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OF SffB8CBfPTI0tf.-O?K DOM.** ?ud Firrr CESTS per mouin, in advance-. Two I>o LL A ns ?t ?nd of year. 8?TST*TT.FIV? Otara for vix monttuf. .iubicriptton? are not taken for a lee? period thin ffiaf. iflouthii KA T!H OF ??VBBTIBIiiO.-Oae Dollar per . i u-eol v.e Ineh for the ant Insertion, aad Fifty Cant* per aouaro for subsequent I nsertionsleaathan three months. No advertisements cou ute lea? ^^?beral contracta will be mad? with thoee ?tabing to advrrtiao for three, aix or twelve montba. Ad ToriUing by contract must be cenfined to the Ira ja^liatebualneaaof the finn or individual contrac ''obituary Notices exceeding AT? lint'!. Tribales of Ko?peet, and all personal cotntnunicatloua or mattera of Indlvlduaf interest, will be charged for at advertising rate?. Announcement! of marriage? ?ind deaths, aad notices of a religious character, are rxupectfullr solicited, and will be inserted gratis A DRAMA IN THREE ACTS ? THK HT VK KIDOE, VALID ATINO AND .?KTTI.KMKNT MILLS. A Crown ng Flee? of RaacaUty-How Klinpton, Patterson and Chamberlain Passed their Swindling Meavsurea by llrlblng tho lM>glslature-?72,5CO Paid for Votoa. The report of the Joint Committee on Frauds on tho Blue Ridge Rai I road scrip, thc Validating act and tho Financial Bettlenient, with thc testimony of tho witnesses, is now published for the first time. It is 8,1 follows : The It?! po rt. To the Honorable theJSenule and House of Representatives : Your committee, having already ex hibited John J. Patterson as the chief originator and ' participator in various schemes of public plunder and personal bribery, viz, first, in bis election an Uni ted States Senator ; eccond, in the fraud ulent pay certi?cates ; third, tho Green ville and Columbia Railroad swindle, and, fourth, the impeachment acts, now propose to uncover and reveal his crown ing work in fraud and infamy under the above captions. These several measures, viz, the Blue Ridge Railroad Scrip bill, the Validating hill and tho Financial Settlement bill, following each other so closely in point of time, having been originated, matured and engineered by Patterson and tho Ring, and passed through tho Legislature by the same means, it is impossible to separate them in this report, heneo tho subjects are combined, and may be aptly designated a Drama of Fraud in three acts. On the 3d day of February, 1872, A. L. Singleton introduced in the House of Representatives "A bill to relieve the State of South Carolina of all liability for its guaranty of the bonds of the Blue Ridge Railroad Company by providing for the securing and destruction of the same." On the 8th day of tho sumo month. John B. Dennis; by unanimous consent, introduced "A bill relating to thc bonds of the State of South Carolina," better known as tho Validating Act. He also, at the same time, introduced "A hill relating to tho Financial Agent of the State in tho city of New York," commonly called tho "Financial Settle ment Bill." It will be seen how inno cent the titles of these bill? appear, and . yet how full each is of dangerous mis chief to the Stets ss executed by th; parties. The first on its face represent ing a plnusiblo scheme to relieve the State from its guaranty of the large sum of $4,000,000 of the bonds of the Blue Ridge Railroad Company by the issuo of I ucrip, ostensibly to pay the honest debt of said company, bul in fact to be con verted into a privato and personal cor rupt fraud. The second* appeared to be j merely au act to validate the irregular j issue of certain bonds, but was intended to validate the. illegal use and disposition of $6,000,000 of State bonds by H. fl. Kitnpton, and then fasten such debt upon the Stete. The third simply em powered the notorious Financial Board to make a settlement with H. fl. Kimp ton, Financial Agent, hut really afford ing the desired opportunity of covering up and cancelling the largo amounts paid out by Kimpton from sales of bonds illegally made, to be divided out in com? missions among the "Ring," and in car- j rying the purchase of the Greenville and Columbia Railroad for the same Ring. The most cursory examination of the journals of the General Assembly, and tiie testimony annexed to this report, must satisfy ail that Mieso three measures were adroitly and deliberately concocted by the sumo persons for their joint per sonal benefit, and by combination forced through the General Assembly by the most shameless and barefaced bribery of Senators and members. For the evi dence cf many members of the House sets forth, with particularity, that Patter son, Worthington, ?eagie, Kimpton. Scott, Parker and Chamberlain aided these nei?rious measures hy counsel nod advice, by the solicitation of votes and the actual purchase cf numerous voters with large sums ot money, these persons having full knowledge and consciousness of tho stealnge and corruption intended to bo perpetrated through and by such j legislation The same persuasion, arguments and bribery were used upon Senators. Sen ator C. P. Leslie also Slured conspicu ously in the Senat?, as an advocate of these bills; was stakeholder: got the money and ran awr.y to Now York ; was followed by duped and indignant Sena tors, but failed to respond with the thrice stolen cash. Josephus Woodruff swears that Leslie inforued him that Kimpton had deposi ted $30,000 in .the Central National Bank for Woodruff, to be divided among six Senators ; also of another deposit of $20,000, iu tho Carolina National Bank, to be divided between Leslie and Senator Owens. The witness drew the money and de livered it to Leslie. The deposit of the said sums of money is proven by cashiers of said banks. In tracing the history of these meas ures, it seems that after the passage of the hills Patterson and Kimpton quar relled about tho division or details, aa stated in tho testimony tit Judge T. J. Mackey, and for au ndjL ..-lent and set tlement of such little differences the fol . lowing order wns given by Patterson tb ] ParkerLthen_treasurcr : "VivJE ?TBESIDENTS .?FFICtt, G. & C. RAILROAD Co., COLUMBIA, 8. C., March 4,1872. , Hon. Hiles G. Parker, State Treasure- ,\ South Carolina: Pleaao.deliver to H. H. Kimpton "rev enue bond scrip" duo tho Blue Ridge Railroad Company according.to act pass ed M??ch 2, ;1872, amounting, to.one1 hundred and fourteen thousand two hun dred nnd fifty dollars nt par, upon the following conditions : T/hat forty-two, thousand eight hundred and. fifty-seven dollars of said scrip, st par, ia to he used for paying the expenses of passing through the House of Representatives bills styled "A hill relating to the bonds of the 8tate of South Carolina," and "Bill to authorise tho Financial Board to settle tho accounts of the Financial Agent." Now. if these shove named billa arm n&aaA<| anti linwnnn laWAU thia order for forty-two thousand eight 'hum dred and fifty-seven dollars In scrip, at par, 1$ to bc paid said Kimpton; nnd if not passed, then this order .for that | amount to bo void and tho scrip is not to he delivered. Also, that seventy-one thousand four hundred and- fourteen dol lars of scrip, at nar, you shall deliver to Mid Kimpton if said billa become laws, r Pr<mded l?*t he shall nay tho sum of fifty thousand dollars, tho proceeds of said scrip st seventy cents on tho dollar, in paying the px|?cii"~9 already incurred in passing through tho 8shate tho bill known os "A bill to relieve the Stale of tn "5;l>Mly On account of guaranty of ?lue Ridge Railroad bonds," Ac., passed March 2,1872, which said expense said Kimpton has contracted to paV ; sud if ?aid Kimpton fail* or refuser to pay said .. amounts in de^ayin* *nld expenses, , (vhen required hy ine.V then ibis order rtATBS, OF 8VB8ORJPT10N.