. -?The selection and-confirmation of-the members of Mr. Hayes'.Cabinet are events of the greatest political signifi? cance. It is the first time in the history of the country that a President, acceding to power, after an embittered partisan contest, has at once deserted his suppor? ters, and gone squarely and boldly into the ranks of the opposition for one of the heads of the departments. Yet from all i tides Mr. Hayes receives assurances that :his unexampled proceeding is approved, and that it chimes in with the popular sentiment of the hour. Why ? What produces such an anom? alous condition of affairs? It all grows out of the contest of races in the South. Sixteen years ago, when Abraham Lincoln entered upon the duties of President, the way to the capital was always so environed with danger that he did not deem it prudent to travel openly through the city of Baltimore. Swiftly followed the terrible war of the rebellion, though slowly and long it dragged out its sanguinary length. The slaveholders ul 'timately surrendered, and nominal peace ensued. The blacks were not only made tree, but amendments were added to the constitution, and a series of laws were Snacte^TiyXbrig^essj ToT'their "especial protection and benefit With only a par? tial and 'embarrassed exception under Andrew Johnson, the national Govern? ment' has since then been steadily ad? ministered, in the Southern States, in harmony with the desires of the emanci? pated race. If Mr. Hayes is President to-day,1 he is President by the use of black votes and by the support of those -whose only political strength has arisen from their alliance and identification with tbe colored race. Yet, riotwithstandirig all these fact, Mr. Hayes, at the very beginning of his ad? ministration, does three things which write the word White all over his policy, and indicate that he intends to erase the word Black, forever, as a potent influence in our national politics. I. He does not appoint any black man, or mulatto, to his Cabinet He. prefers Carl Schurz, a foreigner, to Frederick Douglass, an abler and more eloquent man, and native born?the only advan? tage of Schurz consisting in his com? plexion. 1 i ?.. U. He.refuses to appoint any Repub? lican from the old slaveholding States; and for this there can be no other suffi? cient reason than that the Republicans in those States.are all at one with the negroes. ILL He not only coldly turns his back on the negroes ana their white allies in the former slaveholding States,, but he foes into one Of those States and takes to is embrace a man well known for his opposition to the colored party. Mr. Hayes has plenty of soft words about the equality of the races. In the face of this formation of his Cabinet they become meaningless. To the colored peo? ple and their allies he gives honeyed phra? ses; but he gives them no representation in his Cabinet. He may send one colored man to Hayti, and employ another to black his boots; but he will not be found taking sweet. counsel together on public affairs with any of them, or with their white worshippers. From the inaugura? tion of Mr. Hayes as President will date the decline and fall of all practical equal? ity, political or social, in this country, for the colored race. It is an epoch in our political history, tbe significance of which is plain to all who will open their eyes.? N. Y. Sun. Remedy foe Asthma.?The follow? ing recipe has been used by some of our subscribers with wonderful results, and we publish it with the hope that it may prove equally efficacious to others: Take one quart of water, heat it until it simmers; then add six ounces of sugar. When the sugar is melted, add two ounces of iodide of potassa. When dissolved, co? up for future use. For a dose, a teaspoonful before each meal is sufficient for an adult?Herald and Presbyter. ? A man's opinion of himself goes for nothing. He may declare himself to be of sound mind when making a' will, to have lawyers prove directly the opposite condition after death. It is hard for a rich man to die without leaving doubts of his sanity. ANDREW JACKSON'S DUEL. The Ficht In which he Killed his An? tagonist and was Himself Wounded. The duel between Andrew Jackson and Charles Dickinson was deadly. Dickin? son had alluded in public to the well known and recorded fact that one Rich? ards had obtained a divorce from his wife on account of her "living in adultery with one Andrew Jackson. She had already been made Jackson's wife, but the offense was deadly. Jackson sent the challenge. Dickinson was the most ex? pert marksman in Tennessee, and Jack? son resolved to give him the first fire. The place appointed for the meeting was a long day's ride from Nashville. Thursday morning, before the dawn of day, Dickinson stole from the side of his young and beautiful wife and began speedi 1 y to prepare for the journey, she awoke and asked him why he was up so early. He replied that he had business in Kentucky, across the driver, but it would not detain him long. On parting he kissed her with peculiar tenderness and said: "Good-bye, darling. I shall be sure to be at home to-morrow night." He mounted his horse and repaired to "the rendezvous where bis* second and half a dozen gay blades of Nashville were, waiting to escort, him on his journey. Away they rode in the highest spirits, as though it were a party of pleasure. In-; deed, they made a party of pleasure of it. When they stopped for rest or refresh? ment, Dickinson is said to have amused] the company by displaying his wonderful skill with the pistol. Once, at a distance of twenty-four feet, he fired four balls,, each at the word of command, into a space that could be covered by a silver dollar. It is said that he had laid a wager of $500 that he could hit his an? tagonist within half an inch of a