-r?qW Sh\LXJiti ann Vtvft ?jur? par anuura, in *5rl*c9. . Two DofXAsI ul' ot"v of year. HETMTY-FIV? CEJCTB for ?Ix tuontbs. ? , , . Subscriptions ate not taken for ft leas forlod th?n xl* month*. . " " j? , BATB* OF ADVHRTI8INQ.-On? Dollar per1 square ol one inch for the Ant Insertion,?nd V?fty Cants per square for subsequent lnscrtionsless than tiireo mouths. Ko advertisements couuleless (Usu a bouaro. ... Ubers!coutracts wlllbe made withtho^wUhJne fco advertise for. tb reo, als or t weiro months. Ad vertising by contract must be confined to tho ltn modlato business of tho firm or Individual contrae Obiuiaiy Notices exceeding five lines, Tributes 'Of itespcot, and all personal communication or matters of individual interest, will be chaifV for 'at advertising rates. Announcements of wartages nnd deaths, and notices of? religious character, aro respectfully solicited, and wilt bo Inserted yatla FARMING AND THE SCIENCE*! I Editor Anderson Inidlujencer : Several indications have recoutly Up come prominent to show that the 8tudjy of thc Sciences is becoming a necessify foriour people, especially those of theijp who have a more intimate connection with farming. - I I wish to have a familiar talk s Uli my brother farmers, and show them, if i can,- how perfectly dependent ever,/| farmer is upon tho knowledge of tin1 Sciences by Bo.uebody who can make that kncwlcdge known ; and how impos-l aiblo it is for fanning to make progresa) without tho knowledgo in somebody of) the lawa whl ifc a kind Creator has pro vided for the benofit of his creature*. To ahow iu a familiar way how com pletely dependent mankind is for their livinj . on somebody knowing and ex plaining the Sciences, I assort this, and defy contradiction, that a man who does not use that knowledgo derived from those Jaws bf God called Sciences, cannot perform ono single act, except talking, that a horse cannot do. Ho can without science draw his breath and eat euch fruit as God has made grow wild. Thin being a fact, I am anxious to dull the edge of that prejudice which many good farmers have even of talking on the subject of the Sciences, by making it so plnin that any one who can read will understand mo. First, then, what is the meaning of the word Scionce? The word itself sim ply meatis "to know." But it has been further applied to a collection of the lending truths relating to any of the laws of God, properly arranged and sys tematized. Thus: Tho leading truths relating to that law of God which treats of the internal structure I of the earth, its various conten tn, ita various elements, put there for food for plants and trees, all arranged and systematized, ia called the Science of Geometry. Tho leading truths of that law which treats of the properties of mineral substances, all ar ranged and systematized, is called the Science of Mineralogy. Tho leading truths relating to that law which treats of all mattera calculated by figures, and of whatever can be measured and num bered, all arranged and systematized, is called tho Science of - Mathematics. Arithmetic, Geometry, Algebra, &c, are branches of this. .. The Science of Chem istry has for ita object to discover the nature and properties of all bodies, which is done by decomposition and combination. By it tho elements of food which ?ny plant has taken, from tho soil can be exactly ascertained, and by it tbe soil can be analized, and whatever food it has. for plants can be also discovered. It would seem that every farmer must see how important this knowledge of this Science would be to farmers. Men who have studied the lawa relating to Geometry and Chemistry tell usthf>.?Gou bas placed in the Boil fourteen elements or ingredients for food for plants. Now, if a farmer can bo told what the corn he plants takes up by Us roots, and also ex t.ctly what the soil ho plants tho corn in has of the . food the corn wants, then when he knows what tho soil lacks,.ho will know what to apply. Hydrology is the Science which ar rangea and systematizes all the proper ties and laws which are contained in and govern water. Mechanics is that soienco which investigates tho forces by which al. bodies aro to bo kept still or put in motion, and put in a particular form or ahapo. Tho .powers which it uses are the Idver, pulley, screw,'axle, inclined plano and wedge. Botany ia tho science which treats of the structure of planta, the function of their parts, the latitude in which they grow, and their classifica tion and names. Metallurgy io more of an art than a science, and comprehends tho whole procesa of separating the ore from other matten?, and smelting and re fining the meta). Natural History ar ranges and systematizes a description of the earth and all its productions, and in cludes Zoology, Botany, Geology, Miner alogy and uah culturo* The foregoing contains a description ?,of those Sciences.which have a more in timate bearing on the advancement ol Scientific Agriculture, and by which all farmlntr - ohnratlnni? ara ^owlaJ on, in many cases the farmer not being aware of it, as I,Will now proceed to illustrate ; Snpp'csf a beginner to commence farm ing. Hojmust havo laud, and that clear ed aud fenced, a horse and plow ready ? for "fork/ Now, think how many of these Schncesi must be known by somebody before the plow can be started. To make . the irani God han modo a law there should bo placed in the earth the oro of iron ; s raiacrsiegbt then first finds the ore; then chemistry must find the composl tion ipt will make a crucible to statu beat enough to melt the ore ; tho metal .* lufgiA must bo at hand to smelt and separate the oro from earthy and othei mattera; then mathematica must ahovi how?the machinery must be made to beal it ?ito bara ; then the scionce <5f me chuica muet Bhow how to ahape lt intx "a inWahare, and mathematica muai a*in how lo make the atock to suit th< pjpw. Hero, then, somebody must knott tils whole array of' sciences before J r&w can be made and started to work ? ad still more of them must be koowr, ?fore a fence or a house can .be built flion get your eora aeed and start U ?,_? . u/i.ere at? y .vi i tn nat tn groin fn the ground or on top ? Ask the geo! LrM ?ud ue t,lu y?a that aU lho cl* /menu which God has made for food fa f plants are placed in the soil. Thet I there ia another law that talla os tba f God na? given to eeod a vitality tba / when placed in tho ground and bavt J moisture and heat? will aend o0* wt LSQAL AJDrS?riStifO.-y? ar* eowp*H*dlo requit* ras* vayrr.oat? for advermifin oidi-rrf >< "aerators, AuniinUtratori aa? other fidni-larlw. Md kareela tpwnd.tbo ?tj? for tha oi*Un*rtr notices, which will only be iissortv?. wheu tfcoj ?oa?y comte with tb? order: . Citations, two Insertion?, - " . - *r?.M Kout? H-Mves, three ?iseHiowHte^. ; 2.M Final 8ett!ew?nt?V Av? inset^ ; <? - ,J )0 Sltentloc. eotnmanlcntbns ruusit.lw nMou>p?n!?I y tho lrn? minto ?nd address of tho Writer. B? jeeted manuscripts will not be returned, unless th? necessary stamp? or? furnished to repay th? poet age thereon. . jar We are ned responsible for tbe views ano opinions of our correspondents. All communications should bo addressed to"Ed itors Intelligencer," and all checks, drafts, luonoy order*, dx., should. b? mad? payable to tho order of . EVB. KOBBAY A CO., Anderson, B.C. The Work of Lawlessness ou tho Bio Grande. WASHINGTON, D. C., August 1?. Since the close of Ute war between Mexico and thia country the condition of affairs on the border bas been A subject of serious consideration to this govern ment. Haids by bands of Mexican thieves and outlaws into tbe United States territory havo been exasperatingly frequent. In some of these depredations only a few herd bf long horned Texas cattle bare, been stolen. Others have been attended; with atm'jioas murders, high-handed robberies and eyntematic outlawry. At limos an unusually gross outrage nat aroused the government of the United States to the institution of vigorous protectionary measures. When ever this has been done, however, the Mexican authorities have been loud in their protestations of willingness to co operate in putting an end. to these trou bles. Their chief aim seems, however, to hay*) been only to go so far as to. pre vent tho adoption of extreme measures by thia government. The present ad ministration is beginning to be alive 'to all these facts, and hos had the settle ment of the issues between the two coun tries under serious consideration. It has been in correspondenco with Mr. Foster, the American Minister at Mexico, con cerning these outrages. Through bim has been communicated to . Mexico the strong feeling in this country against such . acts of utter lawlessness, and tko strong pressure which bas been brought to bear upon this government to bring about a speedy settlement with Mexico, even by war if necessary. In response Diaz says that he is willing to co-operate in putting down the system of border thieving. This tho government believes. He is not ebie, however, to render any great assistance, since be ia unabio to control bis own people. This ia provon by the fact that Mexicans are banding across tho Bio Grande to resist any raia that United States troops may make across in the pursuit of thieves who, after plundering American citizens, flee into their own country. The people on his border aro composed largely bf the thieve? themselves. Those who are not of this class are its strong sympathizer?. Diaz has no influence whatever with them. The administration is perfectly aware of this, and has so communicated to the Mexican government. ?* has also, through Minister Foster, notified the Mexican Foreign Secretary that while not at all desirous of resorting to armed redress, 'bo minn tn nt cenelcsiCK bss be ir. forced upon it that only by Buch an* agency can tho troubles be effectually settled. .Thia does not necessarily mean war. The resort to force will bo put off to the very last ni oin ont ; but unless un foreseen circumstances arise there will be no modification whatever in ihlsdetennl* nation. General Ord'S forces will pur sue raiders in spite of armed resistance. What complications may arise from a conflict of United States troops arra Mex ican citizens futuro developments can alone determine. This is the present condition of affairs. FOBTY IN A DUEL.--Tho famona duel In whieh forty or mor? gentlemen wero engaged in 1828 is still remembered in Natchez. Col. James Bowie, the famous fighter and inventor of the knife which bears his name, used to spend a great deal of his time in that city. He was challenged by a gentleman from Alexan dria, La., whose friends, to the number nf forty or more? accompanied him to Natches lo see lair play, knowiug that Bowie wo? a desperate man and had his own frioudj about bim. All parties went. upon the field. The combatants took their places in tho centre,separated from their friends in the rear, br enough not to endanger them with their bal is. Be hold tho battle array thus: Twenty armed Louisianians 60 yards behind tbofr cham pion and his seconds and curgcon, and opposite them, as far behind Bowie and. hts seconds and surgeon, twenty armed Mississippians. Beheld tbs'heights of Natchez thronged with spectators and a steamer ianthe river rounded to, its deck black with p.iRsfang?io watching with deep interest the scene. Tho pian Of fight was to exchange shots twice with pistols and to close with knives. Bowie being armed with his own terrible weapon. At the first fire both parties escaped.' At tho . second tho Louisianian was too quick , and took advantage of Bowie, who waited the word. At this Bowie's second cried "foul play," and shot the Louisianian dead. The second of tho latter Instantly killed the slayer of his principal; Bowi? drovo his knife Into this man. Tho sur geons now crossed blades, while, with loud cries, came on the two parties of friends, tho light of battle in their oyes. In a moment tho wbolo number was en gaged in a fearless connict. Dirks, pis tol a and knives were used wilu fatal effect until one party drove tho other from the field. I ac not know bow many were killed and wounded in all. but it was a dreadful slaughter. JBowlo fought Uko a lion, but foll covered with wounds. . For months he lingered at tho Mason House before he fully recovered.--ATor risjotvn {linn.) Gazette. DEATH IN A OHTJBN.-Mr. A. M. Boozer, Clerk of the Supreme Court, and his wile are lying dangerously 111 at their residence, having been poisoned from drinking buttermilk furnished them from some dairyman in the country^ They both drank heartily ' of buttermilk at breakfast yesterday morning, which they took at an unusually late hour, after which Mr. Boozer betook hlmsolt to bis ' ' ?ur- . _j._- it_ ?. .i . Bond Court, about ll a. m., and remarked upon bis unusual palonees. Shortly after ho was. taken sick, and while vomiting violently, a messenget from his residence conveyed tho intelligence that his wife was very sick at home, and required his presence. Mr. Boozer w*s conveyed to his home and a physician summoned, who pronounced both him and his wife poisoned from having used the butter milk. At dark last night they wero both very sick, but tb?* physician seemed to think that it was possible that he might "lirluK i?n?s. around.'* lb is ?upjrOtiCu that the poison in the buttermilk carno from tho metal pans in which tho fluid was counued, or from tho metal machin ery which was Used in churuing it. Columbia Register. - Tho phonograph Is an invention that spraks fer i\t*>\t. - Contentment is better than money, and jost about as scarce. -Tho bell-punch noteth even the full of a swallow. - A rule without an exception--a car penter's. -tA weak man-r-tho one ? "OW?" a dollar. - What kind of a ftMp tm t and no captain t Oo'-Srt-r-*' ~ What ia tho Ivjat way. tu eui yoiuWman? ^,W$H*iP?*l Li to bo void. If said conditions aro corn filied with and the amount of scrip de ivered to said Kimpton, he is not to be bcld liable for or to account for its value. The above two Vurrs of $42,8/59 and $71, 414 in Bcrip, at par, make up the amount of terip first mentioned in this order, JOHN J. PATTERKON, President B. R. R. R. Com. in S. C. Witucss : R. B. Elliott liiis order, in business-like and simple language, points to and expresses the means used in procuring thc passage of] these measures. Com me.7 ?., criticism or denunciation would only weaken thc force and mean ing of St?-?h a document. Tho testimony of Judge T. J. Mackey is furthermore interesting in describing the ingenious and delicate mode of obtaining a photo graphie copy of said order-the original, however, now being in the possession of I tho committee, having been furnished by Niles G. Parker. The labor and ingenuity of Patterson were still required, for, when the validity of the Bluo Ridge Scrip was attacked, and the question came before tho Su premo Court of the State, he is again found nt the post of bis peculiar duty, attempting to bribe F. J. Moses to ob tain a favorable decision of the Court upon the. scrip. Again, when a bill was passed repeal ing tho act providing for tho issuo of the scrip, ho ?B still to the front, and suc ceeds in bribing H. J. Maxwell, chair man of the Senate committee on en grossed acts, to withhold or destroy the record, which was done, and the act failed for that session. And lastly, with a courage and perseverance rarely wit nessed, when a bill for funding the State debt at fifty couts on the dollar was on its passage in the Senate, this wonderful tiersouage appears, and is found oifering argo sums of money to have the Blue Ridge scrip included at dollar for dollar. The following paper was turned over to the committee by Niles G. Parker: OFFICE B. R. R. R. COMPANY, COLUMBIA, March 5,1872. Hon. Niles O. Parker, Slate treasurer, South Carolina: Please deliver to Gen. R. B. Elliott, or order, two thousand six hundred and fourteen dollars in Revenue Bond scrip at par, issued to tho Blue Ridge Railroad Company under act November 2,1872. (Signed) JOHN J. PATTERSON, President B. R. R. R. Com. In S. C. [Endorsed R. B. ELLIOTT.] This paper finds its meaning and sig nificance in the fact testified to by Judge T. J. Mackey, that Elliott was an active advocate of the Blue Kidge Scrip bili in nil its stages, and in the fact testified to by Elliott himself that he was the witness to the order drawn by Patterson on Parker for delivering $114,250 scrip to Kimpton for the purpose of paying the expenses of passing the bill. ? Now let the curtain drop. For why amplify the criticism of such mee or such measures? The facts sworn to by so many witnesses must be sufficiently convincing without further comment. All of which is r.