certain; button on his coat. Both parties, with their respective cavalcades, reached the vicinity of the ground appointed for the duel late in the' 'afternoon. They secured accommoda? tions at a couple of neighboring taverns. It is related that Jackson ate heartily at supper that night, conversing in a lively, pleasant manner, and smoked his even? ing pipe as usual. He retired early, and by daylight next morning the whole {>arty was up and in the saddle. . A gal? op of a mile and the fording of a stream, which, owing to its swollen state, it was found necessary to swim, brought them to the ground. Dickinson and party had already arrived. The business at once proceeded. Dickinson's second won the j choice of position and Jackson's the office of giving the word'. "Both were perfect? ly' collected," says Parton. "All the po? liteness of such occasions was very strict? ly and elegantly" performed. Jackson was dressed in a loose frock coat, button? ed carelessly over his chest, and conceal? ing in some degree the extreme slender ness of his figure. Dickinson was the | younger and handsomer man of the two, but Jackson's tail, erect figure, and the still intensity of his demeanor, it is said, gave him a most superior and' com? manding air, as he stood under the tall poplars on this bright May morning, silently awaiting the moment of doom. "Are you ready ?" said Overton. "I am ready," replied Dickinson. "I am ready," said Jackson. The word was given. Dickinson raised his pistol quickly and fired. Overton, who was looking with anxiety and dread at Jackson, saw a puff of dust fly from the breast of his coat, and saw him raise his left arm and place it tightly across his breast. He is surely hit thought Oyerton, and in a badplace, too; but no; he does not fall. Erect and grim as fate he stood, his teeth clenched, raising his pistol. Overton glanced at. Dickinson. Annoyed at the unwonted failure of his aim, and ap? parently appalled at the awful figure and face before him, Dickinson had recoiled a pace or two. v'GreatGodl" he faltered; "have I missed him ?" i "Back to the mark, sir!" shrieked Overton, with his hand upon his pistol. Dickinson recovered his composure, stepped forward to the peg and stood with eyes averted from his antagonist General Jackson took .deliberate aim and pulled the trigger. The pistol' neither snapped , nor went off. He looked at the trigger and discovered that it had stopped at half-cock. He drew it back to its place and took aim a second time. He fired. Dickinson's face blanched; he reeled; his friends pushed toward him, caught him in their arms, and silently seated him on the ground, lean? ing against a bush. His trousers red? dened. They stripped off his clothes. The blood was gushing from his side in torrents.. The boll baa passed through the body below the ribs. Such a wound could not but be fatal. Jackson and his friends immediately left the field. It was found upon exam? ination, on reaching the tavern, that he was wounded. "Dickinson's aim," says Parton, '"'had been perfect. He had sent the ball precisely where he supposed Jackson's heart was' b. a ting, but the thinness of hiB body and the looseness of his coat combining to deceive him, the ball had only broken a rib or two and raked the breast bone. It was a some? what painful, bad looking wound, but neither severe nor dangerous." Dickinson died that night. In this duel it is plain to be seen, from a careful consideration of the circum? stances above narrated, though the truth does not appear to have reached tbe ap? prehension of Gen. Jackson's biographer, that Dickinson was outwitted by his older and more experienced antagonist Ad? vantage was taken of the very fact of his being a "dead shot," and of his perfect confidence in his skill with the pistol. His avowed purpose was to shoot Jackson through the heart, and he felt absolutely sure of doing this. In what manner his object was defeated Mr. Parton uncon? sciously discloses. He aimed "precisely where he supposed Jackson's heart was beating, but the thinness of his body and the looseness of his coat" combined "to deceive" him. Admitting the morality of private combat as of public war, such a strategy under the circumstances can? not be regarded as unjustifiable. The late General Sam. Dale, who was inti? mate with Jackson, has been frequently heard to say that Dickinson's fatal mis? take was in not aiming at Jackson's head instead of his heart Parton is in error when he states that Jackson's wound was "neither severe or dangerous." It confined him to his room for several weeks, and it healed falsely. Twenty years after it broke out afresh, and troubled him for the remain? der of his life. The pulmonary affection which finally carried nim to his grave is attributed to that wound. Jackson never exhibited the slightest compunction for the part he took in this bloody affair. He very rarely alluded to it, but when he did it was always with perfect complacency. It is told of him that a gentleman was once examining his dueling pistols. Takiog up one of them the general quietly remarked: "That is the pistol with which I killed Mr. Dickinson." ? The man who keeps his word?The man who never speaks. THE BLUE GLASS CURE. Has It auy Real Efficacy t?The Delu? sion Rudely Dispelled. From the Scientific American. In our last issue we reviewed the al? leged capabilities of sunlight filtered through blue glass in causing plants to grow, &c, and by reference to numerous experiments we reached the conclusion that the light transmitted through the violet-blue glass is nothing more than normal sunlight diminished in intensity. We propose in the following to finish our discussion by examining into the effects of light and darkness on organisms; and we may especially here recall the fact that Gen. Pleasonton