-wpcctfully submitted. JOHN R. COCHRAN, Chairman, HENEY A. MEtT"y, Of ?>? P^nr^tc GERHARD MULLER, J. G. BLUE, 8. DIBBLE, Of tho House. THE TESTIMONY. EX-TREASURER PARKER'S HISTORY OF THE FRAUDS. Niles G. Parker being sworn Baya : At ! the time the settlement was mado witt tho Financial Board and Kimpton, he ?Kimpton) received a due bill for about 189,000 from the Financial Board as the balauce of commissions due him. This according to our agreement, vould bu divided equally between Chrmberlain, Kimpton and myself ; and just before Chamberlain addressed his communica tion to the public iu the summer of 18741 concerning the charges made against him with reference to the public debt and other matters connected with Governor Scott's Administration, he promised me by the side of his sick bed in his own house that if I would permit that letter which ho had prepared to go before tho public without contradiction, and he should he nominated and elected as Gov ernor, I should bo paid my share of the $180,000 as expressed in said duo bill, and that, too, ut ai early day. The Financial Board made the settle ment with the Financial Agent by vir tue of tho authority conferred upon it by act of the General Assembly, passed in February, 1872, known as the Financial Settlement act. The Financial Agent and Financial Board all desired that an act might be passed giving the Financial Board the power to make the settlement, BO os to cover up the transactions which had taken place between them. There was some difficulty in getting the bill passed. These difficulties were over come by the uso of money among the members of tho General Assembly. The money was received by drafts drawn on me by Kimpton and accepted by me, and the money was furnished for the drafts by tho banks in this city. Kimpton put up Blue Ridge Railroad scrip as col- ! lateral security. There were three drafts ; one for $25,000 one for $35,000 and one for?12,600. They were to be paid at maturity by Kimpton, bot when they became due he failed to pay them, and I had to pay two bf them personally-the two for $35,000 and $25,000 respectively, and also $2,500 on the $12,500 draft. Governor Scott paid the remainder of I this latter draft-he being an endorser rv?i? " .1 nhtaine/i thn noltateral at the I bank for tho two large drafts, and Scott j obtained the collateral for the other. I j demurred at first to accepting these drafts, bot finally accepted them on Kimpton's auurance that Chamberlain, who was then absent, would endorse them on his return. Chamberlain, endorsed only the small one. CAIN'S TALK WITH KIMPTON. Everidge Cain being sworn, deposes on ! oath aa follor.s : My name is Everidgo | Cain. I reside in tho County of Abbe ?filie, in the town of Abbeville, and I nm, n former. I .was n ruc??bcr ef tho Houso of Representatives from said county from 1870 to 1874. I voted for the Blue Ridge Scrip bill in the early part of 1872, Mr. Mackay, John J. Patterson ?nd Gen. H; G. Worthington all told no ic conversation that I would be Daid for supporting the bill, and that my'Deinocrat friends wore in favor of ii. I know that Gen. McGowan was opposed to it antons* Col. J. S. Cothran waa in favor of it, and also Gen. Harrison, though none of these had ever offered mo anything to support it. Patterson asked me if I was going to support it, and I told him Mackay bad been talking to mo about it, ar " Patterson said what ever Mackay satd would bo all right. Mackay had told me that I would be re compensed for it. Worthington told me that the friend* of the bill would be taken care of. After the bill passed I received a slip of pap?i request* T? ma to go to a certain place up Richardson street. 1 went there about dark and there-was rt doorkeeper both up and down stairs, and I went up Blairs into a room nnd on cnvsloppiwsa handed to me by nome ono dressed in black clothes, whose face was turned from me, apo the dusk I did not recognize him, though I tried to do BO. I passed out of the other door of the room, and at the other door I saw a man, I think it was Gen. Harrison, who eair) to mo : "Go on donn*; you're all right." I went off, and found the envelope contained $200. In the room where I received the money , there was no one present hut m-/seif and the person who handed it to me. Gen. Harrison was not in the room, but I saw him outside of the door when I passed out. On the Validating bill and the Finan cial Settlement bill, passed at the samo session as the Bluo Ridge scrip bill, I was approached by a great many persons for my support. Among others, H. H. Kimpton, Niles G. Parker, D. H. Cham berlain and R. K. Scott had some con versation with me about them. Kimp ton came up to me while I was in con versation with some one (I think it was June Mobley, but am not certain,) in front of the State House, and Kimpton said: "You're opposing a measure that is for the good of the State, and especial ly for the Republican party, and if that was defeated thc Republican party was gone." He told me in the same connec tion that for my vote and my influence I could get $500, That was m relation to the Financial Settlement bill. He said if the Republicans didn't support tho measure he would make terms with the Democrats and tho party would bo de feated. I and be fell out about it when he made that remark. I saw Parker at his office and he said that, under tho cir cumstances, he would have to support Kiropton's measure or we couldn't get any" money on our pay certificates as members. And he also said that the men who supported the Financial Agent's bi'l would be taken care of. I went to Chamberlain at his office and consulted him about the Financial Set tlement bill, and he said it was all right and that we would bo obliged to pa j Kimpton. I came up to when Scott was in conversation with some ethers and he said it was right to pay Kimpton Chamberlain and Scott both said nls< that the friends of the bill would bi taken care of. This in reference to th? Financial Settlement bill. A PREACHER'S NECESSARY EVIL. H. H. Hunter, being first duly sworn says : That he is a minister of thc gospc by profession, and resides in the city o Charleston. Was elected to the lowe House of the General Assembly in 187( and remained until 1872. I was in th House in the early part of 1873 when tb Blue Ridge Scrip bil!, Validating bi ar..I Financ ial Settlement bill were bc fore the House. I find the lol low in entry in my diary, which I remember 1 be correct of date Tuesday, February 2! 1872: "Also at River's military commi tee-room, at a caucus held by Pattersoi Ner-gle, Parker, Kimpton and Seo asked T. J. Mackey a question. Gi back to boarding-house at 11:50 p. m I recollect that thia caucus was concert ing the above named bills. After the one day, Speaker Moses told me to p. and seo Governor Scott. I went ar saw Governor Scott. It was Saturda March 2, 1872. I find tbs io??owi? entry in my diary: "I calle"1 upon tl Governor at the request of F. J. Moat jr., and had an extended interview, di cussing tho situation." At tim inte view we talked over those bills, but I d not promise my support. When I cac out I met Patterson outside, and \ walked up the street together from t! State Capitol. Patterson asked me il had seen the Governor. I said I hs He then asked me : "How did you ai he get along?" I told him that we hi a very pleasant talk. Then he said me that he had seen the Governor ai that he had told the Governor that Hu ter was a good enough little fellow, ai that he wanted to make some money well as the rest of them. I told him tb money was one of those necessary ev which we all had to have. He spoke these measures, and ho said: "Wc there's no use of you holding out ; thc measures will pass with you or withe you, and you had better go along wi tho crowd." I told him that I had be going along with tho crowd since i peacuraent hud been defeated. Tl was the substance of the convers?t? On March 15,1872, tho following enl appears in my diary: "Was at ban drew money on a check from - oromiscd." This cb?<:k was from Jo J. Patterson, and the amount of it v $500. The occurrence was in this wi I met Patterson, who was riding ale Main street, and I called to him, and got. out and met me, and I said to hi "Colonel, I am going down to-nigb He said that he was going up the slr after awhile, and that I should meet b by Shiver's. I went up street ai awhile and met him there. When 11 him he turned back with me, and walked a few steps and he handed the check for $500 on the South Carol Bank r.nd Trust Company. He then me, and I went up to the bank and d the money a few minutes afterwards. A THOUSAND DOLLARS A VOTE. . Dr. John A. Barker, sworn, says am a resident of Edgefield County. A a member of the House of Reprcsei lives for three terms, commencing 1870. When the Financial Settles bill was up before the Legislature, I i boarding nt tho Nickereon House. H. Kimpton also boarded there. I introduced to him, and he told me i he hod been a great friend to South < olina and tho Republican party, in way of letting them have money, that the State was largely indebtei ?.?_. . .-.i. '.rn' _i.i 1_-_.-.1- ?, i.:. ???M. i ~. 11.1> ... nu?;? uv ?.w-*?*. - ? I a tercst to have the bill passed, and he would have to expend a consider amount of money to do it ; that it w cast moro to buy the Senate than House, although it was a smaller Ix that if I would vote for the bill and c three of my delegation with me the would give me $3,000. I talked fi with Republicans and Democrats a the bill and about Kimpton ; and n Kimpton, and about him, the opi was pretty freely expressed that much confidcnco was to bo place whet be Laid. I did not vote at all i the measure, not being present, but had been present I would have \ against lt, ONE WHO FOUND THERE WAS "lit . IN IT." Dr. John A. Barker, recalled, sa; am a reaident nf Rdireueld County, a member of tho House of Rep rea tives for three terms, commenciri 1870. Upon the Blue Ridge Scrip voted in favor of it.- 1 was boardii the Nickerson Houso. In conven about the bill, Patterson said that " is money in it, and if you give the i uro your support I will remomb friends," though he offered mo no sr. sum for my vote. A abort time afb bill was passed, Patterson carno room (I being thoo sick in bed' hq tided me ail envelope with $t,00( Ho said : "I never promised you am <ttr*??? for. your vote, but the bi paflBed* you Voted for tl, aad -ccej as a present." KIMPTON SAID IT WOULD BE ALLI . J*?mca N. Kayne, being duly i deposes on oath as follows: My ni James N. Hoyne. J reside at Char! and am by occupation a coachroakcr. I waa a member of the House of Repr?sen t?t i vea from the County of Barnwell fron? 1868 to 1872. When the Blue Ridge hill waa up in the House, John J. Patterson spoke to me io favor of the bill, ?nd told rae that I could get $300 If I would sup port it on tho passage pvor the Governors veto. It was known at thc time that tho Governor was goiog to veto the bill. This offer- was made to me and to three other members of the Barnwell delega tion to my knowledge and in my presence. These three were Edward Ferguson, now residing at Aiken ; Benjamin H. Norland, now living at Blackville, and E. M. Samp le-r, now residing at Barnwell G. H. Tho offer was made in the lobby in the State House. I was absent at the passngo of the bill over the veto on account of sick ness in my family. When I returned, Ferguson told mo no bad got tho money ?promised him. During the pendency of tho bill I heard both John J. Patterson and Niles G. Parker Kay that tho friends of the bill would bo taken care of. When the Validating hill was up for final action in the House, on tho night before its Kassage, John J. Patterson sent for me y W. A. Jones, and I went and found him in the judiciary committeo room, and ho chowed mo a papor and said that ho had bought Fost and Boserrion, and that they were selling me out, and offered me $500 if I would cease opposing the bill and support it. He showed me a paper with their names and that amount opposite. I charged thom with it and was very angry and they denied it. Kimpton asked me prior to that to support the bill and the Financial Settlement bill, and told me to see Patterson and it would be all right. AN INTERESTING ENVELOPE. W. W. Ramsey, being sworn,, says : That he resides in Sumte* County, ana is a farmer by occupation. Was elected to the House of Representatives in 1869 to fill the unexpired term of Wm. E. john ston, who was elected senator. Was re elected in 1870 and 1872 and 1874, serv ing seven years as a member of thc House. Was a member when tho Blue Ridge Scrip bili wds passed, known ai "A bill to relieve the Bute of South Car olina of its liability," &c. Dr. J. L Neagla conferred wUh sr.3 in rtfcrcscfi t< my supporting the hill; informed mi that I would be paid for my vote. I voici for it. After the vote wac taken I wen with other members over Hardy Solo mon's Bank for the purpose of receivinj our mouey ; remember that we paesei down a long passage into a large roo na thence into s smaller one, wnc.ro a ma: that I did not know handed me an envel ope which contained money. I fount on opening the envelope, that it eon tai nc $200. When I wont in the man looke for my name on a list he had. and at one paid me. Some ono was in the adjoinin room. I don't know who it was. Di not sec John J. Patterson. I passed ci a side door, down tho back steps and oi in front of a livery stable. WUO WAS BEHIND THE CURTAIN. A. L. Singleton, being sworn, snyi That ho resides in the town of Sumti and i? n deputy United States marshs I Was elected to the Legislature in 187 I and served ono term. John J. Patterec i and J. L. Neag'iu offered mo $500 to vo for tho Blue Ridce -.rip bill, the Finai ci al Settlement "bill and the Val id ali i bill. I voted for a portion ot one of thei but on tho third reading, I think whi Patterson was looking for me in conne tion with tho matter, I was behind curtain in tho House and they refusi to pay me anything at al!. KIMPTON SAW THAT HE WAS CARED FO C. D. Hayne, being duly sworn ai further examined, deposes on oath follows : I was a member of the I louse Representatives from the County of Bar well in thc early part of 1872. when tl Blue Ridge Scrip bill, the Validating b: and tho Financial Settlement bill we Sassed. I voted in favor of the Bli lidgo Scrip bill on its final passage the House, but afterwards I consult Gen. R. B. Elliott, v.-h o sal? i? was u constitutional, so I voted to sustt IA tl veto of the Governor. I voted agair the other two bills. Before the passa of the Blue Ridge bill, Patterson car to me in the State House and offer mc five hundred dollars if I would vc for this bill. I told hi;.