claims that not only does the blue glass stimulate growth, but that it is a possitive remedial agent for such severe ailments as spinal menin? gitis, nervous irritation and exhaustion, rheumatism, hemorrhage of the lungs, deafness, partial paralysis, shock due to severe contusion, and others, of all of. which he cites cases. ? The theory that various colored lights exercise different effects on the human system is an old one. In 1831, Dr. New berry, of this city, asserted that yellow light stimulates the nervous, pink the' nutritive, and blue the locomotive tem ferament. And recently Dr. Ponza, an talian physician, has asserted that luna? tics are greatly affected by being placed in different colored rooms. Bed light, Dr. Ponza says, removes feelings of de? pression, blue light indncescalmness, and by violet light a crazy person was i? one day cured. . ? It is a thoroughly demonstrated fact that light is an important vital stimulant; and that, if its operation he excluded, the development of the healthy bodily struct? ure is arrested.. ? Naturalists tell us that in the absence of light, the transformation of a tadpole into a frog is stopped,-and the reptile.remains a tadpole. Plants in darkness become blanched and stunned in growth, the process of fixing the car? bon in their tissues is arrested, a modifi? cation of the coloring principle takes place, and. they appear white instead of green. The sad affects or deprivation of sunlight are especially observable among those who live in crowded alleys or cellars, or who work in .mines, where the light of the sun seldom or never pene? trates. The total exclusion of the sun's beams produces an impoverished and dis? ordered state of the blood, emaciation, muscular debility, and the diseases dne to imperfect nutrition. On the other hand, it is known that for certain purposes darkness or shaded light is advantageous to the Bodily con? dition. Fowls, for instance, may he fat? tened- much more rapidly in the dark, and it would . seem that the absence of light exercises a very great influence over the power possessed by food in increas? ing the size of animals., It likewise seems to exercise a soothing and quieting influence, increasing the . disposition of animals to take rest, making less food necessary, add causing them to store up more nutriment in the form of fat and muscle. Now, if the organism to be treated is subjected to light, all of which is filtered through blue violet glass, then, as we have previously demonstrated, it is in light which is considerably shaded. And very probably to this cause?and not all to the peculiar hue of the light? is to be attributed the quieting influence on nervous and insane people which Dr. Ponza has remarked. But Gen. Pleasonton does not use bine violet glass alone. On the contrary, he employs a combination of blue-light and pure sunlight, the latter very much pre? ponderating. In his grapery, for exam? ple, only every eighth row of panes is blue. The mingled light consequently is merely pure sunlight, very slightly shaded, and the animal or plant exposed simply takes a sun-bath?the solarium of the ancients, who, knowing the vivifyi"** influences of the sunbeams, had terrace built on the tops of their houses so that they might bask in them. This sun treat? ment is now frequently recommended by physicians for nervous diseases. Dr. Hammond, in one of his lectures, says: "In convalescence from almost all dis? eases it acts, unless too intense or too long continued, as a most healthful stim? ulant, both to the nervous and physical systems. * * , * The deli? rium and weakness, by no means seldom met with in convalescents kept in dark? ness, disappear like magic when the rays of the sun are allowed to enter the cham? ber." To recapitulate in brief, Gen. F.'eason ton'8 claims of any superior powers for blue glass on account of the color which it produces in transmitted light, arc, when tested by the result of previous in? vestigations, unfounded. In some in? stances; where it is desirable to reduce the intensity of the light, blue glass may be used; but any other mode of shading the light, as by ground glass, thin cur? tains, &c, would without doubt serve equally as well. The cures produced are ascribable to - two causes: First, to the healthy influence of the sunbath; and secondly, to the very powerful influence of the patient's imagination. There are abundant cases known where imagination has so powerfully affected the body as to cause death. Experiments upon criminals have shown that in one instance, where a per? son was placed in a bed which, he was informed, had just been vacated by a cholera-patient (but which had not,) he exhibited all the symptoms of that dis? ease. Another person is reported to have shown aH the signs of collapse from loss of blood from the supposition idea that he was bleeding to death. As re? gards the animals fattened under the glass, all circumstances go to show that the result was due to their forced quies? cence, their shelter from the weather, and their free exposure to the sun. It is hardly necessary to add that, in our opinion, the use of blue glass, as ad? vocated by General Pleasonton, is devoid of benefit. Not a Chicken.?At precisely two o'clock by the bells the other morning a policeman who was walking up Beaubien street caught sight of a negro who was skulking along a fence, and he called upon him to stop. "Ize in a big hurry to ketch de mawn ing train for Toledo?" called back the African. The officer threatened to shoot if he did not stop, and the skulker halted. "Does you imagine that I hez dun got a chicken he.ih ?" he asked, as the officer approached. "Yes, sir; that's exactly what I im? agine." "And if I hezen't got a chicken I kin go right down to de depot, kin I ?" "I guess you can." "Well, sah, den gaze on dis yere an' tell me if de name is chickeu 1" said tho man, as ho pulled a big goose around in front of him. The officer wont back on his word, and took the negro under arrest, and the victim was yesterday explaining: "Wbar'8 do use ob tryin' to get along widdem p'licemen? De best way is to drop de goose an' make fur de woods."? Detroit Free Press. Mmc: Octavla Walton Le Vert. This gifted, charming and widely known lady died on the 13th inst, near Augusta, Ga., after a long life, which was not without trouble, but which, was also full of honors and successes. Mmc. Le Vert came of distinguished stock. Her grandfather, George Walton, a native of Prince Edward county, Virginia, was one of the signers of the Declaration of In? dependence. He was a member of the First Congress, convened at Philadelphia, and held successively the offices of Gov? ernor of Georgia and Judge of the Su? preme Court. George Walton, the sec? ond son of this couple, was educated at Princeton, N. J., and married Miss Sallie Minge Walker, the daughter of a distin? guished lawyer of Georgia. 0 eta via was the result of this marriage, having been born at Belle Vue, near Augusta. Short? ly after her birth her parents removed to Florida, of which State General Jackson was then Governor. Colonel Walton succeeded the General in the Governorship of the new State. The seat of government was then at Pen sacola, but during Governor Walton's administration was removed to "Talla? hassee," this Indian name, signifying the "beautiful land," being selected for the new capital by his daughter Octavia. The first public notice taken of the young Octavia was at Mobile during the last visit there of General Lafayette. This distinguished General having been on terms of intimate friendship with her grandfather during the Revolutionary struggle, the Committee of Reception 5resented the young girl to his notice, he old General gazed upon her for a few minutes, then, bursting into tears, caught the child to his heart, exclaiming, "The living image of my brave and noble friend 1" Young Octavia, encouraged by his affection, prattled freely in his native tongue (for she was even then an accom? plished linguist,) and after a long inter? view the General turned to one of the committeemen and remarked: "A truly wonderful child t She bos been convers? ing all this while with intelligence and tact in the purest French. I predict for her a brilliant career." Her history since that time has fully borne ont this predic? tion. Shortly after the removal of her parents to Mobile, Octavia, in company with her mother and brother, made a tour throughout the principal cities of the Union; and then commenced the remar? kable career as a social genius which gave her world-wide celebrity. In the most select circles she was hailed by acclama? tion as the reigning belle, but this title never affected her high toned and com? prehensive mind. It was during this tour that Miss Walton became acquainted with Washington Irving. The acquain? tance was the result of accident in the first place, but only ceased with the death of Mr. Irving. Their last interview at Sunnyside was of the most interesting character, and on parting the author of the "Sketch Book'f said, "I feel as if the sunshine was all going away with you, my child." Miss Walton was a constant attendant of the stormiest session of Con? gress under President Jackson's adminis? tration, and committed to her note book the salient points in the speeches of Webster, Clay and Calhoun. With Mr. Clay she was ever a favorite, and to his memory she has given a glowing and affectionate testimonial. In 1839 Miss Walton married Dr. Henry Le Vert, of Mobile, whose father was fleet surgeon under Rochambeau, and who was present at the siege of Yorktown. In 1846 Mrs. Le Vert was visited by Lady Emeline Stuart Wortley, who was then sojourning in this country. In the summer of 1853 she accepted an invitation from the Duke of Rutland, and in company with her father and daughter sailed for England. Her reception in England and throughout the continent amounted almost to an ova? tion, and she added lustre to all the bril? liant courts to which she was welcomed. Returning home in 1854 Mrs. LeVert spent a year in seclusion and then revisi? ted Europe. It was. during this last visit that her celebrated "Souvenirs of Travel" were given to the public. The "Souve? nirs" were written by advice of Lamar? tine, with whom she became acquainted during a visit to Paris. The work at once obtained for its author's varied abil? ities the appreciation of all intelligent Americans, to whom Mme. Le Vert had been previously unknown, and was read as eagerly in Europe as in America. Mme. Le Vert was strongly opposed to the secession of the South, and did not forbear to make known her feeling on the subject, even after the outbreak of hostil? ities. She remained at her home in Mo? bile throughout the whole course of the war, however, and exerted her large sym? pathies and marked abilities in those hu? mane services of which the Southern sol? diery had peculiar need. At the end of the war she visited the national capital to ask a pardon for her friend General Beauregard, who had previously been the recipient of her most decided opinions of the civil war. Several years ago she vis? ited the North, and found new fame and hosts of new friends wherever she went. In person Mme. Le Vert was of medium height, with a countenance in which was blended beauty, intelligence and amiabil? ity. There is not a State of the Union in which her departure will not be mourned by sincere admirers of her wit, wisdom and nobleness of character.?New York Herald. A High Sense of Honok.?The Duke of Wellington had a sense of honor in all money dealings, and would suffer none of his agents to