-, he must pay i at least half before the vote. He po nie two hundred dollars in tho Su Rouse before the passage of tho bill, a after the passage of the bill over the vc ho did not want to pay me the haine because I voted to sustain the veto ; I I insisted that I only agreed to vote : tho passage of tho bill, and Patters finally paid me the other I ^ros hund? dollars m a room over the South Carob Bank and Trust Company, and F. Jacobs was present at the time. Gen. G. Worthington paid me also two hi dred dollars in advance for my vote the Validating bill, styled "'X bill rel ing to tho bonds of South Carolina," 1 I voted against tim bill on its final pt age. Kimpton asked mo to vote for Financial Settlement bill, and told ho would see that 1 was cared fer, bt told him I did not intend to vote for t bill. $3,000 FOR A MULATTO'S VOTE. Personally appeared Samuel J. I who, being duly sworn, says : That c irig the year 1872, while tbree BOVI hills were before tho Legislature, y "An act to relieve tho State of So Carolina of all liability for its guara of .bonds of the Bluj Ridge Railr Company by providing for the secui and destruction of the same." "An relating to the Financial Agent of State of South Carolina In tho Cit Now York," and "An act relating to bonds of the State of South Carolii J. J. Patterson, offered me $3,000 to i port the hills, and I accepted the < and supported the bills, and each of t Sassed and became laws. Two or tl ays thereafter I was told to go to cei rooms ovor the South Carolina Bank Trust Company's building. I went, cording to apnointment, and Patte handed me 03,000 in money. There three other persons present. On Monday following this payment I dc ited tho sum of $2,600 of this moue the South Carolina Bank and Trust ( pany. . . MORE BLACK THAN GREEN. Hon Samuel Green, being furthei amined, deposes^ on oath as folio? was a member of tue Houso from to 1875, and from that time to the prc I have been a member of tho Senate the,County of Beaufort. I was a i ber of the House when the Valid bill, the Financial Settlement bill the Revenue Bond Gerip bill wore k the Legislature in the session of 187 I '?ras asked to support these bills was promised that if I did so I won] ccivo pecuniary compensation for < so. Mr. John J. Patterson was th who mode' me .'the offer. I canco tinctly recall tho .amount he offer? but it was bot less than $300 nor than $500. I think his (W n/mvarr with me on the subject was in the H nod I had several conversations wi tl on the subject. I voted tot two-c bills, the Revenue Bond Barip ari Validating bill, but voted again? FlnsnciaVBettleraent bill. I after? received the monoy promised from Mr. John J. Patterson, in the up-stairs of a building on Main street. I went towards the place at one time, and, finding a crowd of members there, I went off and returned at another time, when I received S" e money. There was another man ere at tho timo; his naino I do not know, but he was a white man, rather short, with a long bin cl: beard. A HEAVY PBICE FOB "THE NINTH PA BT OF A MAN." Edward Mickey, being first duly sworn, says : That he 1B a tailor by profession, and resides in the city of Charleston. Was elected to the lower house of the General Assembly in 1868, and remained n member until tho election in 1872. Was a member of the Legislature when the Blue Bidge Scrip bill was passed and voted for tho bill. Patterson promised to pay me two hundred dollars if I would vote tor the bill, and 1 du' co. The money was paid to me in n room over the Bani: and Trust Company't; building, in . ,<a presence of Patterson. Went up the steps and down a long passage into a large roora, thence into a numil room, where a .man, unknown to rae. handed mo the two hundred dollars, in tue preseuce of Mr. Patterson. I went out of tho building by tho back steps, and went on into the street in front of the livery stable. I at tended a caucus at Charley Minort's house in rofe, , - co to the above matter. A BOLL OF THE HOUSE AND A BOLL OF NOTES. W. C. Glover, being duly sworn, tay? : That he resides in Charleston County ; by occupation a laborer ; was elected to tho ?Iouso of Representatives in 1870 from the County of Charleston, and served as a member for two sessions ; was a member when the bill to relievo the State of Sooth Carolina of nil liability, &c., was before the House ; it was known as the Blue Ridge Scrip bill. I voted for it under tho iollowing circumstances: When it was under consideration in the House, and when tho vote was taken, I was not in the House. On my return to tho hal; Representative W. E. Elliott, from my county, infci.T.?d me thal I was too indifferent to my OWL. interest, that 1 had lost a good thing by being absent, and said I bad better see Mr. John J. Patterson, v?ho was standing behind a curtain of one of tho windows on the left of the hall as you enter. Elliott went with me to see him, and told him that J was one of his colleagues ; that I would have voted for the oill if I had hecn present. Mr. Patterson told mo to go and see tho clerk. A. O. Jones, and have my name put down. I went on the stand and asked Mr. Jones to put my name down as voting for the bill ; alter Boult hesitation, he did so. After the vote wut taken some one asked me if I wanted tc see Senator Patterson, and told me to gt over Mr. Solomon's bank. I went uj ; there ; found a m?n that I did not koon I in a room over the bunk. Tho man askee me who I was looking for, I told hin Mr. Patterson, t.nd told him my business as well as my name. He bad a roll o the House. After examining the roll hi went into another room and returned am handed mp two hondred doHtirs; th ! money was not in an envelope. I dh I 8<>e other men with their money in envel ! opes. I remember that-, o Kershaw, was one of the men who cam I and told me to gn and set Mr. Patterson as he wtis asking after mc. Mr. Patter ! son informed me while wo were standini I behind the curtain that I would receiv two hundred dollars if I would get Mi .Tonca to put my nnmo down as voting fo the bill ; he said tin's in the presence o Mr. Elliott. THE LITTLE BACK BOOM. S.J.Keith, being sworn, ?ays: Tho he resides at Darlington Court House and is a carpenter and a farmer. Wa elected to the Legislature in 1870, am has been a member ever since. Votei for the Blue Ridge Scrip bill and reccivei in consideration of my vote tho sum o $200, which amount was paid to me ii cash by John J. Patterson. The mone; was paid to me in a little roora over th South Carolina Bank and Trust Compan; building. My recollection is that Mi Waterman waB present nt the time. Othcr members went with me to th place, and, I presume, for the same put pose, but I cannot now recall tnei names. SUBLIME VIBTUE OF CAIN. Lawrence Cain, being duly sworn, dc poses and says : That he is a resident c the Co'-?cy of Edeefield, and is a fa Tine by occupation. Was elected to the lowe house of the General Assembly in 186 and served two terms. Was then electe to the Senate and served one term, whic ended in 1876. I nm sure that I vote against tho Blue Ridge Scrip bill and th Validating bill, but I think I voted fe providing for a settlement with the Fi nancial Agent of the State. I receive no consideration for my voto on th?8 bil I voted for tho "Sterling Loan" and r< ceived in consideration therefor the BUI of $300 in cash from J. L. Neagle. Pa terson said to me in reference to tho Btu Ridge Scrip bill, thnt if I would vote fi it that "1 should bo taVen care of." Neagle told me that I could get $500 if woola vote for this bill, and the same BUI if I would vote for the Validating bill. ONLY PAID HIM HALF. Hastings Gantt, being further exari ined, deposes on oath ss follows: I was member of tho House of