do a mean thing in his name. His steward once bought some land adjoining his country estate, and was boasting of having made a very fine bargain, from the seller being in straightened circumstances. "What did you pay for it?" asked the Duke. "Eight hundred pounds," was the an? swer. "And how much was it worth ?" "Eleven hundred pounds," said the steward, rubbing his hands in glee at the thought of the good bargain. "Then take three hundred pounds and carry them to the seller with my compli? ments, and don't never venture to talk to me of cheap land again." The steward was confounded, and could scarcely credit his own ears. The idea that any one could refuse to profit by a bargain, and throw money away in Saying more than was agreed on, was ard for him to comprehend. A Hou6eFullof Childben.?There is a man named Philip Shultis, in the Town of Woodstock, Ulster County, who bos thirteen sons, all of whom are able bodied men and boys. Shultis owns two saw-mills and three hundred acres of land, besides several quarries. Wheu he has his whole force of boys at work at any particular branch of business, such as getting out wood, lumber or stone, they usually glut the market. The boys all live at borne, and each oue that is able to handle horses is given a team. Another man who lives in the Town of Woodstock has seventeen children?nine sons and eight daughters. The name of the lucky individual is William Sagen dorph, and he too is doing well in life, having accumulated considerable prop? erty. Neither Shultis nor Sagendorph is a very old man. Senator Gordon's Views. Senator Gordon, of Georgia, has been interviewed on the political situation, and, as might be expected, his views are correct and conclusions sound. If there were, more Democrats in Congress like Senator Gordon the Radical scheme for stealing the Presidency would have come to naught, The interview is as follows: I never doubted, said Senator Gordon, and I am now absolutely assured of the fact (and from -Republican sources, too,) that, if the Democrats had from first to last presented an. unbroken front, and given notice of their inexorable purpose of resisting to the very last extremity any attempt to seat a fraudulent President, the Republicans would never have at temptea to seat Hayes. I know this to be so. The uncertain policy of the Dem? ocrats, the reported divisions in the ranks, and their alleged willingness to submit peaceably to any usurpation, encouraged the Republicans to such an extent that the electoral bill became a necessity. Now, mark me: if the Democrats had {?resented an unbroken front the Repub icans would never have gone to extreme measures, and the electoral bill would never have been thought of. What course, then, would the Demo? crats have pursued ? Why, simply this: The House would have thrown out Flori? da and Louisiana, and if the Senate did not follow suit, the House would either have elected Tilden outright, or would have provided a bill ordering a new elec? tion next November, making some decent Republican acting President until that time. Of course the new election would have resulted in Tilden's triumph. But voted to throw out Louisiana, and possi? bly Florida, if there had been no Elec? toral Commission; if the Democrats had been determined and undivided from the first. But that is all past, and we must look to the future. Hayes' prompt disavowal of the offensive article in the Ohio State Journal prevented the inauguration of movements that will keep him out of the White House. What will become of the Democracy in four yearsf A. grand, sweeping victory awaits them, beyond the shadow of a doubt, if they will re? main in ranks, and keep the party intact The country will repudiate the fraud by which the Republicans have established their usurpation, just as surely as the time arrives for them to vote. Our only dan? ger is this: that Hayes, by glittering offers, by really conservative and liberal action, will disintegrate our Southern Democracy, and pot us in danger of losing some of the Southern States. Such a prospect as this would demoralize our friends in the North. The Republicans will make herculean efforts to capture Southern Democrats and debauch the Southern party. His friends have al? ready petitioned Grant to "hold his hands off" of Louisiana and Carolina, and leave the solution of those problems to Hayes. Their object is plain. It is intended that the new President shall have &11 the applause that the recogni? tion of the Hampton and Nicholls gov? ernments will win. You will perceive at once that this advantage will be a tre? mendous one. The full and prompt re? cognition of the honest governments of those twoxStates will give Trim an oppor? tunity to signalize the opening of his ad? ministration that few Presidents, if any President, ever had. A judicious distri? bution of the offices in bis gift among the Southern Democrats is relied upon to further or complete this disintegration. It is plain that no Southern Democrat should accept office under Hayes. It shall be my purpose to advise all who approach me upon the subject to have nothing to do with it. Our only safety, and it seems to me our only honor, is in holding ourselves absolutely aloof from this fraudulent and usurpatory adminis? tration. If this is done we shall reap a glorious harvest four years from now. The most horrible result, it seems to me, that can come from a division of our party in tbe South is the demoralizing and miserable scuffle that will ensue over the negro vote. It will be a sad day for the South when we see decent white men arrayed against each other, and engaged in a deadly struggle, the prize of which is a batch of ignorant and corrupt negro voters. I hope and pray that the party will preserve its organization and save its honor. And I believe it will. I have no idea, that -Hayes or any other man can Ljy the sentiment of the South with a few petty offices, or debauch with patron? age a party that has proved its heroism and demonstrated its fortitude and purity as the Southern Democracy has. The Drunkard's Appetite. There was living not long since, in Brooklyn, a man who had inherited from a drunken father an appetite for rum. He was a hopeless drunkard. The man had many noble instincts, and, better than all these he had a loving, faithful, brave wife, who made skilful war upon the demon, her husband's master. Recog? nizing the fact that her husband was under an overpowering impulse, that he longed and struggled manfully to free himself from the passion for drink, she bent all the energies of her woman-nature to the task of helping him. She loved and suffered and toiled until at last the loving and ; toiling accomplished their purpose. She took her husband by the hand, and shared with him his struggle, until, after years of labor, she overcame his devil, and saw him a free man again. Her battle with Bum had been a fierce one, taxing and wasting her strength sorely, but she was conqueror at last. Her husband stood upon marly feet, and showed no sign of falling aguin. Several years passed away, and this reformed man fell ill of con? sumption. The distinguished physician, from whose lips we have the story, pre? scribed alcoholic stimulants as the only means possible of prolonging his life.? The poor wife was in terror, and begged tbe physician to recall the prescription. She told him of her long struggle and victory, and said she preferred that her husband should die then, a sober man, than that he should fill a drunkard's grave a year later. But the freed spirit of the man was strong, and he undertook to take alcoholic liquors as a medicine, and to confine himself absolutely to such times and measures in the matter as the physician should prescribe. This he aid, and, during tbe months thus added to bis life, he never once drank a single drop more than tbe prescription called far, and he died at last a sober man, as tbe wife bad so earnestly prayed that he might. But tbe end was not yet. When the loving and patient woman laid him in his grave, and saw her long labors thus ended in the victory for which she had toiled so hard and suffered so bitter? ly, she turned in ber grief, to the brandy which had been left in the house, and, drinking it, the "11 herself into the pow? er of the devil which she bad fought so heroically. And that woman died, not many months later, a hopeless, helpless drunkard.?Hearth and Home. ? "Do you understand the nature of an oath?" a juryman was asked in a St. Louis court room. "Of course I do," was the reply. "Do you mistake me for a member of the Electoral Commission ?" I believe that the Senate HON. ALEX. H. STEPHENS. Visit of Ex-Secretary Fish?Utterances of the Dying Statesman. Washington, March 13. Hod. Hamilton Fish called to pay his respects to Mr.-Stephens to-day, at his sick rooms in the National Hotel. Mr. Fish was cordially received by the sick man, who extended his attenuated ha^d from under the bed cover, saying, "I am glad to see you, Mr. Fish." Mr. Fish?I have called to sec you at the .earliest moment I could, after being relieved from my public duties. Mr. Stephens?Succession in office is one of the fundamental principles in our republican form of government. Mr. Fish?Yes, it- is happily constitu? ted, and it is gratifying to me to know that my successor is a man of sterling worth and great ability. After a few further - preliminary in? quiries the conversation turned on Presi? dent Hayes' Southern policy. Mr. Stephens?I am glad to see that Mr. Hayes is shaping his policy some? thing after that of General Washington by calling around him good and tried men without regard to their political Or partisan antecedents?by calling to his aid on this great crisis of our country men irrespective of party, and assigning them duties because of their peculiar fit? ness for them. Under the circumstances that now surround him, looking alone to good of country and not merely to the formation of party; if he shall follow out this policy to its legitimate conclusions, his administration will prove a success, and confidence will be restored to the country. * Mr. Fish?It seems to be Mr. Hayes' policy to giv<? the home offices to home men. Mr. Stephens?Yes, arid if he will give these to men of character and standing at home, men who have the confidence and respect of the people without reference to their party affiliations, but who accept office as a high trust rather than for emoluments, Mr. Hayes will soon find his administration growing in the hearts: and confidence of the people everywhere. Democrats may accept of these offices from Mr. Hayes without any compromise of principles. As to a policy for Louisi? ana and South Carolina, i as well ai other Southern States, the desire is to be left to themselves, to govern themselves as may seem best to them, and all Mr. Hayes can or need do is too see that their gov? ernments are republican in form, and that they obey the laws and keep the peace, if he will do this, the corrupt carpet-bag governments will disappear, and constitutional, peaceful governments take their places. This will bring peace and contentment to the South, and pros? perity to the country. I know my peo? ple ; they are law-abiding if left to make and execute their own laws, as in other sections of our country. Secure to them this boon and they will be, irrespective of race or color, prosperous, contented and happy. Mr. Fish?I perceive, Mr. Stephens, that your strength is not equal to your will to talk and I will now bid you good day, promising to call and see you again very soon. Mr. Stephens?Good-bye. Bear my kind