Representative from the county of Beaufort, in the ye 1872, when the blue Ridge Scrip bill at Validating and Financial Settlement bil were passed. Mr. John J. Patterson to mo if I would vote for these measures I tvniilrl oiwA mn After tho nnssai of them Mr. Niles G. Parker, then Sta treasurer, paid mo $100, in the treasun back office, for supporting the measun I did not received any more. THE SIEGE AND FALL OF 8UMPTER. E. M. Sumpter, statement continue I voted for the Blue Ridgo Scrip bi No one approached the on the measur that is to say. no person came to mo < rectly and said, "I will give you so mu to vote for the bill ;" but it was a genei understanding that those who voted l it would be paid Boon after tho bill ti passed. Patterson met me on tho stn and told me to go np td Solomon's bat there was something for mo. I went a found a crowd there. Patterson was th< and Worthington also. I went up sta! down a passage way, entered a large roi and then a small one, and a gentleman the teble handed me $800. The mot was counted on the table. I did not kn tho man ; he was spare-made with a sar moustache. . I left tho room by a di fl ent door. In the Validating act and 1 for the settlement with tho Financ Agent I received $200. Nile? G. Perl paid me thu monoy. I was paid t money also over Solomon's bank. I i not approached directly on these mc urea or told that I would be paid for vote. Parker said, when be gave me t money: "I can't pay your certificates your services, bot here is a present 11 make you." BOOTON TJTTEBLY CORRUPT. J. D. Boston continued on Bluo Rii Scrip: .1-voted for the Blue Ridge Sc bill and received for my . .money; exact amount I cannot sw r, from < hundred and fifty to two hundred < fifty doli? rs. T received my money IV a committee who had tho funds in charge. I know that Rush waa a member of thia committee, and I think a man by the name of Hunter. Princo Rivers I think was also one. This "otnmittee was furn ished with the money, ac I understand, by Patterson and Worthington. Patter son talked to me about the bill, and he told me that whatever arrangements the committee made about the pay would bo right, and he would seo that it was car ried out. Pattersou and Worthington got up the caucus at M i oort's and made tho arrangements for the committee. Since muking tho other statement, I re collect that I received ?300 and that it was paid o vc o the South Carolina Bauk and Trust Company. Worthington was present and a -nan." who I took to be a bank officer, bandea mo an envelope with the money in it. This was pay for these measures, which went through pretty well together. Tho Blue Ridge Scrip bill, the bill validating tho bonds of tho State and tho Settlement bUi with Kimp ton, the Financial Agent. We T??5nt up stairs, dowu a long passago way into a large room, from thence into a small room, and in this we received our pay und came out by another door again into the passage and down and out of tho building. ' Patterson talked to me aoout all these bills, aud told mo if I would support them that I would bc paid for it. I voted for all of them. COME UP AND GET YOUR 8CRIP I O. R. Lovy^ sworn, says : I am a resi dent of the city of Charleston ; hold no omeo now, but nm with Trial Justice divers ; was a member of tho House of xtcprcscntativcs in 1870 and 1871. and a Eart of 1872 and 1873. I voted for the Hue Ridgo Scrip bill. Before tho bill was passed John J. Patterson came to mo and told mo that ho wanted mo to vote for thc bill, that he was greatly in terested in the mensuro, aud if it failed it would greatly embarrass him ; ho also said that if I would vote for it that he would pay me in scrip. Governor Moses also asked roe to support the bill. I was at that time holding the office of trial justice under Moses, and it was moro par ticularly on thia account that I voted for tho measure. After tho bill bad passed, Patterson said to mo : "Come up and get your scrip ; it is ready." I replied "that I did not sell my voto, and did not want j the scrip," una novcr took it. If any was made out for mo I do not know it. [CONCLUDED NEXT WEEK.] TUE HOMES OP OUR FOREFATHERS. -The histor? of domestic architecture, says a writer in "CusseH's Popular Edu cator," in our own country illustrates in a very striking manner the rise of civilization and the extinction of bar barism. We have not to travel back moro than a few hundred years to find domestic comfort a thing entirely un known, and the abodes of princes en tirely destitute of conveniences which aro now considered necessary in the houso of every peasant. Our Saxon forefathers lived in tho rudest possible style. The homes oven of kings and lords consisted simply of ono large apartment or "hall," ! in which all th? ri twila of domestic life were carried on by themselves und their immediate attendants. Privacy was a thing entirely LI known. After tho pur suit" of the day-the chase or the fight they assembled round the common board, taking place according to thoir rank in the household ; and in tho same apart ment all members of tho household after ward disposed themselves for sleep. It was only occasionally that one end of the common hall was separated from the rest by a screen, affording a rude retiring chamber for tho lord and i..dy of tho house, with a few privileged attendants. Almost tho only out-offices attached to thc ball were thc sheds or pena for thc cattle and the swine. The dogs, more cherished, were allowed a place in a cor ner of the hull itself; and another corner ' was frequently occupied by the store of provisions. Sometimes-, however, the latter would ho placed in receptacles or collars dun out under the hall. Its floor ing was of earth, its walls of wood and clay, and . its roof of thatch. For the admission of light, openings wero left in the sides and closed by wicker-work when night came on ; for warmth a log fire was ligated in the centre of the apartment, and the smoko escaped by holes in tho roof. WAS GRANT AFRAID OF LEE?-3en. Grant says he never was "anxious when beforo Leo." He sneaks like thc statuted face of Napoleon from tho bronze Ven dome monument might address tho ?ans culotta of Paris-and this, too, of tho no ble deceased I Ho is unlike this bronze monument in all respects save the brass. If Grant, the giant, in speaking of Lee, tho pigmy, never was anxious when meet ing him, why was !t that with infinitely superior forces ho laid back for months, fearing to make a general attack at Pe tersburg I Why was it that previous to that he retired from his proposed routes to Richmond-first by tho Wilderness, then by Spottsylvanm, then again by North Ann, and again, after his disas trous defeat by smaller numbera, at Cold Harbor, retiring and advancing on Pe tersburg by a now line, to a location ho could have gh?ucd before at any timo in this lost campaign without tho loss of a man? Suppose Thomas had held Grant's po sition as a General end in location, how different would have been the results I These facts aro historical and potent, and the conclusion must bo drawn by all unprejudiced readers not ambitious to make and manufacture glory for this King Carrot of Generals.- Washington Capital. I THE MODERN METHUSELAH.