regards to General and Mrs. Grant. Mr. Hewitt's Letter. . Hon. Ab ram S. Hewitt accompanied his resignation of the Chairmanship of the National Democratic Committee with a letter which, while eminently credita? ble to him as a Democratic leader; a statesman and a patriot, affords a melan? choly commentary on the exigency that led him and a majority of his Democratic colleagues to favor the adjustment of the Presidential dispute by an Electoral Com? mission. Admitting the deep and burn? ing wrong of the result, Mr. Hewitt jus? tifies his support of the bill, and his assent to the completion of the coupt saying that as an honorable man, no other course was open to him than to abide by the award of the Commission ; and, ia his judgment, laying the question of honor aside it was the right course for the country as well as for the Democrat? ic party, to proceed in accordance to law to an orderly completion of the .count, even with the knowledge that it involved the installation of Hayes. Mr. Hewitt believes that disastrous consequences would have followed the defeat of the count. On one side he saw anarchy and civil war, on the other, peace and order. He preferred the latter alternative. "Under the circumstances," he says, in conclusion, "I could not hesitate as to my course. I felt that, as a patriot, and as a trusted servant of the Democracy, no other course was left open to me, and I feel sure its wisdom will be vindicated by the early and triumphant success of the Democratic party, standing as it does upon the wreck of justice and patriotism, from which no amount of passion or provocation has been able to move it For myself I feel that I have now com? pleted the duty which was assigned me at St. Louis. The result of the campaign was the unquestionable election of our candidates. That they and the. people have been defrauded of their rights, is true; but for this result I do not hold myself more responsible than any other member of Congress upon whom rested the duty of counting and declaring the vote." The Galveston Newt thinks the most memorable portion of the letter is that in which Mr. Hewitt expresses the conviction that anarchy and civil war were averted by the plan of adjustment covered by the electoral bill, and ex? ecuted to the legal accomplishment of a mighty fraud. He is not a' man who wonld lightly put on record and history such an opinion as this. His intelligence, his vigilance, the nature of his position made him peculiarly well acquainted, not only with the claims and resources of his own party, but with the pretentious, the temper and the designs of the leaders of the opposite party. He saw that the* arrogance of party spirit had gone so far with these men that when commanded by the people at the ballot-box to resign power, they were ready to defy the will of the people and to attempt to establish a minority government by sheer force of revolution called to consummate the work of fraud. ? The Philadelphia papers are agita? ting for the introduction of "the needle in pnblic schools." The boys who prac? tice with bent pins have bee rj preparing the way for this innovation. ? There is an Iowa editor who doesn't think Evartsis a great man. He says: "The poorest scrub lawyer in Iowa would have been as successful as Mr. Evarts. Evarts had the court on his side, and that's all he did have, and he wanted no' more." ? "Oh, you say this gentleman was, about fifty five," said Canning to a pert young woman in the witness nox, "and I suppose now you consider yourself to be a pretty good judge of people's age, eh? Ah, just so. Well, now, how old should you take me to be ?" "Judging by your appearance, sir," replied~the witness. "I should take you to be about sixfy; by your questions I should sup? pose you were about sixteen." LEGAL ADVERTISING.-We are compelled to require cash payment! for advertising ordered by Executors, Administrators and other fiduciaries and herewith append the rates for the ordinary notices, which will only :bo Inserted whsn the money comes with the orders ., Citations, two insertions; - - - ? - $3.00 Estate Notices, three insertions, ? - 2.00 Final Settlements, five- insertions . &00 TO CORRESPONDENTS.?In order to TeceiVe attention, communications mnst he accompanied by the true name and address of the writer. Re? jected manuscripts will not be returned, unless the necessary stamps are-furnished to repay the postage thereon. 49* Wo are not responsible for the views and opinions of our correspondents. All communications should be addressed to "Ed? itors Intelligencer," rnd all checks, drafts, money orders, Ac., should be made payable to the order Of . HOYT&CO., * Anderson, s. c. -? A CHERRY TREE IN HIS STOMACH. AWFUL FATE OF A YOUNG NEW YORKER ?HE SWALLOWS A CHERRY STONE, WHICH SPROUTS AND geow8 INTO HIS HEART. A very singular case has lately come to light in one of the fashionable boarding houses situated on Twenty-third.street, next door to the Catholic church of St Vincent de Paul, says a New York paper. Washington and his cherry tree hate been.outdone, and the facts are so curious as to gi ve them almost the color of fiction; yet they are vouched for by responsible parties, who have studied the phenome? non from its inception. Last summer a bright, healthy young man, residing in the house in question, partook freely of cherry pie, a dish of which he was ex? ceedingly fond, und, by some inadver? tence, swallowed a cherry stone. 1 He thought nothing of the occurrence at the time, as it caused him no material incon? venience," but at the <end of a week or ten days he was seized with violent pains in tbe stomach, from which the'simple remedies at hand offered him no relief. It was pitiable to witness :bis sufferings, so intense and excruciating did they ap? pear to be. The young man continued to suffer, and grew thinner and paler day by day. At the end of six weeks he had become so feeble that: he ,was compelled to leave his business and confine himself to Lfbd. His mother, ah estimable lady, who resided in the interior of the'State, was'sent for and nursed him assiduously day and night The . most discouraging thing in the.whole case was that none of the physicians who were called in could determine the character of his disease. The symptoms were entirely unique.? The young man whose name was Hen? derson?the Christian name being with? held at the request of relatives-^-said that he had experienced ?sensation asif some? thing were gradually spreading among and tying up his intestines. The-physi? cians arrived at the conclusion that he was afflicted with worms, and treated him accordingly, but with no effect. . What? ever the disease was. it seemed' to battle the pharmacopoeia, and the doctors and the heart-broken mother were oblighed to stand idle and see young Henderson die before their eyes. In the meantime his suffering increased. ' Sleep was almost a stranger to him, and'he complained more and more of the peculiar feeling of a vitality in the intestines, distinct from his own. After lying four months,, he died in great agony. Weak as he was, he seemed to be pos? sessed of a fictitious strength, and at the time of his exertions in the paroxysms'of agony to which he was subject two .could with difficulty hold him oh the .bed,.' Af? ter young Henderson's death, the case had excited so much'attention in medical circles, the consent of the mother was obtained to an autopsy being made upon the body. Invitations' were sent to sev? eral physicians of the city, and the inves? tigation commenced of what was to be a cause celebre in medical history. On opening the-body, incredible.,as it may appear, it was discovered that the cherry stone had sprouted in the stomach of the' unfortunate young man. The assembled doctors could hardly credit the testimony of their-own eyes, palpable, although it was before tbem. By some peculiar pro? cess the cherrystone, after having become lodged in young Henderson's stomach: actually sprouted as thrifty as if it had been planted in the ground. The strange pains in the young man were now ac? counted for, for proceeding from the cherry stone were snoots of fibers .which had ramified through the intestines of the victim, and, in some instances, had coiled themselves tightly around them. In the vicinity of the heart there were a num? ber of these shoots, and one of them, larger than the rest, in pressing lipbn this organ, had been the immediate cause of death. Of these shoots there were in all fourteen, varying in length from three to nine inches. In color they were white, with a faint yellowish green tirige'to'wara the base. The shoot: which'bad'pressed against young Henderson's heart was considerably thicker, and larger than the rest, and had a peculiar reddish tinge, which the others had not The shoofe were so closely twined around1 the intes? tines that it .was found- impossible to re? move them, and so they nave not been preserved to science. The case, however, was' so 'entirely eui generis that in all probability a'fall and scientific account of it will be written and published by tbe physicians and surgeons interested in it. What has been recorded here is a plain unvarnished statement of, fact, 'stripped of all technicalities or speculations:" ; Who Was Cain's Wife * The Rev. C. P. M<?artyi who preaches every Sunday in tbe University Building, Washington Square^New York, as Pastor of what is calledi the American Free Church, endeavored to answer the ques? tion of "who was Cain's wife 2" Sunday evening, February 18. He took his text from the fourth chapter of Genesis, and the seventeenth verse. The preacher said that he had selected-the-peculiar subject announced at the request of. sev? eral members of his congregation.? Maintaining that the old theories as to the meaning of the Bible stories had ceased to be tenable, because of. the in? creased light ot science, he said that tbe theory held by many as to who was Cain's wife would also have to be abandoned. "The orthodox answer to the question," said be, "is, perhaps, Cain married his sister. Well, I don't think hedid. Now, I am not going to shirk the answering of this question. I have a theory of our race which others do riot believe in. Nine out of ten believe that the human race came from one pair.- I don't believe it. Do you say that is heretical ? Per? haps it is, but this is not a question to be answered by those who Cling to the bid theory. That old theory can never an? swer it. In the first place, Cain; could not have married his sister, when be de? parted to the land of Nod because he had no sister. When Seth was born, Adam was only ISO years old, a very young man for those days, and Seth- was his third child. There is no mention of daughters. In the second place, Cain departed to a country where there were people and he feared these people would slay him be? cause of his crime, and the Lord recog? nized the reality of his danger and set a mark on him that -he might he saved. The Bible nowhere stales that there were only two people originally created. Adam was the generic name for human race, and male and female created jjg them. Do you believe that negroes and Chinese are the descendants of the same progenitors with ourselves ? I, don't. Cain went over to the land of Nod, and there became chief of a race which he fou n d there. He built a city j. He could not have done this, alone. This, then, must be my answer to the question: There were races of people upon the earth at the time Cain was driven out a vaga? bond, and from this race Cain took his wife." _ ? 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