--The ! oldest man in the world, unless records and traditions lie, is Miguel Solis, a farmer living near Bogota, Sooth Ameri ca. He is said to he 180 years old, and the neighbors believe - him to be older rather than younger. A doctor, who recently went to seo him, states that gray-headed men remember Miguel as a reputed centenarian when they were boya; also the name of Miguel Soils, farmer, appeared io allat.stillpreserved. of the contributions to the building fund of a Franciscan monastery near San Sa bastian, which was founded in 1712, and that the present Abbot is positive it is the samo man. The doctor found the old fellow at work in his orchard-parch ment ekinned, robust, active, his snow white hair twisted turban fashion around his head, and bia eyes so bright that the doctor felt uncomfortable when they wore turned upon bim. Questioned as to his habits, Miguel told the doctor that the secret of living a century or two was very simple-merely never getting druck and never overfeeding. Ho never ate cooked food until it hkd cooled, and fasted twice R month, at which times he took nothing into bis stomach but water. It is hardly necessary to add that all thc Indians of the neighborhood firmly' believe that old Miguel has sold his soul to the devil. - ' 11?? . - In July ninety-eight miles of rail road wero built In the United States, making a total of nine hundred mi?r? completed since Jan nary 1. against seven . hundred and fifty-one for tho ?ame period j in 1877, and one thousand and <?>n ?? j 1876. .'HE YELXOW FEVER. Gluutl- Work of tito Ilngao at Gr? nada, j G KEN AU A, Miss., tr?a PARIS, KEN TUCKY, August 19.--Last night was the most gloomy of all the nights ia Grenada sinco the yellow fever broke out. No one can adequately set forth the distress of tho living. About seventy-five whites are fenced up in the place, so tied to^it 1 by f.ympathy that they cannot leive, ut r their longing for life ever so strong. Tho whole country fears Grenada and shuns its infected inhabitants. Yester day was the ninth day since tho fever hogan to rago, and of the ^ascs developed -about 200 in all-not one has given a symptom of improving. All the patients have been scizod with great suddenness : each has had medical attendance and nursing, and still seventy-four deaths are recorded as having occurred up to this mo.ning. Tho town is not merely deso late-it is a place so devastated by an unconquerable foe that its condition is one of pitiful horror. No one is seen in the streets except the undertakers and the physicians, going about on their j hopeless and ghastly errands. In every < house, almost, a body is composed for . burial. Not that there is any ceremony. A man is taken with tho fever, ho lies down exhausted, falls into a stato of col Inpso or delirium, and in a fow hours is wrapped up in the blankets in which ho has died, and is hurried off* to the burial placo. A force of black men construct the grave, the uudortakors bring in their collin, tho body is hastened in. and the hearse is driven off. Tho burial service is omitted, for the living have no time to think of other services than thoso to tho sick. Tho clergy havo stood up nobly in their pince, Rev. Mr. McCracken, of tho Episcopal Church, being constantly on duty as a nurse and counselor of the Bick. Until last night there was no fear evinced by the nurses, although there seemed to be reason enough why they should bo afraid. Twelve deaths oc curred in twenty-four hours, and the poison seemed to be more virulent in its action than ever. In tho Bristol Hotel there were twelvo iumates; the fever was among thom, seven canes having ap peared. Among the sick was Mayor Conley, wha*o family were in the same house. He was prostrated on Friday night. Bcforo that he had been ono of the bra9e men who were determined to out-faco and fight the pestilence. His son-in-law, Mr. Atwood Wilshire, a tele graph operator, who carno down from Memphis to assist Mr. Reddiug, was with Mayor Conley when ho was taken sick. In tho midst of bis labors the Mayor's nerve gave out suddenly, and he went up stairs to his room, lay down upon the bed and declared that it was all over for bim, as thu fever was upon him. He rapidly became worse, and in bis deli rium tore the bcd clothes in pieces. He died carly tim morning. The occasion for the panic yesterday, besides the general tendency of tho dis ease to become swifter and more malig nant in striking down its victims, was the prostration of nunea nf the Howard As sociation of Memphis, and tho report circulated quickly that the blacks were dying, sud thai six who were sick would not recover. Tho supposition had boen that tho blacks would not take tho pest. They had been reasonably calm about the matter, but the prostration of one caused a stampede of ail the others. The remaining colored people hastened, to pack up a few things, loud ox wagons and other vehicles and start for the coun try. With six nurses down with the fever, the blacks running away, and the sick likely to die unattended, tho situa tion becomes more alarming than it has yet hcen. Already deaths have occurred under nurses who had more than one patient to attend. They would leave one to visit another, and find the first patient dead on returning. The number of nurses is so small that tho sufferers some times cry piteously for water, and-no one answers them. As frequent drink in small quantities is almost essential to in? duco perspiration, this deprivation, that cannot be helped, must contint!?. It is a fearful fate that stares thc thrce-?ooro white people of Grenada iu tho face, and there seems to be no probability that it will bo avoided. Or. Mandeville, who came from Port Eads to devote himself to tho Grenade patients, yesterday de clared that the disease was so virulent aa to astonish him. "God knows," said he, "that thia is terrible. I havo seen the fever at Brunswick, at New Orleans, at. Memphis in 1878, and at Shreveport, and I have never seen anything that can for an instant bo compared with this." INTERVIEW WITH A SUBMARINE DI- j VEE.-"In tho coarse of your life you J must have seen a great many curious ? things under tho water ?" "I can say that I have seen plenty of mud and garbage and broken crockery and such things around New York har bor, but I never saw anything more val" uable or curious. The water around tho city is awfully dirty, and diving is dono under very great disadvantage. It is almost impossible to.see anything. Up i the Sound it is different. There the I water is clear, and a man can see foor or five feet ahead of him. The divers who work for wrecking companies see many curious things and have very strange ex periences. I will give you ono instance ny way of illustration. You remember tho wreck of the Atluntio on the coast of Maino? Well, John O'Neill, tho East Krt, diver, was employed to raise the dies. He made several descents, but filled to open the cabin doors. At last he succeeded. As the cabin door was; opened the first thing he saw w; women fully dress BUspoudcd water. The rush of wsser carri towards him, and they'-appeared alive. Ho stepped back ir. horror, an it was some timo before ho gained suffi cient courage to enter the cabin. There be foubd the women who were passen gers on that ill-fated ship kneeling and j holding each other by the hands, aa if they had been engaged in prayer when tho steamer went down. He then went to tho smoking-room. The cabin waa in the wildest disorder. Chairs and tables were turned upside down, bottles were scattered about and tho mn? lav on th*, floor as if thoy had perished during a drunken revel. Most of thom had pis tols In their hands. Scenes like this ara common in sunken ven?is which carra tho rassengero down with them." - It ia a strange thing to see a city chap at a country party, but be was there, and in bb conversation with ono of the prettiest lasses ventured to inquire: "Were you ever at a watering place ?" "Oh. yes," replied she, "I li vo right ** one." "Indeed 1" exclaimed ho, growing intore?ted, "whore might lt be?* "Ob, just out hero a little way," was her replv ""'roy father koepe tho railroad tank." The city chap, wondering whether she ?ras in earnest or tasking fun of hi ru, thero dropped tho subjijct,. - AU *?b*? thinga of thin world ?re of no further; good "to ti? Mian jbey oro of use.; ?tad wkat??- . .. up to others fe o?j< weean URO, ana no i HH-H